2022-02-11 12:09
Two FAMU students, Tia Huie, a senior majoring Health, Fitness and Leisure, and Tatiana Barnes, a sophomore in Business Administration, will be receiving an al… Read More
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2022-02-10 13:16
FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) graduates in the class of 2021 who took the &n&hell…Read More
2022-02-09 13:24
Truth Hall, the historic FAMU women’s residence hall constructed in 1958 is set for demolition in April/May of this year. The iconic four-story, 32,000-square-foot building w… Read More
2022-02-08 13:44
FAMU alums Daniel Sunjata & Woody McClain on Power Book II: Ghost season 2No doubt, if you have been watching the hit television series Power Book II: Ghost on Starz you&rsquo&hell…Read More
2022-02-07 17:23
A bill being considered by the Florida Legislature would require all of the state’s public colleges and universities to change accreditors within the next decade.In theory, that&r&hell…Read More
2022-02-06 14:33
FAMU men's basketball seven-game win streak ended Saturday afternoon after losing to Texas Southern 67-55. The Rattlers struggle from the field against the defending SWAC champs shootin… Read More
2022-02-05 15:44
The FAMU men's basketball team, who shares a portion of the top spot in the SWAC basketball standings, looks to extend their win streak to eight this afternoon, Feb. 5 at 4:30 p.m. in a nati… Read More
2022-02-04 18:55
FAMU employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) went on an “informational strike” earlier this… Read More
2022-02-03 13:50
The FAMU football team released its 2022 Signing Day Class on Wednesday. The Rattlers announced the signing of 18 players a mixture of transfer players from community colleges/universities a… Read More
2022-02-02 16:28
Hundreds gathered at FAMU’s Charles Winter Wood Theatre for a vigil to pay tribute to their fallen Rattler Makayla Bryant, a 22 year-old grad student, who was shot and killed Wednesday… Read More
2022-02-01 20:47
The FAMU men's basketball team defeated Alabama State 66-65 to win their seventh straight game. FAMU improved to 9-11 (7-2 SWAC) on the season. The Rattlers led the Hornets f… Read More
2022-01-31 05:34
FAMU grad Stanley Campbell, a retired Navy pilot, recently has become Florida’s first Black golf and country club owner when he purchased the Martins-Down Golf Club in Martin Co… Read More
2022-01-30 20:17
Click to enlargeMichael Johnson, who was recently fired from his position as associate athletic director for administration and operations, seems to have way too much time on his hands… Read More
2022-01-30 12:23
The FAMU Rattler basketball team defeated the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 65-6- yesterday in Normal, AL, to pick-up their sixth straight win. The Rattlers (8-11, 6-2 SWAC) built… Read More
2022-01-29 18:56
The FAMU Rattlers men’s basketball team (7-11, 5-2 SWAC) with take on the Alabama A&M Bulldogs (4-13, 3-4 SWAC) at Elmore Gymnasium, in Huntsville, AL, this afternoon. Tip-off is s… Read More
2022-01-28 14:52
More than 350 FAMU students attended the JCPenney Suit Up Spring 2022, a prelude to the two-day spring Career & Internship Expo that began on Wednesday.Organizers offered students $3,600… Read More
2022-01-26 14:18
FAMU Athletics unveiled its 2022 football schedule yesterday. The schedule includes five home games with homecoming slated for October 29th against Arkansas Pine-Bluff. "We a… Read More
2022-01-25 05:34
The FAMU men's basketball team beat Jackson State 67-64 for their fifth straight win Monday in the Al Lawson Center. The Rattlers were led by senior guard Keith Littles who ha… Read More
2022-01-24 06:18
Michael Johnson, FAMU’s Associate Athletic Director for Administration and Operations was terminated last Wednesday after a short internal investigation. Johnson wh… Read More
2022-01-23 13:49
The FAMU men’s basketball team defeated Alcorn State 70-68 in a crucial league contest yesterday in the Al Lawson Center. FAMU (4-2 SWAC, 6-11 overall) came into the contest… Read More
2022-01-22 14:09
The FAMU home men's game between against Alcorn State, today, has been moved from 4 to 3 p.m. at the Lawson Center. The previously scheduled home women's basketball game bet… Read More
2022-01-20 13:24
FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., will travel to today to Jacksonville to recruit area students this evening at Florida State College – Jacksonville, Kent Campus 6 p.m. The ev… Read More
2022-01-19 13:26
Traki L. Taylor, Ph.D, who from January 2016 – May 2017, served as Dean of the FAMU College of Education, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fr… Read More
2022-01-18 13:47
FAMU football head coach Willie Simmons has been named as one of the co-head coaches for the inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl. Simmons, and his offensive coaching staff, will… Read More
2022-01-17 14:53
Kym-Mani King, a 5’10, 169 lbs, defensive back, who last year played football at Iowa State University, of the BIG 12 Conference, yesterday, announced (via Twitter) that he has committ… Read More
2022-01-16 15:24
