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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visits Florida A&M University

February 18, 2015

One of our UTC Consortium members, Florida A&M University (FAMU), hosted the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx at a town hall meeting held on the FAMU campus in Tallahassee, Florida. . The Secretary's visit was the first stop on his four-day, five state bus tour, The GROW AMERICA Express, to highlight the importance of investing in America's infrastructure and to encourage Congress to act on a long-term transportation bill.

He visited the SR 263 Capital Circle Southwest widening project with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, and also met with students at FAMU. Courtesy of FAMU Archives and USDOT, shown below are some pictures from the visit.

U.S. Representative Corrine Brown of Jacksonville, FL discusses her work as a member of the transportation committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and the importance of building the transportation industry for the future. From left: Florida Representative Alan Williams (D-District 8), Brown (D-District 5), U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, FAMU President Elmira Mangum, and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.


Students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering listening to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx discuss the future of the transportation industry.


FAMU President Elmira Mangum, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and UTC member Dr. Doreen Kobelo, assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Engineering Technology, pose with four Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellows, whose research is funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.


FAMU President Elmira Mangum and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx with members of the American Society of Civil Engineers.