Meet CEO Sakeisha Hylick

Meet CEO Sakeisha Hylick

  Sakeisha Hylick ULTIMATELY Y.O.U. LLC WHAT HBCU YOU ATTEND? Florida A & M University WHAT MADE YOU ATTEND THAT HBCU? So, picture this: I started my college journey at a school close to home because life threw a curveball – my dad got hit with cancer. Family first, right? But here’s the kicker: once […]

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 Wells Fargo expands support to six major HBCU football classics through scholarships and financial workshops

Wells Fargo expands support to six major HBCU football classics through scholarships and financial workshops

NEW YORK, NY – This year, Wells Fargo will serve as the official banking sponsor of six major football classics between historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). As part of this sponsorship, Wells Fargo will provide a total of $300,000 in scholarships to the competing schools in addition to offering virtual and in‑person financial workshops to equip students, […]

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 Four FAMU Law Students Awarded the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship

Four FAMU Law Students Awarded the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship

ORLANDO, Fla – Four Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law students are recipients of the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship. Alba Manuela Suarez, Jai’Ehir Jackson-Hawkins, Derrick Gaiter and Seana-Jahan La Coa received the monetary awards. The program provides grants allowing students at participating law schools to work in unpaid public interest law positions during […]

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 Creme of Nature’s Legacy of Leadership $100K Scholarship Program Accepting Applications

Creme of Nature’s Legacy of Leadership $100K Scholarship Program Accepting Applications

Creme of Nature today announced the launch of its multi-tiered “Legacy to Leadership” Scholarship Fund for HBCU students. Beginning this year, students currently enrolled at an HBCU will compete for $100,000 in scholarships. The Fund will be administered by UNCF. Together, Creme of Nature , UNCF, and HBCUs are launching a dynamic multi-tiered collaboration designed […]

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 Two Florida A&M Football Players named to STATS Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team

Two Florida A&M Football Players named to STATS Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.|The accolades continued to pour in for student-athletes on the Florida A&M football team, as Xavier Smith and Chris Faddoul were named as 2020 STATS Perform FCS Preseason All-Americans on Wednesday. Smith who was named to the 2020 STATS FCS Perform Second-Team, was also selected to the College Football America Yearbook’s FCS Preseason Starting Lineup, […]

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 FAMU Early Voting Polling Center Opens

FAMU Early Voting Polling Center Opens

Tallahassee – Florida A&M University (FAMU) is host to one of the early voting centers opened around Leon County beginning Monday. The campus polling place, located in the Student Union Multipurpose Room C, 1628 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Early voting ends on Nov. 1. Election Day […]

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 FAMU President Robinson Named to Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Leadership Council

FAMU President Robinson Named to Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Leadership Council

Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., is the newest member of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (JOCI) Leadership Council, a bipartisan group of senior leaders who work with local, state, and regional leaders to develop actions toward meaningful ocean policy reform. Robinson, whose work as a scientist and on the environment impressed the group, […]

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 FAMU Responds To MEAC Suspending Sports For 2020

FAMU Responds To MEAC Suspending Sports For 2020

The health and safety of student-athletes is our top priority’ – AD Kortne Gosha Presidents and chancellors for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) voted Thursday to suspend all sports competition for the remainder of 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The MEAC, which includes Florida A&M University and 10 other historically Black colleges […]

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