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76-988: The Florida Book Awards are a set of annual statewide literary awards that recognize Floridian authors and books about Florida published in the previous year. Established in 2006, the awards are administered by the Florida State University Libraries, with co-sponsors including the Florida Humanities Council, Florida Center for the Book, the State Library and Archives of Florida , and the Florida Historical Society . Finalists are selected in eleven categories by three-member juries, with gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded. Cash prizes ranging from $ 500-$ 1,000 are awarded in three award categories, including
152-610: A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa , as well as the first university in Florida so honored. Florida State was the largest of the original two state universities in Florida until 1919. Returning soldiers using the G.I. Bill after World War II stressed the state university system to the point that a Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida (TBUF) was opened on the campus of the Florida State College for Women with
228-483: A comprehensive flagship university, FSU has a statewide and even national draw for students and has considerable fundraising capabilities. The Stable Outlook reflects Fitch's expectation that the university will sustain adjusted cash flow margins, as defined in Fitch's criteria, in line with historical trends, and that balance sheet strength will be maintained and improve over time. Florida State University aspires to become
304-628: A height of 345 feet (105 m). However, including the three underground floors, it is a 25-story building (though the sixth floor is only accessible through the freight elevator). The Governor and the Cabinet members have their offices on the Plaza Level of the Capitol. Floors two through four of the base structure of the Capitol are used for the chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives;
380-528: A later date. The Florida Legislature recognized the university under the title " University of Florida " in Spring 1885 but committed no additional financing or support. Without legislative support, the university project struggled. The institution never assumed the "university" title, and the association dissolved when the medical college relocated to Jacksonville later that year. According to Doak Campbell , Florida State University's fifth president, "During
456-535: A part of the State University System of Florida , Florida State University falls under the purview of the seventeen member Florida Board of Governors . Guided by the Board of Governors, the thirteen member Board of trustees is "responsible for the administration of its university in a manner that is dedicated to, and consistent with the university’s mission which shall be otherwise consistent with
532-631: A ratio of 20 students to each faculty member. The College of Medicine has six regional campuses located in Daytona Beach , Fort Pierce , Orlando , Pensacola , Sarasota and Tallahassee . Florida State has campuses in London , Florence , Panama City, Panama and Valencia, Spain . These campuses are a part of the year-round international programs. Florida State University is divided into 17 colleges and over 110 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes offering 277 degree programs. As
608-648: A self-guided tour pamphlet, and related information. The public viewing galleries for the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate are on the fifth floor. A series of murals of Florida's history by Christopher Still encircle the House chamber floor. Outside of the Senate galleries is the Five Flags Mural by Renee Faure depicting people from Florida history. The Observation Deck
684-503: A top ten public research university and AAU member. The university is the home of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory among other advanced research facilities. Other milestones at the university include the first ETA10-G/8 supercomputer and the development of the process to syntheisize the anti-cancer drug Taxol. Florida State University is divided into 17 colleges and schools including
760-430: Is classified "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university had research and development (R&D) expenditures of $ 414 million. Per 2022 National Science Foundation data the university ranked 82nd out of 890 evaluated institutions. The university has an annual budget of $ 3 billion and an annual estimated economic impact of $ 15.5 billion. Florida State has a collaborative relationship with
836-404: Is 96% and a four-year graduation rate of 75%. The university has an 83.0% six-year graduation rate. Florida State University students, numbering 43,701 in 2023, came from more than 130 countries, and all 50 U.S. states. The ratio of women to men is 58:42, and 24.2 percent are graduate and professional students. Miami-Dade , Broward , Palm Beach , Hillsborough , and Leon County make up
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#1732782871666912-537: Is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida , United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida . Chartered in 1851, it is located on Florida's oldest continuous site of higher education. Florida State University maintains 17 colleges, as well as 58 centers, facilities, labs, institutes, and professional training programs. In 2023, the university enrolled 43,701 students from all 50 states and 135 countries. Florida State
988-557: Is a cafeteria on the lower level, a snack bar on the tenth floor, and the Florida Welcome Center just inside the west Plaza Level entrance. Florida Welcome Center staff conducts guided tours for groups of 15 or more and self-guided tours are available during business hours. The Senate office building and the House office building are each four stories high and on either end of the Capitol Complex. The bridges on
