Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was founded on October 3, 1887; it began classes with fifteen students and two instructors. Today, FAMU, as it has become affectionately known, is the premiere school among historically black colleges and universities. Prominently located on the highest hill in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University remains the only historically black university in the eleven member State University System of Florida.

Advon Corporation constructed a new two story addition to the existing Student Services Building on the FAMU Campus. The project included a kitchen preparatory and cooking area, a combination freezer/cooler, dry storage area, dining room and office space.