This week the Disney Storytellers Fund announced the 18 winners of the first scholarship. The group of juniors and seniors are all students in the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at FAMU who have gotten the chance to jumpstart their careers. Not only do they get to elevate their […]
Author: Hunter Walker | Staff writer
FAMU’s 2023 annual all major & career internship expo
Earlier today, FAMU’s Career and Professional Development Center (CPDC) hosted its annual all majors career and internship expo, where hundreds of students showed up in hopes of landing a job or internship. There were representatives from a wide variety of companies for students to interact and connect with. A number […]
FAMU track head coach down to three finalists
This week FAMU conducted a series of meetings with the three finalists competing for the position of head coach of the track and field team. Each candidate went through three meetings: one with the student-athletes, the second with Vincent Williams, Director of Sports Medicine, and lastly, with Carrie Hickey Tollison, […]
Local firefighters mentoring middle school students
The Tallahassee Fire Department has started a program called the “Lunch Buddies,” which involves firefighters visiting Leon County schools to mentor students. This program was started by TFD Lt. Kirshner Saint-Charles. With a goal to make a positive impact on kids in the community, Saint-Charles proposed the program to Leon […]
FSU to wait 6 months to celebrate homecoming
Florida State University was scheduled to have its homecoming through the week of Sept. 26 –Oct. 2, with the actual game on Saturday, Oct. 1 against Wake Forest. But FSU decided to postpone its homecoming events due to the university’s closure for Hurricane Ian. The hurricane was first identified as […]
Rattler Countdown to Kickoff is underway
Students in the School of Journalism are bringing a new show to campus, Rattler Countdown to Kickoff. To put everything into perspective, all the people that watch Famu News 20 for the updates on FAMU football, this is especially for you. In this show, students will be reporting and bringing […]
Unemployment numbers can be deceiving
Unemployment numbers in Tallahassee rose this summer, although they aren’t as high as they were during the pandemic. In June Tallahassee had a 3.1% unemployment rate, compared to a 2.5% rate in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 4,863 unemployed local residents are not working or […]
Empire Fitness up and running
Empire Fitness held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday for the grand opening of the new fitness center. Many people in the community came out to support this event as there was food, activities for kids and, most importantly, free classes available to the public. Empire Fitness owner Labarron Smith and […]
Goode is more than just good at cheer
Growing up in a semi-single parent household, Alicia Goode was the only girl out of five kids. Sports were a constant presence in the family so Goode decided what her sport would be. Goode became a cheerleader after her older brothers started playing football. Growing up in Maryland, football was […]
FAMU track athlete, Jaylyn Scott, makes a statement
Speed. This is the talent that put Jaylyn Scott in his position for greatness. Growing up in the small town of Bainbridge, Georgia, sports is what grabbed Scott’s attention. It was his way out. In discovering that football was the sport that he had the heart for, and knowing that […]