Florida State University facts for kids
Wescott Building
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| Motto |
Vires, artes, mores
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Motto in English
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Strength, skill, character |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1851 |
| Endowment | $549 million |
| President | T. K. Wetherell |
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Administrative staff
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5,942 |
| Students | 41,575 |
| Undergraduates | 32,525 |
| Postgraduates | 9,050 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I FBS |
| Nickname | Seminoles |
| Mascot | Chief Osceola and Renegade |
| Website | www.fsu.edu |
Florida State University is a large school in Tallahassee, in the north part of Florida, U.S.A. It is one of the two most important public universities in Florida, together with the University of Florida. More than 40,000 students go to school there, usually starting after high school (secondary school) at an age of about 18 years. About 9,000 of the students already have a degree (diploma) from college, and are learning even more, to earn an advanced degree.
The University is made up of 16 colleges: Arts and Sciences; Business; Communication; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Education; Engineering; Human Sciences; Information; Law; Medicine; Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts; Music; Nursing; Social Sciences; Social Work; and Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance.
Florida State University is more than 150 years old. The fees to attend the school (tuition) in 2006 were $3,175 for people from Florida and $16,306 for people from other places, for each term (about 4 months).
Their athletics team, the Seminoles have 17 varsity teams and have claimed 2 national championships (1993, 1999) in football.
Images for kids
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Main entrance to Dodd Hall, built in 1925. Dodd Hall was the location of Florida State's library until 1956. Rendered in gold leaf, is the phrase "The half of knowledge is to know where to find knowledge."
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Chemistry lab in 1900, at what was then known as the West Florida Seminary
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Florida State College for Women, c. 1930
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Rally at Westcott, February 13, 2008
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Florida State University College of Medicine
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Landis Green is located in the center of the main campus
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The Mary B. Coburn Health and Wellness Center
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James E. King Life Sciences Teaching & Research Center
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The D'Alemberte Rotunda, part of the 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
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Westcott Building – named for university benefactor and Florida Supreme Court Justice James D. Westcott III
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Fountain on Landis Green
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The Robert M. Strozier Library
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Dodd Hall
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Ringling Museum of Art courtyard
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory building
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FSU College of Engineering
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New Dorman & Deviney Halls complex, constructed 2015
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Oglesby Union southern entrance
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Zeta Beta Tau House
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WFSU Public Broadcast Center
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FSU's Chief Osceola on Renegade
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Doak Campbell Stadium from Langford Green
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Sir Harold Kroto, a Nobel Prize Laureate, Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry, FSU
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The Pearl Tyner House, located in the heart of the Florida State University Alumni Center
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Dr. Norman Thagard
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Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx
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Dr. Eric Barron
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Rep. Jason Altmire
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Rep. Kathy Castor
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Winston Scott
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Jameis Winston, NFL Quarterback
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LTG. Franklin Hagenbeck
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Barry Jenkins
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Susan H. Black
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Andrew B. Bachelor, King Bach
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Jake Owen
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