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President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., and his senior leadership team meet weekly to discuss the University’s strategic priorities. New additions to the team this year include Interim Director, Office of Communications Keith Miles (fourth from right) Vice President for Finance and Administration/CFO Alan Robertson (sixth from left) Director of Governmental Relations Danielle McBeth (seventh from left) Vice President/Director of Athletics Kortne Gosha (second from left). Read page 27 for a complete list of senior leadership team members.
Fyear demonstrating our commitment to progress.
lorida A&M University (FAMU) continues to expand its boundaries of “Excellence With Caring” with another stellar
We improved our students’ second-year retention rate from 79.7 percent for the fall 2018 first-time-in-college cohort to 86.0 percent for the fall 2019 cohort who returned the fall 2020 semester. The 2019 cohort also saw a two-hour average increase in the number of credit hours earned by first-year students. In 2019-2020, we awarded a total of 2,135 degrees across our various degree levels, a three percent increase in the total number of degrees awarded compared to the 2018-19 academic year. Specifically, we saw increases in bachelor’s degrees awarded by 5.3 percent; professional doctoral degrees awarded by 3.9 percent and research doctoral degrees awarded increased by a remarkable 30 percent over the previous year – coming close to our 2022 Strategic Plan goal of 30 research doctoral degrees. In our fall 2020 cohort, we welcomed 1,042 new first-time-in-college students. Most of the 2020 cohort metrics improved over the previous years’ cohort. The fall 2020 cohort enrolled with a 3.59 average GPA, an increase of .13 points compared to 3.46 in fall 2019, and a 4.9 percent increase in the percentage of students enrolled in 15+ credit hours. These successes are due, in large part, to the student success initiatives implemented by the Divisions of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs.
Our faculty worked closely with the Division of Research continued to raise the bar this fiscal year to bring more research-based financial resources into the University. During the 2019-2020 fiscal year, faculty submitted research proposals totaling nearly $154.3 million, and received a record breaking $60.8 million in funded projects. Research expenditures totaled $41.3 million during the 20192020 fiscal year. These outcomes not only position FAMU to increase our impact on society, but also contribute to the global body of knowledge and help prepare the next generation of problem solvers. Along with our faculty, our staff and students are also rising to new heights in how they use their platforms to make significant impacts. Our quarterback, Ryan Stanley, was named the 2019 MidEastern Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and was recently recognized by the Leon County Commissioners for his accomplishments. Coach Willie Simmons returned FAMU football to the top in just his second season and was named the 2019 Tallahassee Person of the Year. Other outstanding student accomplishments, include: FAMU SGA President Rochard Moricette, a fourth-year Agribusiness student from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and a Haitian immigrant, was appointed to the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce and has been recognized repeatedly for his civic engagement and leadership; School of Business and Industry graduate student Brianna Collins is using her grant funds from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Hennessy Fellows program to host a series of holiday meal events for students who remained on campus for the holiday season; Marcus Owens, a FAMU doctor of physical therapy student, completed an internship with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans; and Darryl Brooks, a FAMU senior, was accepted into Google’s Tech Exchange program. The world is taking notice of FAMU- our students, faculty, staff, and alumni and how they exemplify our institutional motto “Excellence With Caring.” In this edition of our 2019-2020 Annual Report, you will read about how FAMU secured $13.3 million for our best performance-based funding score, ever. You will read about the receipt of an additional $26.3 million in federal stimulus funding; U.S. News and World Report naming FAMU the highest ranked public HBCU; and FAMU hosting the first ever Florida HBCU Impact Summit. You will also learn about FAMU receiving its first two permits to plant hemp and the University signing with three firms to conduct research on the plant in Florida. You will read about an entering class of first-year students blessed with outstanding academic credentials to sustain our legacy. Finally, our inaugural “Annual Day of Giving” generated more than $200,000 from the generosity of our alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University. These dollars will go a long way toward helping our students to succeed. Thank you all for your support and let me give credit to our stakeholders and our employees who come to work every day excited about the important work of producing tomorrow’s leaders. Our commitment to student success and recognition as a place where the expectation is that our students will succeed and be prepared for greatness, continues to elevate the storied history of FAMU. As this annual report shows, “Great things are happening every day at FAMU!” Please enjoy.
