Alabama A&M University Jacksonville, Florida Alumni Chapter

The Alabama A&M University, Jacksonville, Florida Alumni Chapter would like to send our best wishes to the following students who will be attending “The Hill” this fall. We wish them much success.

“Start here go anywhere”

Ariyah Cousin
Dylani Gousman
Kennedy Hill

Andrew Jackson High School, Jacksonville, FL, held it's National Signing Day... AAMU and the Jacksoville, Florida Alumni Association welcomes Kennedy Hill !!

On July 29, 2023, The Jacksonville, Florida Alumni Chapter facilitated another great Freshman send off. This year we had the pleasure of sending off 4 incoming freshmen.

Ta’Leah Floyd
LaRon Foster
Devin Herring
Ariana Laster

We look forward to a continued partnership with all students and their families. We wish them the best of luck on “The Hill”.

A massive thank you to Alabama A&M University Jacksonville, Florida Alumni Chapter for their very generous donation of personal hygiene items, toiletries and food for our survivors.

This support means so much to those who come to us in the aftermath of an assault.

The Women’s Center offers full wrap-around support 24- hours a day, 7 days a week by providing crisis intervention and emotional support.

24-hour R**e Crisis Hotline is 904.721.7273.

Some of the AAMU Jax Alumni chapter members supporting our Bulldogs last weekend at the AAMU vs FAMU game. GO BULLDOGS

On July 23, 2022, The Jacksonville, Florida Alumni Chapter facilitated another great Freshman send off.

Faith Acevedo Gonzalez is an incoming freshman. She plans to major in sociology and will pursue law to become a criminal attorney. Faith attended First Coast High School.

We look forward to a continued partnership with Faith towards completion of her degree at AAMU

AAMU Alum Named Miss Universe British Virgin Islands

The Miss Universe British Virgin Islands organization held a private sashing ceremony on Sunday, December 13, crowning Shabree Lanesha Frett as Miss Universe British Virgin Islands 2020.

Frett graduated magna cm laude from AAMU in May 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in communicative sciences and disorders.

Frett will represent the British Virgin Islands at Miss Universe 2020, which is planned for early 2021: https://www.angelopedia.com/news/Miss-Universe-British-Virgin-Islands-2020-Winner-Shabree-L-Frett-Delegate-Miss-Universe-2020/52195

(Photo courtesy https://www.facebook.com/MissBritishVirginIslands/)

AAMU Wishes You a Safe and Happy Labor Day Weekend

AAMU Alma Mater

This is the original copy of the Alabama A&M University Alma Mater. The fourth President of Alabama A&M University, Dr. Joseph Fanning Drake, wrote the University hymn early in his tenure. Drake served as the University President from 1927 to 1962. His lyrics are a tribute to AAMU Founder Dr. William Hooper Councill and his legacy. On the top left, Drake wrote “Words by President J.F. Drake.” On the top right, he wrote “Music Adopted.” AAMU alumni around the world know and respect the hymn, as will each new student continuing their education at AAMU. “Long Live They Fame!”

"Alabama A&M” (Alma Mater)

Alabama A&M
Rich in Heritage divine
Bless’d by the life of Councill brave
Who gave his all that thou might’st shine.
Many thy brave and loyal sons
Sent from thy shrine on Normal’s Hill
Filled with a zeal for tasks well done
Anxious thy mandates to fulfill.

Long may you live to bless the world
For right and justice take a stand
As from your rocky heights you view
Your children’s work throughout the land.

Chorus
Alma Mater, blest be thy name.
Long live thy fame; long live thy fame!

(Photo courtesy the Office of the President Collection; AAMU Archives and Special Collections)

Alabama Governor Proclaims August 17, 2020 AAMU Alumna “Kathryn Barrett Day”

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey honored an AAMU alumna posthumously with a proclamation naming today “Kathryn Barrett Day.”

Barrett passed in August 2019, after a lifetime in education. The former teacher at Carver High School in Gadsden, Ala., served as the Executive Director of the Head Start Program in Etowah County since its establishment in 1965.

Barrett received her bachelor’s degree at AAMU.

Governor Ivey’s proclamation covers Barrett’s many accomplishments: https://gadsdenmessenger.com/2020/08/14/governor-recognizes-late-local-educator/

(Photo courtesy gadsdenmessenger.com)

Toyota, Alabama A&M, Huntsville Hospital team up for mobile clinics: Aim to test locals for COVID-19 With the number of COVID cases rising, accessible health care is more crucial than ever. Some big institutions in our area are teaming up to help.