State University System of Florida

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1 State University System of Florida The State University System of Florida (SUS, or SUSF out-of-state) is a system of universities indirectly governed by the State of Florida. From 1905 to 1965, the few universities in the system were governed by the Florida Board of Control. This was replaced by the Florida Board of Regents in 1965, to accommodate the growing university system. The Board of Regents governed until it was disbanded in 2001, and its authority was divided Florida Board of Education (which was given some authority over all levels of public education in the state), and appointed Boards of Trustees, which operated independently for each separate institution. In 2002, Floridians led by Senator Bob Graham passed an amendment to the state constitution establishing a new statewide governing body, the Florida Board of Governors. SUS Institutions The year the university was founded, followed by the year first classes were held, are in parentheses. Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida (1887) Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (1961, 1964) Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida (1991, 1997) Florida International University, Miami, Florida (1965, 1972) Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (1851 as Florida Seminary West of the Suwannee, 1901 as Florida State College for Women and 1947 as FSU) New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida (1960 as a private college. Merged into USF's system in 1975, gained independence in 2001) University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (1963, 1968) University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1853 (official), 1905 (actual), 1906 (first class)) University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida (1969, 1972) University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (1956, 1960) University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida (1963, 1967 for upper grades, 1983 for all four years)

2 Florida State University Motto Vires, artes, mores (Latin: Strength, skill, customs) Established 1851 School type Public President T. K. Wetherell Location Tallahassee, Florida, USA Enrollment 30,015 undergraduate, 7,456 graduate Faculty 2,054 Endowment US$443+ million Campus acres (1.88 km²) Nickname Seminoles Mascot Chief Osceola and Renegade Colors garnet and gold Website Florida State University, also commonly referred to as "FSU" or "Florida State", is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded and located in Tallahassee, Florida in Its president is Dr. T. K. Wetherell. The university is composed of 17 colleges and institutes that offer more than 300 programs of study. FSU is well-known for its programs in Business, Creative Writing, Evolutionary Biology, Dance, Film, Music, Hospitality, Information Studies, and Meteorology. Campus Florida State's main campus is located in Tallahassee near the Florida State Capitol building. Florida State also maintains two additional campuses in Panama City and Sarasota. Additionally, Florida State operates an overseas branch campus with degree programs in the Republic of Panama. In addition to the branch campuses, the university offers a variety of overseas study opportunities for students during the regular academic year, as well as in special summer programs. FSU operates study centers fore overseas study oppare located in Florence, Italy; Republic of Panama; Valencia, Spain; and London, England. The university is home to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation. Other research centers, such as the Center for Advanced Power Systems, supported by the Office of Naval Research, place the university at the cutting edge of research and its application to industry. The Ringling Museum in Sarasota is affiliated with the university, and is the largest museum/university complex in the U.S. and houses one of the most significant collections of fine art in North America. Academics Florida State University has leading graduate, undergraduate, and professional programs that include Law and Medicine. In the 2006 U.S. News & World Report of Best Colleges, Florida State was ranked 51st (from 54th in 2005) among all public research universities in the U.S, and is ranked 109th (up from 111 in 2005) among all national universities. The fully accredited College of Medicine is the first new M.D. program to be established in the United States since It is charting a new course for medical education with an emphasis on the use of interdisciplinary teams and emerging new technology. Created in June of 2000 by the Florida Legislature, its mission is educating physicians to serve the state's rural, geriatric, minority and other medically underserved populations. The medical school's regional campuses are in Tallahassee, Pensacola, Jacksonville, Orlando, Sarasota, and Ft. Myers. The Florida State University College of Law has jumped 11 slots to 56th in the latest edition of the influential national rankings of law schools by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine's

3 2006 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools also ranks the College of Law as one of the most diverse in the country. Environmental Law Program Ranks 14th in Nation. Hispanic Business Magazine has ranked the College of Law among the top 10 law schools in the nation for Hispanics for the second consecutive year. Hispanics made up 9 percent of the school's 748-member student body and received 11 percent of the 205 law degrees awarded to the class of The College of Business has consistently been ranked one of the Top 40 undergraduate business schools by U.S. News & World Report at 38th. Among public universalities it is in the Top 25. and the program has grown to be one of the nation's ten largest. The college is a recognized leader in graduating minority doctoral candidates. The college earned a fourthplace spot in the Black Issues' Top 100, for its success in awarding the doctorate in business to African Americans. In the Academy of Management Journal the college's programs in Management Information Systems was ranked 15th and is the highest ranked MIS program in the State of Florida. The college also offers online MBA programs. The Dedman School of Hospitality is in the College of Business at FSU. Based on input from industry representatives, hospitality management business component of the program is what attracts companies to FSU students, as a result the school boasts a consistent 100% job placement record. The Dedman School of Hospitality also offers a major in Professional Golf Management, one of seventeen programs nationwide accredited by The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA), to prepare students to meet these challenges. The state of Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the country and is the headquarters for the PGA, LPGA, PGA Tour, and National Golf Foundation amd FSU has a long, distinguished history of graduating professional golfers and educating students for business and hospitality operations. FSU's Computer Science program is the only Florida school that is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) by the National Security Agency. Its peers includes schools such as the nation's first computer science school at Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This designation is attained through a competitive process that evaluates the school's ability to meet rigorous standards for information assurance education. The College of Information's programs in Information Studies/Technology is one of the most respected and consistantly top-ranked programs in the nation and has held such rankings for many years in the U.S. News & World Report. The program tied for 12th, the School Library Media program ranked 2nd and the Services for Children and Youth specialization program tied for 2nd. The college has the largest online MLS program in the nation. According to the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, the undergraduate program in Information Technology is sprouting in popularity. The School of Theatre is one of the leading comprehensive theatre training programs in the United States. U.S. News and World Report has consistently included FSU's graduate theatre programs in its top-tier rankings in the top-10, one of the few public university programs thus honored. The School is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre and is a founding member of the University/Resident Theatre Association. Many of FSU's other academic programs consistently rank among the nation s top twenty-five public universities, including programs in Chemistry, Creative Writing, Criminology, Dance, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Film, Meteorology, Music, Oceanography, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Statistics, and Sociology.