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FAMU SECURES $13.3 MILLION FOR ITS BEST PERFORMANCEBASED FUNDING SCORE...EVER FAMU WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $26.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING FAMU IS THE HIGHEST RANKED PUBLIC HBCU FLORIDA’S HBCU IMPACT SUMMIT FAMU GETS FIRST TWO PERMITS TO PLANT HEMP, SIGNS WITH THREE FIRMS TO RESEARCH IT THE FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WE ARE HERE TO HELP FAMU DAY OF GIVING GARNERS MORE THAN $200,000 TO ASSIST STUDENTS BRAGG MEMORIAL STADIUM TRANSFORMS FOR COVID-19 COSMOPOLITAN CAPTURES 50 CAMPUSES’ BEST LOOKS
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niversity showed improvements in seven of 10 areas.
The Board approved FAMU’s PBF State Investment allocation of $13,322,826. “I’m extremely proud of every member of our team at FAMU who contributed to establishing this new watermark in our score in performance metrics. This clearly shows our commitment to student success at Florida A&M University,” said President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., following the Board of Governor’s meeting.
Florida A&M University (FAMU) received its highest score under the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) Performance-Based Funding (PBF) Model, which will result Among FAMU’s key areas of improvement in $13.3 million for the University’s key are the four-year graduation rate, cost to strategic initiatives. student in obtaining a bachelor’s degree, and median wages for bachelor’s graduates. FAMU was noted for its continuous Additionally, over the last two years, FAMU improvement and was removed from the has seen a 12 percentage-point increase BOG’s “watch list.” FAMU improved in in the number of students who graduated seven of 10 metrics, scoring 73, a three- without excess credit hours. In the metric point increase, over 2019, according to of University Access Rate – percent of information release during the May 28 BOG undergrads with a Pell Grant – FAMU conference call meeting. earned the highest score of all State
University System (SUS) institutions. “We’re excited about FAMU’s outcomes and overall score in Performance-Based Funding,” said FAMU Board of Trustees Chair Kelvin Lawson. “It speaks to us changing to a culture of higher accountability and shows that we’re leveraging the newlycreated dashboards to drive the results.” This is the seventh year of the BOG’s Performance-Based Funding Model. In 2019, FAMU secured $13.7 million after earning 70 points. The funding allocation was used to bolster the University’s student success initiatives by hiring counselors and advisors; support for implementation of strategic initiatives in the colleges and schools; and for faculty and student retention.
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FAMU WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $26.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING SET ASIDE TO ASSIST HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) TO HELP OFFSET LOSSES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
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“Colleges have been hit hard by this pandemic and have had to make changes to the way they deliver education,” Rep. Lawson said. “Congress has taken swift action to support the students and institutions to ensure they emerge from this crisis stronger than before.”
Florida A&M University (FAMU) will receive an additional $26.3 million in federal stimulus funding set aside to assist historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to help offset losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are extremely appreciative of the work of Congressman Al Lawson and his congressional colleagues who made this funding available,” said FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. “FAMU, along with the other recipients of these funds, face formidable financial challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These resources will help bridge the gap and allow us to address critical student success initiatives.” FAMU has received $6.5 million of an expected $13 million in CARES Act funding to assist students hurt financially by the pandemic. The remaining $6.5 million is in the pipeline to assist the University to make up losses caused by the disruption that emptied residence halls and campuses across the country.
Colleges may use the funds to pay for technology associated with a transition to distance education, grants to cover the costs of attendance for eligible students, and faculty and staff training. Additionally, funds may be used to cover operational costs, such as lost revenue, reimbursements for prior expenses and payroll. Rep. Al Lawson
Area colleges receiving funds are Edward Waters College: $2,348,835; U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05) Florida Gateway College: $73,484; announced that FAMU is among four Florida State College Jacksonville: North Florida colleges and universities $711,841. that will receive a total of $29,443,491. The money is part of $1.4 billion set aside to assist HBCUs and institutions serving low-income students.
