Posts from ‘April, 2009’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Students from Florida A&M University (FAMU) surveyed several museums, art and cultural centers in the Pacific Southwest, including Los Angeles’ famous J. Paul Getty Center and Villa, the California African American Museum and the Santa Monica Museum of Art.  The students were also invited to visit the private home and personal art [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Walter Smith, Ph.D., Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) seventh president, is the first African-American recipient of the National Education Association’s (NEA) 2009 Applegate-Dorros Peace and International Understanding Award.
“The Human and Civil Rights Awards dinner is a product of the merger of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Teachers Association (ATA),” said [...]

FAMU Students Win the 2009 Ford HBCU Business Classic Competition
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida A&M University (FAMU) students Emerson Naylor, School of Business and Industry (SBI), and Evan Anderson, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, won the 2009 Ford HBCU Business Classic Competition.  As the grand prize winner, the student team won $35,000 in personal scholarships and $15,000 [...]

FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT

Dear Rattlers,
As you may know, the Florida Legislature is considering significant budget cuts to public higher education in the new fiscal year that starts on July 1, 2009.  In anticipation of that, Florida A&M University  (FAMU) is in the process of identifying wide-ranging budget reduction recommendations that will be considered over the [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Commencement Committee has developed a plan for its 9 a.m. commencement session scheduled for Sunday, May 3, due to the expected turnout.  Tickets are needed only for the morning session.  The commencement speaker will be former President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Former President Bill Clinton will lead the line up of speakers scheduled for Florida A&M University’s Spring 2009 Commencement on May 3, 2009.
President Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation will address students slated to receive degrees at the first of three sessions beginning at 9 a.m. in the new Multipurpose [...]

Florida A&M University’s alumnus Adriel A. Hilton, Ph.D. was recognized as a young leader under 30 in the April 2009 issue of Ebony magazine.
Ebony magazine salutes Hilton, 27, as being one of the young men across the nation who are excelling in careers and giving back to the community.
“It is a great honor to be [...]