1. Florida State University: Benefiting the Local Community Copyright © 2004. The Florida State University. All rights reserved.

2. FSU’s Impact on Economic Development in the Tallahassee Area  FSU’s annual budget:$ 850 million ($ 182 million is for research work)  FSU construction program $ 350 million  FSU Student off campus spending:$ 115 million (38,000 students)  TOTAL$ 1. 3 Billion Copyright © 2004. The Florida State University. All rights reserved.

3. FSU’s Provides Employment Faculty/ Staff:11,000 employees Students:182,000 volunteer hours ($2.7 million salary savings) Alumni:7,100 live locally 200 are business owners 1,500 work at alma mater Sports:$28 million Support over 1,360 jobs Copyright © 2004. The Florida State University. All rights reserved.

4. FSU’s Unique Contributions  6 Nobel Laureates have worked for the University.  The National MagLab houses world’s most powerful magnet and has 600 annual experimenters+900 conference  CAPS - working to help launch the first all-electric fleet for the NAVY  Unique concentration of arts activities because of FSU  FSU students provide Tallahassee with high quality, low cost service workers  Faculty have obtained 500 patents worldwide  Faculty have created 12 + Startup companies locally Copyright © 2004. The Florida State University. All rights reserved.