The FAMU Rattlers men’s basketball team picked up their first road win of the 2021-22 season by defeating SWAC foe Arkansas-Pine Bluff, yesterday, 71-66 in overtime. With th… Read More
2022-01-14 12:42
Workers removing steel pans on Bragg Stadium's westside.FAMU Trustees, yesterday received an update on the renovations of the westside of Bragg Memorial Stadium. Trustees, meeting in a… Read More
2022-01-13 12:18
A dozen FAMU business students will be participating in the Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCU Possibilities Program this spring an immersive, semester-long crash course in key financial con… Read More
2022-01-11 11:59
FAMU grad Arian Simone, president and chief executive officer of Fearless Fund, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Steve Madden, LTD. … Read More
2022-01-09 19:23
With the omicron variant raging across the US and Florida, a number of FAMU faculty asked the university during a virtual Town Hall Meeting, Thursday, if the university would consider transi… Read More
2022-01-09 01:23
FAMU ranked third in the nation in a listing of top ten colleges for women and minorities in the STEM fields.While several colleges and universities ranked highly for STEM initiatives, the Z… Read More
2022-01-08 03:25
Isaiah Land (#31)Isaiah Land, a linebacker on the FAMU football team, won the Buck Buchanan Award, Friday night, topping fellow linebackers Troy Andersen of Montana State and Patrick O… Read More
2022-01-07 19:05
Bobby Lang, the legendary former FAMU Track & Field Coach, who won 38 conference championships between the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the Mid-Eastern Athleti… Read More
2022-01-06 16:41
Ken Welch, a 1987 FAMU MBA grad, will be sworn in as the first Black mayor of St. Petersburg, FL, at noon today. Welch will be sworn in virtually after he recently tested posi… Read More
2022-01-05 05:29
Vince Evans, a 2011 FAMU political science graduated, has been tapped by Congressional Black Caucus Chair US Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) to serve as executive director of the 5… Read More
2022-01-04 16:51
Tanya Tatum, director of FAMU student health services.Tanya Tatum, the director of student health services at FAMU, who oversees testing and vaccinations, and Cynthia M. Harris, associa… Read More
2022-01-03 05:04
To say that 39 year-old Jordache Avery, a 2004 FAMU grad, has taken the city of Atlanta by storm, would be an understatement. Since launching his own firm – Xmetrical Design Studi… Read More
2022-01-02 21:14
The FAMU Athletics Communications and Digital Strategy staff, which we have been critical of before, puts out some very sophomoric and questionable social media post. We have gott… Read More
2022-01-01 05:01
The FAMU Lady Rattlers basketball team dropped its 11 straight game 64-54 to the UNF Ospreys, Thursday, December 30th, in the Lawson Center. The team is 0-11… Read More
2021-12-30 19:43
Systemic racism and its role in the financial strangulation of HBCUs isn’t new, it is just finally been exposed as a prominent thorn of injustice in America’s higher education sy… Read More
2021-12-29 11:53
As Florida hit a new record for daily cases last weekend, with the state reporting 32,850 new cases on Saturday. The state reported more than 29,000 new cases on Tuesday.The mayor of one of… Read More
2021-12-26 13:12
Florida broke its single-day record for new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the omicron variant continues to drive a surge in infections.The state reported 31,758 cases to the Center… Read More
2021-12-24 20:13
As the omicron variant continues to spread throughout the nation, new modeling data shows the latest strain may cause millions more new infections per day in the U.S. but fewer hos… Read More
2021-12-21 13:53
After a year of waiting, Keishon Smith finally got to walk—in person—for his 2020 graduation ceremony at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. He like, so many 2020 grad… Read More
2021-12-20 13:13
The Palm Beach County FAMU Alumni Association hosted free lunch for seniors citizens this past Sunday at a local Palm Beach County restaurant.Many of the seniors met for the first time… Read More
2021-12-19 16:22
Selina Darling-Reed,Ph.D.A team of FAMU researchers within the College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) has secured a $469,128 grant from th… Read More
2021-12-18 15:59
The Celebration Bowl, the historically Black college and university national-title-claim game, reconvenes today in Atlanta after a one year pandemic pause, two years of waiting and three jar… Read More
2021-12-17 13:21
Dalton Harrell, a pitcher on the FAMU baseball team, has died. He was 21. Harrell died Wednesday after an accidental shooting in his hometown Bainbridge, Ga.According t… Read More
2021-12-16 14:45
After starting the season off at No. 1 in the Undefeated’s HBCU Band Ranking, the FAMU Marching 100 finished the season in the No. 2 spot, behind the Norfolk State Spartan L… Read More
2021-12-15 13:19
Six FAMU football players were named BOXTOROW HBCU All-Americans, which was the most of any from any school.Bishop Bonnett - Running Back - All-SWAC First Team OffenseBishop Bonnet… Read More
2021-12-13 13:04
