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
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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
2022-09-09 13:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLNiche recently released its 2023 college rankings, and FAMU finished as the No. 1 HBCU overall. The college ranking and review… Read More
2022-09-08 14:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU, and Crestview, FL officials, yesterday celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Durrell Peaden,Jr, Center. Jr., wh… Read More
2022-09-07 04:31
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU journalism alum Donovan Long recently received regional Emmy Award and was named the “Best (news) Anchor in Michigan for… Read More
2022-09-05 11:39
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU suffered its worst loss to an HBCU opponent Sunday afternoon losing to SWAC East foe Jackson State 59-3.The Tigers were in cont… Read More
2022-09-04 13:55
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU will face off against Jackson State this afternoon at 3 p.m. ET in the Orange Blossom Classic at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami… Read More
2022-09-03 13:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU’s star edge rusher and 2023 NFL prospect Isaiah Land will be eligible, along with starting right tackle Ca… Read More
2022-09-02 14:11
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLWhen the Orange Blossom Classic roared back to life last year after a 43-year hiatus, organizers figured Miami Gardens would be the… Read More
2022-09-01 09:30
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLTorey Alston, a FAMU grad and former member of the FAMU Board of Trustees, was elected chair of the Broward County School Board… Read More
2022-08-31 14:39
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU President Larry Robinson, yesterday, traveled to the Galimore-Powell Fieldhouse on campus to meet face-to-face with members of… Read More
2022-08-30 05:51
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe last few days have been nothing less than challenging for the FAMU football fan base, which has long been recognized as one of t… Read More
2022-08-29 12:43
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU was recently awarded a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) to develop a new two-week, history focus… Read More
2022-08-28 13:49
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLDespite the off field drama leading up to Saturday’s contest, the FAMU Rattler football team put up a valiant effort in its 24… Read More
2022-08-27 13:51
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAfter an event-filled day, the FAMU football team eventually boarded its charter flight to North Carolina yesterday, to take on the… Read More
2022-08-26 11:37
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLPresident Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he will cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for Americans earning less th… Read More
2022-08-25 17:51
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe 18 member search committee tasked with finding FAMU’s next Vice President/Director of Athletics has narrowed its search do… Read More
2022-08-24 04:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLSeven FAMU alumni named to Savoy Magazine’s 2022 list of Influential Black Executives. FAMU Trustee Craig Reed… Read More
2022-08-22 13:05
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU is one of five educational institutions joining the National Science Foundation (NSF) in a partnership to create the Engineering… Read More
2022-08-21 14:57
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe U.S. Department of Education is giving federal student loan borrowers who’ve fallen behind on their debt a chance to get in… Read More
2022-08-20 13:14
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team defeated the University of West Florida 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-12) to win it season opener exhi… Read More
2022-08-18 13:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU nursing students sitting for the National Council Licensure Examination for the first time, this year, saw improvement in their… Read More
2022-08-17 11:57
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Grape Harvest Festival returns this Saturday, August 20 at the FAMU Center for Viticulture and Small Fruit Research, at 6361… Read More
2022-08-16 15:21
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFL The 2022 football season is nearly here and the Rattlers are heading into the season with high expectations following up on las… Read More
2022-08-15 14:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLAlpha Xi Gives, a scholarship initiative founded and managed by alumni of the Alpha Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at… Read More
2022-08-14 15:00
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLMelissa St. Joy, principal of the Emma Hutchinson Elementary in Atlanta, GA, one of the organizers of Be Out Day Atlanta, and th… Read More
2022-08-13 15:54
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU grad Jerry Lorenzo, founder of the Fear of God (FoG) brand, and adidas announced a long-term partnership.&nb&hell…Read More
2022-08-12 13:31
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU football and the defending 2021 SWAC Champion Lady Rattlers volleyball team will hold its an “Fan Day” on  &hell…Read More
2022-08-11 14:54
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU is adding Nursing Informatics, Nursing Leadership and Nursing Education degree options to its Master of Science in Nursing… Read More
2022-08-10 14:48
While much of the focus has been on the FAMU Rattler football team, the Lady Rattler volleyball team, the defending SWAC Champions, returned to begin preparations for their 2022-23 season.&n&hell…Read More
2022-08-08 04:20
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLWillis Lyons, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Environmental Science, and alumnus De’Marcus Robinson will become me… Read More
2022-08-07 12:30
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLA new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine in July found that Black medical students at historical… Read More
2022-08-06 15:15