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FAMU IS THE HIGHEST RANKED PUBLIC HBCU Among the Top 10 HBCUs, FAMU is tied for seventh, behind private schools, Spelman, Florida A&M University (FAMU) is again Howard, Xavier (Louisiana), Tuskegee, the highest-ranked public historically Morehouse, and Hampton University. Black college and university (HBCU), according to U.S News & World Report FAMU Board of Trustees Chairman Kelvin 2021 Best Colleges ranking of Top Public Lawson said “the rankings illustrate what Universities. we can do with a focused plan and improved investment, both of which are critical to FAMU ranked 117 among Top Public our success.” Universities, up from No. 123 a year ago. The next highest ranked public HBCU “It is a statement about a joint effort lands at 136. between our Board and the President to establish and stick with key priorities,” “Our rankings reflect the University’s Lawson added. “We want to continue to commitment to student success and our push the envelope and focus on ongoing motto “Excellence With Caring,”’ said improvement in our operating model.” President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., who has set a goal of elevating FAMU to one of Additionally, the FAMU-FSU College of the nation’s top 100 Public Universities. Engineering earned a spot on the U.S. “Rankings are important barometers, but News & World Report badge-eligible it is impossible to measure the hard work list with a 69th ranking among the 206 of everyone on our team and the impacts of Best Undergraduate Engineering our students throughout their careers,” school's offering doctoral degrees. he stated. FAMU moves up six places nationally.
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“We are delighted that the quality and impact of our engineering education is increasingly recognized in these rankings,” said J. Murray Gibson, Ph.D., dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. “I’m also proud that our student body, combined from two major universities, is uniquely diverse and is changing the face of engineering for future generations.” Among the other highlights of the annual survey, FAMU ranked No. 20 in social mobility, a reflection of the six-year graduation rate of Pell Grant eligible students. This, Robinson said, is the truest indicator of FAMU’s ability to alter the economic trajectory of individuals and families for generations. “We’ve long known that HBCUs play a key role of the growth in the black middle class,” Robinson said. “This ranking confirms FAMU’s commitment to continuing this tradition while welcoming any and all to join the FAMUly.”
WORLD REPORT 2021 BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS
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lorida’s HBCU Impact Summit 2019 Held at FAMU
Florida A&M University (FAMU) was the site of the August 4-5, 2019, Florida Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Impact Summit, which brought together the presidents of the state’s four HBCUs to discuss their institutions’ historical significance, present status and sustainability plans for the future. “I’m humbled by this opportunity to host my fellow colleagues from the HBCUs around Florida, to tell our story and to plan our future together in the state and the nation,” said FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. “This is a tremendous opportunity for us, and I’m looking forward to some very constructive dialogue and strategic planning for future collaborations.” According to a study recently released by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Florida HBCUs enroll nearly 13,000 students, have a total economic impact of
$833 million and generate 7,817 jobs each year to their local and regional economy.
was] an incredible opportunity to highlight some of the state’s greatest assets: historically Black colleges and universities. “It is my desire that Florida’s HBCU Impact For more than a century, FMU, FAMU, Summit, through the cooperative efforts of B-CU and EWC have collectively provided cross-institutional strategies, will produce educational and economic opportunities in outcomes to strengthen our respective underserved communities across the state. colleges and universities, collectively and I am looking forward to discussing the individually, as well as the students and challenges and implementing solutions.” constituencies that we serve,” said Edward Waters College President A. Zachary Bethune-Cookman University President E. LaBrent Chrite, Ph.D., (who, in March, Faison Jr., J.D. became president of Bentley University According to the UNCF, Florida’s HBCUs, in Massachusetts) said he was thrilled to Bethune-Cookman University (BC-U), engage with the Florida HBCUs “at this Edward Waters College (EWC), FAMU auspicious time in our collective history.” and Florida Memorial University (FMU), comprise four percent of the four-year “The timing of the event is especially institutions in the state, enroll nine percent critical as the country addresses a of all Black undergraduates at public and near-unprecedented convergence of private institutions, and award 18 percent economic and political challenges,” said of all bachelor’s degrees earned by Black Chrite. “HBCUs fulfill a uniquely powerful students. obligation in extending both access and opportunity for tens of thousands of Jaffus Hardrick, Ed.D., is president of students a year, who may otherwise have no Florida Memorial University in South way of developing the skills and capacities Florida. He said “[the Tallahassee summit required for a 21st-Century economy.”