4 The Taxol Story A signifigant achievement at the university was chemistry professsor and synthetic organic chemist, Dr. Robert A. Holton's synthesizing of Taxol on Dec. 9, The chemical has been used as an effective breast and ovarian cancer treatment. Holton's and his Organic Chemistry team finished a race to develop a cheaper semisynthetic version. In 1993 Bristol Myers Squibb began marketing it. Just like other chemotherapy drugs, it had side effects. But it also prolonged lives and in many cases defeated cancer. Before the drug company's exclusive license expired, Florida State made $350 million in royalties, vaulting the school into the ranks of Columbia University and California's state universities in research profits. Enrollment Fall 2005 enrollment is 39,218 students. Women account for 56.7% of FSU's enrollment. Minorities made up 24.2% percent of total enrollment. 47.8% of the minority enrollment was Black, 38.6% Hispanic, 12.0% Asian, and 1.6% was American Indian. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the average SAT for the Fall 2005 class is The Fall 2004 class had an SAT average of Departments Bachelors, master's, specialist's, doctoral, and professional degree programs are offered through the College of Arts & Sciences; the College of Business; the College of Communication; the College of Education; the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, jointly administered with Florida A&M University; the College of Human Sciences; the College of Law; the College of Medicine; the College of Social Sciences; the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice; the School of Motion Picture, Television & Recording Arts (Film School); the College of Information; the College of Music; the School of Nursing; the College of Social Work; and the School of Theatre, Visual Arts & Dance. Facilities Donald L. Tucker Center Bobby E. Leach Recreation Center Westcott Building FSU is home to a pair of cutting edge nuclear resonance magnets that are used for theoretical physics research as well as for developing cures for cancer and neurological disorders. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), or "Mag Lab", is one of only nine such facilities in the world. Also notable is FSU's Antarctic Research Facility, the largest repository of Antarctic sedimentary core samples in the world. External links Official school site Official athletics site Officially-sanctioned university news site FSView & Florida Flambeau, independent student newspaper National High Magnetic Field Laboratory site History of Florida State University website

5 University of Florida Motto Civium in moribus rei publicae salus The University of Florida, is a public (Latin: The welfare of the state university located in Gainesville, Florida. It (depends upon) the morals of its citizens) is the fourth-largest university in the United Established 1853 (official) 1905 (actual) States, with over 48,000 students; it also School type Public has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 President J. Bernard Machen billion per year) and is considered one of Location Gainesville, Florida, USA Enrollment 33,094 undergraduate, the top public universities in the United 8,000+ graduate States. UF is also one of the Public Ivies, the Faculty 5,171 only one in the Deep South. Endowment US$669 million Campus 2,000 acres (8.09 km²) Noted as the place where Gatorade was Nickname Gators created, UF ranks first among public Mascot Albert E. Gator institutions and second among all Colors Orange and Blue (Royal Blue) Website institutions in the number of National Merit Scholar students enrolled. More members of the U.S. Congress have attended UF than any other university; currently nine alumni serve in the House or Senate. UF's current president is Bernie Machen. Academics UF is divided into twenty-one colleges, which offer over 100 undergraduate majors and an equally wide array of 200 graduate degrees, including the only dentistry and veterinary medicine programs in the state. The centerpiece of the critically-acclaimed journalism programs at UF is WUFT, which consists of both a PBS television station and an NPR radio station. Florida's programs are generally ranked highly among public universities, and the university was ranked as a Top Tier school by US News and World Reports for The graduate programs in chemistry and tax law are consistently ranked among the best in the United States. UF's engineering programs are very well-funded, partly from royalties on the sale of a UF invention, Gatorade. The university is 13th among all universities - public and private - in the number of U.S. Patents awarded in The acceptance rate at UF has trended downward as the applicant pool has become more competitive. In 2005, the average incoming freshman had a GPA of 3.9, an SAT score of 1295, and an ACT composite of 29. Undergraduate tuition is around $100 per credit for Florida residents, and $520 per credit for out-of-state students, with a typical load of 30 credits per year. References University of Florida Facts. University of Florida website. Accessed January 6, Teague, Edward H. Historic Sites Guide. George A. Smathers Libraries website. February 2, Accessed April 30, External links University of Florida official Web site