FAMU Announces Move to the SWAC and Debuts Fall Campus Reopening Plan, and Former Saint Augustine's President Says Coronavirus Demands a New HBCU Model
FAMU Announces Move to the SWAC and Debuts Fall Campus Reopening Plan, and Former Saint Augustine's President Says Coronavirus Demands a New HBCU Model
Florida A&M Trustees Approve Move to the SWAC, Announce Fall Campus Reopening Plan Trustees at Florida A&M University voted unanimously today to join the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2021, marking the second member school defection from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferences in the last three months and the third institution to leave since 2017.
In reference to the question about what HBCU social life will look like if sports, homecoming, and other gatherings have to be significantly downsized: I think because of the uncertainty of the times, it's easy to forget that our students are just as creative and resourceful as our institutions themselves. A lot of pivotal moments in HBCU history were sparked by a student's idea. The young men at North Carolina A&T who sat-in at the lunch counter in 1960 set off a chain reaction that shaped the Civil Rights Movement. Freaknik was started by Atlanta University Center students as a picnic originally, but it grew into something much bigger. I think we should be asking, if these big events do have to be scaled down or cancelled, how can we foster a creative infrastructure that will accommodate student innovation?
In reference to the question about what HBCU social life will look like if sports, homecoming, and other gatherings have to be significantly downsized: I think because of the uncertainty of the times, it's easy to forget that our students are just as creative and resourceful as our institutions themselves. A lot of pivotal moments in HBCU history were sparked by a student's idea. The young men at North Carolina A&T who sat-in at the lunch counter in 1960 set off a chain reaction that shaped the Civil Rights Movement. Freaknik was started by Atlanta University Center students as a picnic originally, but it grew into something much bigger. I think we should be asking, if these big events do have to be scaled down or cancelled, how can we foster a creative infrastructure that will accommodate student innovation?