A high-ranking Florida A&M official resigned last week as fallout from the university’s recent announcement of a dubious donation continues. Shawnta Friday-Stroud resigned as the Tallahassee school’s vice president for university advancement and executive director of the FAMU Foundation, said university President Larry Robinson at a board of trustees meeting on Wednesday. Friday-Stroud, who will […]
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A senior official at Florida A&M University stepped down Wednesday over her role in accepting what was initially billed as a transformative gift for the school that abruptly collapsed amid questions about its actual value. The resignation of Shawnta Friday-Stroud, a vice president at the historically Black university in northern Florida, was […]
There was a $237 million surprise at the Florida A&M University graduation on Saturday afternoon when Gregory Gerami announced that he was donating one of the largest gifts in HBCU history. “This gift is breathtaking in its generosity and its scope,” FAMU President Larry Robinson said. Florida A&M University received a whopping $237 million gift […]