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Melodic methodology : Singing praises for an outstanding educator

Ricardo Lewis Associate Editor There is one thing that Marilyn Rahming loves more than music and that is children. For the last 14 years she has exhibited her passion for children by leading the staff and faculty of Pineview Elementary School to heights that some disbelievers thought could not be achieved. “Yes we are a [...]

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Dr. William P. Foster (1919-2010)

Delaitre J. Hollinger Youthful View It was mid- 2007. I was an eighth grade student at Fairview Middle School. I had long considered the “man behind the baton” to be one of my most treasured heroes of Florida A&M University. I was always an avid reader of local newspapers when I came across the obituary [...]

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‘Lord, keep me in my right mind’

Pinkie M. Whitfield Executive Editor Dr. Easias Lee, M.D., has been on a mission to educate African-Americans and the public about the causes of depression and the effects of the disease on individuals’ health and relationships, ever since he learned that five young men from his own circle had chosen to commit suicide rather than [...]

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Hubba Doc!

Ricardo Lewis Associate Editor The Marching 100 will carry heavy hearts onto the field tonight as the FAMU community mourns the passing of legendary band director Dr. William P. Foster at the age of 91. Foster is credited with revolutionizing marching bands in America with the innovative marching styles, and mouth dropping dance performances. The [...]

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FAMU prepares to face UM

Reginald Alceus Outlook Staff Writer The Florida A&M University Rattlers are putting themselves through the paces and improving in all the right places before engaging their season opener against the University of Miami’s Hurricanes, Sept. 2. Last year, FAMU was defeated by Miami, 48 to 16. Before the anticipated rematch at Miami Gardens, Fla., FAMU’s [...]

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FAMU’s Dr. William P. Foster passes away

From the Tampa Tribune By STEPHEN THOMPSON | The Tampa Tribune Published: August 28, 2010 Updated: 07:11 pm TAMPA – William P. Foster arrived at Florida A&M University a year after World War II ended and spent the next half-century building the school’s marching band into a world-famous phenomenon. Under his tutelage and baton, the Rattlers’ [...]

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FAMU Alumna selected for Full Bright Award

Special to the Outlook Florida A & M University (FAMU) alumna Angelique S.C. Grant, Ph.D., executive director of major gifts for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been selected for a Fulbright award from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. As a recipient, she will participate in the 2010 Fulbright Seminar [...]

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PAMP sponsors back to school give away.

RICARDO LEWIS Associate Editor The Perry Alliance of Ministers and Pastors sponsored a back to school give away in an effort to motivate the students of Perry Florida to have a successful school year. The pastors gathered at Jerkins Park where they passed out school supplies to about 200 hundred students. Vendors for the event [...]

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Florida one of nine states to win ‘Race To The Top’ education grant

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Special to the Outlook The U.S. Education Department said Tuesday that nine states and the District of Columbia will get money to reform schools in the second round of the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition. Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington, [...]

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WILHELMINA JAKES STREET: Florida’s Civil Rights icon and educator dies

ANGELA CORLEY Florida A&M University Wilhelmina Jakes Street is highly celebrated for her role in initiating the Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956. At the age of 80, she passed away due to natural causes, August 17. Funeral services for Jakes Street are scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 21 at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central, [...]

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