Single Mom Testament – When Taylor Hunter discovered she was pregnant as a high school junior, she almost gave up on education and quit school. “I just knew my life was over. Some mornings I didn’t want to go to school or finish,” Hunter said. But somehow, the single mother remained tenacious. Perseverance through teen […]
*Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) was one of nine NCAA Division I schools awarded more than $4 million in grants to support…
*National Achievement Award Finalist, Bryan Anderson, will begin the pursuit of a degree in computer engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). Not only…
From the stage of the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at the second-annual Platform Summit, held October 24-26, 2014 on the campus of Morehouse College,…
FAMU grad and Fox Sports broadcaster Pam Oliver says her experience at an HBCU was a memorable one. Although she might not be there if…
One man is awaiting sentencing in the hazing death of Florida A&M University band member Robert Champion. Former FAMU band player Dante Martin has…
Florida A & M University’s Marching 100 had played at a Super Bowl and before U.S. presidents. But one of the nation’s most-celebrated marching bands…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Twelve former Florida A&M University band members were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.…
(CNN) — Florida A&M University, under fire in the hazing death of a drum major and over its finances, was put on probation for one…
Florida A&M President James Ammons resigned the same day parents of drum major Robert Champion, who died after being hazed, added the university to a wrongful death lawsuit. Ammons resigned Wednesday in a letter to the university governing board. Robert Champion died in November 2011 after being beaten by fellow band members during a hazing […]
Another alleged hazing incident has surfaced at Florida A&M University and is currently under investigation by university police, college officials said on Monday. The incident, involving students who were pledging the band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi, happened in the Spring 2011 semester, according to a police report filed by Marching 100 Band Director Julian White. […]
Three Florida A&M University band members are facing felony charges, accused in the beating of a woman during hazing rituals that became so severe that her thigh was broken, police said. The beatings came about three weeks before drum major Robert Champion was killed during the Marching 100 band trip to the Florida Classic at […]
