Tallahassee residents celebrated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with its sixth annual MLK Dare to Dream Festival at Cascades Park on Monday, Jan. 15. According to The Martin Luther King Dare to Dream Association, Inc. the event was held to “allow the community to gather in fellowship to […]
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Volunteers plant trees in Apalachee Regional Park on Arbor Day
Over 100 volunteers, Leon County Government and the city of Tallahassee workers gathered to plant more than 165 native trees in celebration of Arbor Day on Saturday, Jan. 20. Volunteers gathered at Leon County’s Apalachee Regional Park, located at 7550 Apalachee Parkway, to increase the number of trees in the […]
Continued search for the Dean of Pharmacy
On Wednesday evening, a search committee for Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held a meeting to kick off the search for a new dean. Students and faculty members alike were present for the meeting. Some of them were also members of the search committee. Since […]
FAMU Muslim Student Association welcomes students to Islamic culture
Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Muslim Student Association (MSA) is an organization founded on a core principle of Islam – peace. With an open general body meeting held on Friday, Jan. 19, MSA wanted students to feel welcomed to the practices of Muslims. MSA seeks to inform students at FAMU […]
Only a revolution will forge the way to change: An Evening with Angela Davis
Angela Davis speaking to the crowd in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall Photo credit: JonMichael Francis The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. week celebration continued triumphantly in Tallahassee as the Big Bend welcomed Angela Davis. The event, An Evening with Angela Davis, was held at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall […]
FAMU Pharmacy School showed remarkable improvement on the state board examination in 2017
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Executive Associate Dean Marlon Honeywell assisting second year pharmacy student, Lordie Esperant, in the practice lab The 2017 graduating class of Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences showed significant improvement last year on The North American Pharmacist Licensure […]
FAMU grad student is Miss Black Tallahassee
Kiffani Zackery was recently crowned Miss Black Tallahassee Photo credit: Dominique Parks Kiffani Zackery is the necessary change the community needs to improve workforce skills for the upcoming generation. She's committed to providing stepping stones for an easier transition into the corporate world. Recently crowned Miss Black Tallahassee US Ambassador […]
SBI dean new interim Vice President of University Advancement
Shawnta Friday-Stroud served as dean of SBI since 2010 Photo credit:Knight Creative Communities Institute In the midst of yet another controversy on the campus of Florida A&M University, a new vice president of university advancement has been named. George Cotton resigned from his position as vice president of […]
Racist advertisement draws backlash
Racist advertising? A coincidence? Poor marketing and advertising practices? What was the goal? You have to be under a rock if you haven’t heard of the recent scandal involving H&M’s. The company listed a jacket on its website stating “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” on a young black boy. Of […]
FAMU to host 10th Annual Spring Literary Forum
With Black History Month around the corner, Florida A&M University is hosting its 10th Annual Spring Literary Forum. For the past nine years FAMU’s Department of English and Modern Language, College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and the School of the Environment have hosted the annual literary forum […]