1064-422: Is a legal name) was going to consist of the House and Senate chambers, and the twenty-two-story office building. Tallahassee was named Florida's capital in 1824, midway between the then-largest cities in the state, St. Augustine and Pensacola . The first territorial government met in a log building. A capitol building was constructed in 1826 but never completely finished. It was torn down in 1839 to make room for
1140-479: Is authorized to display a battle streamer Natural Bridge 1865. FSU is one of four institutions that can display a military battle streamer. In 1883, the institution officially known as the West Florida Seminary was organized by the Board of Education as The Literary College of the University of Florida. (In the terminology of the time, schools were divided into seminaries and literary institutions;
1216-731: Is by permission of the Tribal Council, the governing body of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. FSU's use of the Seminole imagery was granted an NCAA waiver in 2005, due to the coordination the Seminole Tribe of Florida has with Florida State. As of 2024 FSU's university-wide financial endowment was $ 785.2 million with total assets valued at $ 1.03 billion. The endowment helps provide scholarships to students, support teaching and research, and fund other specific purposes designated by donors. In 2022 Florida State University
1292-726: Is contained within the brick facade walls of the University Center. It is reportedly the largest continuous brick structure in the United States and one of the largest in the world. The brick complex also houses offices of the university, the registrar, the Dedman School of Hospitality, and classrooms. The FSU Southwest Campus was acquired by the university in 1930 and was formerly known as "The Farm". It encompasses another 740 acres (3.0 km ) of land off Orange Drive. The southwest campus currently houses
1368-906: Is directly behind the new Capitol building. Its restored space includes the Governor's Suite, Supreme Court, House of Representatives and Senate chambers, rotunda, and halls. Its adapted space contains a museum exhibiting the state's political history, the Florida Historic Capitol Museum , which is managed by the Florida Legislature. On April 18, 2012, the AIA 's Florida Chapter placed the Historic Capitol Building (Restoration) on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places . The New Tower houses executive and legislative offices and
1444-704: Is home to Florida's only national laboratory, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , and was instrumental in the commercial development of the anti-cancer drug Taxol . Florida State University also operates the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art , the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the nation's largest museum/university complexes. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The university
1520-564: Is located in the northwest quadrant of the campus. The College of Medicine, King Life Science buildings (biology) as well as the Department of Psychology are located on the west end of campus on Call Street and Stadium Drive. Located off Stadium Drive in the southwest quadrant is the University Center , which encloses Doak Campbell Stadium and Bobby Bowden Field. The stadium seats 79,560 spectators. Doak Campbell Stadium
1596-405: Is one of the two original state-designated "preeminent" universities in Florida. Florida State University receives the highest National Science Foundation research and development award in the state. Princeton Review's 2024 Best Value Colleges ranked FSU the top public university in Florida and sixteenth nationally. For 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida State University as
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#17327828716661672-423: Is the oldest continuously used site of higher education in Florida and is the home of Ruby Diamond Concert Hall which serves as the university's primary performance venue. Historic student housing residence halls include Broward, Bryan, Cawthon, Gilchrist, Jennie Murphree, Landis, and Reynolds and are located on the older eastern half of campus. Newer residence hall complexes, Ragans and Wildwood, located near
1748-535: Is the top or twenty-second floor of the Capitol building. The deck is 307 feet (94 m) above the Plaza Level and 512 feet (156 m) above sea level. In the east wing is an art gallery featuring a rotating display of artwork by Florida resident artists and a series of bronze plaques on the inductees of the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. The southern side is the Freedom Shrine. The capitol
1824-401: Is traceable to a plan set by the 1823 U.S. Congress to create a higher education system. The 1838 Florida Constitution codified the primary system by providing for land allocated for the schools. In 1845 Congress passed the law admitting Florida as the 27th state. In a supplementary act to the law granting admission, Congress authorized two townships to host seminaries, one east and one west of
1900-548: The Constitution of 1968 and the end of the Pork Chop Gang . The thrust of the renewal was to force conservative, north Florida politicians to cede power to the greatly expanded (in population and economic power) central and south Florida, until then seriously underrepresented in the legislature. As part of this discussion, the possible relocation of Florida's capital (convenient only to the north Floridians) closer to
1976-616: The Florida A&;M University – Florida State University College of Engineering , which is housed in a two-building joint facility with Florida A&M University . In addition to the College of Engineering, The Don Veller Seminole Golf Course and Club are located here and at the Morcorm Aquatics Center. The FSU Research Foundation buildings, as well as the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , are located on
