What started as Ntozake Shange’s choreo-poem “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” was adapted into Tyler Perry’s hit film “For Colored Girls” in 2010. Florida A&M has joined the movement and is using the production’s themes to encourage female empowerment among students. PUSH Productions, […]
Author: Kelle Wyatt
‘Real Talk’ Tonight for FAMU Men
#8220;The Real Talk for Real Men” is an initiative open to all collegiate men at Florida A&M University scheduled for on Wednesday March 30, 2011, from 6 – 9 p.m. in the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication Lecture Hall.. The theme of the event is “The Importance of Making […]
Make Your Voice Heard before it’s Silenced
Florida A&M’s restructuring is affecting everyone related to the university. After learning that the School of General Studies will be eliminated, about 1,500 students are being forced to declare a major. In my opinion, this could have been avoided. In 2008, record-breaking numbers, of African American voters helped to elect […]
Is Corporal Punishment at Home Necessary?
Pack up the van and the kids, honey, because the world is coming to an end. No, we’re not talking about the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, or snowstorms sweeping across the northwest. We’re talking about the 17-year-old in South Florida who pistol-whipped her mother into buying her […]
‘Grandma Mel’ Leads FAMU’s Wrestling Girls
The coaches call her grandma, her friends call her Mel, but everybody knows her as captain of Florida A&M’s women’s varsity wrestling team. Melanie Andrade is a freshman, Biology pre-med student. Andrade started wrestling her freshman year of high school. She was looking for a sport to participate in, […]
Florida A & M Students Rally for Cancer Cure
Students partied with a purpose for 18 hours Friday night to celebrate the lives of friends and loved ones lost to cancer. Student organizations raised money for the cause and all proceeds went to the American Cancer Society in hopes of finding a cure. Students joined hands around the track […]
FAMU Gives $1.5M in Scholarships to Florida Students
Life got a little better for some of the state of Florida’s best and brightest students as Florida A&M University President James H. Ammons awarded more than $1.5 million in scholarships during its fourth annual President’s Tour: FAMU Up Close and Personal. During his seven-city tour, Ammons visited The Villages, […]
On The Chopping Block
After months of speculation, President James Ammons dropped the news on Monday: about 200 employees will be laid off at the end of June and 22 academic programs will be cut as part of a major restructuring proposal to deal with the current money crunch. The layoff will mostly affect […]
FAMU and FSU Students Take On ‘State of Student’ Summit
On Sunday, students from both Florida A&M University and Florida State University gathered at the Leon County Civic Center for the second annual State of The Student Summit. Orchestrated by both FAMU and FSU student Government Association, the purpose of the summit was to bring together an ethnically diverse compilation […]
NASA Astronaut/Doctor lands at FAMU
Anticipation is increasing among Florida A&M faculty and students as they await the arrival of a 21st Century African-American Astronaut. Robert L. Satcher, Jr., NASA and orthopedic oncologist will serve as this year’s keynote speaker for university’s Honors Convocation. The convocation, a component of Honors Week and sponsored by the […]