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Tag: Florida A&M University
African-American
Former FAMU, TSU President Dr. Frederick Humphries Passes Away at 85
Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, former president of Florida A&M and Tennessee State universities, passed away last week at the age of 85. During a long and distinguished career of leadership and advocacy for HBCUs, Humphries also served as president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. As news of the […]
June 28, 2021
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A Commitment to Newsroom Diversity? MSNBC and ABC Appoint Black Women to Lead
The recent appointment of two Black women—Rashida Jones and Kimberly Godwin—to run major U.S. media companies, is a firm step in the right direction, according to media observers who have long been pushing for increased diversity in newsrooms across the nation.
April 26, 2021
COVID-19
Report: Pandemic-Related Fundraising Woes Likely to Increase
A new report shows that more than 40% of colleges and universities are expecting to see significant decreases in fundraising in the months and years ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 7, 2020
Sports
Florida A&M Board Votes to Quit MEAC and Move to SWAC
Florida A&M University’s board on Thursday unanimously voted to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and move to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported HBCU Gameday. The university will leave MEAC on June 30, 2021, and join SWAC a day later. When Florida A&M leaves, MEAC will be left with nine full members, only seven […]
June 4, 2020
News Roundup
Florida A&M to Decide on Wednesday if It Will Quit MEAC for SWAC
Florida A&M University’s board will vote on Wednesday whether the program will move from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported WCTV. If the Florida A&M’s board decides to move conferences, the shift will take place in July 2021. MEAC has already lost North Carolina A&T State University to the […]
June 1, 2020
STEM
From ‘Slow Learner’ to Nuclear Arms Thought Leader: Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden
Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden, the first Black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), describes having an adversarial relationship with math and science as a child, fearing her classes far more than enjoying them.
May 21, 2020
African-American
HBCUs Face An Additional Set of Coronavirus Concerns
Campuses across the country are temporarily closing in response to the coronavirus, encouraging students to go home and offering online classes to prevent the virus from spreading. Historically Black colleges and universities – and other minority serving institutions – are no exception. But these schools face an extra set of concerns as they try to keep underrepresented students safe on tighter budgets than predominantly White institutions.
March 15, 2020
African-American
FAMU Professor Serves as Model for Rosa Parks Sculpture
Dr. Kimberly Brown Pellum, a Florida A&M University history professor, served as the model for a Rosa Parks sculpture recently unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama. The sculpture commemorates the 64th anniversary of the day police arrested Parks for refusing to give up her bus seat, then igniting the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott. The sculptor had asked […]
December 8, 2019
Latest News
White Coats for Black Lives Evaluates Diversity at Select Medical Schools
Diversity is essential to combat healthcare disparities, but a recent report shows that the number of underrepresented minorities graduating from U.S. medical schools is still disproportionally low.
November 30, 2019
Sports
Elliot Charles Named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Chicago State University
Chicago State University (CSU) announced that Elliot Charles will be the university’s new director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Charles, who has more than 14 years of athletic leadership experience at Clemson University (CU) and Florida A&M University, will succeed Eric Hyman on Dec. 16. “Elliott rose to the top as a candidate in our search for […]
November 20, 2019
News Roundup
Donation to Fund FAMU Oceanic Research
Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU) will use a recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) $3.36 million donation to continue research on ocean and coastal community sustainability. The donation is the fourth instillation of a five-year award. It will fund FAMU’s Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems’ (CCME) research which focuses on the Apalachicola […]
September 13, 2019
News Roundup
FAMU’s Gallery Exhibit to Feature Social Rights Activist Organizations
An exhibit highlighting activist organizations who fought for social change from the 1960s to 1970s in the United States, is set to open at Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery. Some of the featured organizations include the Black Panther Party, The Young Lords Party, the Brown Berets, Tupamaros, Red Guard, Grey Panthers, Florida […]
September 5, 2019
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