FAMU GETS FIRST TWO PERMITS TO PLANT HEMP, SIGNS WITH THREE FIRMS TO RESEARCH IT Florida A&M University (FAMU) has obtained its first two planting permits as part of its public-private partnerships with Sunshine Hemp and Green Earth Cannaceuticals, two of three companies with which the University has signed contracts for the research of industrial hemp. The move came as the University finalized a contract with Future Farm Technologies of British Columbia, Canada, the third of three companies approved by the FAMU Board of Trustees in January 2019. “Like our Medical Marijuana Educational and Research Initiative, our industrial hemp partnerships offer Florida A&M University an opportunity for education, research and innovation in a fledgling industry,” said FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. “Our outstanding students, faculty and staff will contribute to the success of this initiative, which will benefit our
industry partners along with Florida farmers One of five planting permits for Green and citizens.” Earth of Newberry, Fla., was also approved by FDACS. Under its agreement with Hemp-based products include beverages, FAMU, Green Earth will investigate Hemp’s food, cosmetics, clothing, paper and potential as an invasive species in Florida. building materials. In 2018, the hemp industry generated $1.1 billion in revenues. In addition, Green Earth will conduct testing to ensure proper tetrahydrocannabinol FAMU obtained its first planting permit for (THC) levels. THC produces euphoria, Sunshine Hemp of St. Cloud, Fla., from but hemp has less than three (3) percent the Florida Department of Agriculture THC and does not produce a high. and Consumer Services (FDACS) on July Green Earth will also identify hemp plant 15, 2019. The permit allows the company varieties capable of thriving in various to cultivate, test and produce certified Florida environments and will develop hemp seeds acclimated to Florida’s management practices to make hemp climate and soil. The company also plans production commercially viable. to create mechanized harvest equipment along with crop drying and stabilizing In its partnership with FAMU, Future Farm Technologies has proposed to conduct biomass storage. soil analysis in association with University “We’re in business,” said Charles staff. Future Farm Technologies will begin Weatherford, Ph.D., FAMU’s interim seed germination at the company’s Apopka vice president for research. “This is a giant greenhouse; the crop will then be moved to FAMU’s Quincy facility. A public outreach step forward.” program will be conducted with FAMU staff
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to market industrial hemp as beneficial and profitable for Florida farmers and growers.
The 2018 Farm Bill and the State of research and commercial production as is Florida hemp legislation cleared the way feasible on the FAMU property in Quincy for FAMU, the University of Florida and and Brooksville. “We are in the process of obtaining other universities to forge ahead with additional planting permits from the Florida industrial hemp production in partnership Department of Agriculture and Consumer with private companies. Partners are Services,” Weatherford said. also encouraged to conduct as much
CHARLES WEATHERFORD, Ph.D.
FAMU’S INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH
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The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is the joint engineering college for Florida A&M University and Florida State University, the only such shared college in the nation. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMUFSU Engineering) The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering earned a Bronze award and Exemplar status from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) in the inaugural year of the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program. The college is one of only two engineering programs in Florida to earn the distinctions.
