Tuesday, September 24, 2024
FAMU senators listen while students give their reports on recent trips and projects. Monday evenings, Florida A&M University Student Government Association senate meeting was nothing short of enlightening. Senate President Rakeem Ford, started the meeting, held in the Senate Chambers, at approximately 6:35 p.m., on Apr. 16. Quorum was […]
Latoya Chambliss walked across the stage at Florida A&M University, claiming her degree with confidence and a sense of pride. Unfortunately, six months later that confidence and pride turned into depression and anxiety. Post-Graduation Depression, also known as a quarter-life crisis, is real and believe it or not happens to […]
Empty fridges in FAMU weight room where protein shakes are occasionally stocked. Photo credit: Catherine Bryant Now more than ever, the importance of diet is being implemented in the realm of college athletics. Florida A&M is one Division I university that has yet to fully take part in […]
PLUS interest meeting. Photo credit: Shantel Hansbrough From Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) to Florida A&M University, Pretty Ladies Unique Shapes, is making a move. What started as an idea is now becoming a reality. Pretty Ladies Unique Shapes is a body positivity, self-love organization that targets plus […]
The Florida A&M University School of Nursing offers a Bachelor and Master’s of Science degree as well as a post-master’s certificate plan for students who have completed requirements for admission to the professional realm. Beginning in 1936, FAMU’s School of Nursing is the oldest continuing baccalaureate nursing program at […]
Photo credit: Jordan Nix You no doubt are familiar with the oft-repeated phrase “black girl magic.” It’s almost become a cliché. Well, two Florida A&M University students decided to take that mantra to the next level, hosting a forum Tuesday night called “For the Love of Black Girls.” […]
Andre Green, associate director of New Student Orientation. Andre Green’s passion for student recruitment has obliterated everything in its path since he discovered it. Green, the associate director of New Student Orientation and Campus Visits at Florida A&M University, has been administering the orientation process for more than 10 years. The […]
Academic leadership award winners, Daziyah Sullivan (left) and Latarence Butts (right) for this year's BEYA Awards STEM Conference. Photo Credit: FAMU FORWARD This year’s 32nd annual BEYA, Black Engineers of the Year Awards STEM Conference was special for two Florida A&M University students. Daziyah Sullivan, a second-year mechanical engineering […]
Arnita Tucker-McFarland, (left), Shereada Harrell, directors of the FAMU Career and Professional Development Center at the raffle station for students. Photo credit: DeBria Payne Florida A&M University partnered with J.C. Penny to host a Suit-Up event from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on April 15, giving students the opportunity […]
Race may seem like the underlying difference between HBCUs and PWIs, but the day-to-day interactions between professors and students during fundamental learning is what is setting these two institutions apart. According to Pew Research, in 2015 only 3 percent of the nation’s higher learning institutions were HBCUs, but just 9 […]