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Consortium Advisory Member
Dr. Charles
Weatherford
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 Florida
A & M University
Dr. Charles Weatherford
Chair, Dept. of Physics
205 Jones Hall Physics Department
Martin Luther King Boulevard South
Tallahassee, Fl 32307
Email: charles.weatherford@famu.edu
Phone: (850)599-3767
Fax: (850)599-3557
web: http://www.famu.edu/
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About
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University, founded on October 3, 1887, as the
State Normal College for Colored Students, began
classes with fifteen students and two instructors.
Its destiny - to become an institution of higher
learning, striving toward even greater heights
of academic excellence. Today, Florida A&M University
is one of nine institutions in Florida 's State
University System, and excellence - "excellence
with caring" - remains its goal.
Florida A&M University is a
four-year, public, co-educational and fully
accredited institution of higher learning.
The main campus is spread over
419 acres located on the highest of seven hills
in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida. The
total assets of the University are valued over
$190 million dollars. The campus is comprised
of 131 buildings and has a current operating
budget of over $210,000,000. Florida A&M University
student enrollment population consists primarily
of undergraduates (students enrolled at the
lower division). As of Fall 1997, Florida A&M
University offered 108 undergraduate degrees
in 64 undergraduate programs and 60 graduate
degrees in 32 graduate programs (includes 1
professional and 7 doctoral degrees) within
its 12 Schools and Colleges.