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“This is a fantastic achievement for the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering,” said Maurice Edington, Ph.D. provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Florida A&M University. “This award speaks to the critical roles that the joint college and FAMU play in helping to address the nation’s diversity needs in high-demand fields such as engineering. I am also pleased that the commitment and work on the part of both universities to foster inclusion have been acknowledged by this prestigious award.” FSU Provost Sally McRorie said “We are so proud of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering’s commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive engineering workforce. Diversity and inclusion are core values of [FSU] as an institution. This recognition is a testament to both universities’ commitment to creating an excellent educational experience that we hope will ultimately be reflected in the workplace.” The Bronze award is the highest level ASEE bestowed in the program’s first year and it signifies
the college is “among the nation’s leaders in inclusive excellence,” according to Gregory Washington, ASEE Engineering Deans Council chair. In its award letter, ASEE identified several key diversity and inclusion elements to which the FAMUFSU College of Engineering is clearly committed, including an action plan, support, policies, culture, and programs that strengthen the K-12 or community college pipeline related to increased diversity in engineering.
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Because the college had initiatives and outcomes deemed “significant,” it was granted Exemplar status by ASEE.
In 2015, the college joined more than 100 peer institutions in ASEE’s Engineering Deans Institute, pledging to push forward on diversity and inclusion goals. Gibson has taken this imperative to new levels and submitted the winning FAMU-FSU Engineering diversity plan for consideration by ASEE. The plan outlines a goal to double the number of African American engineering graduates and increase the percentage of female engineering students from 28 percent to 35 percent within five years. It also aims to increase the fraction of underrepresented minorities in faculty hiring from the current 30 percent to 50 percent in three years.
in the college’s current undergraduate diversity of 20 percent African American and 19 percent Hispanic students, reflecting the largest minority groups in the U.S. population in a way not found anywhere else in doctoral-granting engineering education. The institution, based in Tallahassee, Florida has five departments offering nine engineering areas of study. The college’s faculty are associated with many prestigious research centers, including the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Learn more at www.eng.famu.fsu.edu.
Both Florida A&M University and Florida State University are committed to increasing engineering diversity at the joint college. With the help of corporate “We are delighted that ASEE recognizes sponsors such as Northrop Grumman, our unique partnership model as an Lockheed-Martin and Texas Instruments, exemplar to address the nation’s the college is creating a strong pipeline need for a more diverse and inclusive for diverse engineers from undergraduate through advanced research degrees.
workforce,” said J. Murray Gibson, dean of the college. “We all have a way to go, to achieve our diversity and inclusion goals, and this initiative represents a template for improvement within the college.”
Created in 1982 by an act of the Florida Legislature, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is the nation’s only joint engineering college shared between two institutions. This partnership has resulted
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WE ARE
Here to Help IN ANY WAY WE CAN
In the aftermath of the September 2019 Hurricane Dorian, students Bahamian American students or Bahamian students who are and the FAMU community stepped up with haste to assist Bahamian permanent residents in the U.S. Many of the students have relatives students whose relatives and friends were severely affected by and friends who also suffered hurricane damage. Dorian’s destruction. During the gathering, each student provided status updates about FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., and senior administrators their relatives at home in the islands. Administrators also introduced met with FAMU’s Bahamian students to assure them that their students to the administrative staff available to provide the help academic success would be safeguarded in the aftermath of the needed – whether academic, financial, or psychological. Robinson also informed the students that administrators would work with the hurricane’s destruction of the Bahamas. Student Government Association to coordinate relief efforts. “We are here to help in any way we can,” Robinson said. “We want In addition, the Office of Counseling Services made licensed the students’ college experience to be the least of their worries.” counselors available around the clock for students seeking According to the FAMU Office of International Education and professional help to visit alone, in pairs or in groups. Students could Development, 38 Bahamian students were enrolled at FAMU at the also download the Well Track App for interactive self-help therapy. time of the hurricane. The number did not include
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FAMU DAY OF GIVING GARNERED MORE THAN $200,000 TO ASSIST STUDENTS
