President James H. Ammons will hit the road once again on his Second Annual President's Tour to recruit students. Ammons will meet with students, parents, business executives and alumni in the Gainesville and South Florida areas this month.The first reception is March 12 at 6 p.m. in Gainesville at Springhill Missionary Baptist Church, 120 SE Williston Road. The second is March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel, 1617 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale. There also will be a stop at Palm Beach Lakes High School.
High school seniors and their parents are invited to attend. Scholarships will be awarded on the spot. To qualify, a student must be a National Achievement Semifinalist, majoring in one of the following: biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science.
Mathematics students are eligible who have an 1100 (R&M) SAT score or 23 ACT. Other students who have at least a 3.5 GPA and scores of 1300 (R&M) SAT score or 29 ACT also are eligible.
FAMU also will offer a full scholarship called the Distinguished Scholar Award to students who have 1200 on the SAT or 27 on the ACT and a 3.5 GPA or better. Partial scholarships will be offered to incoming freshmen who have at least 1100 on the (R&M) SAT or 23 on the ACT and a minimum GPA of 3.0.
"During these dark and gloomy times, FAMU is on the road to reassure students and their families that education is key to realizing their dreams for bright futures," said Ammons. "This tour is a personal reminder that college funding is available and that we are encouraging donors to support these students' dreams."
Several FAMU administrators, student leaders and alumni will accompany Ammons.
The tour is sponsored by Coca-Cola and NASCAR.
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Lets go get em FAMU. I applaud FAMU's recruitment efforts and wish them the best of luck. To all prospective Rattlers, FAMU is the best college experience in the world!!!
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Though i am happy i'm very disappointed at this trip compared to last years.
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ReplyDeleteWell send some money so they can cover more cities. They've lost $18 million to budget cuts in the last year.
I'm sure the cities have all been considered for whatever reasons. I didn't care much for last year's list. But I understood. How effective are you as an alum at recruiting. How effective are any of us? I think Dr. Ammons is getting at these issues city by city, chapter by chapter. I was happy to be "tagged" while at a big local fotball event. Apparently someone was clever and had invitations put on the vehicles of fans with Rattler tags or the infamous parking permit stickers. The invite was for scheduled meetings and functions of the Rattler faithful supporters in the area. Not perfect but great for people who happened to be identifiable and may or may not have a current connection to the local chapter. Go Rattlers.
ReplyDeleteAlumni in palm beach county could care less about ammons tour.He need not stop in palm beach.Keep moving.
ReplyDelete7:06 PM, The alumni in Palm Beach are eagerly looking forward to Dr. Ammons' Tour. I'm an active alumnus in Palm Beach and we are extremely excited about his visit. Palm Beach loves FAMU!!!!
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ReplyDeleteYou may be unaware, but the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools(SACS) is scheduled to be on campus from March 9 until March 12. That is the main part of the reason why the trip is being cut short and they are not visiting as many places as last year. Stay Blessed!
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