Marching 100
January 31, 2009
100 takes home $20,000 from Honda
January 31, 2009
Following its show-stopping performance at U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic inauguration last Tuesday, FAMU’s Ma…
Showing posts from January, 2009
off topic
January 31, 2009
OT: Steele tapped to lead GOP
January 31, 2009
Yesterday, the Republican National Committee elected its first black chairman. Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele …
Grads
January 30, 2009
“Soldiers for change” honored
January 30, 2009
Today, the two courageous women who ignited the 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott will be honored with a historical marker a…
sbi
January 29, 2009
Sources: Thompson frontrunner for commerce secretary
January 29, 2009
When FAMU alumnus and Symantec CEO John W. Thompson announced his retirement late last year, reporters speculated that…
elections
January 29, 2009
Boyd opts against U.S. Senate run
January 29, 2009
After briefly testing the waters for U.S. Senate bid, Congressman Allen Boyd has decided to keep his current job. &quo…
BOG
January 28, 2009
BOG meets at FAMU
January 28, 2009
The Florida Board of Governors will convene on FAMU’s campus today and tommorow. The agenda includes a discussion on St…
elections
January 28, 2009
Race for Lawson’s seat takes shape
January 28, 2009
With FAMU alumnus and state Sen. Al Lawson facing term limits in 2010, two Tallahassee politicians have expressed int…
budget
January 27, 2009
With Bushes gone, Fla. GOP warms to tax reform
January 27, 2009
For most of the past decade, George W. and Jeb Bush vigorously enforced the Republican Party’s “thou shalt not raise t…
dental school
January 26, 2009
Dental school push begins
January 26, 2009
As a FAMU presidential candidate almost two years ago, James Ammons captured the university family’s imagination by sh…
Sports
January 25, 2009
Rattlers fall to UMES on the road
January 25, 2009
The FAMU men and women dropped the first game of a two game MEAC road swing to the northeast yesterday. The Rattlers l…
Sports
January 24, 2009
Harris has FAMU basketball on top of MEAC for first time in a decade
January 24, 2009
Heading into a two game road trip, second year FAMU basketball coach Eugene Harris has his young Rattler basketball te…
off topic
January 23, 2009
OT: The hat
January 23, 2009
Aretha Franklin 's hat, has caused quite an up roar in the internet world as every one is it popping up everywhere …
Marching 100
January 22, 2009
FAMU rebuilds commercial music program
January 22, 2009
FAMU’s Department of Music has celebrity-level recognition in the song industry. Grammy recipients Prince and Kanye We…
off topic
January 22, 2009
OT: Ministers shake-up inauguration
January 22, 2009
In delivering Tuesday’s Presidential Inauguration benediction, Rev. Joseph Lowery , a former lieutenant of Rev. Martin …
Obama
January 21, 2009
100 shows out for 44th President
January 21, 2009
During yesterday’s Presidential Inauguration Parade, the Marching 100 treated U.S. President Barack Obama and his plat…
audit
January 21, 2009
Cell phone problems common in SUS audits
January 21, 2009
When FAMU’s 2009 operational audit came out last week, Florida media outlets jumped to report that auditors want the un…
off topic
January 20, 2009
OT: Colorado's only Black legislators lead their chambers
January 20, 2009
While history was being made today in Washington history, of sorts, was made in Colorado where the two leaders of each …
Obama
January 20, 2009
"The time has come"
January 20, 2009
Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States at noon today and has now taken the Oath of Office. Change…
media
January 20, 2009
Ammons sets record straight on state audit
January 20, 2009
Florida’s newspapers and television stations were quick to report the seven findings from FAMU’s most recent operationa…
opinions
January 19, 2009
Opinion: Audit rebuffs Bryant-Maxwell version of financial story
January 19, 2009
Shortly after Castell Bryant resigned from FAMU’s interim presidency in humiliation, St. Petersbugh Times columnist B…
elections
January 19, 2009
Boyd: A decision is coming soon
January 19, 2009
Now that Florida’s chief financial officer, Alex Sink , has ruled out a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2010, journalists an…
off topic
January 18, 2009
OT: Get ready for the "real deal"
January 18, 2009
By Maya Angelou In September 2008, I was invited to introduce Michelle Obama at an event in Greensboro, N.C. I had me…
students
January 18, 2009
Strikers vie for MTV dance crown
January 18, 2009
The FAMU Strikers dance troupe has a long history of performing on the national stage. Two of its biggest accomplishmen…
lawson
January 17, 2009
Lawson urges governor to reject budget and recall lawmakers
January 17, 2009
Less than 48-hours after telling GOP lawmakers that their budget cuts would result in a loss of critically needed state…
Obama
January 16, 2009
J-School will host Obama inauguration, documentary viewing
January 16, 2009
As election returns came in for historic 2008 presidential race, FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication …
audit
January 15, 2009
Ammons’ first operational audit shows dramatic turn-around
January 15, 2009
In July 2007, incoming President James Ammons inherited 35 state operational audit findings from his predecessor, Inte…
Obama
January 15, 2009
FAMU prof reflects on meaning of Obama’s victory
January 15, 2009
Jeremy Levitt , a premier public intellectual on FAMU’s faculty, is preparing to take his wife and daughters to the nat…
Ammons
January 15, 2009
DOE, NCCU reach settlement
January 15, 2009
FAMU and North Carolina Central University can finally move on from a controversy that engulfed the two schools in cont…
lawson
January 14, 2009
Lawson decries GOP’s rejection of “financial lifeline”
January 14, 2009
With hundreds of university professors, thousands of catastrophically ill Floridians, and scores of children's prog…
Grads
January 13, 2009
Meek kicks off U.S. Senate campaign
January 13, 2009
This morning, FAMU alumnus and Congressman Kendrick Meek officially announced his bid to become Florida’s junior U.S. …
tuition
January 12, 2009
More Floridians feeling pain from soaring tuition
January 12, 2009
A growing number of Floridians think the State University System’s tuition rates are too expensive, according to the 3r…
Grads
January 11, 2009
Alum brings literary legend’s story to life
January 11, 2009
As a retired school teacher and principal, FAMU alumnae Alberta Wells Godfrey has dedicated her life to inspiring youn…
bill hayes
January 10, 2009
RN Poll: Hayes is running athletics in the ground
January 10, 2009
All it takes is one conversation with FAMU Athletic Director Bill Hayes to learn that he's not out to win any popu…
Grads
January 10, 2009
Brown vies for Miss Black U.S.A.
January 10, 2009
Kimberly Brown , Miss FAMU 2005-2006, is gearing up for a new challenge. Recently crowned Miss Black Alabama U.S.A. 200…
College of Law
January 09, 2009
FAMU Law opens new bookstore & cafe'
January 09, 2009
Nearly seven years in the making, students at the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law now have an on campu…
sbi
January 09, 2009
SBI alum dubbed “Emerging Scholar”
January 09, 2009
Laquita Blockson’s star is rising in the academic world. The proud FAMU School of Business and Industry alumnae has be…