Florida State University

Florida State University

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Motto	Vires, artes, mores (Latin for "strength, skill, customs")
Type	Public
Established	1851
Endowment	$500 million
President	Dr. T. K. Wetherell
Academic staff	2,291[1]
Students	40,474
Undergraduates	31,058
Postgraduates	8,174
Location	Tallahassee , Florida
Campus	448.3 acres (1.88 km²)
Colors	Garnet and Gold
Nickname	Seminoles
Mascot	Chief Osceola and Renegade
Website	www.fsu.edu

The Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public research university located in Tallahassee, the capital city of Florida. Founded in 1851, the university is the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida. The university is comprised of 17 separate colleges and institutes that offer more than 300 programs of study. Florida State University is one of two flagship universities in Florida.

History of the University

One of the two oldest of the eleven institutions of higher learning in the State University System of Florida, Florida State University can be traced back to as early as 1823 when the Territorial Legislature began planning a higher education system. Two townships were set aside by the United States Congress for seminaries of higher learning, one on each side of the Suwannee River. In 1851, the State of Florida Legislature established the two seminaries.[2] A competition then ensued between various cities for the West Florida Seminary. Francis W. Eppes, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson who grew up on Monticello, with the help of other city leaders in Tallahassee, eventually won the competition for the location, which awarded Tallahassee the west seminary by the Florida Legislature. The eastern seminary changed locations over time between Ocala, FL and Lake City, FL but in 1905 was located in Gainesville, FL as the University of Florida.

Francis W. Eppes.

The rise of land slightly west of the center of Tallahassee, formerly known as Gallows Hill, was offered and accepted as the site of the new seminary. While the seminary did not officially hold classes until 1857, it absorbed the Tallahassee Female Academy[3], begun in 1843 as the Misses Bates School, thereby becoming co-educational. As a result of this merger Florida State University is the oldest verifiable university in continuous operation in Florida. The West Florida Seminary stood near the front of the Westcott Building on the existing FSU campus[4]. This site is the oldest continually used location of higher learning in Florida.[5][6][7][8]

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The Westcott Building, located on the east side of the FSU campus, is home to the Office of the President, Ruby Diamond Auditorium, and other administrative offices.

During the American Civil War the name of the seminary was changed to The Florida Military and Collegiate Institute and began military training for students. Young cadets from the school, along with other soldiers from Tallahassee, defeated Union forces at the Battle of Natural Bridge in 1865.[9] As a result, Tallahassee was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi River not to fall to Union forces. The Army ROTC unit at Florida State University is one of only two ROTC units in the United States with permission to display a campaign streamer. The Florida State University ROTC streamer reads NATURAL BRIDGE 1865. After the fall of the Confederacy, campus buildings were occupied by Union forces for over a month. After the war, the university reverted to a purely academic purpose.

In 1901 the seminary was renamed the Florida State College. The college fielded a football team sometime before 1900, and in 1902, 1903, and 1905 was declared state champions.[10] An excerpt from the 1903 Florida State College catalog indicates that other names were attached by law to the university: "In 1883 the institution, now long officially known as the West Florida Seminary, was organized by the Board of Education as The Literary College of the University of Florida. Owing to lack of means for the support of this more ambitious project, and also owing to the fact that soon thereafter schools for technical training were established, this association soon dissolved. It remains to be remarked, however, that the legislative act passed in 1885, bestowing upon the institution the title of the University of Florida, has never been repealed. The more pretentious name is not assumed by the college owing to the fact that it does not wish to misrepresent its resources and purposes.''"[11] In 1905 the Buckman Act was passed by the legislature which forced all male students and the university football team to attend the newly formed university in Gainesville.

The Florida State College was ultimately renamed the Florida State College for Women, which became one of the most prestigious and largest women’s colleges in the United States.[12]The academic quality of the College was so highly regarded that in 1935 it was awarded the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in Florida. After World War II, returning soldiers placed a heavy demand on the state university system. The Florida State College for Women became co-educational again as a result, and was renamed the Florida State University.

