University of Florida College of Medicine - Retrospectroscope Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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are 19 of 40 state senators, one-third of the members of the state House of Representatives, seven Floridians in the U.S. Congress and three state Su- preme Court justices. Half of ten per- sons named in 1978 as Florida's most influential governmental, professional and business persons had attended the University of Florida. Thousands of other Florida graduates occupy key positions in every known profes- sional endeavor throughout the state, in the nation and in many parts of the world. The contained campus-in a larger community whose principal focus is on the University-provides thou- sands of leadership opportunities. Student Geovernment at UF is one of

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In short, the University of Florida is a residential campus with rich re- sources available because of its size, that provides a learning and living en- vironment for the whole person. Daily contacts-in class, clubs, between classes and in dormitories and apart- ments-with other students from all walks of life and with virtually every career goal known to humanity. Daily opportunities to attend concerts, the- ater productions, art shows, seminars, athletic contests, lectures and a myr- iad of other events featuring national- ly and internationally known talents. Daily communications with a faculty that is comprised of some of the na- tion's leading scholars in their fields, working in laboratories and libraries among the best in the nation. Students attending the University of Florida come from every county in the state, every state in the nation, and last year from 90 foreign coun- tries. Eighty percent of its entering freshmen earned admission test scores above the national average. Thirty-eight percent of the undergrad- uates are transfers from community and other colleges. They experience no difficulty competing academically with students who begin their work at UF. The University of Florida ranks sixth among state universities and 18 among all universities in the nation in the number of National Merit and Merit Achievement Scholars who choose to attend. But the university is not elitist. Ten percent of its limited beginning fresh- men spaces are held open for stu- dents who do not qualify academical- ly for admission to a state university. These students and others who desire are offered special instructional pro- grams to help them progress scholas- tically. These programs have the cen- tral goal of equipping students with the ability to complete their degrees. Perhaps above all else, the Univer- sity of Florida offers its students lead- ership training and experience. Its re- sults are proven. More than half of Florida's Cabinet members, including the Governor, are UF graduates, as

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the nation's most independent and in- fluential. Every college has its own student council. Almost every com- mittee for governance of the universi- ty as a whole have student members. The university turns many of its ac- tivities over to students to implement. Students serve on advisory boards and councils in city and county gov- ernment. hundreds of students are employed in career-developing posi- tions and serve internships in Gaines- ville area institutions. More than 300 student organizations, plus fraternities and sororities, require full slates of of- ficers. Virtually every academic offer- ing provides opportunity for member- ship in chapters of national student organizations. - V . X - Y. , f-.' tri it F.. ,gk W. . t ...N up ...X