The annual tour is an effort to recruit some of the best and brightest students in the state of Florida. Robinson will meet with students and parents to award scholarships on the spot to students who meet Presidential Scholarship requirements.
High school seniors and their parents are invited to attend all receptions. To qualify for the Life-Gets-Better Scholarship, a student must be designated as a National Achievement, Hispanic or Merit Semifinalist majoring in one of the following STEM programs: biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, physics, environmental science, or mathematics. Students must have a 1950 SAT score or a 29 on the ACT and a 3.50 grade point average (GPA). Recipients of this scholarship will also receive a stipend each semester for miscellaneous expenses, internship opportunities and a laptop.
FAMU will also offer the Distinguished Scholar Award, a full scholarship, to students who have 1800 on the SAT or 27 on the ACT and a 3.5 GPA. Partial scholarships will be offered to incoming freshmen who have at least 1650 on the SAT or 23 on the ACT and a minimum GPA of 3.0.
The FAMU Connection, the University’s recruitment/performing group, will provide entertainment. FAMU administrators, Presidential Ambassadors, representatives from the colleges and schools and alumni will accompany Interim President Robinson.
The tour schedule is as follows:
Pensacola
March 9, 1 p.m. (CST)
Booker T. Washington High School
6000 College Pkwy
Pensacola, FL 32504
Gainesville
March 10, 3 p.m.
Springhill Missionary Baptist Church
120 SE Williston Rd.
Gainesville, FL 32641
Fort Lauderdale
March 11, 10 a.m.
Hallandale Magnet High School Auditorium
720 N.W. Ninth Avenue
Hallandale, FL 33009
Miami
March 11, 7 p.m.
Joseph Caleb Auditorium
5400 N.W. 22nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33181