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2022-12-30 13:14
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU grad Aubrey Perry, receives $75,000 in venture capital funding for his Orlando-based technology company, Revoix LLC, which… Read More
2022-12-28 18:17
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe holiday season often brings unwelcome guests — stress and depression. And it's no wonder. The holidays often present a diz… Read More
2022-12-26 15:04
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLTwenty-six FAMU pre-med, nursing, pre-physician assistant, and physical therapy students spent much of their Christmas break traveli… Read More
2022-12-25 13:44
2022-12-24 16:31
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU President Larry Robinson, and wife Sharon Robinson, helped to make the Christmas holidays a little brighter for Big Bend famili… Read More
2022-12-23 13:11
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe new federal budget for FY 23, which Congress is expected to vote on today, includes a $500 increase in the maximum Pell Grant aw… Read More
2022-12-21 14:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAlbany State (Ga) University has selected FAMU football hall of famer Quinn Gray, Sr. as its14th head football coach for the Go… Read More
2022-12-20 15:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU grad Levon Esters has been named dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education at Penn State Un… Read More
2022-12-19 18:43
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAn initial analysis of this fall’s enrollment figures released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center in Octobe… Read More
2022-12-18 14:59
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU ROTC alumni raised more than $26,000 to create an endowed scholarship in honor of a fallen member the Rattler Battalion ---&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-12-17 13:36
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLHarvard University on Thursday named Claudine Gay as its 30th president. Gay becomes the first Black presi… Read More
2022-12-15 15:19
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLTerica Williams, the FAMU grad who appeared to have posed nude in from front of the Rattler statue in the spring, will get her maste… Read More
2022-12-14 14:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU men's basketball defeated division 2 Edward Waters 58-47 last night in the Al Lawson Center to improve to 2-6 on the season… Read More
2022-12-13 13:34
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Lady Rattlers (2-6, 0-0 SWAC) basketball team used overtime to take down division 2 Tuskegee Golden Tigers (7-2, 4-1 S… Read More
2022-12-12 17:53
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLIn the late 19th century, the Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890 helped fund public universities that opened up higher educati… Read More
2022-12-11 16:48
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLTwenty-two FAMU student athletes traded-in their sports gear for caps and gowns Friday, December 9th, and joined more than 500… Read More
2022-12-10 14:37
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Board of Trustees (BOT) voted Thursday, December 8, to give President Larry Robinson, a 3.5 percent raise, a 17.5 percent b… Read More
2022-12-09 05:47
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLBragg Memorial Stadium will soon have a new permanent video board. If all goes according to plan the new board will be installed by S… Read More
2022-12-08 13:27
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU Police Chief Terence Calloway said the university’s 1,532 security camera system helped Tallahassee P… Read More
2022-12-07 13:07
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLRev. Raphael Warnock has won a full six year term to the U.S. Senate in Georgia’s runoff election giving Democrats a… Read More
2022-12-06 16:52
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLJust after purchasing the Light House at Brooklyn Yards apartment complex in October, FAMU is again eyeing the purchase of another ap… Read More
2022-12-05 10:53
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU partners with Aura Air, a leading global provider of smart air technology based in Israel, to establish a Center of Excellence i… Read More
2022-12-04 14:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLDeion Sanders today will be introduced as the new head football coach of the University of Colorado, bringing his charisma and l… Read More
2022-12-03 14:19
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team saw its 2022 season come to an end last night in a 3-0 decision to No. 12 Florida in the opening round of th… Read More
2022-12-02 13:23
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans fo… Read More
2022-11-30 13:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFL12 FAMU football players received the All-SWAC First and Second Team post season honors this year with six Rattlers making first team… Read More
2022-11-29 13:55
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThirteen years after FAMU began its pursuit to open a dental school, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton has unveile… Read More
2022-11-28 14:24
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team (21-12, 15-1 SWAC), the 2022 SWAC Tournament Champions, will travel to Gainesville, FL this Friday to play t… Read More
2022-11-27 17:55
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU football standout Xavier Smith has been named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, which goes to the nation's FCS… Read More
2022-11-26 13:35
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU Law Dean Deidré Keller recognized the College’s donors for nearly half a million dollars in contribution… Read More
2022-11-25 15:17
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAnyone who’s viewed the #rattlernation hashtag might have noticed that Florida A&M University fans aren’t the only o… Read More
2022-11-23 14:51
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLNorth Carolina A&T University is having seven-figures in funding stripped away by the state’s legislature in a move that s… Read More
2022-11-22 13:20
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU will begin offering a new doctoral degree in material sciences and engineering through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-11-21 13:34
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe No. 24 ranked FAMU Rattlers (9-2, 7-1 SWAC) defeated its in-state neighbor Bethune-Cookman (2-9, 2-6 SWAC) 41-20 in yesterday&rs&hell…Read More
