2009: The FAMU Year-in-Review
January The change that the nation proclaimed it wanted in 2008 came to fruition on freezing cold January 20, 2009, as…
January The change that the nation proclaimed it wanted in 2008 came to fruition on freezing cold January 20, 2009, as…
Christian Rateree hit a jumper with six seconds left in the game to give the Florida A&M University Women’s Basket…
C. Bette Wimbish used her tenacious spirit to blaze new trails for women and African Americans all across Florida. Wim…
FAMU alumnus Milton L. Lewis II has graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., and …
The Florida Classic between Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman returned to the top of the HBCU football heap this year…
FAMU sports videos are now available on FAMU Athletics at Information Director Vaughn Wilson’s newly launched YouTube …
FAMU's record-setting kick return specialist LeRoy Vann was named to the 2009 Sports Network Football Championship…
Merry Christmas Rattlers! May all of our readers have a happy and safe holiday and a joyous new year filled with peace,…
The FAMU Strikers have been selected to perform in the Walt Disney World Annual Christmas Day Parade which will air on …
Calling for “shared sacrifice and responsibility” in America’s ongoing war efforts, Congressman Kendrick Meek recently…
Next year, FAMU professors will continue their cutting-edge research designed to equip America’s soldiers with the very…
Bethune-Cookman University today Brian Jenkins (pictured with cap on) as its tenth Head Football Coach. Jenkins, wil…
Florida Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson says the millions of sick, uninsured Americans deserve better leadership on h…
On the twelfth day of December, FAMU President James H. Ammon s and his wife, Judy Ammons , shared some holiday cheer b…
FAMU's two-time All American kick return specialist, LeRoy Vann , was named the Most Valuable Player of the first a…
FAMU fans who can’t attend the 2009 HBCU Senior Bowl scheduled for today at 2:00pm in Montgomery, Alabama have two view…
For the second consecutive year, FAMU kick return ace LeRoy Vann was named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation 2009…
The Lady Rattlers came back from 1-14 first quarter deficit to beat the Crimson Tide women, 61-52. With the loss, Alaba…
The Lady Rattler bowling team finished atop of the MEAC’s southern division with a 19-5 record en route to its first-ev…
Leoneda Inge , a FAMU alumnus and reporter for North Carolina Public Radio, took her microphone and voice recorder with…
FAMU return specialist LeRoy Vann was honored last week by the Leon County Commission. Commissioner Bill Proctor pres…
When Anika Noni Rose was a student in FAMU’s Essential Theatre program, her professors knew she was destined for Holly…
Rasheem Jenkins hit two free throws in the final 20 seconds to lift Florida A&M to a 60-58 non-conference men’s ba…
Minority Innovation Challenges Institute FAMU recently released more details on a story Rattler Nation broke in No…
HBCU supporters across the nation are eagerly awaiting the outcome from the White House’s promise to seek increased fun…
The Lady Rattlers will take on the 8-0 Kentucky women’s basketball team at 1 p.m. EST today in a game that will be tele…
Matthew Beatty , associate director for Public Affairs for Black PR Wire’s Miami-based company, visited FAMU's Scho…
Yesterday, Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris swooped in to fix another public relations fiasco created by bumbling DRS Sup…
FAMU’s Tameka McKelton (pictured) was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, while FAMU'…
FAMU administrators were key presenters at the 2009 Atlanta conference this week on surviving a perfect storm and best …
Newspapers across the Sunshine State are crediting Florida Senate Minority Leader Alfred "Al" Lawson with br…
The Florida A&M University’s accreditation has been reaffirmed for 10 more years by the Southern Association of Col…
With Florida Democrats still lacking a credible candidate for the chief financial officer election, state Sen. Al Lawso…
The news that Ronald Holmes had been hired to lead FAMU’s Development Research School in late 2007 led many FAMU suppo…
FAMU volleyball dropped a 3-2 (22-25, 25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 13-15) heartbreaker to Jacksonville State in the first round…
SBI students place second in Indiana University (IU) Global Sales Leadership National Team Selling Competition. Team …
The low average family income of FAMU students presents a big challenge for the university as it struggles with painful…
FAMU senior broadcast journalism students will showcase their documentaries at the Student Documentary Night on Decembe…