Black Violin

FAMU Health Day

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Inductions

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Inc. 

Undergraduate students must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours (4 courses) in History, achieve a minimum GPA of 3.1 in History, and have a GPA of 3.0 or better overall. Membership is not limited to History majors.

Graduate students should have completed a minimum of 12 semester hours towards their Master's Degree in History, and have a GPA of better than 3.5.

Please read the attachment for further instructions and deadlines.

For further information contact Prof. Darius Young at darius.young@famu.edu.

Itinerary for Mr. Henry Kirby - Candidate for Vice President for Student Affairs

CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS 

                               CAMPUS VISIT ITINERARY 

                                 OCTOBER 26-27, 2010

                                   Mr. Henry Kirby 

        (NOTE:  All campus meetings will be held in the Band Recital Hall)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010

5:30 p.m.                       Dinner Meeting with Search Committee

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010

8:15 a.m.                       Meet Dr. William Hudson, Jr. in 308 FHAC

8:30 a.m.                       Campus Tour

10 a.m. - 11 a.m.               Meeting with Student Body 

                                LOCATION:  Band Recital Hall

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.         Meeting with Deans, Directors, Faculty and Staff 

                                LOCATION:  Band Recital Hall

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.          Lunch 

        

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.           Meeting with Student Affairs Associate Vice Presidents 

                                   and Directors 

                                LOCATION:  Band Recital Hall

3 p.m. – 4 p.m.                 Meeting with President’s Leadership Team 

                                LOCATION:  Band Recital Hall

4:30 p.m.                       Candidate’s Departure

A Homecoming Celebration of the Arts at the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery

Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery will celebrate the gallery's latest   > dual exhibits, "Diaspora: Cultural Insight Through the Leo P. Sam   > Art Collection" and "The Color of Music: Blues and Jazz Themes,   > Paintings by Joe Roache," on Friday, Oct. 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.   > This will be a chance to meet the artist and collector and see the   > artwork at the gallery. > On Sunday, Oct. 24, to kick off Homecoming, the gallery will open   > its doors from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for a preview and screening of the   > exhibit's video production at the gallery. > > Leo Sam, FAMU's former vice president for University Relations, has   > been collecting art internationally for more than 50 years.  While   > collecting art during his travels, he has amassed a large art   > collection that he has generously opened the doors of his home to   > share with students and colleagues alike.  He has also acquired art   > from some of the universities he has worked for during his career,   > including FAMU and Xavier University. > > In addition to exhibiting such well-known artists in Sam's exhibit,   > the show, "Diaspora: Cultural Insight Through the Leo P. Sam Art   > Collection," was a collective effort created by Professor Aja   > Roache's art merchandising fall 2010 class where students learn the   > various aspects of art museum and gallery management by working   > towards the production of the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery's Fall   > exhibit line-up. > > Joe Roache has taught art and worked at FAMU for nearly 40 years all   > while creating, exhibiting and selling his art around the country.    > His latest series of paintings has consisted of images of blues and   > jazz musicians while incorporating his own visual language of rural   > southern landscapes and symbols such as houses and quilts. > > Some of Roache's work will be on sale while in the gallery. > > These exhibits are intended to provide an opportunity for students   > to study, view and interpret the art in terms of its cultural   > significance as well. > > During Homecoming, the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery's goal is to   > pay homage to the past, present and inspire the future visual   > artists and art lovers of FAMU as well as the Tallahassee community   > at-large.  Though the exhibits are different in subject matter, they   > both reveal the richness of the visual arts of black artists and   > FAMU's long and outstanding legacy of visual artists.

National Day On Writing

Please share your writing with the nation by submitting your works to the Writing Resource Center's online gallery: http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/49942.  The Writing Resource Center also invites you to attend the activities listed below:

Friday, October 22 -- 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Step Write Up to the Mic (Open Mic Session)

Featuring Voices Poetry Troupe
Faculty, students and staff read their original works (poems, stories, essays) and receive feedback from a supportive audience of family, friends, colleagues, and peers.  All participants are encouraged to submit their writings to the Writing Resource Center's Online Writing Gallery-- "Living in Words: The FAMU Experience," located athttp://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/49942 <https://webmail.famu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/49942>.

All sessions will be held in the FAMU Writing Resource Center, Tucker Hall, Room 124.
For more information, call (850) 599-8391 or visit www.famu.edu/wrc.

Homecoming Convocation