During the 1960s and 1970s Florida State University was known as a center of student activism especially in the areas of racial integration and the Vietnam War. The school acquired the nickname 'Berkeley of the South'[13] [14]during this period, in reference to similar student activities at the University of California, Berkeley. Governor Claude Kirk once spent a night on Landis Green, in the center of campus, discussing politics with protesting students. Elements of free speech activism still exist at FSU today. The Center for Participant Education was established in 1970 as an alternative to traditional university academics. It's purpose is to allow students to "explore socially relevant topics and to foster a healthier philosophy of education through classes in which anyone could teach or attend. Since then, CPE has been investigated by the Legislature, suspended by the Board of Regents, and challenged by FSU administration. CPE has managed to hold strong through all of this, and remains today as one of the last free universities in the country."[15]

The Jefferson-Eppes Trophy is exchanged between the University of Virginia and Florida State University after each football competition in recognition of the common roots of the two schools.

Enrollment

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Landis Hall overlooking Landis Green

Fall 2006 enrollment is 40,074 students. Students come from all 50 states, and 137 countries. Women account for 56.4% of FSU's enrollment. Minorities made up 28.2% percent of total enrollment.

The Fall 2006 freshman class had an SAT middle 50% range of 1140 to 1280, a middle 50% ACT range of 25-28, and a middle 50% GPA range of 3.4 - 4.1. The SAT scores reported include scores of students admitted through alternative programs. [16]

Academics and Notable programs

Florida State University has leading graduate, undergraduate and professional programs that include Law and Medicine.

Many of FSU's academic programs consistently rank among the nation’s top twenty-five public universities, including programs in Business, Chemistry, Communication, Creative Writing, Criminology, Dance, Ecology, Education, Engineering, Evolutionary Biology, Fine Arts, Human Sciences, Hospitality, International Affairs, Information Technology, Law, Meteorology, Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts, Music, Oceanography, Neuroscience, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, the Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Statistics, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese, Theatre, Traumatology Urban and Regional Planning, Underwater Archaelogy, and Visual Art. [17] [18]

In the 2006 U.S. News & World Report of Best Colleges, Florida State was ranked 51st (rising from 54th in 2005) among all public research universities in the U.S, and is ranked 110th (up from 111 in 2005) among all national universities. Florida State University joins the University of Florida as the top-ranked public universities in Florida.

Departments

Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Specialist's, Doctoral, and Professional degree programs are offered through:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Communication
• College of Education
• College of Engineering, jointly administered with Florida A&M University
• College of Human Sciences
• College of Law
• College of Medicine
• College of Social Sciences
• College of Criminology & Criminal Justice
• College of Motion Picture, Television & Recording Arts (Film School)
• College of Information
• College of Music
• College of Social Work
• College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance
• School of Nursing

The School of Computational Science will begin admitting doctoral students in the Fall of 2006.

College of Arts and Sciences

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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory logo

The College of Arts and Sciences is the home of many academic (as opposed to professional) departments of the University, and is comprised of a variety of departments from English to Statistics. Several departments and programs have received particular national acclaim.

The Department of Physics offers graduate programs that have been ranked amongst the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.[19] Theoretical and experimental nuclear physics and particle physics are particularly strong areas. The Department has its own superconducting linear particle accelerator, and operates the main complex of Florida's only national lab -- the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory -- which is located near campus.

Also working in the field of materials science and nanoscience at FSU is the Nobel laureate Sir Harry Kroto, the co-discoverer of the C-60 'buckyball', who is a member of FSU's Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. A new Chemistry building is currently under construction on the west side of campus; when complete, it will offer state-of-the-art facilities. Research in the Chemistry department currently spans fields ranging from analytical through organic, using experimental techniques and equipment including advanced lasers, spectrometers[20] and superconducting magnets (see: NHMFL).

