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Florida Atlantic University


Motto	Where Tomorrow Begins^[1]
Established	1961
Type	Public
Endowment	$180 million^[2]
President	Frank T. Brogan
Faculty	1,013
Undergraduates	22,554^[3]
Postgraduates	3,440^[3]
Location	Boca Raton, FL, USA
Campus	Urban area 850 acres(3.5 km²) 6 other satellite campuses^[4]
Colors	Blue, red & silver^[5]
Nickname	Owls
Mascot	Burrowing Owl
Affiliations	NASULGC, SACS, AACSB
Website	www.fau.edu

Florida Atlantic University, also commonly referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a coeducational state university located in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The university has six additional satellite campuses in Florida; located in the cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and Fort Pierce, at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. FAU's seven campuses span 150 miles of Florida's eastern coastline, and serve a seven-county region which has a populace of more than five million people.^[6]

The university admitted its first students in 1964, becoming the fifth public university in Florida. Florida Atlantic was established by the Florida Legislature in order to serve the educational needs of the southeastern section of the state. Initial enrollment was 867 students.^[7] By 2006, enrollment has grown to more than 26,000 students representing 140 countries and 49 states.^[3] Since its inception, FAU has awarded more than 100,000 degrees to 95,000 alumni worldwide.

While predominately a commuter school, in recent years FAU has undertaken an effort to increase its academic, and research standings while evolving into a more traditional university. Under the direction of former President Anthony J. Catanese, and current President Frank T. Brogan, the university has raised admissions standards, increased research funding, and established notable partnerships with major research institutions.^[8]^[3]^[9] These efforts have resulted in not only an increase in the university's academic profile, but the elevation of the football team to Division 1 competition, plans for a stadium, and a partnership with Boca Raton Community Hospital and the University of Miami to build a medical school at the main campus in Boca Raton.^[10]

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1 History
2 Campuses
3 Academics
4 Library system
5 Athletics
6 Notable alumni and faculty
7 Notes and references
8 External links

[edit] History

Main article: History of Florida Atlantic University

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Main article: Campuses of Florida Atlantic University

The Boca Raton campus remains the main campus with 69% of FAU's students enrolled there.[1] At the present time, four student dormitories are present on this campus: Indian River Towers, Heritage Park Towers, Algonquin Hall, and the Village Apartments.

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Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

The University offers more than 170 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in within its nine colleges including:

The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
The College of Engineering and Computer Science
The College of Education
The Barry Kaye College of Business
The College Of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science

In 1998, more than one-quarter of Florida Atlantic freshmen did not meet the state of Florida's minimum admission standards.[2] In 2004, FAU's Board of Trustees raised admission standards for incoming Freshmen. [3] The Board stated a goal for a 3.2 GPA and a 500 score on each section of the SAT for admittance in 2007. Students with lower grades and scores would be required to take remedial courses at a community college before entering FAU. As a result of the increased admissions standards, by 2005, the average freshman entering Florida Atlantic had a 3.4 high school GPA, and scored 1058 on the SAT or a 22 on the ACT.[4]

Florida Atlantic University operates the largest continuing education program in the United States. Named the Lifelong Learning Society, the program serves the educational interests of senior citizens by providing classes focusing on subjects of interest, and provides audit options for regular university classes. In order to facilitate the growth of this program, in 1999 the Barry and Florence Friedberg Lifelong Learning Center opened on the Boca Raton campus.

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Research

Florida Atlantic has two Research and Development Parks (R&D). One is located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and the other is located on the main Boca Raton campus. The R&D Parks provide outside research companies the ability to interact with the university community and take advantage of its facilities, resources, and expertise. Located inside the R&D Park on the Boca Raton campus is a Technology Business Incubator (TBI). The TBI works to foster the start-up and growth of technology based businesses associated with Florida Atlantic University.[5]

The Scripps Research Institute is currently in the process of developing a sister campus at the Jupiter FAU campus. Scripps Florida now operates with approximately 188 scientists, technicians, and administrative staff at a 40,000 square-foot lab facility.[6] Upon completion Scripps will operate out of a 364,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art biomedical research facility focusing on basic biomedical science, drug discovery, and technology development.

Schmidt Biomedical Science Center

FAU is the home of The Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology. Established in 2003, the University's Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology was selected by Florida’s Emerging Technology Commission as one of three centers in the state to receive $10 million in initial funding. Since receiving the startup funding, FAU has secured an additional $26 million from other sources, including federal and private research grants. As a result, the center has emerged as an academic and industry partnership combining expertise in ocean engineering, marine biotechnology, functional genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. Researchers, scientists, and students at the center are designing technologies to explore the sea, working to discover new medicines, and developing new therapeutics to combat agents of bioterrorism.[7]

Florida Atlantic is also the home of The Imaging Technology Center and NASA Imaging Technology Space Center. Located in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Center specializes in digital imaging research and development for use in both government and commercial applications in the areas of medical technology, surveillance, communications, education, inspection, scientific observation, manufacturing, visual recognition and identification, and motion picture and digital video. Within the Imaging Technology Center is one of 12 NASA Research Partnership Centers throughout the nation which develops dual-use research and development with the participation of NASA and other related industries in the U.S. The center occupies two sets of laboratories and administrative offices on Florida Atlantic’s main campus in Boca Raton and at the Fort Lauderdale Tower campus. The Imaging Technology Center is developing a curriculum for digital imaging and processing, and is establishing FAU as the only university in the nation to offer this technical concentration—a highly valuable resource for national defense and the medical and video industries.[8]

Medical In 2004, FAU launched a medical school program in conjunction with the University of Miami (UM). Medical students spend the first two years of their education at the Boca Raton campus before transferring to Miami for rotations and receiving their degree from UM. On June 28, 2006, Florida Atlantic and Boca Raton Community Hospital approved an agreement between the two institutions to implement a land lease for the development and operation of a community-university affiliated teaching hospital.

The hospital will serve as the primary teaching hospital for the regional campus of the UM Miller School of Medicine at FAU. Facility construction is expected to begin in 2008 with completion by 2011. Approximately 38 acres of Florida Atlantic land, located on the southeast corner of FAU’s Boca Raton campus, will host the infrastructure for the teaching hospital. This will enable medical students to complete their entire education at Florida Atlantic's Boca Raton campus. The private room, 530-bed hospital will provide FAU facilities and resources to support undergraduate and graduate medical education programs customary to primary teaching hospitals within major academic medical centers. The facilities will include resident/student conference rooms, a conference center with teleconferencing capabilities including an auditorium and small group conference rooms, resident sleeping quarters with lockers, resident dining facilities, a resident lounge, a medical library with state-of-the-art IT systems and increased square footage in other areas of the hospital to accommodate students and residents.[9]

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Florida Atlantic Owls football

FAU Arena • FAU offers 18 NCAA Division I sports including baseball, basketball, football, and softball. FAU has attracted top coaches for all teams including Howard Schnellenberger (football) and Rex Walters (men's basketball).

• FAU plays in the annual Shula Bowl against in-state rival Florida International University (FIU).