Jamel Ali, Ph.D.FAMU professor Jamel Ali, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, has received a $450,00 Air Force Y… Read More
2021-12-12 13:20
FAMU has hired Ashley Davis to be the university’s emergency management director, tasked with helping the university prepare for when disaster strikes. Before joining FA… Read More
2021-12-11 06:43
FAMU held its fall commencement ceremony on Friday, sending off nearly 600 new college graduates into the world.Graduates were limited to up to eight tickets for guests… Read More
2021-12-10 14:44
FAMU has partnered with Bisk, a global leader in online education, offer more online master’s degree programs in the STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics &mdas&hell…Read More
2021-12-09 12:49
FAMU senior defensive line Savion Williams has made himself available for the 2021 NFL Draft, he announced via his twitter page. Williams, 6’4, 290 lbs, transferred to F… Read More
2021-12-07 13:12
FAMU coaching legend Rudy Hubbard will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the 63rd National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinne… Read More
2021-12-06 12:44
The pandemic may not be over, but in two months, the pause on student-loan payments will be. Federal Student Aid director Richard Cordray said during remarks this we… Read More
2021-12-05 16:10
The FAMU Lady Rattlers basketball team dropped their sixth straight loss of the season to the Jacksonville University Dolphins 57-36 on Saturday at Swisher Gym in Jacksonville.The Dolphins j… Read More
2021-12-03 13:20
The FAMU Volleyball team lost in the opening round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament, suffering a 3-0 setback to No. 16 Florida Thursday (Dec. 2). The Rattlers fell 11-25, 14-25… Read More
2021-12-02 09:12
The FAMU Marching 100 has been invited to perform at halftime of the annual Senior Bowl football game in Mobile, AL, Saturday, February 5, 2022.The Senior Bowl is an annual college all-star… Read More
2021-12-01 12:31
Six members of the FAMU Rattler football team earned first-team All-SWAC honors, the conference announced Monday. The all-conference teams and individual award winners were voted… Read More
2021-11-30 13:35
If you are like most of us, you are very proud to be a Rattler and recognize how important the “FAMU Spirit” is and all that it represents. To us “Excellence with Caring&rd&hell…Read More
2021-11-29 05:54
Carrie Meek greets members of the FAMU women's basketball team in her office in the US Capitol.Former U.S. Rep. Carrie Pittman Davis Meek, the first Black person to represent Florida in… Read More
2021-11-28 13:50
The Rattler football team’s season came to an end in the first round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs Saturday night as No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana University scored touchdowns on each of it… Read More
2021-11-26 14:08
Dr. Walter L. Smith, the seventh president and president emeritus of FAMU died yesterday in Tampa. He was 86. President Larry Robinson issued the following statement on h… Read More
2021-11-25 06:39
We hope this season is filled with lots of happiness and joy, wealth and prosperity. May your home be filled with love on this wonderful Thanksgiving Read More
2021-11-23 14:03
FAMU College of Law students will get the chance to see first-hand the roles attorneys can play in and out of the courtroom to fight racial and economic inequality through two new fellowship… Read More
2021-11-22 05:01
The FAMU Volleyball team defeated defending SWAC Champs Jackson State 3-2 to claim the 2021 SWAC Volleyball Tournament Championship. The Lady Rattlers will automatically qualify f… Read More
2021-11-21 18:17
The FAMU Rattler football, this afternoon, received an at-large bid to participate in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The Rattlers will travel to Hammond, LA… Read More
2021-11-21 05:03
Fans waited two years for the Florida Classic to return — last year's contest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and it took less than five minutes for bo… Read More
2021-11-20 15:52
The FAMU Volleyball team advanced to the semifinal round of the 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament after sweeping Prairie View A&M, 3-0 yesterday.The Rattlers ea… Read More
2021-11-19 13:36
The FAMU volleyball team nearly swept all major SWAC postseason honors in the team's first season in the league Rattlers placed four members of the six categories."We are thrilled to have Do… Read More
2021-11-18 16:49
FAMU officials yesterday, took the road to recruit high school and state college students to the university prior to the Florida Classic football game in Orlando. The first stop on the… Read More
2021-11-17 14:28
FAMU grad Cecka Rose Green has been tapped to lead the Leon County Children's Services Council the search committee recommended last Friday afternoon. She is expecte… Read More
2021-11-16 13:59
The FAMU men's basketball team (1-1) overpowered division II LeMoyne-Owen College (1-3) to win its 2021-22 season home opener 95-70.With the victory, the Rattlers have won 13 of their last 1… Read More
2021-11-15 05:02
