◗ 17 diverse departments ◗ Art Professor Blane de St. Croix, 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award winner ◗ Eminent Scholar Chairs in Holocaust Studies, the Humanities, Judaic Studies, the Performing Arts, and Philosophy ◗ Peace Studies program ◗ School of the Arts ◗ Hoot/Wisdom recording label ◗ School of Communication and Multimedia Studies ◗ Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies ◗ University Galleries The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
◗ FAU’s largest college, serving about 7,000 students ◗ Eminent Scholar Chairs in International Business, Small Business Research and Turkish Business Studies ◗ School of Accounting consistently ranks in the top 10 nationally for its graduates ‘high passing rate’ on the national CPA exam ◗ Accounting alumnus Jeremy Hurwitch, 2009 Elijah Watt Sells Award winner for scoring in the top 10 of the 85,000 people who took the exam ◗ Stock exchange trading room simulator ◗ The Princeton Review has included FAU’s College of Business on its 2011 list of Best Business Schools. ◗ Named a Best Business School by The Princeton Review three years in a row ◗ Ranked in the top tier of the “Best Business Programs” listings in U.S. News & World Report ◗ Executive Education program nationally ranked by Business Week The College of Business
◗ Based in downtown Fort Lauderdale ◗ Student-inspired Solar Roof Initiative one of the largest retro-fit projects of its kind in South Florida – energy savings fund an annual scholarship ◗ Promotes safe, healthy, sustainable communities through education, research and design ◗ Eminent Scholars in Growth Management & Development and Social Science ◗ School of Architecture ◗ School of Public Administration ◗ School of Urban and Regional Planning ◗ School of Criminology and Criminal Justice ◗ School of Social Work ◗ Public Ethics Academy The College for Design and Social Inquiry
◗ Excellence and innovation in teacher preparation and education research ◗ Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education ◗ Florida Institute for the Advancement of Teaching - a nationally recognized “earn while you learn” program ◗ Troops to Teachers – training for new careers ◗ Toppel Family Early Childhood Education Institute – discovering how the youngest children learn ◗ Pine Jog Environmental Education Center – 50 years of leadership in “green” education ◗ Communication Disorders Clinic – reaching out to the community with diagnostic services ◗ Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education – teaching the lessons of history to the next generation ◗ Center for Autism and Related Disabilities – a state-designated autism resource center The College of Education
◗ Based in Engineering East, a living learning laboratory of the highest and best sustainability practices (platinum LEED standard) ◗ Home of the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center ◗ Eminent Scholar Chair in Engineering ◗ Internationally known Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering – established in 1965, first in the U.S. ◗ SeaTech, site of federally funded R&D activities in acoustics, marine vehicles, hydrodynamics, clean energy generation, and more ◗ Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering ◗ Computer and Electrical Engineering ◗ Students compete in the International Human- Powered Submarine Races, the National Concrete Canoe Competition and the Formula SAE Collegiate Series The College of Engineering and Computer Science
◗ Central point of contact for all graduate programs ◗ New graduate student orientation ◗ Teaching assistantship training ◗ Graduate student workshops ◗ Fellowships ◗ Graduate Student Association ◗ Graduate Student Research Day ◗ GradTalk, the Graduate College’s e-newsletter provides a wealth of information on events, programs and opportunities for graduate students The Graduate College
◗ Established in 1999 as the first public honors college in the U.S. to be built from the ground up ◗ Located on the John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter ◗ Offers top-flight students the best of all worlds – an outstanding liberal arts and sciences education in a supportive, small-college setting, with the resources of a large, comprehensive university ◗ 1:10 faculty-student ratio ◗ Distinguished faculty known for mentorship of students ◗ Faculty-student research and publications ◗ Flagler Scholarship Program – full, four-year merit award that includes Outward Bound and Study Abroad components for outstanding student leaders ◗ Wilkes Medical Scholars Program - early admission to FAU’s medical education program, M.D. in 7 to 8 years The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
◗ Established in 2010 by act of the Florida Legislature ◗ Preliminary accreditation granted in 2011 by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education ◗ Charter class of 64 students to enter in Fall 2011; total enrollment set at 256 ◗ Innovative curriculum, featuring early and continuous community based clinical experiences and problem-based learning ◗ World-class faculty provides patient-focused approach ◗ Joint MD/PhD degree offered through partnership with the Kellogg School of Science and Technology, an affiliate of The Scripps Research Institute ◗ More than 250 local physicians are participating in the program ◗ Affiliated with 8 top-ranked hospitals in Broward and Palm Beach counties ◗ State-of-the-art Clinical Skills Simulation Center The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
◗ Based in beautifully designed headquarters facility built to the LEED Gold Standard ◗ Internationally known for focus on Caring ◗ Two Eminent Scholar Chairs in Nursing ◗ Cutting-edge research on health disparities, aging, holistic health and care environments ◗ Innovative curriculum accessible through distance learning ◗ RN to BSN; BS/MS Dual Degree; BSN to PhD ◗ Doctor of Nursing Practice program fully accredited in 2010 ◗ Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center – providing assistance to memory disorder patients and their caregivers ◗ Center of Innovation in School and Community Well Being – a community outreach program delivering critically important services to under- served populations The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
◗ Providing the benefits of scientific understanding through teaching, research and service ◗ Undergraduate and graduate degree programs in biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, physics and psychology ◗ Eminent Scholars in Science, Brain Sciences and Marine Biology ◗ Education and research partnerships with Scripps Florida, the Max Planck Florida Institute and the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies ◗ Newly introduced Professional Science Master’s Degrees in Medical Physics and Business Biotechnology ◗ Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences – an internationally recognized research center ◗ Florida Center for Environmental Studies – a statewide center based at FAU ◗ Home of the FAU Astronomical Observatory The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science