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Consortium Advisory Member
Ms. Peggy Evanich
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 University
of Florida
Ms. Peggy Evanich
AeMES
University of Florida
PO Box 116250
Gainesville, Fl 32611
Email:
pevanich@ufl.edu
Phone: (352)846-1885
Fax: (352)392-7303
web:
http://www.ufl.edu/
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Introduction
The University of Florida is
a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant,
research university. The state's oldest, largest
and most comprehensive university, Florida is
among the nation's most academically diverse
public universities. Florida has a long history
of established programs in international education,
research and service. It is one of only 17 public,
land-grant universities that belongs to the
Association of American Universities.
History
In 1853, the state-funded East
Florida Seminary took over the Kingsbury Academy
in Ocala. The seminary moved to Gainesville
in the 1860s and later was consolidated with
the state's land-grant Florida Agricultural
College, then in Lake City. In 1905, by legislative
action, the college became a university and
was moved to Gainesville. Classes first met
with 102 students on the present site on September
26, 1906. The University of Florida officially
opened its doors to women in 1947. With more
than 46,000 students, Florida is one of the
five largest universities in the nation.
Programs
In 1985, Florida became a member
of the Association of American Universities,
the prestigious higher-education organization
comprised of the top 63 public and private institutions
in North America. Florida offers more programs
on a single campus than all but a few U.S. universities.
A land-grant university with a distinguished
record of developing Florida agriculture through
research and extension services, Florida is
among the nation's leading research universities
as categorized by the Carnegie Commission on
Higher Education. Florida has 21 colleges and
schools and more than 100 research, service
and education centers, bureaus and institutes.
More than 100 undergraduate majors are offered.
Nearly 2,000 freshmen and sophomores participate
in the honors program, which offers 90-100 honors
courses per semester. Most classes are limited
to no more than 25 students. The Graduate School
coordinates almost 200 graduate programs. Professional
degree programs include dentistry, law, medicine,
pharmacy and veterinary medicine.
