Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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THIS IS FLORIDA STATE Florida State University— the home of more than 20,000 Seminoles— has a campus that starts at the top of one of Tallahassee ' s famed seven hills, and rolls gently downv ard and westvi ard across some 340-odd acres of pines, palms and pecan trees. Founded in 1857 as the Seminary West of the Suwannee, its heritage is evidenced in the wide range of architectural struggles to preserve history and keep up with modern times and air conditioning. Yet it still ranks as one of the South ' s last, few bastions of campus greenery— the kind that combines the blossoms of camellias, azaleas and dogwoods with moss-hung oaks that are, in some cases, as old as the University itself, if not older. From the Gothic towers of Westcott at the eastern entrance to the cam- pus, to the modern glass and steel structures of its Science Complex to the west, Florida State University has moved forward in time and growth more rapidly than many of its newer counterparts in the State University System. Its enrollment has quadrupled since it became coeducational in 1947, following nearly half a century as the Florida State College for Women. Today, its 14 schools and colleges are spread through $150 million worth of building, its annual budget exceeds $100 million and it attracts more than $18 million a year in research contracts and grants. Students can pick and choose from more than 100 career options offered in arts and sciences, business, communication, criminology, dance, education, home economics, law, library science, music, nursing, social sciences, social work, theater and visual arts programs. The University is a member of the Academic Common Market and has overseas study centers in Florence, London and the Panama Canal Zone. Summer programs of study are offered in law at Oxford, in hotel and restaurant administration in Switzerland, and in comparative studies of economic and social systems in Yugoslavia. The location of FSU in the Capital City of Florida offers unusual oppor- tunities for study and research in the social and policy sciences, and an op- timum environment for internships and on-the-job learning experiences for students in many fields of study. The University operates major laboratory facilities for nuclear, marine and computer research. In addition, it has a wide-ranging spectrum of in- stitutes and research centers, each of which deals with specialized aspects of the following fields of study; government, geophysical fluid dynamics, molecular biophysics, educational research, American theater, gerontology, social research, community mental health, employee relations, economic development, analysis of resources and environment. Southern culture and religion, statistical consultation, educational technology and instructional systems, population studies, multi-campus systems, educational tax policy, urban and regional planning, criminological and correctional research, and the study of women in educational management systems. A Regional Rehabilitation Center serves citize ns in the tri-state area with diagnostic and remedial treatment of speech and hearing problems. A city within a city, Florida State has 1,200 faculty members, more than 6,000 additional employees and a construction program that will exceed $50 million between now and 1981. The construction of a new civic center and a center for continuing education— both near the State Capitol— are destined for completion by the fall of 1980. :r: - 3-4« -m , % 1 %. -; i ' w« , - ' ;W [ : - tS v - i- ( rf ' - i ■ % '