2022-11-21 13:31
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team defeated Alabama State 3-0, yesterday, to win its second SWAC volleyball tournament championship. &nbs&hell…Read More
2022-11-19 15:49
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe No. 24 ranked FAMU Rattlers (8-2, 6-1 SWAC) enters this year’s Florida Classic football game on an eight-game w… Read More
2022-11-17 14:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU and Bethune-Cookman have reached an agreement with Orange County and City of Orlando leaders to keep the Florida Blue Florida C… Read More
2022-11-16 12:55
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLLast week a federal district judge ruled that the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan was unconstitution… Read More
2022-11-15 13:26
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLJohn Morgan, founder of the Morgan & Morgan law firm, a firm with over 800 attorneys representing clients in over 50 practice ar… Read More
2022-11-14 13:13
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU reopened its renovated community garden on Orange Avenue on Saturday. The space dubbed as the Lola Hampton-Frank Pinder Agroeco… Read More
2022-11-13 14:58
Kendall Bohler returns blocked field goal for a TD on final play of the game.Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Rattlers (8-2, 6-1 SWAC) managed to win their… Read More
2022-11-11 13:47
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLToday we join communities all across this great country of ours in recognizing Veterans Day and honoring the men and women who have… Read More
2022-11-11 13:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU has closed all campuses today and Friday, as it prepares for the possible impacts from inclement weather associated with Hurric… Read More
2022-11-09 08:48
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLZachary Gilchrist, a senior electrical engineering student at FAMU, won the $200,000 grand prize at this year’s&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-11-07 13:32
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team’s 24 game SWAC win streak came to a halt Sunday afternoon as the Rattlers suffered a 3-1 loss to visi… Read More
2022-11-06 13:41
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe Rattler football extended its home game winning streak to 15, Saturday night, with a 30-16 victory over conference foe Southern… Read More
2022-11-05 14:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLIn just about any college football conference, two league losses narrow the margin for error. That’s where both FAMU and… Read More
2022-11-05 14:13
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Rattlers (6-2, 4-1 SWAC) defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions (2-6, 0-5 SWAC), 27-6 before a sold out crowd… Read More
2022-11-04 12:00
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU was recently awarded a $1.7 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue to fund its TRIO Upward Bou… Read More
2022-11-02 13:22
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe City of Tallahassee will remember late U.S. Congresswoman Carrie Pittman Davis Meek by renaming a part of South Bronou… Read More
2022-11-01 11:55
(from left) Thomas Cunningham, IV, Vice President for University Advancement Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Nelson Grillo, FAMUPresident Larry Robinson, and Brandon Moore.Stay up to date follow us o… Read More
2022-10-31 15:38
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team shut out Southern University 3-0, and defeated Texas Southern 3-1 in the first day of the SWAC volleyball c… Read More
2022-10-29 12:25
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe Walt Disney Company, yesterday, announced a $1 million grant to the FAMU School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC)… Read More
2022-10-27 13:24
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLJames Spady, FAMU football’s associate head coach/tight ends coach, has been nominated for the 2022 Capital One… Read More
2022-10-26 14:43
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFL“Set Friday” the long standing FAMU tradition and outdoor block party is set to move to from its current location in fro… Read More
2022-10-25 14:48
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLA federal appeals court has temporarily blocked President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan — halting any debt from being… Read More
2022-10-24 13:54
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLRachel Smith, a second year law student at the FAMU College of Law has been awarded the Joel Stern Diversity, Equity & Inclusion… Read More
2022-10-23 22:45
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC) again hosts one its hallmark annual events --- the “Grads are… Read More
2022-10-22 12:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU 2022 Homecoming “The Experience” officially kicks off today with nine days of festivities. A few of the… Read More
2022-10-21 04:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLTiffany Greene, a FAMU alumna and ESPN announcer, will deliver the keynote address at the 2022 Homecoming Convocation at 10:10 a.m… Read More
2022-10-20 12:28
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLNBCUniversial TV will premiere “The Return” a documentary film produced by FAMU grad Will Packer, a record-breaking… Read More
2022-10-18 11:32
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU, Monday, completed the purchase of 118-beds of student housing, acquiring the Light House at Brooklyn Yards apartment complex… Read More
2022-10-17 12:42
Trevor Noah and Roy Wood Jr.Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU grad Roy Wood Jr. could soon get a serious promotion over at Comedy Central …he's… Read More
2022-10-16 15:49
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Rattlers held off a pesky Grambling Tigers football team 20-16, Saturday to leave Louisiana with their fifth straight win… Read More
2022-10-15 14:19
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Rattler (4-2, 2-1 SWAC) football team takes on the Grambling State Tigers (1-5, 0-3 SWAC) today in Grambling, La. Kickoff i… Read More
2022-10-14 12:32
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAdvocates are calling on President Biden to cancel up to $20,000 in debt for Parent PLUS borrowers whose children received Pell Gran… Read More
2022-10-13 12:54
