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Dr. Kenneth Rast Williams 1962-1973 Dr. Glenwood Creech 1973-1983 Dr. Helen Popovich 1983-1989 Dr. Anthony J.Catanese 1990-2002 Frank Brogan 2003-
• Sponsored research at FAU reaches more than $50 million per year.
• A joke among some individuals is that FAU stands for "find another university". [1] [2] [3] This false university nickname is considered negative by university supporters.
FAU's $133 million endowment is roughly double that of some larger state schools in Florida, including the University of Central Florida and Florida International University
• FAU's business school is among the 10% of US business schools that are Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accredited. [4]
[edit] Recognition
The Boca Raton campus was designated a burrowing owl sanctuary in 1971, by the Audubon Society. The owl prefers the campus because there are not many predators other than cats, near the Boca Raton Airport. The feisty bird, traditionally associated with wisdom and determination, serves as the University's mascot.
A 2001 report by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy found that students from the FAU College of Business' School of Accounting ranked seventh among all colleges and universities nationwide based on the percentage of candidates passing all four subjects of the Certified Public Accountant examination. In 1998, Florida Atlantic graduate Mindy Tyson placed first in the United States in the CPA exams and was awarded the Gold Medal. [5]
In the 2006 edition of the U.S. News & World Report rankings of "Best Colleges", FAU was ranked in the fourth tier of national universities. [6]
Florida Atlantic is ranked as one of the top 50 four-year colleges in the nation for conferring bachelor’s degrees to African-Americans according to a survey in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education; a bi-weekly magazine focusing on current trends and issues in the United States' higher education system. For the 2004-05 academic year, FAU conferred a total of 1,407 bachelor’s degrees in all disciplines for all minorities and ranked 37th, up six percent from the previous year. Among traditionally white institutions, the University was ranked 16th overall in conferring bachelor’s degrees to African-American students.[7]
FAU's Athletic Department was recently ranked 79th in the nation by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) . In conjunction with USA Today and the United States Sports Academy, NACDA recognized the University for its Division I athletic programs and accomplishments. This national ranking places Florida Atlantic in the top 24 percent of 326 NCAA Division I universities. FAU was the only school in either the Sun Belt or Atlantic Sun conferences that placed in the top 100 and was the 4th highest ranked program in the state of Florida, finishing behind the University of Florida, Florida State University and the University of Miami. The FAU women’s basketball team was also listed among the nation’s top-10 percent in Academic Performance Rating, while an average of 136 student athletes earned a 3.0 or above GPA each semester.[8]
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (USSM at FAU) is one of 10 United States' medical schools, including Vanderbilt and UCLA, to receive an Association of American Medical Colleges grant, supported by the Josiah Macy Foundation, to enhance medical students’ and medical residents’ ability to care for patients with chronic diseases.[9]