2052-534: The National Register of Historic Places . The Capitol is at the intersection of Apalachee Parkway and South Monroe Street in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. The Historic Capitol, sometimes called "The Old Capitol", built in 1845, was threatened with demolition in the late 1970s when the new capitol building was built. Having been restored to its 1902-version in 1982, the Historic Capitol
2128-668: The Seminole Tribe of Florida and is allowed to use the name Seminoles and certain imagery. FSU's intercollegiate sports teams, known by their " Florida State Seminoles " nickname, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Florida State's varsity teams have won 19 all-time national athletic championships in nine sports. Florida State University
2204-484: The 19th best public university in the United States, and 55th overall among all national universities, public and private. For 2019, the FSU College of Business was ranked 27th undergraduate program among all public universities and 44th among all national universities. In 2017, Florida State was ranked one of the most efficient universities. Florida State is ranked the 16th best doctorate-granting university in
2280-1156: The Colleges of Applied Studies, Arts & Sciences, Business, Communication & Information, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Human Sciences, Law, Medicine, Motion Picture Arts, Music, Nursing, Social Sciences & Public Policy, and Social Work, plus the Graduate School, Dedman School of Hospitality, and the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. Florida State offers 103 baccalaureate degree programs, 107 master's degree programs, an advanced masters/specialist degree in 6 areas, 63 doctorate degree programs, and 3 professional degree programs. The most popular Colleges by enrollment are Arts and Sciences, Business, Social Sciences, Education, and Human Science. The Florida State University College of Medicine operates using diversified hospital and community-based clinical education medical training for medical students . The students spend their first two years in academic medical courses on
2356-695: The FAMU/FSU Engineering Library. Strozier Library is located at the center of the campus and is open extended hours during Fall and Spring semesters. Next to the Donald L. Tucker Center , the College of Law is between Jefferson Street and Pensacola Street. The College of Business is in the heart of campus near the FSU Student Union and across from the HCB Classroom Building. The science and research quad
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2432-763: The FSU campus in Tallahassee. They are then assigned to one of the regional medical school campuses for their third- and fourth-year clinical training. Rotations can be done at one of the six regional campuses in Daytona Beach , Fort Pierce , Orlando , Pensacola , Sarasota or in Tallahassee. The middle 50% of the Fall 2023 entering freshmen class had a GPA range from 4.2 to 4.5; a SAT range from 1330 to 1410 and an ACT range from 29 to 32. The acceptance rates for admission in 2023 were 23.0% for 61,278 freshman applicants. FSU's second-year, full-time freshman retention rate
2508-572: The Faculty Senate is subject to the veto authority of the university president, which may be appealed to the university trustees by two-thirds Senate vote. The student government was established in 1935 and consists of executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The student government executive branch is led by the student body president and includes the student body's vice president, treasurer, seven agencies, four bureaus, and an executive cabinet responsible for handling an agenda set out by
2584-549: The Florida Institute was transferred. The main campus consists of 485.87 acres (2.0 km ). Outside Leon county the university owns more than 1,715 acres (6.94 km ). The main campus is bordered by Stadium Drive to the west, Tennessee Street ( U.S. Route 90 ) to the north, Macomb Street to the east, and Gaines Street to the south. The Westcott Building is the school's readily identifiable structure at College Avenue and S. Copeland Street. The Westcott location
2660-474: The Florida counties with the greatest enrollment of in-state students. Students from Georgia , New York , New Jersey , North Carolina , Texas , Pennsylvania , and Illinois make up the largest states for out-of-state students. FSU hosts about 2500 international students . Around seventy-seven percent of the international students are graduate students and come from mainly China , India , South Korea , Panama , and Turkey . Florida State University
2736-705: The Historic Capitol, or also, the Florida State Capitol. The latter was its official name prior to the construction of the New Capitol in 1977, and was so called by the National Park Service even after the New Capitol was operating. Its legal name today, however, is the Florida Historic Capitol Museum. The New Capitol, as a whole, does not have a legal name. When it was planned, the Capitol Complex (which
2812-511: The House and Senate chambers were added to the north and south ends of the building in 1936 and 1947, respectively. The 1902 Capitol building was the last statehouse in which all of Florida's political business was housed under one roof. A decade later, the Florida Supreme Court moved into its own building just west of the Capitol Complex, across S. Duval Street. The 1960s were a time of political renewal in Florida that led to
