Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees approved President James Ammons restructuring plan, cutting 24 programs and severing $18.7 million from the university’s budget, but that’s not all. Along with the various cuts, a 15 percent increase in tuition has been added. The plan, as announced at the meeting, will reduce the […]

One way or another, student voices were heard at the Florida A&M Board of Trustees meeting and gained attention through a protest, opposing the approved restructuring plans that cut various programs and employee positions. Students organized a demonstration in front of the board in the midst of President James H. […]

Since the 1990s, Tallahassee has had LGBT pride events in some form or fashion. However, it was not until 2008 that The Family Tree, the city’s lone LGBT community center, made it a weeklong celebration. “It is an important event because it sheds light on a community that the bigger […]

The Leon County Health Department hosted a “Family and Community Fitness Fun Day” on Sunday, from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. The event was located at Jake Gaither Community Center, at 801 Tanner Drive. “The purpose of this event is to raise awareness to minorities and help individuals change their […]

Admission requirements for incoming freshmen will be heightened for all schools in the State University System including Florida A&M. Prospective students will be expected to have at least a 2.5 GPA and minimum scores on each subsection of both the SAT and ACT before being considered. Only students with at […]

Hundreds of volunteers helped kick off Children’s Week Sunday at the Capitol, hanging thousands of paper cutouts of children’s hands all over Capitol Rotunda. “Hanging of the Hands” was just one of the many events Children’s Week has to offer. The annual, six-day event, comprised of luncheons, interactive activities, tours, […]

Developing Gaines Street has been an ongoing process in the city of Tallahassee, but a new tourist attraction will soon be the center of attention in Railroad Square. Railroad Square will have the first completely Green building in Tallahassee. The building, a community-oriented collaboration will be known as the Art-Tech […]

More than 150 residents voiced their opinions Wednesday night on the planned $726 million budget for Tallahassee’s 2012 fiscal year. Citizens from the Tallahassee community and city officials analyzed information and discussed how the money should be spent in a series of meetings. “Us (city officials) knowing what’s important to […]

Language and psychology students and faculty defended their programs to Florida A&M's Board of Trustees Thursday in a failed bid to stop budget cuts that would end nearly two dozen degree programs at the university. Administrators have deemed programs in disciplines from graphic communication to education and foreign languages as […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved President James Ammons’ restructuring plan  to cut and/or merge 24 academic programs, rename existing schools and slash $18.7 million from the university’s budget. The vote came minutes after the BOT heard students, faculty and staff voice their opposition to Ammons’ “Excellence in a […]