Also well regarded in the College of Arts and Sciences are the departments of Meteorology (which offers the most extensive undergraduate and graduate programs in the Southeastern United States), English (which boasts one of the nation's top Creative Writing programs), Classics (which has comprehensive programs ranging from analysis of Roman literature to the excavation of ancient ruins), Geography and Oceanography.

Creative Writing Program

FSU's creative writing program, ranked with the top programs in the United States, is home to winners of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. FSU offers both Masters of Fine Arts and doctoral degrees in Creative Writing.

Dodd Hall, constructed in 1923, formerly was a library. It now houses part of the English Department

The program claims no university Creative Writing program in the world has been included more often in the Harcourt Trade Publishers Best New American Voices. Recent graduates have published books with Hyperion, Norton, Viking, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, Penguin, Henry Holt, Simon & Schuster, and Houghton Mifflin. Students have published in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, The Georgia Review, Glimmer Train, Harper's, Ploughshares, and many other quality magazines. Students have the chance to work both for a publisher (Fiction Collective 2) and for the program's official journal The Southeast Reiview. [21]

The Taxol story

A significant achievement at the university was chemistry professor and synthetic organic chemist, Robert A. Holton's synthesizing of Taxol on Dec. 9, 1993. The chemical has been used as an effective breast cancer and ovarian cancer treatment.

Holton and his organic chemistry team finished a race to develop a cheaper semisynthetic version (Holton Taxol total synthesis). In 1993, Bristol-Myers Squibb began marketing the drug. Just like other chemotherapy drugs, it had side effects, but it also prolonged lives, and in many cases caused a full remission of cancer.[22]

Before the drug company's exclusive license expired, Florida State earned $351 million in royalties, vaulting the school into the ranks of Columbia University and California's state universities in research profits. By comparison, Taxol has earned Florida State more than three times what the popular beverage Gatorade earned the University of Florida.[23]

Recently reported in The Chronicle, FSU returned $10 million dollars donated by Horton. The reason stated is that "...while praising Mr. Holton for his scientific contributions, Mr. Wetherell also accused him of trying to dictate to the university by pushing for a building focused on synthetic organic chemistry. "No professor has the right to create a shrine to his own research area with public funds."" http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i21/21a02902.htm

College of Business

The College of Business has consistently been ranked one of the Top 40 undergraduate business schools by U.S. News & World Report. In the 2007 rankings it is 25th among public universities, and has grown to be one of the nation's ten largest. Additionally, The Management/Insurance program ranked 7th, and the Real Estate program is 10th among public universities.[24]

The college also has earned recognition in the 2006 BusinessWeek Undergrad B-School rankings coming in at 25th among public institutions and 54th overall.[25][26] The college is a recognized leader in graduating minority doctoral candidates. The college earned a fourth-place 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 [27], the college's program in Management Information Systems was ranked 15th and is the highest ranked MIS program in the State of Florida. The Accounting program is ranked 24th nationally according to Public Accounting Report's annual ratings. [28]

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The Rovetta Business Building, located on the Northeast portion of campus

Dedman School of Hospitality

The Dedman School of Hospitality[29] in the College of Business is located at Doak Campbell Stadium. Based on input from industry representatives, the hospitality management major's business component 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 the challenges found in the world of professional golf. 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 and FSU has a long, distinguished history of graduating professional golfers and educating students for business and hospitality operations.

College of Criminology and Criminal Justice

The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice[30] is the oldest program of its kind. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The College's graduate program emphasizes the importance of scientifically rigorous research that advances the knowledge of the discipline and informs public policy. The master's program prepares students for an administrative or research career in the criminal justice system and other related areas. The doctoral program trains individuals as critical scholars and prepares them for a career of teaching and research or for a higher-level research or administrative career in the criminal justice system.

Home to some of the nation's premier scholars in criminology, the College's faculty members lead the nation in funding for education and delinquency research, they conduct the most recognized research on fear and crime, they are known internationally for state-of-the-art law enforcement research, they are the most cited for national gun control research, and they are prominent scholars in the areas of self-control and crime and juvenile sentencing.

