Jennifer Taylor coordinator of the Small Farms Program was appointed to the National Organic Standards Board. Taylor will start her term Jan 24, 2011 to Jan 24, 2016. Wednesday’s press conference held in Lee Hall Auditorium introduced Taylor as the new appointee. “I am excited about the opportunity to […]

Sen. Bill Nelson visited the Black Archives Museum on Wednesday. He came to talk to a select group that was a mix of students, faculty and citizens.  The setting was intimate and the group consisted of about 30 people. Dressed casually, Nelson spoke at length about his relationship with […]

Orange and green will be in full effect starting next week, as Florida A&M will kick off its homecoming week.       For new rattlers who have never experienced the spectacle that is homecoming, you can expect streamers throughout campus, vendors with food from all over and the world renowned Marching […]

The Florida university chancellor challenged Florida A&M to step back and evaluate itself. “FAMU needs to decide what kind of university it wants to be,” said Frank T. Brogan, State University System of Florida chancellor, during a question and answer session at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting in Lee Hall […]

Phillip B. Agnew, the 2006-2007 Student Government Association president, is encouraging Rattlers, both young and old to attend the
 Young Alumni Giving luncheon, created to raise money for Florida A&M’s
 retention scholarships. 

      This year’s luncheon’s theme is “Looking Forward, Giving Back.” 
The luncheon is scheduled to take place […]

The Florida African-American Caribbean Empowerment Alliance Vote For Dignity (F.A.C.E.) kicked off a statewide bus tour Tuesday aimed to educate, organize, and mobilize African-American and Caribbean voters in Florida to get out and vote. Led by F.A.C.E. chairman, State Senator Tony Hill, the statewide bus tour will start in […]

As Flu Season approaches, health departments prepare to combat the disease.  There are many ways to prevent the flu, but one a person’s best chances against fighting the virus is by getting the flu vaccine. Last year thousands of people were infected with the H1N1 disease, also known as […]

Fifty years ago Senator John F. Kennedy addressed students at the University of Michigan in Ann Harbor about actively changing their world. The following spring, Kennedy signed an executive order to initiate the Peace Corps. Since then, thousands of Peace Corps volunteers have worked to help improve the daily […]

Florida A&M moves forward with in their search of finding a
 new Vice President of Student Affairs with an open forum with
 candidate Timothy Beard. Beard answered questions about how he
 would fulfill the role in Lee Hall on Monday in front of a small group 
of faculty, […]

The Florida A&M 40th  Student Senate welcomed a new member Monday night as Donnya Banks, a second year student at FAMU College of Law, was sworn in as the FAMU College of Law’s student senator.   She joined student senators after making the four-hour drive from the College of […]