Florida A&M women walked together nearly every day the past week in a bid to improved their health. Organized by FAMU’s Women’s Center, the seven-day walk was a challenge to get women together. It was part of a larger effort this summer to improve women’s health awareness that […]
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When Rattlers Lose the Will to Strike
I represent Florida, Agricultural, And Mechanical, University, and October 3, 1887! What…? This is our chant this is who I am, I have heard several of my family members say I bleed orange and green, I am FAMU, I love FAMU, this is my university and I will fight whatever […]
Students Learn about Environment at FAMU ‘Ag It Up Day’
More than 2,000 elementary school students from Tallahassee and surrounding cities learned about composting, agriculture and eco-friendliness at Florida A&M’s first-annual “Ag It Up Day” Friday, May 20. Presenters included environmental science students at FAMU, professionals in agriculture and psychologist taught the fourth and fifth-graders about nutrition, home gardening, and […]
City: Plans to Expand FAMU Way on Schedule
City officials say the plan to expand FAMU way is on schedule. Assistant to the City Manager Michelle Bono called it a “very aggressive plan” to add sidewalks, bike and multi-use lanes, innovative parking design and linear parks. Estimates for sidewalk construction alone were five years in 2004. Projections show […]
Children’s Charity Hopes Tennis Can Spread Message
When more than a dozen advanced and intermediate tennis players competed last weekend, championships and titles were the furthest thing from their minds. These men and women, many professionals from around the cities and others religious leaders, were participating in the first of what a youth charity hopes to be […]
Children’s Charity Hosts Tennis Tournament at FAMU this Weekend
A Florida children’s charity will this weekend host a tennis tournament at Florida A&M intended to shed light on the decline in foster families available to needy youth. The One Church One Child of Florida, Inc. is working alongside other child-centric organizations to hold the two-day tournament this Saturday and […]
Mother’s Day Message: Roscoe Thompson
There are no words that can justifiable describe the love that I have for my mother. The enduring bond she and I share is merely incalculable. She truly is my best friend. From her, I have learned to put my trust in God and lean on His word and not […]
Rattler Fashion Appears at Graduation
It’s almost a tradition of its own that FAMU students express themselves in styles on weekly Set Friday’s, annual Be Out Day’s and even trips to the café. Countless students are seen in wardrobe that is fit for the runway. While FAMU Rattlers are no stranger to bringing a flair […]
FAMU Presents Honorary Doctorates to T’Keyah Kemah and Lisa Jackson
Florida A&M University presented a celebrated graduate and a senior Obama administration official with honorary doctorates at Saturday’s Spring Commencement ceremony. President James Ammons granted the title of “Doctor of Humane Letters” to FAMU graduate, actress and writer T’Keyah Crystal Kemah and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, celebrating […]
Staff Ed: Justice is Done, Time to Unite
America’s ability to unify after a major event never ceases to amaze me. America united in its sorrow after the events of 9/11. The attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., cost the U.S. thousands of lives, yet it also brought an entire nation together under […]