With $11 million in externally funded research projects, the College's Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research[31] conducts ground-breaking research that promotes evidence-based policy-making and practice at state and national levels. It also provides unique hands-on research opportunities for graduate students.

College of Social Work

The School of Social Work is the oldest and most established in Florida. Degrees offered include the BSW, MSW, and PhD. The training and course of study offered is state of the art and reflects our commitment to community outreach and diversity. In U.S. News & World Report's 2001 Graduate Rankings, FSU Social Work ranked in the top 15 among public universities and 25th among public and private universities. The College maintains relationships with over 300 social service agencies through Florida and the Southeast, including 18 Veterans Administration agencies to educate students through field instruction. A limited number of students also complete internships abroad. Faculty members have national recognition attained through their scholarly contributions and their leadership positions in professional community associations.

College of Information

The College of Information's programs in Information Science and Information Technology are consistently top-ranked programs in the nation and have held such rankings for many years in the U.S. News & World Report. The college is currently ranked 10th, the Services for Children and Youth specialization program ranked 1st, School Library Media program ranked 5nd, and the Information Systems program ranked 10th. The college has the largest on-line MLS program in the nation. The college recently added 5 tenured and 5 non-tenured positions to its faculty.

The D'Alemberte Rotunda, part of FSU's College of Law, is used to host special events and in the past has been used by the Florida Supreme Court to convene special sessions.

College of Law

The Florida State University College of Law has jumped to 53rd in the 2006 edition of the influential national rankings of law schools by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine's 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. The Law program achieved a higher passing rate on the Florida Bar than any other universities in the state in 2006.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% of the school's 748-member student body and received 11% of the 205 law degrees awarded to the class of 2004.

College Of Medicine

The fully accredited allopathic College of Medicine is the first new M.D. program to be established in the United States since 1982. Created in June of 2000 by the Florida Legislature, its mission is to educate and develop exemplary physicians who practice patient-centered health care, discover and advance knowledge, and are responsive to community needs, especially through service to elder, rural, minority, and underserved populations. With its main campus in Tallahassee, where students complete their first two years, the medical school also has regional campuses in Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota, and Tallahassee, where third- and fourth-year clinical training takes place. New campuses are under development in Ft. Pierce, FL and Daytona Beach, FL. In addition to the regional campuses, the Rural Track medical education program places students for their entire third year in the rural towns of Marianna, FL and Chattahoochee, FL in the Florida Panhandle. The FSU College of Medicine is affiliated with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, recently rated by US News and World Report as the best hospital in Florida.[32][33]

Computer Science

FSU's Computer Science program is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) by the National Security Agency. Florida State is the only university in Florida to achieve this status.

College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts

FSU Film School Set

The Florida State University Film School is nationally regarded as one of the top film schools in the country and is well-known for selectivity in admissions. FSU Film students won more Student Oscars (2) and College Television Awards (5) in one year than any other film school.[34] The college is one of the only film schools in the country to be recognized by the Directors Guild of America for "its distinguished contribution to American culture through the world of film and television". It is also the only film school in the nation to pay for all undergraduate and graduate students production costs, creating an environment in which students can concentrate on the artistry of film. With the help of unusually active alumni and a mentorship program, virtually 100% of the students find a meaningful job in the film or television industries within 12 months.

College of Visual Arts, Theatre And Dance

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Montgomery Gymnasium, located in the central part of campus

The College of Visual Arts, Theatre And Dance 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 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.

College of Music

The College of Music has been a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1930. It currently has a student body of 650 undergraduate and 350 graduate students. The faculty of performing teachers and scholars numbers 85, with 225 graduate teaching and research assistants. Each year the College of Music offers more than 450 concerts and recitals featuring faculty members, students, guest artists, and ensembles of all sizes.[35]

College of Social Sciences

The College of Social Sciences has been in existence since 1973. For over 30 years, professors and students alike have studied how people govern themselves, interact with others and the environment, and plan their surroundings. Social Sciences is still about these things today, giving students a breadth of knowledge about social systems, and opening the doors of an exciting and rewarding life. [36] One of the new feature programs within the college is a Master's degree program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within the Geography Department [37].

