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Ryan RaySeptember 14, 2015

Democratic Ramon Alexander is closing in on the $100,000 mark in his bid to succeed Rep. Alan Williams in North Florida’s heavily Democratic HD 8. The former Florida A&M University student body president and local nonprofit leader continued to outpace his primary rivals for the seat, bringing in $10,110 during the month of August for a […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2015

Veteran PR guru Lisa Brock soon will be applying her talents to a tough challenge: Florida A&M University. Brock, reached on vacation, told FloridaPolitics.com on Tuesday that she had signed an agreement last week to do public-relations consulting for the university’s Board of Trustees. Her goal: To hone the board’s understanding of “messaging,” as she put it. The contract is worth […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 2, 2015

Trustees at Florida A&M University turned to an outsider – and the school’s first female president – to lead them out of the turmoil that followed the hazing death of a Marching 100 drum major. But 18 months later the historic school is facing a new crisis marked by allegations of harassment and insubordination – […]

Guest AuthorAugust 20, 2015

Rufus Montgomery, belligerent chairman of Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees, remains unbowed: I will honor the decision and level of confidence that Board members showed in my leadership earlier this month when they unanimously re-elected me to a full two-year term as chairman. While certain elected officials have always stood behind FAMU, their vantage […]

Bob SparksAugust 20, 2015

Florida A & M University, unfortunately, is again in the news. President Elmira Mangum and the university’s Board of Trustees are in conflict and have been for some time. Public spats between Mangum and Board Chairman Rufus Montgomery have escalated. On Wednesday, four sitting legislators and the mayor of Tallahassee called a news conference to […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2015

This has to be the most on-its-face absurd comparison, but circumstances make it an apt one: Former Florida A&M University President Frederick Humphries is officially the Jimmy Carter of former FAMU presidents. This is not the Jimmy Carter of Habitat Humanity, Sunday school lessons in primitive Georgia churches, or the former president who’s trying permanently […]

Associated PressFebruary 14, 2015

The chancellor of Florida’s university system says an agreement has been reached over the engineering college run by Florida A&M University and Florida State University. The Florida Board of Governors is scheduled to vote on the agreement at its meeting next week. The deal calls for keeping the college run by the two schools located […]

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Ramon Alexander closing in on $100K raised in HD 8 race

Tampa’s Lisa Brock to help FAMU trustees with PR

Power struggle at FAMU after hazing death brings new crisis

Chris Timmons: For a better FAMU, Rufus Montgomery needs to go

Bob Sparks: FAMU drama heads into next act

Chris Timmons: A FAMU ex-president and a Jimmy Carter comparison

Deal reached to keep joint FAMU and FSU engineering college