2888-840: The King Memorial is The Florida Fraternal Order of Police Law Enforcement Memorial (dedicated in 2000). The memorial has the names of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Outside of the Senate Office Building is a monument dedicated to Floridians who have received the Purple Heart medal. On the lawn of the Old Capitol sit two marble obelisks . The northern one is the Leon County Civil War Memorial; The memorial commemorates Floridian Confederate soldiers who fought in
2964-428: The New Capitol or the site. The Historic Capitol was saved through citizens' action led by Secretary of State Bruce Smathers and then wife Nancy McDowell. The efforts were successful and the building was restored to its 1902 appearance, the final House and Senate chambers having been demolished (though there are no surviving drawings or photographs to inform restoration of the interior). Architectural highlights include
3040-437: The New Capitol was completed — would be removed. Therefore, the design of the New Capitol in no way reflected the style of the old one. The site design, also, was prepared under the assumption the space occupied by the Old Capitol would be vacant. Since the preservation movement did not begin until after the New Capitol had been completed, and the demolition was being prepared for, it was too late to make any changes to either
3116-882: The Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction, the Gwen P. Reichert Gold Medal for Children’s Literature, and the Richard E. Rice Gold Medal Award for Visual Arts. Winners are recognized at the annual awards ceremony in Tallahassee, FL, in April. Previous recipients of the Florida Book Award include Craig Pittman , Jack E. Davis , Edwidge Danticat , Arlo Haskell , Randy Wayne White , Lynne Barrett , Campbell McGrath , William McKeen , Carlton Ward Jr. , and Patricia Engel . Florida State University Florida State University ( FSU or Florida State )
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3192-812: The Rotunda is the Heritage Chapel, an area designed to serve as a meditative space. Opposite to the Chapel is a plaque that states: "This plaque is dedicated to Senator Lee Weissenborn whose valiant effort to move the Capitol to Orlando was the prime motivation for the construction of this building." The west Plaza Level is the Florida Welcome Center and the "Images of the Sunshine State" murals by Florida artist James Rosenquist . The Florida Welcome Center offers maps, brochures, including
3268-512: The South" during this period, about similar student activities at the University of California, Berkeley . The school is also said to have originated the 1970s fad of " streaking ," said to have been first observed on Landis Green. In 1972 Margaret Menzel , a professor in the biology department, led a class-action lawsuit charging discrimination against women in pay and promotion. The case
3344-672: The Southwest Campus in Innovation Park . Florida State University Panama City is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) from the main campus. The campus began operations in 1967, and FSU assumed control in July 1982. The Bay County Commission donated a 26-acre waterfront site for a new campus, which was completed in 1987. In Fall, 2023 the campus had over 1200 students engaged in undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The satellite institution currently has
3420-555: The State of Florida), a school for white women ( Florida Female College later changed to Florida State College for Women ), and a school for African Americans ( State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students ). The Buckman Act was controversial, as it changed the character of a historic coeducational state school into a school for women. The school's early and major benefactor, James Westcott III , willed substantial monies to support continued operations. In 1911, his estate sued
3496-528: The Suwannee River. In 1851, the Florida Legislature authorized the seminaries to be awarded to the two towns offering the best school support. The legislature declared the first purpose of these institutions was to train male and female teachers in all subjects generally taught at public schools, then to educate the public in agriculture, science, law and citizenship. While the East Seminary
3572-675: The U.S Civil War. The Capitol Complex grounds are maintained by the Florida Department of Management Services . The Plaza Level holds several items of note besides the offices of the Governor and the Cabinet . In the Rotunda, a copy of the State Seal cast in bronze is mounted on terra verde marble sits. This is not the current seal, but one in use when building was completed. It is surrounded by five smaller seals representing
3648-414: The US for the highest amount of African American doctorate recipients by the National Science Foundation . Florida State is ranked the 29th top college in the United States by Payscale and CollegeNet's Social Mobility Index college rankings(2014). Florida State Capitol The Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee , Florida , is an architecturally and historically significant building listed on
3724-433: The United States for free speech and thought in a ranking released in 2024 by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression . After many years as a whites-only university, in 1962, Maxwell Courtney became the first African-American undergraduate student admitted to Florida State. Fred Flowers joined the FSU baseball team as the first African-American athlete in university history in 1965. In 1966 Lenny Hall became
3800-443: The athletic quadrant; and DeGraff Hall, located on Tennessee Street. On and around the Florida State University main campus are seven libraries: Robert Manning Strozier Library, Dirac Science Library named after the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and Florida State University professor Paul Dirac , Claude Pepper Library, College of Music Allen Music Library, College of Law Research Center, College of Medicine Maguire Medical Library and
