Coutesy of YouTube Florida A&M University will collaborate with The City of Tallahassee to host its inaugural Harambee Festival Feb. 28 at Cascades Park from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Harambee, which means “let’s pull together” in Swahili, describes this year’s festival theme: Inspiring Unity in the Community. The Harambee Festival connected […]
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Game recap: B-CU escapes a wild finish against Florida A&M
FAMU's loss to gives them a five straight losses against the rival B-CU Courtesy of Nathaniel Price/ The Famuan Florida A&M men's Saturday afternoon matchup against Bethune Cookman wrapped up the Rattler-Wildcat double header at the Al Lawson Center in front of 6, 211 fans. The Rattlers jumped out to […]
Game Recap: Rattlers overpower Herd for second straight win
Second baseman Alec Wong had back to back 3-for-4 hitting performances against Marshall in the three-game series Photo Courtesy of Nathaniel Price/ The Famuan Florida A&M’s baseball (2-0) team entered game two of the three game series against Marshall University (0-2) Saturday afternoon after a 9-4 victory on Friday. Last […]
Lady Rattlers tame the Wildcats
Khadejra Young took over the second half leading the Rattlers to victory over the Wildcats. Photo courtesy of HBCU Sports Florida A&M women's basketball kicked off the Rattler-Wildcat double header early Saturday afternoon in front of a crowd of 3,100 attendees at the Al Lawson Center. The Lady Rattlers lost […]
Rattlers-Wildcats goes down to the wire
Courtesy of Famu Athletics With just 14.8 seconds in the game, the Florida A&M men’s basketball team fought hard competing against their rival the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats; but fell short of a victory 54-55. Early in the game, FAMU jumped out to a quick start with a 10-0 point lead and […]
The Kinsey family present What You Didn’t Learn in High School
Toyota, in association with Florida A&M University, presented What You Didn’t Learn in High School History on Friday. This comprehensive lecture featured world renowned art collector and historian Bernard Kinsey as he revealed numerous untold stories of African-American history, deeds and endeavors that are typically left out of history books […]
Florida Legislature Revises Maximum Class Size Bill
The Florida House of Representatives has added House Bill 149 to its calendar. Florida-voter imposed law, HB 149, is an alternate revision to the state’s current class size laws. According to the 2010 Florida House of Representatives Staff Analysis, the original Class Size Reduction Amendment required that classes did not […]
Pinky Promise hosts #RelationshipGoals
Courtesy of Taylor Watson Christian women empowerment organization, Pinky Promise presented their #Relationship Goals panel discussion Friday February 19th. held in Florida A&M University’s B.L. Perry building. Countless women and men attended in hopes of learning about building a better spiritual relationship with their significant other at the moment or […]
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey host What You Didn’t Learn in High School History
Courtesy of Mark McGaugh World-renowned philanthropists and Florida A&M University alumni Bernard and Shirley Kinsey returned to their alma mater Friday to bring their collection to life with their lecture “What You Didn’t Learn In High School History.” Covering the lives of people like Grafton Tyler Brown, Phillis Wheatley and […]
Florida Chief Justice elected to second term
Courtesy of Daily Business Review Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga was chosen to serve a second two-year term Friday, making him the first chief justice to succeed himself in over 150 years. The tradition of the Supreme Court of Florida is to appoint the next senior member who […]