Athletics

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FSU's Athletic "Symbol" (no longer called "Logo") for both the women's and men's teams.

Main article: Florida State University Seminoles

The school is widely known for its prestigious athletic department for both mens and womens sports. The men's program consists of baseball, basketball, cross country running, football, golf, swimming, tennis, and track & field. The women's program consists of basketball, cross country running, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. There are two separate stadiums and an arena within FSU's main campus; Doak Campbell Stadium (for football), Dick Howser Stadium (for baseball), and the Donald L. Tucker Center (for basketball).

The school's athletic teams are called the Seminoles. Most FSU community members respectfully refer to the Seminole as the school "symbol"--no longer a "mascot". This Native American name is used with official sanction of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. They participate in the NCAA's Division I (Division I-A for football) and in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their traditional rivals include the University of Florida Gators and the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Under head coach Bobby Bowden, currently in his 31st year, the Seminole football team became one of the nation's perennial powers, greatly expanding the tradition of football at Florida State. The Seminoles played in five national championship games between 1993 and 2001, and have claimed the championship twice, in 1993 and 1999. The FSU football team was the most successful team in college football during the 1990s, boasting an 89% winning percentage. FSU also set an NCAA record for most consecutive Top 5 finishes in the AP football poll - receiving placement 14 years in a row, from 1987 to 2000. The Seminoles were the first college football team in history to go wire-to-wire (ranked first place from preseason to postseason) since the AP began releasing preseason rankings in 1936. FSU also owns the record for most consecutive Bowl game victories with 11 between 1985 and 1996.

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Heritage Tower fountain with the facade of Doak Campbell Stadium in the background, located on the south side of the FSU campus.

FSU head coach Bobby Bowden is the winningest Division I college football coach in the NCAA with 360 career wins, followed by Penn State's Joe Paterno with 354. FSU football is well-known for introducing great talent into the NFL, including Deion Sanders, Terrell Buckley, Derrick Brooks, Sebastian Janikowski, Walter Jones, Corey Simon, Anquan Boldin, Javon Walker, Warrick Dunn, Peter Boulware, Laverneus Coles, Brad Johnson, Samari Rolle, and many other players in recent history.

In 2005, FSU's men's track and field team won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, the NCAA East Regional championship and the NCAA National Championship. Head Coach Bob Braman and Associate Head Coach Harlis Meaders helped lead individual champions in the 200 m (Walter Dix), the triple jump (Raqeef Curry), and the shot put (Garrett Johnson). Individual runners-up were Walter Dix in the 100 m, Ricardo Chambers in the 400 m, and Tom Lancashire in the 1500 m. Others scoring points in the National Championship were Michael Ray Garvin in the 200 m (8th), Andrew Lemoncello in the 3000 m steeplechase (4th), Raqeef Curry in the long jump (6th), and Garrett Johnson in the discus (5th).

Traditions

The school's colors are Garnet and Gold. The colors of Garnet and Gold are a merging of the University's past. In 1904 and 1905 the Florida State College won football championships wearing purple and gold uniforms. When FSC became Florida State College for Women in 1905, the football team was forced to attend an all male school in Gainesville, thus marking the beginning of the football program at the University of Florida. The following year, the FSCW student body selected crimson as the official school color. The administration in 1905 took crimson and combined it with the recognizable purple of the championship football teams to achieve the color garnet. The now famous Garnet and Gold colors were first used on an FSU uniform in a 14-6 loss to Stetson on October 18, 1947. [38]

FSU is also the home of the esteemed Marching Chiefs, the largest collegiate marching band in the world. The Marching Chiefs are the force behind the famous "War Chant".

