Monday, September 16, 2024
109th Miss Florida A&M University, Anquinette Taylor Anquinette Taylor, the 109th Miss Florida A&M University tackled her biggest platform during a women’s empowerment conference held Friday evening in FAMU’s Grand Ballroom titled, “It’s a Hard Knock Life”. The goal of the event was to target depression and self-esteem issues among African […]
Courtesy of Context Florida Rufus Montgomery, Board of Trustees chairman, resigned his post effective immediately Friday morning in a letter sent to the BOT. Montgomery was elected as Chairman in April. “In an effort to move the University forward, effective immediately, I hereby resign from my position as chair,” Montgomery […]
FAMU students prepare to march down to the governor's office in support of University President Mangum. Photo courtesy of Napierra Nicole Early Thursday morning Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees called an emergency meeting via teleconference in the president’s conference room where a three-hour hasty discussion involved two attempts at terminating […]
Courtesy of Tallahassee Museum The Tallahassee Museum will hold its 22nd annual Halloween Howl October 23 and 24 from 6-10 p.m. Halloween Howl is a two-night event filled with hours of fun activities for children, as well as adults. There will be trick-or-treating, a land of mystical creatures, both haunted […]
Benjamin Crump, a high-profile civil rights attorney at the Tallahassee law firm Parks & Crump, is representing the family of a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place early Sunday morning in South Florida. According to sun-sentinel.com. Corey Jones can be added to the list of African-American men killed by police. […]
Courtesy of HBCU Digest Florida A&M University’s sharply divided Board of Trustees came up short on two motions to fire President Elmira Mangum during an emergency conference call meeting Thursday morning. The motion to terminate Mangum’s contract with cause failed in a 5-7 vote. A separate motion to fire the president without […]
Courtesy of Tallahassee Democrat An emergency Board of Trustees meeting was called Wednesday in response to recent “Reported Financial Irregularities and/or Improprieties.” The meeting was set for 7:30-8:30 a.m. Thursday via teleconference in the President’s Conference Room. Documents released Wednesday revealed Elmira Mangum, Florida A&M University president, failed to provide documents proving approval by the BOT for […]
Courtesy of Billboard The future starts now. Almost three decades ago, Marty McFly and Doc Brown took their DeLorean time machine to the future to visit McFly’s future children in the movie, “Back to the Future II.” They arrived in the future at 4:39 p.m. on October 21, 2015, making […]
Photo courtesy of Denard Thomas Almost every woman experiences menstruation cycles or “periods”, but some may experience more severe pain than others. This is where Dr. Christopher C. Sundstrom, obscentrianist/gynecologist and father of three daughters lends his expertise during a short seminar on painful periods on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m., […]
Photo By: Nathaniel Price/The Famuan Running Back, Devin Bowers, eludes defense to gain a few extra yards at FAMU's 2015 Homecoming Game. After coming off of a huge homecoming win, the Florida A&M University Football team will rest up to face the number one team in their conference. Head Coach […]