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For computer engineering student David Gordon, Florida A&M University felt like home to him even before his official enrollment into the university.

The then 16-year-old Washington, DC native generated national headlines and amassed $1.6 million in scholarship offers before choosing FAMU.

TSU President Glenda Baskin Glover was among the speakers, as was James Ammons, former president of FAMU and North Carolina Central University, who is now chancellor at Southern University at New Orleans. “FAMU educated me, but Dr. Humphries prepared me for my life’s work,” said Ammons, who served as provost under Humphries. FAMU President Larry Robinson, a nuclear chemist by training who was recruited to FAMU more than two decades ago by Humphries, described the occasion as a “celebration of life for this great American, an administrator who was eminently brilliant, a visionary, wh...

Florida A&M University is the fall destination for highly recruited scholar Curtis Lawrence III. The 16-year-old Washington, D.C., graduating senior announced in a video on social media his eagerly awaited decision to enroll as part of the FAMU Class of 2025.   Lawrence, who graduates with a high school diploma and an associate degree and will enter FAMU as a rising junior, has been offered more than $1.6 million in scholarships. Rattlers welcome Lawrence He had also been accepted to Harvard University, Howard University, Hampton University, George Washington University (GWU), Morehouse...

16-year-old commits to FAMU over Yale, Harvard, Howard It’s official. Florida A&M University is the fall destination for highly recruited scholar Curtis Lawrence III. Photo Credit: The Lawrence family: Malene Lawrence, Curtis Lawrence III, Corey Lawrence and Curtis Lawrence Jr. – courtesy Lawrence Family. and last updated 2021-05-06 12:56:46-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The 16-year-old Washington, D.C., graduating senior announced in a video on social media his eagerly awaited decision to enroll as part of the FAMU Class of 2025. Curtis Lawrence, III, who graduates with a hig...