Deep Week | Anti-Bully Rally Photo credit: @djdemp via Instagram Man Up Against Bullying (MUAB) hosted their 4th annual anti-bullying rally at The Moon nightclub on Saturday, Jan. 13 during the 21st Demp Week. Demp Week serves as a 7-day birthday celebration of DJ Demp, who is a music personality and […]
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FAMU holds first Vigil of the New Year
Photo credit: Jaclyn Harold Students and faculty gathered Thursday evening for a candlelight vigil to commemorate the lives of two fallen Rattlers. Alfred Motlow III, 19, and Aniya Brown, 20, both sophomores a part of the college of engineering – died in a fatal car crash while traveling back from […]
New year, new Florida minimum wage
Photo credit: MGN Online As 2018 begins, the State of Florida is unleashing a new set of laws. One new law increases the Sunshine State’s minimum wage rate by 15 cents, changing the salary from $8.10 an hour to $8.25 an hour. Florida’s minimum wage rate of $8.25 is higher […]
MLK Festival inspires the community to Dare to Dream
Handcrafted dream board reminding the community to "Dare to Dream" at this year's festival. | Photo credit: Joy Williams Through a weekend of service and honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the Tallahassee community kicked off his special birthday on a joyous occasion. […]
Florida bill would make it illegal to leave a young child alone in a car
A bill that has been presented in the Florida Senate would make it unlawful to leave a child in a car unsupervised alone for any measure of time. As of now, it is legal to leave a kid in a vehicle unattended for over 15 minutes in Florida. Nonetheless, a […]
FAMU grad Dawkins making a mark in Atlanta
Georgia Dawkins is living her dream. Dawkins, a 2010 graduate of FAMU’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, is a segment producer who helped develop the talk show “Sister Circle” in Atlanta that is getting more buzz every week. “It means that God sees our dreams and He makes them […]
New exhibit “The Secret Paintings” comes to Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery
Students gathering around “Endless War,” a two-panel oil on canvas diptych that depicts a struggle between the male and female principles. | Photo credit: Thaddaeus Watkins Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University students occupied both levels of the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery Thursday as they witnessed the nationally acclaimed exhibit of figurative […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day of service, not a day off
2018 marks the 50th year since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, yet through the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday his legacy lives on. The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is celebrated on the third Monday in January of each year in honor of celebrating the life and legacy […]
FAMU celebrates the legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
The cold, rainy day did not stop students, faculty and staff of Florida A&M University and the surrounding community from attending the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation in Jake Gaither Gymnasium. The convocation was scheduled to honor the life and legacy of King’s victory in civil rights while […]
Tutoring emphasized through Leon County’s literacy center
BL Perry Jr. Library located at 2817 South Adams Street Photo credit: Alden Field Since its founding in 1980, the Family Literacy Center located in the Dr. B.L. Perry Jr. Branch Library on South Adams Street continues to give support to the Leon County community. The Family Literacy Center motivates K-12, […]