In February, President James Ammons projected budgets cuts would be 10 to 15 percent, $26 million. They are now projected to be only two to three percent, approximately $1.6 million. During the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees meeting Thursday, Ammons said the state legislature has invested in the state’s […]
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Dad has questions about son’s murder
Thomas Brinson wants to know how his son Brandon died. The conditions surrounding his death are mysterious and Brinson suspects a few people aren’t telling all they know. “All I was told by the police is that the guy who picked him up said he hadn’t seen him all day […]
Spring 2010 Teacher Recruitment Day hits campus
For those soon-to-be graduates anxiously seeking that first job a visit to the Grand Ballroom on Wednesday may be helpful.Florida A&M’s C.C. Cunningham Career Center and the College of Education will host ?the Spring 2010 Teacher Recruitment Day 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, which has been held annually […]
Fight leads to release of tear gas at Cram Jam
Sergeant Westbrook, a Florida A&M police officer, confirmed that tear gas was released into a crowd to end a fight during the annual Cram Jam event late Sunday night. “We got out here and it sounded like a shot had been fired, so we fired tear gas. I walked up […]
SGA allocates $20,000 for FAMU students to print ‘courtesy copies’
For the first time in FAMU history, the Student Government Association allocated $20,000 for students to print free copies in the Coleman Library until the end of the semester. Students started to print and copy free of charge on Tuesday. Student body vice president elect Breyon Love, 20, said his […]
FAMU gets it–initiatives underway to make the university greener
Florida A&M’s Environmental Health & Safety Department takes the lead in cutting the university’s carbon footprint. There are more than 200 recycling bins in various administrative offices, classroom buildings and other convenient locations across campus. Senior Environmental Specialist Ryan Mitchell said that their department works with a tight budget. “We […]
Vigil held for FAMU’s Brandon Brinson
#8220;Vibrant, sharp-minded and playful” were the words friends and relatives used to describe Brandon Brinson at a memorial service held Thursday afternoon by the eternal flame. “He was very out going, very happy-go-lucky and he played Pop Werner football,” said Linda Howard, Brinson’s mother. More than 20 relatives attended Brinson’s […]
FAMU’s predicted budget cuts drastically decrease
At the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, President James Ammons said the Board of Governors now has to distribute appropriations and allocations to each university. The Florida legislature has submitted the budget for the entire State University System. “Based on what we know from the draft, the budget cuts […]
Student Government Association holds final senate meeting
Monday night, Florida A&M’s Student Senate held its last senate meeting of the year. Newly elected senate president Iman Sandifer conducted the meeting. Student Body Vice President Breyon Love was one of the guests of the meeting, emphasizing his vision for the upcoming year of “creating a more cohesive student […]
Board of Trustees meet this week
With the legislative session coming to an end this month, the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday and Thursday still trying to figure out what programs may be affected by budget cuts. “We will know the percentage that we’ll have to cut at the end of the […]