3876-506: The cadets played a minor role in the battle defending artillery pieces. The combined Confederate forces defeated attacking Union forces leaving Tallahassee as the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi River not to fall to Union forces. At the surrender of Florida, Union military forces disarmed the cadets and used campus buildings as barracks until September 1865. The school then reopened and resumed its academic purpose. The FSU Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
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#17327828716663952-405: The chambers of the Florida Legislature (consisting of the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives ). The Florida Department of Management Services maintains the Capitol Complex, which is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (excluding state holidays ). The buildings are informally known as the Old Capitol and the New Capitol; the former is sometimes called
4028-437: The controversy of the social acceptance of homosexuality was evident at FSU in the 1980s. Official university policy established in 2013 prohibits discrimination against multiple protected groups, including the LGBT community. The Florida Legislature approved the creation of the allopathic Florida State University College of Medicine in June 2000 due to a need for medical doctors, especially in primary care fields. It
4104-430: The elaborate art glass dome, red and white striped awnings, and a representation of the Florida State Seal over the entry columns. In 2011, the Florida Department of Management Services , in conjunction with MLD Architects, began restoration of the Historic Capitol's cupola , which included new copper roofing, and Tallahassee's most photographed landmark unveiled its new dome in April 2012. The Capitol Complex design
4180-416: The erection of the present structure, which was completed in 1845, just prior to Florida's entry into the United States as the 27th state. Several additions to the historic capitol have been made throughout the years. Frank Pierce Milburn made the first expansion in 1902 by adding the classical style dome. In 1923, Henry Klutho additions included two new wings and a marble interior. Finally, large wings for
4256-421: The first 50 years...its activities were limited to courses of secondary-school grade. Progress was slow. Indeed, it was not until the turn of the [twentieth] century that it could properly qualify as a collegiate institution." In 1901, it became Florida State College. The 1905 Florida Legislature passed the Buckman Act , which reorganized the Florida college system into a school for white men (University of
4332-412: The first African-American basketball player for Florida State. In 1968 Calvin Patterson became the first African-American player for the university football team. During the 1960s and 1970s Florida State University became a center for student activism especially in the areas of racial integration , women's rights , and opposition to the Vietnam War . The school acquired the nickname "Berkeley of
4408-686: The men housed in barracks on nearby Dale Mabry Field . By 1947 the Florida Legislature returned the FSCW to coeducational status and designated it Florida State University . The FSU West Campus land and barracks plus other areas continually used as an airport later became the location of the Tallahassee Community College . The post-war years brought substantial growth and development to the university as many departments and colleges were added, including Business, Journalism (discontinued in 1959), Library Science , Nursing , and Social Welfare. Strozier Library (1956), and Tully Gymnasium (1956) were built at this time. Florida State University ranked third in
4484-479: The mission and purposes of the State University System as defined by the Board of Governors". The president of the university answers to the Board of Trustees. The university executive staff report to the president, with subordinate sections reporting through the staff. The Faculty Senate is the legislative body for the university and elected from member of the general faculty. The Faculty Senate prepares academic policy and sets academic standards. Any action of
4560-477: The name does not imply a focus on literature.) Under the new university charter, the seminary became the institution's Literary College and was to contain several "schools" or departments in different disciplines. However, in the new university association the seminary's "separate Charter and special organization" were maintained. Florida University also incorporated the Tallahassee College of Medicine and Surgery, and recognized three more colleges to be established at
4636-400: The nations and kingdoms that exerted sovereignty over all or parts of Florida ( France , Spain , Great Britain , the Confederate States of America , and the United States ). North of the Rotunda is the Florida Women's Hall of Fame and the Fallen Firefighters Wall of Honor. To the south are the Florida Artists Hall of Fame and a memorial for Florida's Medal of Honor recipients. Southwest of
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#17327828716664712-419: The offices of the Senate President, Secretary and Sergeant at Arms; the House Speaker, Clerk, and Sergeant at Arms; some legislative committee offices and meeting rooms; and Member offices. The Legislative Chambers are on the fourth floor with their respective public viewing galleries on the fifth floor. The floors between the observation deck and the first five floors are executive and legislative offices. There
4788-508: The school. During the Civil War , the seminary became "'The Florida Military and Collegiate Institute.'" Enrollment grew to around 250 students. The school arguably became the state's largest and most respected educational institution. In 1865, at the Battle of Natural Bridge south of Tallahassee, cadets from the school joined active-duty Confederate troops in the defensive line. The cadets were trained by Valentine Mason Johnson and led into battle by Captain D.W. Gwynn. Some reports show