Ten years ago this week, on November 19, 2011, Robert Champion Jr., a drum major in the FAMU Marching 100 was brutally beaten to death during a hazing ritual hours after… Read More
2021-11-14 17:23
The FAMU Rattler football team completely dominated the UAPB Lions on both sides of the ball yesterday and left Pine Bluff, AK with at 37-7 win. The Rattlers improved to 8-2 overall, 6-1 in… Read More
2021-11-13 16:31
The FAMU Rattlers (7-2) travel to Arkansas today to take on the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions (2-7) at 3 pm ET at Simmons Bank Field. This will be the first ever meeti… Read More
2021-11-11 12:20
The FAMU men’s basketball team dropped their season opener to Kansas State 67-57 last night 67-57. The Rattlers played the Wildcats extremely tough much of the first ha… Read More
2021-11-11 05:02
FAMU is one of twenty-eight historically Black colleges and universities that will benefit from an ambitious partnership with Strada Education Network, to "scale experiential learning and le… Read More
2021-11-09 12:44
FAMU combined its COVID-19 vaccination and testing sites into single location on Wahnish Way.The university says both vaccinations and testing will be held at 2705 Wahnish Way, where the tes… Read More
2021-11-08 13:41
Dominique Washington, Jasmine Robinson, and Irem Ucra, three members of the FAMU volleyball team earned SWAC players of the week honors for the week of Nov. 5th. &n&hell…Read More
2021-11-07 12:53
The FAMU Rattlers got their sixth straight win by beating the Southern Jaguars 29-17 in Baton Rouge. The Rattlers improved to 7-2 on the season, 5-1 in the S… Read More
2021-11-06 14:22
FAMU grad Daria J. Willis, 37, has been named the new president of Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, becoming the first Black person to lead the school in its 51 year hist… Read More
2021-11-06 04:03
FAMU grad Daria J. Willis, 37, has been named the new president of Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, becoming the first Black person to lead the school in its 51 year hist… Read More
2021-11-05 12:17
Brian Lamb, a graduate of the FAMU Developmental Research School was elected chair of the Florida Board of Governors (FBOG), yesterday, at the board’s meeting at Florida Atlantic Unive… Read More
2021-11-04 15:35
Twitter @RattlerNationFLGrambling State head football coach Broderick Fobbs, blames FAMU Marching 100 and poor sideline security for multiple skirmishes at FAMU homecoming. “… Read More
2021-11-02 11:46
FAMU grad LaShea Reaves was honored as one of CNBC’s financial literacy leaders at a virtual town hall event featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardo… Read More
2021-11-01 13:07
The FAMU Lady Rattlers volleyball team defeated Grambling State (3-0), Texas Southern (3-2), and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3-0) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC… Read More
2021-10-31 12:10
The FAMU Rattlers defeated Grambling State 26-3 Saturday in front of a sellout homecoming crowd of 31,887. The Rattlers improved to 6-2 and 4-1 in the SWAC. The Rattlers jump… Read More
2021-10-29 20:06
Homecoming is in full effect, so postings will probably be sporadic over the weekend, because we, like you, will be out and about turning up. Enjoy!Meanwhile, go follow us at our new T… Read More
2021-10-28 13:12
The FAMU weekend should be relatively dry and cool as one of the first cold fronts of the season makes its way across Tallahassee and North Florida Friday and Saturday. Temperatures sh… Read More
2021-10-27 13:13
Early data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show that college and university enrollments are still on the decline for most institutions, and that the po… Read More
2021-10-26 14:30
The FAMU Volleyball team got a little bit of payback last night as it avenged an early season loss to Jackson State. The Tigers swept the September 24 series against the Lady Rattlers… Read More
2021-10-25 14:37
FAMU, through its Center for International Agricultural Trade Development Research and Training (CIATDRT), will serve as one of the lead institutions on a $15 million U.S. Agency for Interna… Read More
2021-10-24 14:21
The FAMU Rattler football team did just the bare minimum to win Saturday, defeating SWAC East Conference foe Mississippi Valley State 31-28 in Itta Bena, MS. FAMU jumped out to 17-0 lea… Read More
2021-10-23 14:16
The FAMU Rattlers hit the road for the second week in a row looking for their fourth straight win of the season, this time against Mississippi Valley State in Itta Bena, MS.Today's game is a… Read More
2021-10-22 04:04
The FAMU Small Business Development Center (SBDC) received a $100,000 grant from Wells Fargo to launch a small business incubator to assist women and minority-owned businesses.The funding wi… Read More
2021-10-21 13:45
The Florida Board of Governors (BOG), which oversees all public universities, is requesting an additional $150 million from the Legislature this year to fund efforts to improve three Florida… Read More
2021-10-20 12:33
The FAMU Men’s Basketball team entering their first season in the SWAC has been predicted to finish sixth in the conference’s preseason poll by coaches and media. Texas Southern… Read More
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