While many students barbecued, swam and hung out with friends on Labor Day, the BlackTalk Poetry troupe kicked off their 12th annual Black on Black Rhyme anniversary week. The organization chose to have a cookout as its week’s opener Sunday. Events included a church service, karaoke and an open mic […]

Many associate art with the Mona Lisa or even just a splattered canvas. Art can be the ability to express movement, color, light and life through a piece of work. Foster -Tanner Fine Arts Gallery held an opening reception for their second annual Pinnacle National Juried Art Exhibition on Sept. […]

Auditions were tense as students made final preparations and directors evaluated the actors, each auditioning for their respective roles. Dez’Aray Watkins, 19, is auditioning for the roles of Topaz and Amethyst in the play “Since ’76.” “I am apprehensive [and] have butterflies in my tummy,” said Watkins. “I was […]

Florida A&M will host the National Conference on African/Black Psychology. The conference events will span from Friday, Sept. 10, to Saturday, Sept. 11, and will honor Dr. Kobi Kambon.   Kambon is a FAMU psychology professor, former department chair and nationally renowned author for his work in the field of […]

Students at Florida A&M are taking the initiative to practice entrepreneurship through resources provided by the university. Edward Thomas, a broadcast specialist at FAMU, encouraged students in the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication to branch out and produce their own independent programs. “I think it’s a wonderful idea,” Thomas […]

Laughs, screams and Steve Urkel-style snorts rang out as 22-year-old Boafo Manu did standup comedy at a local Applebee’s last month. Manu, a fifth year, biology student, from St. Louis, has not always considered himself as a comedian. “Growing up, everyone always thought that I was funny, but it was […]

Hands flew up around the Perry Paige auditorium on Wednesday night as two students stood at the front of the room mumbling and uncomfortably shifting back and forth, avoiding the microphone. The question: What does HIV stand for? After an incorrect answer and a shrug followed by, “I […]

Maritza Vargas, a working mother in the Dominican Republic, can now afford to continue her children’s education and no longer has to worry about struggling to feed her family and pay rent. “All four of my children shared one room and now we each have our own space, so […]

Every year Florida A&M University community kicks off the academic school year in a festive mode by showing school spirit. Each year students participate in the annual spirit color week by wearing school colors of orange and green, or other university paraphernalia. FAMU is letting students know to recognize not […]

Gael Sebastien Monfils, a professional French tennis player, was born Sept. 1, 1986 in Paris. He is the son of former football player “Rufin” and perhaps inherited his athletic stamina from his father. Monfils began to place himself on the map of the rich and famous in […]