School songs

Alma Mater - High Over Towering Pines: High over towering pines our voices swell, Praising those Gothic spires, we love so well. Here sons and daughters stand, faithful and true, Hailing our alma mater, F.S.U.

Hymn to the Garnet and Gold: Here's a hymn to the Garnet and the Gold, ringing to the sky. Here's a song for the men and women bold. Sing with heads held high. Striving ere to seek to know, Fight for victory. Alma Mater, this our song to you. Echoes, F.S.U.

FSU Fight Song:[39] You've got to fight, fight, fight, for FSU, You've got to scalp 'em Seminoles, You've got to win, win, win, win this game, And roll on down to make those goals, For FSU is on the warpath now, and at the battle's end she's great. So fight, fight, fight, fight for victory, the Seminoles of Florida State!

The fight song was written by Thomas Wright, who owns the rights to the song. Mr. Wright allows FSU to use the Fight Song every year in exchange for 2 season tickets. [40]

According to Mr. Wright, the FSU symbol was based off his profile in honor of this song that he wrote.

Facilities

• Westcott Building
• WFSU - FSU's Public Broadcast Center; also home for 4FSU and The Florida Channel
• WVFS
• FSU is home to a pair of cutting edge nuclear resonance magnets that are used for experimental 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.

For a listing of athletic facilities please see Florida State University Seminoles.

Past Presidents

• Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 1994-2003
• Dale W. Lick 1991-1994
• Bernard F. Sliger 1976-1991
• Stanley Marshall 1969-1976
• John E. Champion 1965-1969
• Gordon W. Blackwell 1960-1965
• Milton W. Carothers 1960
• Robert M. Strozier 1957-1960
• Albert B. Martin 1957
• Doak S. Campbell 1947-1957
• Edward Conradi 1909-1941
• Albert A. Murphree 1897-1909
• Alvin Lewis 1892-1897
• George Edgar 1887-1892

Notable Faculty

Nobel Prize

• Paul Dirac, 1933 Physics
• Konrad E. Bloch, 1964 Medicine
• Robert Sanderson Mulliken, 1966 Chemistry
• John Robert Schrieffer, 1972 Physics (currently on staff)
• James M. Buchanan Jr., 1986 Economics
• Sir Harold W. Kroto, 1996 Chemistry (currently on staff)

Pulitzer Prize

• Robert Olen Butler, Fiction
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Music

Guggenheim Fellowship

• Robert Olen Butler, English
• Donald L.D. Caspar, Biological Science
• Kathleen M. Erndle, Religion
• Richard L. Greaves, History
• Thomas Joiner, Psychology
• Michael Kasha, Physical Chemistry
• John Kelsay, Religion
• David Kirby, English
• Bruno Linder, Chemistry
• Dale A. Olsen, Music
• Jill Quadagno, Sociology
• Michael Ruse, Philosophy
• Raymond K. Sheline, Chemistry and Physics
• Melvin Ernest Stern, Oceanography
• Gary Taylor, English
• Mark Wingate, Music
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Music

National Academy of Sciences

• Donald L.D. Caspar, Biophysics
• Lev P. Gorkov, Physics
• Michael Kasha, Chemistry 1971
• Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry
• Melvin E. Stern, Geophysics

National Academy of Engineering

• David C. Larbalestier, Superconducting Materials
• Simon Ostrach, Space Science/Mechanical Engineering
• American Academy of Arts & Sciences
• Donald Caspar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Frances C. James, Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology
• Michael Kasha, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Melvin Stern, Astronomy and Earth Sciences
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Visual and Performing Arts

ISI Highly Cited Faculty

• Roy F. Baumeister, Psychology/Psychiatry
• Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry
• Werner Herz, Chemistry
• Shridhar Sathe, Agricultural Sciences
• R. Jay Turner, Social Sciences
• Alan Zindler, Geosciences

