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

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ab o ut floriHa stai Cultural Arts in Sarasota, which includes the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the largest mu- seum university complex in the nation. Regional campuses of the FSU College of Medicine are located in Tallahassee, Pensacola, Orlando and Sarasota. In addition to its branch campuses, FSU of- fers a variety of overseas study opportunities for students during the regular academic year, as well as in special summer programs. Courses at the study centers are offered each semester and cover a wide range of subject areas perfect for meeting general and liberal studies requirements. International Programs offers programs, some general and some major-specific, in Paris, Francs; Leysin, Switzerland; San Jose, Costa Rica; Moscow, Russia; Prague, Czech Republic; Ger- akina, Greece; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Dublin, Ireland; Tianjin, China; Barga, Italy; Valencia, Spain; Lon- don, England; and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A summer Law program is offered in Oxford, Eng- land. There is one Linkage Institute (FLORICA) in Costa Rica, and there are Beyond Borders pro- grams in Turrialba, Costa Rica; Kingston, Jamaica; and Dresden, Germany. The FSU campus has over 511 buildings on nearly 1,445 acres, including the downtown Tal- lahassee main campus of 448 acres and Panama City branch campus of 26 acres. Florida State University is undergoing a $500 million facelift that will update the cam- pus and accommodate today ' s nearly 40,000 students - a number that is expected to grow to as many as 60,000 by 2025. Maintaining the historic atmosphere and enhancing its beauty while providing quality, high-tch classroom and research space, along with up-to-date student housing and serviced is the goal of today ' s reconstruction, renova- tion and veautification projects. The student body is 77.2% undergraduate , 19.2% gradu- ate and 3.6% unclassified. The average age of all students is 23.3%; of undergraduate, 21.2; and of graduate students, 30.2. Florida State University ' s students, fac- ulty and staff represent the global community. Students come from diverse ethnic, racial and national backgrounds, with over 2600 students from at least 135 countries worldwide. Florida State University has grown from an enrollment of 2,583 in 1946 to a total enroll- ment of well over 39,000 in the Fall Semester 2005. Though large in size, the university takes pride in its caring, diverse enviroment, which nurtures students ' development and success. Florida State Llniv idyr - II

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university £ Florida State University ranks among the country ' s elite public universities. A fully accred- red institution with the Carnegie Foundation ' s op designation, Doctoral Research University- ixtensive, it is a senior member of the stat ' s 1 1 )ublic universities. Established as the Seminary West of the iuwannee in 1851, its main campus in Tallahas- ee has been the site of an institution of high- er education longer than any other site in the tate. With an international reputation in the ciences of humanities, Florida State Universi- y ' s 16 colleges and schools offer baccalaure- ate degrees in 94 programs, master ' s degrees n 107 programs, advanced master ' s specialist degrees in 28 programs, doctorates in 73 pro- grams and two professional degrees. Members of Florida State University ' s fac- jlty have been recognized worldwide. Florida State University is the home of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. A joint project with the University of Florida and Los Ala- nos National Laboratory, the lab has become he nation ' s top center for research on magnets millions of times more powerful than the Earth ' s magnetic field. Research at the lab is conduct- ed in such diverse fields as biology, materials sci- ence, medicine, physics, chemistry, engineer- ig, and superconductivity. In 2001, the College of Medicine began op- erations. The country ' s first new medical school in a generation, with a mission of serving the state ' s medically underserved populations; the fully ac- credited school saw its first class graduate in 2005. The university is also home to the Center for Advanced Power Systems, which is working to de- velop the U.S. Navy ' s next-generation all-electric ships. The university is recognized for its reading development programs. Among the special programs that have won national or international distinction in research are the Program in Nuclear Research, Institute for Mo- lecular Biophysics, FSU Marine Laboratory, Center for Music Research, Learning Systems Institute, FSU Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) Laboratory, and the FSU Institute of Science and Public Affairs. University researchers annually bring in local, state, and federal contracts and grants totaling at least $180 million as part of an annual campus operating budget of over $900 million. The university ' s libraries are ranked among the tops in the nation. Florida State University offers degree pro- grams in Panama City and the Republic of Pana- ma. The university also operates and offers de- gree programs through the Ringling Center for the

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