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU grad Monica G. Myrick won a 2022 Webby Award, the “Internet’s highest honor”,for her docu… Read More
2022-10-12 04:35
Tiffani-Dawn Sykes today will be introduced as FAMU’s new Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Sykes currently serves as the Executive Senior Associate Athlet… Read More
2022-10-11 13:07
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team extended their winning streak yesterday by defeating Prairie View A&M 3-0. The win gave the Rattle… Read More
2022-10-10 12:20
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team is the only undefeated team in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play after defeating conference… Read More
2022-10-09 04:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Office of Student Financial Aid addressed repeated complaints by students on social media, last week, by telling the Board… Read More
2022-10-09 00:43
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU football team improved to (4-2, 2-1 SWAC) this afternoon with a 20-14 win South Carolina State in Orageburg,SC. The v… Read More
2022-10-07 09:53
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLGood Morning America (GMA), ABC TV’s Emmy-winning morning news program featuring anchors Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulus… Read More
2022-10-06 13:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team (6-11, 3-0 SWAC) continued their dominance in in Southwestern Athletic Conference play this week notching t… Read More
2022-10-05 13:31
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLCVS Health has partnered with FAMU in an effort to development its executive leadership program in a meaningful collaboration to bui… Read More
2022-10-04 04:03
Students wait to speak to financial aid counselor. As the start of classes nears, students who need help paying for school may wonder how college financial aid disbursement works as the… Read More
2022-10-03 12:39
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLMedtronic, Target, Estee Lauder, Credit Suisse, Boeing, and federal, state, county and municipal government agencies were among the… Read More
2022-10-02 13:24
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAfter tumultuous week brought on by Hurricane Ian and the early closure of campus, the FAMU Rattler football team was able to keep t… Read More
2022-09-30 14:58
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLJoe Bullard, the iconic voice of the FAMU Marching 100, will be inducted into the National Black Radio Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct… Read More
2022-09-29 12:30
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe bust of longtime FAMU assistant football coaches Bobby Lang and Robert Mungen was recently added to the Jake Gaither statute in… Read More
2022-09-28 15:55
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU’s fall 2022 enrollment is 9,027, a 22 student increase over fall 2021, according to preliminary data (9/9/22) from the Of… Read More
2022-09-27 12:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU canceled classes due to Hurricane Ian from Tuesday, Sept. 27 through Friday, Sept. 30. Campus operations will be open on Tuesda… Read More
2022-09-26 12:20
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU and IBM will join forces to establish a virtual Cybersecurity Leadership Center at FAMU. “We are honored to partner… Read More
2022-09-25 12:26
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Rattler football team extended its home game winning streak to twelve, Saturday, by defeating the Alabama A&M Bulldogs… Read More
2022-09-24 12:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU looks to extend its home game winning streak to 12 this evening when the Rattlers take on the Bulldogs of Alabama A&M Unive… Read More
2022-09-23 13:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLA group of six FAMU students in Tallahassee filed a class-action lawsuit against the state Thursday alleging decades of discriminato… Read More
2022-09-22 14:08
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLJCPenney's and FAMU once again teamed up to help students build their professional wardrobes at the 3rd annual FAMU Suit U… Read More
2022-09-21 12:37
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU has been named a Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leader for 2022.For the third consecut… Read More
2022-09-20 12:24
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLMike Rice, the FAMU Head Golf Coach, who just two months ago left to take the head coach job at SWAC foe PVAMU, is returning to FAMU… Read More
2022-09-19 12:37
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe Florida Board of Governors, last week, approved FAMU’s new strategic plan, “Boldy Striking,” designed to chart… Read More
2022-09-18 13:59
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAs we begin to recover, somewhat, from the FAMU athletics meltdown and the unwanted national attention from week zero of the college… Read More
2022-09-17 14:37
FAMU J-School student students produce their own weekly “ESPN Sports Center” type show focused on Rattler football. The in the School of Journalism are bringing a new… Read More
2022-09-16 13:19
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU COVID-19 vaccination site is offering the latest, updated Pfizer and Moderna bivalent boosters shots designed to guard agai… Read More
2022-09-15 04:29
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) college rankings for 2022-23 were released earlier this week and FAMU was again recogn… Read More
2022-09-14 12:50
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU unveiled an engraved plaque to honor the nearly five dozen graduates of the original FAMU Law School on Friday, September 9, 20… Read More
2022-09-13 00:37
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe convoluted and meandering searching for FAMU’s next athletics director has been narrowed down to three finalist … Read More
2022-09-12 15:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU rose 1 spot to No. 103 among national public universities in the latest ranking from U.S. News & World Report, released tod… Read More
2022-09-11 14:00
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Rattler football team picked up its first win of the season Saturday by beating the defending SIAC Champs Albany State… Read More
2022-09-10 13:22
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Volleyball team picked up its first two wins of the season Friday defeating the UNC-Greensboro 3-0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-22), a… Read More
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