As students gear up for summer finals, another group’s experiences are just beginning in Ghana. 13 Florida A&M students will study abroad in Ghana for three weeks. While studying, they will do research, attend seminars, and explore the culture, coast and other captivating sites that Ghana and it’s people have […]
Author: Chantale Glover
Website helps students with choosing teachers
Since her freshman year, Mijan Jones hasn’t gone a semester without seeking the help of the popular student website, RateMyProfessor.com. The now 20-year-old health care management student form Ft. Lauderdale said she found out about the website through upperclassmen at Florida A&M University. “They would tell me to make sure […]
Students seek alternate housing out of necessity
Incoming students must fend for themselves and rush to find housing before the upcoming fall semester due to a lack of on-campus housing. Students are being referred to nearby properties for housing by the university, because there is no room for them. “It was to my understanding that I would […]
Service center headlines sanitation initiative
Sneezes, coughs, fever and chills are symptoms that every student would want to dodge. Last year between the beginning of August and mid-November, more than 80,000 college students around the United States had come down with the H1N1 virus, known as the Swine flu, according to the American College Health Association. Florida […]
Students get DREAM internship
Four engineering students have been selected to participate in an internship program and will also receive about $20,000 in scholarships. July 7 was the start of the interns’ participation in the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate Diversity in Research and Engineering of Advanced Materials Intern Program (DREAM). With a […]
Quilts of Valor Decorate City Hall
Quilts created by everyday citizens destined to provide comfort and serenity to injured soldiers is being featured in the 16th Annual Fiber Arts Exhibition in the City Hall Gallery. Quilts of Valor and other fiber art pieces provided by local artists of Tallahassee Quilters Unlimited are being showcased to display […]
FAMU Strength and Conditioning Coach Steps Down
The Florida A&M University athletic department will be missing a face this upcoming year. Last week strength and conditioning coach Antonio Wallace stepped down from his position. The absence of Wallace comes just as the FAMU football team is gearing up for the upcoming season. Strength and conditioning are the […]
Summer Semesters Give Students Extra Time to Party
Summer is here and students in college towns have forgone their school books for booze and day time drink specials. Nine young adults, ages ranging from 19 to 24, stood outside Cumberland Cottages apartments last Thursday. “We’re headed to a friend’s BBQ to drink,” said Rachel Schneider, a communications student […]
Faculty Appointment Counters Ammons’ Mission
Florida A&M president James Ammons took giant a step back in his effort to instill integrity at the university in his recent handling of Ronald Holmes. […]
Officials accused of Stealing FAMU Federal Grant Funds
A Florida A&M University employee and the head of the FAMU Federal Credit Union are accused of conspiring to steal more than $130,000 in federal housing and urban development grant funds. Eugene Telfair, 57, president of the FAMU Federal Credit Union and Robert Nixon, 45, director of FAMU’s Institute on […]