Other Notable Faculty

• John Dorsey, 2006 Award in Chromatography from the American Chemical Society
• Mark W. Horner, 2006 NSF award winner
• Frederick L. Jenks, 2002 TESOL Heinle & Heinle Excellence in Teaching Award
• Alan Marshall, Society for Applied Spectroscopy Fellow (2004)
• Doron Nof, Fridtjof Nansen Medal
• Pete Peterson, US Ambassador to Vietnam, 1997-2001
• Donald Robson, Tom W. Bonner Prize of the American Physical Society (1972)
• Per Arne Rikvold, 2004 Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
• Pedro Schlottmann, 1982-1986 Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG (German Science Foundation)
• Stephan von Molnár, 1986 Alexander von Humbolt Senior U.S. Scientist Award
• Kun Yang, 2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association

Notable alumni

Athletics

Please see: Notable Florida State Seminoles

Education

• T. K. Wetherell, President of Florida State University
• Mark S. Wrighton (Ph.D.), Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis
• Lawrence G. Abele, Executive Vice President and Provost of Florida State University

Entertainment

• Internet
  • Matt Chapman - co-creator of Homestar Runner
• Print Media
  • Michele Alexander - author, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days
  • Doug Marlette - editorial cartoonist (1988 Pulitzer Prize), comic strip Kudzu, novelist (The Bridge, and Magic Time)
  • Jeff Shaara - novelist
  • James O. Born - novelist
• Music
  • Lily Afshar - First woman to receive a Doctorate of Music in guitar performance
  • Sam Beam - sole member of Iron & Wine
  • Rita Coolidge - singer
  • Ryan Key, singer/guitarist, the band Yellowcard
  • Rachel McDonnel, violinist, the band The Crüxshadows
  • Jim Morrison, singer/songwriter, the band The Doors
  • Sarah Poulous, dancer, the band The Crüxshadows
  • Pyromantic, singer/musician, the band The Crüxshadows
  • Marcus Roberts - jazz pianist
  • Rogue (musician), singer/songwriter, the band The Crüxshadows
  • Scott Stapp - musician, the band Creed
  • Mark Tremonti - musician, formerly of Creed, currently with the band Alter Bridge
  • David Ward-Steinman - composer Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - composer, 1st woman to win Pulitzer prize in music
• Film, Television and Theatre
  • Dan Bakkedahl - correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show
  • Alan Ball - screenwriter, director, Six Feet Under, American Beauty
  • Terry Bowden (J.D.), television commentator/football analyst, ABC Sports
  • Colleen Clinkenbeard, voice actress/producer/writer/director, Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Lee Corso, sports broadcaster, ESPN
  • Valerie Cruz, actress[41]
  • Ron J. Friedman - writer of Disney's Academy Award nominated film Brother Bear, Chicken Little, and Sony's CG film Open Season
  • Davis Gaines - stage actor, The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
  • Paul Gleason - actor, Star Wars, Die Hard, The Breakfast Club
  • Cheryl Hines - actress, producer, director Curb Your Enthusiasm(TV), Campus Ladies(TV),RV
  • Tara Dawn Holland Christensen - Miss America (1997), singer
  • Traylor Howard - actress, Monk on USA Network, Son of the Mask
  • Jonathan King - producer and VP of Production at Focus Features whose work includes Dreamgirls, I, Robot, and Finding Forrester
  • Nancy Kulp - actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Christine Lahti - actress, Chicago Hope, Jack & Bobby
  • Mark Perez - screenwriter and producer, Accepted, The Country Bears, Herbie Fully Loaded
  • Henry Polic - actor, All You Need, Combustion
  • Burt Reynolds - actor, Boogie Nights, The Longest Yard, The Dukes Of Hazzard,"Smokey and the Bandit (Film)"
  • Steven Sears - writer/producer
  • Sonny Shroyer - actor, The Dukes Of Hazzard (TV)
  • Richard Simmons, fitness expert
  • Ron Simmons - Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WWE superstar Farooq.
  • Tonea Stewart - actress, In the Heat of the Night
  • Robert Urich - actor, Vega$, Spencer: For Hire
  • Drew McWeeny - screenwriter, film critic, internet columnist, Masters of Horror