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLRattler football players continue to rack up preseason honors. This week linebacker Isaiah Land, wide receiver X… Read More
2022-08-05 11:12
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLAtty. Ben Crump who has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general" by the public for his work helping families in high-profile ci… Read More
2022-08-04 12:31
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU expects to expand its campus footprint with the purchase four parcels of land that include 118 beds student housing that border… Read More
2022-08-03 15:04
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU will participation in the Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program. The initiative helps students at over 30 Historically… Read More
2022-08-02 12:22
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Cheerleaders, yesterday, placed first in the 45 Second Gameday in the All Girls Division and won the Most Collegiate award a… Read More
2022-08-01 04:05
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLStudent debt remains a stubborn obstacle that prevents Black Americans from securing financial stability in the short term and financ… Read More
2022-07-31 20:23
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLIndelible Business Solutions, one of the nation’s fastest-growing management consulting firms, founded by FAMU School of Busine… Read More
2022-07-30 14:01
2022-07-29 16:54
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLToday, Damilola E. Ologunagba will be one of more than a dozen FAMU students graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy degree, and one o… Read More
2022-07-28 15:00
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLA new report from the United Negro College Fund calls on Congress to invest an additional $6.5 billion in to the nation&rsq&hell…Read More
2022-07-27 11:47
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLTwo FAMU College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) professors have been named members of National Academy of Invento… Read More
2022-07-26 13:04
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU President Larry Robinson was one of six HBCU presidents to visit Tel Aviv earlier this month for an inaugural HBCU leaders&rsquo&hell…Read More
2022-07-25 12:49
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLA team of 10 graduate and 12 undergraduate students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering were selected by NASA to compete in the… Read More
2022-07-24 16:49
Bragg Stadium's new press box. photo by Vaughn WilsonStay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLOn Friday, Bragg Stadium's new press box, a major pi… Read More
2022-07-23 16:20
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU home football games against Albany State and Arkansas Pine-Bluff (homecoming) will be televised on HBCU-GO network. The ha… Read More
2022-07-22 14:55
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLSix large trucks carrying Bragg Stadium's new press box arrived late yesterday afternoon accompanied by truck escort vehicles as requ… Read More
2022-07-21 12:24
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU, and other HBCU football fans, looking to catch football games on ESPN+ this fall will have shell out a bit more money this year… Read More
2022-07-20 11:53
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU men’s golf coach Mike Rice has accepted a similar position at SWAC foe Prarie View A&M University. Rice who headed the… Read More
2022-07-19 12:03
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU volleyball team added two transfers to its roster in the form of Jada Taylor from Grambling State and N… Read More
2022-07-18 11:24
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLLast week over 600 middle and high school students from as far away from as far away as California, Maryland, Michigan, Wy… Read More
2022-07-17 13:56
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) championed a state law limits what schools and workplaces can teach about race and identity.Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLThe University of C… Read More
2022-07-16 13:22
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLYesterday, FAMU announced its intention to assist students who are unable to secure housing in one of the university's on-campus resi… Read More
2022-07-15 12:17
FAMU Head Football Coach Willie Simmons has been recognized as one of the top 45 minority coaches under 45 to watch for future Division I head-coaching jobs by ESPN."Other than&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-07-13 12:51
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLSeveral hundred frustrated parents of incoming FAMU freshmen unsure of where their students are going to live and unsure of how much… Read More
2022-07-12 12:23
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLFAMU will receive $500,000 from the National Park Service (NPS) to assist with preserving the historic parts of the Samuel H. Co… Read More
2022-07-11 13:20
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLTimothy A. Barber, a FAMU alumnus and long-time executive director of the Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South F… Read More
2022-07-10 13:08
Stay up to date follow us on Twitte @RattlerNationFLCandace Harris, who was the fifth black woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from FAMU in 2018, is an experimental physicist in the Weapo… Read More
2022-07-09 15:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLBragg Stadium ranks as the 3rd toughest places for a visiting opponent to play, according to The Clarion Ledger &hell…Read More
2022-07-08 12:43
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLShortly after being thrust in to the interim AD role for the third time in April, AD Michael Smith quickly announced the postponemen… Read More
2022-07-07 08:47
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAfter coming off a 3-25 season, their worst in 20 years, the FAMU women’s basketball program has taken advanta… Read More
2022-07-05 23:52
Exactly what the new press box at Bragg Memorial Stadium will look like has been a closely guarded secret. The FAMU Division of Facilities Planning, which has been managing the $12 mil… Read More
2022-07-05 14:33