4864-446: The second and third floors allow people to walk between the Capitol and office buildings. These buildings contain primarily committee meeting rooms and legislative offices. The Knott Building was attached to the Capitol by a skywalk in 1999. The west front is known formally as Waller Park, for Curtis L. Waller , Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2003, the dolphin statue "Stormsong" by Tallahassee artist Hugh Nicholson
4940-421: The state educational board contending the estate was not intended to support a single-sex school. The Florida Supreme Court decided the issue in favor of the state, stating the change in character was within the intent of the Westcott will . By 1933 the Florida State College for Women had grown to be the third largest women's college in the US. It was the first state women's college in the South to be awarded
5016-433: The state's center of population was considered. A ballot question asked Florida voters to decide on the location of Florida's capital. Other major contenders were Ocala , Orlando , and Jacksonville . Through the ballot process, the voters decided the capital would remain in Tallahassee. The architects who designed the New Capitol were given the starting assumption the Old Capitol — which had to remain in use until
5092-416: The state, Tallahassee re-established an old school for boys, now called the Florida Institute, and combined the school with land and buildings. The legislature finally awarded Tallahassee with the West Seminary in 1856. The governor signed the law on January 1, 1857. In October 1858 the school was made coeducational by incorporating the Female Institute, which was located nearby. The West Florida Seminary
5168-470: The student body president. The legislative branch includes eighty senators, and the judicial branch consists of a chief justice and four associate justices, who must be in their second or third year of law school. Reforming male collegiate sports after the 42-year hiatus (1905–1947) when FSU was a women-only college, FSU students voted to use the name "Seminoles" as the university collective name and symbol. The Seminole imagery in some university activities
5244-441: The twelve universities of the State University System of Florida . The status is based on objective criteria and must be earned annually. The shared goal of having top national universities in Florida is highly political, often centering on the use of the term " flagship ," a poorly defined and frequently inflammatory informal title. The state acquired the land of the main campus from the City of Tallahassee in January 1857 when
5320-408: Was a joint venture of the architectural firms of Edward Durell Stone of New York City and Reynolds, Smith & Hills of Jacksonville . It was built according to Stone's signature style of " Neoclassicism ", with an ornate grill surrounding a white- columned box. The design symbolized the growth and development of Florida. The Capitol is usually referred to as a twenty-two-story building with
5396-467: Was added within Waller Park's Florida Heritage Fountain. On the northeast corner of the Capitol Complex is the Florida Sri Chinmoy Peace State Marker. East of the House Office Building is a replica of the Liberty Bell. The replica was a gift to the citizens of Florida as a symbol of the 1950 United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive. Within the Capitol Courtyard is a memorial in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , dedicated in 1984. South of
5472-413: Was located on the former Florida Institute property. The area, slightly west of the state Capitol , was formerly and ominously known as Gallows Hill, a place for public executions in early Tallahassee. During 1860–1861, the legislature amended the 1851 law and started military instruction for students, partly due to the desire to protect the instructional staff from conscription, which would have closed
5548-481: Was rated by Fitch, Moody's and S&P Global as having the highest credit rating of all universities in Florida. Moody's Ratings graded FSU debt at Aa1 and Aa2 in 2022. S&P Global Ratings rated the university AA+ overall in 2022. Fitch Ratings affirmed the FSU Issuer Default Rating at AA+ on February 14, 2022, with a stable outlook. Fitch's Analytical Conclusion states: As
5624-444: Was settled in 1975 with an agreement that the university would establish a task force to investigate bias against women at the university and to revise its anti-nepotism policy so as to not discriminate against the wives of university employees. Bill Wade, a gay male student, was elected Homecoming Princess using the name "Billie Dahhling" in 1980. While Wade's election may initially have been more college prank than protest,
5700-524: Was settled in Ocala in 1853, the West Seminary state institution opportunity created a contentious fight between the towns of Quincy, Marianna, and Tallahassee. Quincy dropped out of the competition in the following years, while Marianna and Tallahassee refused to yield. Failing to resolve the impasse, the conflict was returned to the governor and legislature for resolution. In 1854, as an incentive to
5776-490: Was the first medical school approved in the United States in almost two decades. The King Life Sciences Building, located next to the College of Medicine, was added June 2008, to complement medical research with research in related fields. In 2013 the Florida Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors designated Florida State University and the University of Florida as the first two "preeminent universities" among
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