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With the 245th pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the  selected linebacker Brandon Hepburn out of Florida A&M University. Hepburn is 6-foot-2, 240-pounds. He had 86 tackles (9.5 for a loss), 5.5 sacks, seven pass breakups and a forced fumble as a senior. Here’s a little bit more on Hepburn: The path from Division I-AA walk-on to being selected in [...]

A man charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major is going to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors, his attorney said Friday. Caleb Jackson will plead guilty to felony hazing and manslaughter as soon as April, attorney Chuck Hobbs said at a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse. Jackson currently is being held in the Leon [...]

Florida A&M University’s award-winning student news publication, The FAMUan, is on a short hiatus until Jan. 30, 2013, according to university administration. A former drum major in the ‘Marching 100’ filed a lawsuit, accusing The FAMUan of libel – for inaccurately representing him as being involved in the Robert Champion incident. Keon Hollis, a drum major in the now probated [...]

Florida A&M University will be placed on one year of probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Official word from accrediting body SACS is still to come, but FAMU’s Interim President Larry Robinson informed his Board of Trustees by phone this afternoon. Robinson and other FAMU officials are at the regularly scheduled SACS meeting going on in Texas. [...]

Expressing a sense of fulfillment after 40 years of coaching that included the last five seasons at FAMU, Joe Taylor stunningly announced Saturday morning he is retiring from college football. Taylor said he and his wife, Beverly, discussed it for several months before he decided to retire after the Rattlers play their final game, Nov. 17 in the Florida Classic. [...]

Rashida Ross left Florida A&M and had no idea she wasn’t going to return. Ross was a two-sport athlete from Houston, Texas, who came to FAMU to obtain a degree in biology. Her decision to attend FAMU was finalized after she made the 2010-2011 FAMU cheerleading squad. However, cheering wasn’t enough to satisfy her athletic appetite. Even with a full-time [...]

A NASA official said Florida A&M’s students are ideal for internships, fellowships and scholarships at the agency. “We have some great students that come from here,” said Josephine Pereira, recruitment manager for Nassau County Space Center and Pathways Internship program. “Deonte and Gerard [former FAMU graduates working at NASA] are doing well. When that happens, managers say, ‘I need more [...]

On Wednesday Oct. 3, FSU’s student senate hosted a session in the Florida State Capitol House Chambers downtown. The 64th student senate of FSU, alongside many members from FAMU’s student senate were first welcomed by FSU Student Body President Rueben Stokes who took time to thank house representatives and recognize the nature of the legislation being passed in the night’s [...]

Frederick Humphries, FAMU’s eighth president, found plenty to praise during this morning’s 125th anniversary Founders’ Day Convocation. Humphrires, the keynote speaker, also made the case for FAMU becoming a top tier research university on par with University of Florida and Florida State. “FAMU should have a medical school,” Humphries said. Stressing the university’s “exceptionalism,” he reviewed to great applause the [...]

Florida A&M University graduate student LaVonne Idlette had quite a journey to the London Olympics in this past summer. Idlette competed in the 100-meter hurdles representing her home country, the Dominican Republic. Idlette is a second-year law school graduate student from Miami. Idlette earned her bachelor’s degree in finance from Hampton University. The Olympic games in London was the first [...]

Thousands of students at Florida A&M University participated in an interactive town hall meeting September 20th – the nation’s largest public meeting of its kind — addressing hazing in the campus community. This town hall serves as a continuation of the anti-hazing efforts since Interim President Doctor Larry Robinson began his tenure. Although more than 2,000 students were in attendance, [...]

The annual Bank of America Atlanta Classic is set to take place this weekend with Southern University taking on Florida A&M (FAMU). But the real  show will be at half-time where promoters have lined up some big names to take the place of the suspended Marching 100 band of FAMU. Ten-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan, and rappers Doug E. Fresh [...]

Clayton County again will host the annual HBCU National Tennis Championships, to be held Thursday through Saturday at International Park. One of the county’s most popular landmarks and the site of Olympic volleyball in 1996, International Park is also known for its state -of-the-art tennis facilities. It has 17 hard courts, a pro shop and professional staff. The three-day competition [...]

Florida A&M University has said that drum major Robert Champion was responsible for what happened to him on Bus C on the November night when he was hazed and eventually died. According to a filing Monday in the Orange County Circuit Court by Richard Mitchell, who was hired to represent FAMU in the civil case, Champion, in his position as [...]

Florida A&M University’s insistence that it is not to blame for a drum major’s death during a hazing ritual shows school officials are not taking responsibility for the safety of students, the band member’s parents said Thursday. Pam and Robert Champion Sr. said at a news conference in Atlanta that they were disappointed by court documents filed Monday by FAMU [...]

It’s a new beginning for many students and staff at Florida A&M University. Since former president James Ammons announced his resignation July 11, 2012, FAMU’s Board of Trustees has created opportunity for progressive change. Interim President Larry Robinson was welcomed to the university at his convocation Friday, Sept. 7. But the true purpose of the event was to introduce www.StopHazingAtFAMU.com, [...]

Morehouse runs past Edward Waters David Carter ran for 208 yards with three touchdowns to lead Morehouse College past Edward Waters College 39-18. Carter became the Morehouse Maroon Tigers’ all-time leading rusher with 3,848 career-rushing yards as he past John David Washington (2002-05), who had 3,669. Edward Waters (1-2) tied the game at 7-7 on Ralph Shuler’s 14-yard touchdown run [...]

Florida A&M University says it is not responsible for the death of a drum major last year, and that he broke the law and school policies when he willingly took part in the hazing that left him dead. In court papers filed Monday night, the school asked a judge to drop a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of [...]