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he Florida A&M University (FAMU) Inaugural “1887 Strikes” Day of Giving brought into University coffers $213,256.72 from 1,415 donors. Additionally, the campaign generated more than $100,000 in commitments the University was set to receive by May 1. “The Day of Giving was a banner day for Florida A&M University,” said President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. “We asked supporters to give beyond it hurting, until they were numb, and they did. We are grateful for their sacrifice and their generosity during the COVID-19 pandemic.” During #1887Strikes Day of Giving Campaign, FAMU and the National Alumni Association (NAA) partnered to raise funds for FAMU Cares, the NAA’s Save Our Students (SOS) Campaign, the Rattler
“We are so grateful and appreciative for the donations that our Rattler family and friends gave during our Inaugural “1887 Gifts to FAMU Cares allows the University Strikes” Day of Giving to provide financial to provide students with relief in the areas support for our students,” said Shawnta of housing, food insecurity, instructional Friday-Stroud, Ph.D., vice president of technology, equipment, and other University Advancement and executive unforeseeable challenges as a result of director of the FAMU Foundation. “The the current global health crisis. unselfish contributions from our alumni and friends during the COVID-19 The NAA SOS campaign was established pandemic just reaffirmed that when to provide retention scholarships for challenged, Rattlers show up and show graduating students who need financial out.” support to make it across the finish line. Friday-Stroud said the successful The Rattler Athletic Fund helps pay campaign was a team effort with for scholarships, academic services, contributions from alumni, Athletics, facilities, operational support, and colleges and schools, and the divisions championship-caliber coaches. Donors within the University. were also encouraged to give directly to their preferred FAMU college or school. “Teamwork truly makes the dream work,” she said, “and ‘1887 Strikes’ proved that Together We Rise!” Athletic Fund, and FAMU’s more than one dozen colleges and schools.
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BRAGG MEMORIAL STADIUM TRANSFORMS FOR COVID-19
Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium has hosted many epic gridiron battles over the years. Beginning Saturday, April 25, 2020, Bragg served as the site of a walk-up COVID-19 testing site to assist Tallahassee’s Southside community in the fight against the pandemic. FAMU and the Bond Community Health Center were organizers of the testing site, with logistical and other support from the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Management Services. The Leon County Health Department was also a partner and involved in the follow-up. The free testing site at the stadium parking lot was scheduled to operate for 14 consecutive days from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and conduct a maximum of 200 tests – including walk-ups and appointments – per day. The site continued to expand capacity to meet demand and continues to serve our community.
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MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS
COSMOPOLITAN CAPTURES 50 CAMPUSES’ BEST LOOKS FAMU Makes One of the “Most Beautiful List” In the July 20, 2020, issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, writer Laura Hanrahan, a New York-based freelance writer, invited readers to take a look at the 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the country. She writes: “It’s unclear what the fall semester will look like, but what I do know is that these schools are major eye candy.” Among her winning looks was none other than Florida A&M University (Tallahassee), which came into this campus beauty pageant as No. 25. Others that captured Hanrahan’s eye included the likes of such names as: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.); Northwestern (Evanston, Ill.); Syracuse University (N.Y.); and Duke University (Durham, N.C.); Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), Spelman College (Atlanta, Ga.); Princeton University (New Jersey); and Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.). A YEAR OF BESTS // FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY | 25
FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS LARRY ROBINSON, Ph.D. University President MAURICE EDINGTON, Ph.D. Provost/Vice President Academic Affairs LINDA F. BARGE-MILES Chief of Staff/Board Liaison CYNTHIA HENRY Executive Assistant BEVERLY BARRINGTON Vice President, Strategic Planning, Analysis and Institutional Effectiveness RICA CALHOUN Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer KYLE EIDAHL, Ph.D. Faculty Senate Representative KEITH MILES Interim Director, Office of Communications SHAWNTA FRIDAY-STROUD, Ph.D. Vice President, University Advancement WILLIAM E. HUDSON, Ph.D. Vice President, Student Affairs CHARLES A. WEATHERFORD, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Research ERICK AKINS, Ph.D. Executive Director, Title III Programs JOSEPH MALESZEWSKI Vice President, Audit CARMEN CUMMINGS-MARTIN Assistant VP, Alumni Affairs/University Engagement ALAN ROBERTSON, Ph.D. Vice President for Finance and Administration/CFO DENISE WALLACE, Ph.D. Vice President, Legal Affairs/General Counsel DANIELLE McBETH Director of Governmental Relations KORTNE GOSHA Vice President/Director of Athletics