President James Ammons, and his team of about 50 university ambassadors, didn't travel far to kick-off his "Up Close & Personal" tour. Ammons kicked off the eight city tour by making a visit to the home of Nelson James, a senior at Lawton Chiles High School in Tallahassee, a National Achievement finalist. James was awarded a coveted "Life Gets Better" scholarship, valued at about $60,000 over four years.
The Life Gets Better Scholarship covers the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, and books for four years. The scholarship also includes a $500 stipend each semester, internships and a laptop.
“This is pretty exciting,” said James. “I was hoping for a scholarship, but I wasn’t expecting to get it. It’s a great incentive to come to FAMU.”
As of March 8, 2008 FAMU had made scholarship offers to the following:
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA ---Nelson James, $60,000 (Chiles High School); PENSACOLA, FLORIDA ---Haley Bengtson, $50,000
(Washington High School); Kerstin Fleming, $50,000 (Pensacola High School); Simp McCorvey, $2,000 (Pine Forest High School); Destany Moorer, $2,000
(Pensacola High School); Keelyn Fleming (Pensacola High School)
DOTHAN, ALABAMA---Povshia R. Hall, $1,000 (Pike County High School); Mathias Sweet, $1,000 (Gulf Coast Community College); Ashley N. Robert, $2,500 (Chipola Community College)
Also see: Tour takes FAMU to students
Ammons wows scholars with LGB scholarships
Ammons revives recruitment program
Scholarship changes a life
Life Gets Better for this grad
GREAT!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is how you recruit students! By taking FAMU to them. Go FAMU!
ReplyDeleteWe should all pat Doc Ammons on the back for taking advantage of the Florida-Alabama in-state tuition deal. That arrangement was originally crafted at UWF's request. However, there's no reason for FAMU to pass on the bright high schoolers from Montgomery, Tuskegee, and every other part of the Yellowhammer State.
ReplyDeleteaccording to the tallahassee Democrat--3/10/08, the bus broke down--tire blew out--around 20 miles from daytona. i reckon it was all of that big money that the president was transporting.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can get FAMU one of those heavy duty tour buses the big time celebs use. Those performers are always paid in cash money at the concert and don't seem to ever have any problems carrying it.
ReplyDeletewhile the president is out recruiting,positions are being cut and no new professorships are forthcoming to carry the weight of all of these students. while i know the equation: more students, more $$ for the university, etc. etc., my question is this: with all of the cuts looming, who's going to teach all of these students and what about the quality of the teaching if the enrollment in basic classes for incoming freshmen will hover around 50 students. i'm talking math, history, and English classes. no one seems to be talking about that. just bring the students on. pile them in the classrooms and POOF! learning takes place. i suspect that a lot of "in & out" will be taking place. how can it not?
ReplyDeleteThe objective is to increase enrollment thereby increasing the need for federal funding. Of course, there will be some necessary streamlining, but conventional wisdom says that core classes will not be cut especially those that are needed for these new students to enter and be successful in upper level programs.
ReplyDelete"core classes" are the classes that will be stuffed to the hilt. no one said anything about "core classes" being cut. are you even listening, 7:15?
ReplyDeleteFAMU has not met its enrollment goal from the state, meaning that its budget for faculty (and other essential expenses) was cut. We've got to get enrollment back up in order to restore that funding.
ReplyDelete6:38pm,
ReplyDeleteIf you'd get your head from out your a**, you'd realize that all state agency budgets are being cut because the state isn't meeting its revenue projections.
Times are tough of all over. One way that FAMU can head off some of these cuts it by increasing enrollment.
freshmen at other state university are wharehoused in freshman classes with over 200 students! Famu wants to be respected and a play with the big boys with little boy toys...UofM has rasied 1.4billion dollars and was found some sixty uears after famu and only has 13,000 students but u would think the school had 67,000 students! We must do better and Dr. A is doing better by bringing the students back and it is up to use to keep the students and turn them into graduates who give back! If 500 of our Pharmacy students gave 1,000 dollars a year thas 500,000 dollars a year!!!!!! If every college at the university did that all 13 we would be bringing in 6,500,000 dollars a year! So everyone at the University who has a whole lotta mouth then you can begin by doing something positive!
ReplyDelete7:37, I did hear your whining, but again your point is moot. Obviously, you do not know how federal funding works, so we can discontinue this conversation until you gain knowledge needed to effectively participate in this discourse. FAMU, continue to recruit and bring the best to the university.
ReplyDelete3/10/2008 9:23 PM
ReplyDeleteUM is a private institution. FSU, UF, and FAMU are all being affected by budget cuts. They raise billions maybe but the cost of tuition is over 25,000 per semester.
Congrats to the recipients of the scholarships.
There is no negative about this...do y'all get this. The impact of this is immeasurable, they mention the scholarships however many more students were recruited tonite.
ReplyDeleteUp close and personal is what I'm talking about.
Doc Ammons you are the man...Carmen Cummings Martin, that's what I'm talking about
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Recruitment of students doesn't mean anything unless the school get accredited.Ammons trying to fool the alumni that everything is going to be okay, but I heard from the inside FAMU might not make the June deadline.
ReplyDeleteRecruitment of students doesn't mean anything unless the school get accredited.Ammons trying to fool the alumni that everything is going to be okay, but I heard from the inside FAMU might not make the June deadline.
ReplyDeleteHere we go again. The anti-FAMU spammer is back.
ReplyDeleteRecruitment of students doesn't mean anything unless the school get accredited.
The university is fully accredited. SACS never took away the institution's accreditation.
Ammons trying to fool the alumni that everything is going to be okay, but I heard from the inside FAMU might not make the June deadline.
FAMU was placed on probation from SACS due to the financial mess that Castell Bryant left. The state auditors said that Ammons has either fixed or partially fixed every problem he inherited from Castell. Also, Ammons received an unqualified audit (after Castell inflicted three years of qualified audits). Further, even the Board of Governors and its consultants said that Ammons has corrected 92% of the financial problems at the university.
The anti-FAMU spammer also said that pharmacy would lose its accreditation. That was a lie.
FAMU will be fine when SACS meets in June.
8:55, i think your head may be in your own. everyone is aware of state budget cuts. the university is not immune. that does not negate the fact that classes will be supremely over-crowded. that simply is a fact of the matter. it's interesting that when a single person disagrees or offers a different perspective, then that person must not be in accord with everyone else. when was the last time you sat in an over-crowded university classroom, if iever? ___________ i rest my case.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteRecruitment of students doesn't mean anything unless the school get accredited.Ammons trying to fool the alumni that everything is going to be okay, but I heard from the inside FAMU might not make the June deadline.
3/11/2008 3:23 PM
Last I checked we still were an accreditated institution so what the hell are you talking about?!?
I just remembered why I stopped coming to this site.
...and the Daytona Beach recruit was phenonmenal. Based on the energy of the group, I would not have known they had a tired blow out. I commend the students for giving up there Spring Break to travel on this recruitment tour.
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