Government

• Art Agnos, former Mayor of San Francisco (1988-92)
• Reubin O'Donovan Askew, former Governor of Florida (Democrat)
• Allan Bense, current (2004-06) Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
• Allen Boyd Jr., congressman (Democrat)
• Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, (Republican)
• Parris N. Glendening, former Governor of Maryland (1995-2003)
• Jeff Kottkamp, Lt. Governor of Florida, (Republican)
• Mel Martinez (J.D.), former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and current Florida U.S. Senator (Republican),
• Ray Sansom, Speaker elect of the Florida House of Representatives
• Orson Swindle, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (1997-2005)
• Jim Towey, Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (2002-06)

Meteorology

• Stephanie Abrams, (B.S.) meteorologist, The Weather Channel
• Neil Frank, meteorologist, (M.A., Ph.D.), Director, National Hurricane Center (1974-1987)
• Janice Huff, meteorologist, (B.S.) WNBC, Today Show
• Rich Johnson, meteorologist, (B.S.) The Weather Channel
• Jennifer Lopez, meteorologist, (B.S.) The Weather Channel
• Max Mayfield, (M.A.) Director, National Hurricane Center (2000-2007)
• X. William Proenza, (B.S.) Director, National Hurricane Center (2007- )
• Dallas Raines, meteorologist, (B.S.) KABC
• Brett Cimbora, Lead Meteorologist, 15th OWS Scott AFB Illinois
• Patrick Blood, Meteorologist, (B.S.), KNVN (NBC) Chico, CA (1999-2002), Houston-Galveston WFO, TX (2003- )
• Michael Iscovitz, Meteorologist, (B.S.), KRIV (FOX) Houston, TX (2000- )

Military

• General Jay Garner, United States Army, ret. defense consultant
• Capt. Scott Speicher, pilot, missing in action after the Gulf War.

Rhodes Scholars

• Caroline Alexander 1976
• Garrett Johnson 2006

Social sciences

• Marc H. Ellis, theologian, philosopher
• William B Russell III, Ph.D., Professor of Social Studies Education

Space exploration

• Winston Scott, astronaut
• Norman Thagard, NASA astronaut

More distinguished/notable alumni can be found at the FSU Alumni Association, [42].

FSView & Florida Flambeau

The FSView & Florida Flambeau is the campus paper of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. The paper, as expected, focuses mainly on events that occur in and around the campus. Most national news is relegated to a "News Briefs" section on the front page, below the fold. The paper runs once per week during the summer, and twice per week (Monday and Thursday) during the school year. The sections include News, Sports, Arts & Life, Classifieds, and Viewpoints (which includes an editorial cartoon, "Ink Globally, Act Locally" by cartoonist Mandy Newham). Special sections include NightLife, Bon Apetite, Rush and Dining Guide.

After changing hands three times in 13 years, the FSView was sold to the Tallahassee Democrat in late July 2006, making it part of the Gannett chain.

The FSView's production staff is also responsible for Edge Magazine. Edge Magazine consists of articles geared towards students, advertisements for local establishments, and a "Tally Girl" model (a female Tallahassee resident often scantily clad).

• FSView and Florida Flambeau website

External links

• Official University Website
• Florida State University - Official History
• Official University News Website
• College of Medicine
• College of Law
• National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Website
• College of Business
• College of Information Website
• College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Website
• Official University Athletics Website
• WFSU Radio and Television Website
• FSView & Florida Flambeau Website - independent student newspaper
• FSU Flying High Circus Website
• World Affairs Program, FSU Model United Nations
• FSU Institute on World War II and the Human Experience
• State Archives of Florida - Links to historic graphics in History section
• Seminole Tribe of Florida
• Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
• Phi Beta Kappa Website

Acknowledgement

The State Archives of Florida (http://www.floridamemory.com/) provided the links to the historic graphics (History section) of the West Florida Seminary, Florida State College and Florida State College for Women.

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