Greetings FAMUans,
For the past few months the FAMU National Alumni Association (FAMU NAA) has been requesting your opinions and sentiments on the 2009 FAMU NAA Alumni Survey. Thanks to your commitment to your alma mater, I am delighted to report that 1,328 of you responded to [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
1,328 FAMU Alumni Spoke Loud & Clear in the Recent Alumni Survey
Differential Could Harm FAMU’s Recruitment Budget
It was no coincidence that FAMU enrolled some of its largest National Achievement Scholar classes after the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship program was established in 1997.
Former President Frederick S. Humphries strategically took advantage of Bright Futures to relieve strain on the recruitment budget. NAS finalists and semi-finalists from Florida automatically qualify for the Academic Scholarship, [...]
Be There or Be Square: Rattler Reunion Weekend June 4-7, 2009
Join the FAMU community, the Office of Alumni Affairs, and the FAMU National Alumni Association for Rattler Reunion weekend on June 4-7, 2009. Many activities will be planned to celebrate and reunite Rattlers of all ages and will be an excellent opportunity to relive the Rattler experience.
Please visit the university’s website for more information and [...]
Prof leads charge to develop WHO center at FAMU
FAMU Professor Jane Barber’s services are in heavy demand from the United Nations’ World Health Organization.
Barber, who focuses on agricultural pesticide application, has been working with the WHO’s pesticide evaluation program for the past year now to develop guidelines for “Efficacy Testing of Insecticides for Indoor and Outdoor Ground Applied Space Spray Applications.”
Currently, she [...]
FAMU Research in Physics Hopes to Uncover New Energy Source
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – According to science researchers at Florida A&M University’s Center for Plasma Science and Technology (CePaST) in Innovation Park, our national security is in jeopardy unless we develop new energy sources. The planet is at risk of CO2 suffocation unless we discover clean energy alternatives, which is the focus of a new research [...]
FAMU Grad to Intern with Army Corps of Engineers
Daniel Francois, a graduate of the spring class of 2009 from the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture (CESTA), will participate in a two-year internship with the Army Corps of Engineers in Wiesbaden, Germany.
FAMU Master’s Candidate to Intern at the White House
Monday, May 11, 2009
This summer, Florida A&M University (FAMU) student Andrea Turk will serve as an intern at the White House for the Department of Management and Administrative Services.
“This internship will provide valuable and relevant work experience, validity and an enhanced exclamation point to my resume,” Turk said. “I will have the opportunity to represent [...]
Florida A&M Wins 2009 MEAC Softball Championship
Florida A&M came out of the loser’s bracket to win two games as they defeated Bethune-Cookman 4-0 in game one and 9-1 in game two in five innings to win their third Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title in the decade and their ninth overall, Saturday afternoon at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
In game one, FAMU [...]
FAMU’s Comprehensive Strategic Plan
Florida A&M University has begun to update its comprehensive strategic plan. Attached is a letter from President James H. Ammons providing insight regarding the process. Your feedback is much appreciated. The following is an excerpt from Dr. Ammons’ letter.
Every five (5) years the Board of Governors requires that the state universities update their strategic [...]
FAMU Cuts Ribbon for its Animal Healthcare Facility
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Florida A&M University (FAMU) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Animal Healthcare Complex, which will support the veterinary technology program starting this fall.
“The best is yet to come,” said FAMU President James H. Ammons. “African Americans represent only 1.9 percent of the veterinary medicine profession. The total representation of minorities in [...]