Some students at Florida A&M are concerned about a lack of bus transportation to the new FAMU Developmental Research School, the FAMU Police Department and the Campus Recreation Center. Many of those students rely on the FAMU Campus Venom Shuttle Service, founded by former student senator, Rep. Alan Williams. The […]
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Battle of the Bands to showcase the best HBCU bands in January
The Florida A&M Marching 100 has accepted an invitation to The Eighth Annual Honda Battle of the Bands held on Jan. 30, 2010 in Atlanta. The “100” will compete at the Georgia Dome against seven other historically black college bands for the title of the “best band in […]
U.S. Rep.Corrine Brown headlines fall commencement; more than 600 to walk
With the semester rapidly coming to end, so are some students’ tenure at Florida A&M. According to the university registrar’s office, as of Tuesday, 684 students were candidates for graduation. This breaks down to 531 bachelor’s degrees, 122 master’s degrees, 14 juris doctorates and 17 doctorate degrees. FAMU usually averages […]
FAMU granted $1.6M for international project
The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the Florida A&M Office of International Agriculture a $1.6 million contract. The contract will be used for the Farmer to Farmer (FTF) program in South Africa. The program provides voluntary assistance to farmers, farm groups and agribusinesses in developing countries. The money will […]
Students not lining up for H1N1 vaccination
Tallahassee received its first doses of the H1N1 flu virus vaccine in October and some Florida A & M students are still not immunized against the virus. FAMU held the Operation Immunization event where students could get the immunization for free at the school’s annual health fair on Oct. 22. […]
Engineering student wins top honor
Florida A&M has another student to add to its long list of achievers. Shari M. Briggs, a FAMU-FSU mechanical engineering master’s cooperative student, won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 20th Undergraduate Research Symposium in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Ana G. Méndez University. Briggs’ address on, “Heat […]
Florida Alliance to address concerns of cancer in black men
Senator Anthony Hill Sr. announced Florida A&M along with the University of Florida Prostate Disease Center, the Central Florida Pharmacy Council and 100 Black Men of Northwest Florida Panhandle will establish the Florida Alliance for the elimination of cancer disparities in black men. “The main goal of this alliance […]
Health Care Reform informs of the cost of the uniformed health care plan
Several students, faculty and community activists piled into the New Pharmacy Building’s Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium for Florida A&M’s forum on Health Care Reform Wednesday. Upon entering, guests were handed both a program and an informational handout on health care reform key terminology and the commonly used terms […]
Students still getting ticketed for not having decals
Students who have not received their official parking decal for the 2009-2010 school year are being issued tickets even though they have temporary decals visible in car windows. During the first week of October, police service technicians issued tickets for decals that expired at the end of August […]
TPD looks into Halloween gag
The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating whether criminal intent was a factor in the placing of a “suspected bomb” in a vehicle on a property near Florida A&M’s campus Wednesday. The department would not release what time they responded to a call about a “strange device” inside a vehicle at […]