TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson is asking Rattler alumni attending this weekend’s national convention in Orlando to dig deep to support the financially strapped athletics department.
Three hundred people are registered for the annual convention, which opened Thursday and continues through Sunday morning at the Rosen Centre Hotel.
In an appeal this week to alumni, Robinson explained the athletics program is “a self-supporting auxiliary unit of the university,” which means it doesn’t receive money from either the education or general funds.
“In an effort to provide essential funding to the Athletics Program, the university would like to request financial support from the Florida A&M University National Alumni Association in the amount of $200,000,” Robinson said. “The funds will be used to support student athletes’ attendance in summer school, which is vital to their academic progression.”
The National Alumni Association has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the university during the tenure of its president, Lt. Col. Gregory Clark.
The appeal for athletics is part of the convention’s “Weekend of Giving” theme. Alumni association members also will be asked to donate to the university for scholarships and to the Marching 100’s trip to the Rose Bowl Parade next year.
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