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAlan Hanstein has been appointed as the executive director for the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee (CLCTLH), an outreach a… Read More
2022-07-04 15:05
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLHappy Fourth of July to you and your families!Holidays are for families!The Rattler Nation Team hope that all of you have a won… Read More
2022-07-03 04:01
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLJames Aaron Turk Sr. and Rosemarie "Rose" King Turk celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary last Saturday in Gainesville, FL… Read More
2022-07-01 04:21
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFlorida Board of Governors, yesterday, announced the State University Systems’ Performance-Based Funding allocations for 2022… Read More
2022-06-30 11:36
Andrew ChinStay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAndrew Chin, the long-time associate dean of the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology (SA+ET) has been named… Read More
2022-06-29 04:02
FAMU School of Allied Health Dean Cynthia “Cindy” Hughes-Harris and School of Architecture and Engineering Technology Dean Rodner Wright have both decided to retire at the end of… Read More
2022-06-28 13:30
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU School of Allied Health Sciences’ (SOAHS) respiratory care program received the Distinguished RRT (Registered Respira… Read More
2022-06-27 11:46
2022-06-26 04:01
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLInterim AD Michael Smith, along with Football Coach Willie Simmons and Volleyball Coach Gokhan Yilmaz took to the road Friday f… Read More
2022-06-25 16:09
Two members of the FAMU Rattler football team --- Isaiah Land and Jah'Marae Sheread were named to Athlon Sports’ 2022 FCS Preseason All-American Team.L… Read More
2022-06-24 06:57
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Marching 100 added another noteworthy performance to their already lengthy resume yesterday as members of the band performe… Read More
2022-06-22 15:40
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLPamela Rentz, a senior broadcast journalism major with a minor in African American Studies., has been admitted to the Rhoden Fe… Read More
2022-06-21 15:17
Three FAMU students received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to finance their studies overseas. Bryana Pittman, Laila J. Spinner, and Haley Wilson will be studyi… Read More
2022-06-20 18:51
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLMississippi’s three public HBCU’s -- Jackson State University, Alcorn State University and Mississippi Valley Stat… Read More
2022-06-19 04:02
FAMU grad Aubrey Perry, receives $75,000 in venture capital funding for his Orlando-based technology company, Revoix LLC, which recently launched the Crackem app a contactless… Read More
2022-06-18 14:13
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLOur friends at Mega Ace Media provided this latest 360 degree aerial view of Bragg Memorial Stadium's West side reconstruction. The… Read More
2022-06-17 04:02
FAMU has received $495,000 from the Florida Department of State to begin renovations to the “Sunshine Manor” which served as the campus home to three FAMU presidents John Robert… Read More
2022-06-16 04:02
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe Biden-Harris administration has tapped FAMU grad and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to serve as senior advisor to the… Read More
2022-06-15 04:13
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLWhen the fall college sports season begins in a few month, thousands of athletes, trainers, and coaches will be on the road each wee… Read More
2022-06-15 01:47
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe NCAA released its latest Academic Progress Report (APR) on Tuesday, and FAMU football team’s multi-year APR sco… Read More
2022-06-14 04:02
FAMU is on par to have a record-breaking year in research funding for 2021-22. So far this year, the university has taken in more than $72 million in grants.With the cu… Read More
2022-06-13 04:01
FAMU’s 4-year graduation rate for first time in college, full-time students, entering in 2017-21 was 27%, a 7.6 % decline from the 34.6% for the 2016-20 cohort. The 27%… Read More
2022-06-12 04:02
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with a plan to the ban sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes in the United States. The ban would most likely have the de… Read More
2022-06-11 09:20
Hiram Powell, Bethune-Cookman University's interim president abruptly retired, the university announced late Wednesday. Powell had worked at B-CU in various capacities for more tha… Read More
2022-06-09 21:46
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAdditional details have emerged about the FAMU’s Incomparable Marching “100” Band invitation to appear at the… Read More
2022-06-09 13:36
New Gaither Gym floor 2022Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLFAMU basketball coach Robert McCollum expressed his disdain that the new floor in Gaither Gym did not incl… Read More
2022-06-08 12:48
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLSierra Leone Ambassador Waleed Shamsid-Deen, a 1994 graduate of FAMU, visited campus last week to discuss strategic partnership oppo… Read More
2022-06-07 11:47
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe number of new COVID cases in Leon County are the highest they’ve been in about three months, more than triple last month… Read More
2022-06-05 12:49
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAnosh Gill, a FAMU professor who serves as the interim division director of the Division of Graphic Communications in the School of… Read More
2022-06-04 16:00
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe number of U.S. College students who leave college without a degree or any credential has risen to in the past two years, accordi… Read More
2022-06-03 12:09
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLThe FAMU Golf team is one of six HBCU teams selected to compete in the inaugural Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup golf tournament set… Read More
2022-06-02 12:17
Stay up to date follow us on Twitter @RattlerNationFLAs of May 23rd, FAMU had raised more than $23 million during FY 21-22, exceeding its goal of raising $12 million by $11million dolla… Read More
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