How soon should graduation-bound college seniors apply for jobs? Opinions from recent college graduates are mixed. With thousands of students leaving university’s across the country every few months, the job market is being inundated with varying levels of skilled, eager young men and women. More than 1,850 students graduated from […]
Author: Brandon T. McMullen
NASA Astronauts Talk about Space Life
A pair of NASA astronauts fielded questions last weekend from children and adults about a space vehicle that was displayed in Tallahassee. Astronaut Jeff Williams talked about NASA’s Orion spacecraft to visitors at Challenger Learning Center Friday and Saturday. “There are many challenges the whole team has to face such as […]
Bill Proctor: A Man Committed to Service
Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor has devoted his life to service. Whether raising his family, teaching at Florida A&M or leading a church service, Proctor commits himself entirely. “I understand that in my one life I am called to serve, and the servant gives. The servant is not to take,” […]
Michael Beckford: A Young Author on a Mission
At eighteen, Miami native Michael Beckford published his first book, Speak Up! Poetry. Now, seven years later, the young author is working on his fifth book and managing his Christian-literature publishing firm, Speak Publishing. The 25-year-old has released three other books since Speak Up! Poetry – I Am The Secret, […]
Overcoming Tragedy
Four days earlier, Jasmine Vanderhorst had turned 19. Four days earlier, she had been among the top Florida A&M students. Four days earlier, she had an older brother who admired her. And then he was murdered. Vanderhorst’s life has never been the same. The young industrial engineering student remembers clearly […]
Students Learn Vet and Land Sciences through Ag Discovery
Florida A&M treated several young scientists this month to a two-week practical journey into the world of animal and environmental sciences. For the eighth, consecutive year, FAMU hosted the annual U.S. Department of Agriculture-sponsored Ag Discovery program, bringing together teens from around the country to the state capital. One student […]
Mission: Helping Others
At age 25, Chika Ofunani, a former student counselor at Florida A&M University’s Sunshine Manor and the current Coordinator of FAMU’s Women’s Center, has obligated herself and time to bettering the community through her counseling and mentoring. Ofuani, a Tallahassee native, became interested in psychology after taking an advanced placement […]
At Farm Fest 2011: A Little Bit of Orange, A Little Bit of Green
#8220;Don’t pick the peppers!” Associate Dean Lawrence Carter, Ph.d said over a megaphone to the dozens of men, women and children gathered for Florida A&M University’s Farm Fest Saturday. Too late, several attendees of the second annual event had already harvested a few crops from the university’s community development center […]
ACLU, Workers Question State Drug-Testing Mandate
One civil liberty group questions the constitutionality of Florida’s new drug-testing mandate for state employees and plans to challenge Gov. Rick Scott’s Executive Order 11-58 in court. Opponents call mandatory pre-employment and unannounced, quarterly drug-testing a costly invasion of privacy in a state that has faced sweeping budget cuts since […]
FAMU Features Historic Athletics in “The Mystique” Web Series
Florida A&M’s Department of Athletics launched an eight-week, web series this month on the history of the university’s best and most legendary athletes. FAMU DOA is calling the project “The Mystique.” Featuring interviews, video footage, photos and first-person accounts, a new episode of “The Mystique” will be released every Monday […]