The University traces its origins back to 1879, to the Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak, Florida, and to the Florida Baptist Academy, founded in Jacksonville in 1892. Decades later, after a relocation to St. Augustine, a merger of the two schools, several name changes, and expansion to a four-year academic program, the institution’s charter was amended, and the name Florida Memorial College was adopted in 1963. The College relocated to Miami, Florida, its permanent home, in 1968, and is the only historically Black college in the southern region of the state. In December 2004, again, the institution’s charter was amended, and the name Florida Memorial University was adopted.
- Current President: Dr. Karl S. Wright
- Size of present campus site: 56.7 Acres
- Current assets include 350 acre site in St. Augustine, Florida as of 6/30/05: $45,968,000
- Amount of current annual budget: $64,021,623
- Size of endowment: $9,489,961 as of June 30, 2005
- Cost of tuition, room, board and fees to attend Florida Memorial University for one (1) full academic year (Fall and Spring Semester): $17,594 as of 7/01/06.
- Status of annual audits for past seventeen (17) years: Unqualified
- Fall 2005 student headcount: 1947
- Geographical distribution of students:
- Percentage from in state: 80.7%
- Percentage from out of state: 11.5%
- Percentage that are of international origin: 7.8%
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- Number of full time employees: 310
- Number of full time faculty: 114
- Percentage of full time faculty who hold the Ph.D. or terminal degree: 75
- Accreditation:
- Regional: Commission on Colleges- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Professional: Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
- Professional: National Council For Accreditation of Teacher Education
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- Number of undergraduate
Degree programs: 41
Number of graduate degree
Programs: 4
- Ranked second in the State and ninth in the Nation for graduating African-American Teachers.
- Number of volumes in library: 122,919
- Religious affiliation: Baptist
- Number of members on the Board
Of Trustees: 40
- The number of Board of Trustees
Meetings per year: Three (3)
- Number of members on the Board of Trustees Executive Committee: Eighteen (18)
- The number of Executive Committee Meetings per year: Six (6)
- Number of Presidents who have served the College during its 126 year history: 24
- Athletic Association: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
- Athletic conference affiliation:
- 1972 – 1990 Southeast Athletic Conference (SEAC)
- 1991 – Present Florida Sun Conference
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- Women’s varsity sports:
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
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- Men’s varsity sports:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Track & Field
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- School Colors: Royal Blue & Orange
- School Mascot: Lion
- Conference Championships:
- Men’s Basketball, SEAC Championships:
1972-73, 73-74, 76-77, 77-78, 78-79, 80-81, 81-82, 82-83, 91-92, 2003-2004.
- Women’s Basketball, Florida Sun Conference Championships:
1991-92, 92-93, 93-94, 96-97, 97-98, 2000-2001.
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- National Championships: (NAIA)
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Men’s Track – 400m Hurdles 1988
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Men’s Track – 100m Dash 1999
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Women’s Track – 200m 2001
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Women’s Track – 4x100m 2001
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Women’s Track – 4x400m 2001
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Men’s Track – High Jump 2001
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- Number of Countries that Florida Memorial University’s international students currently represent: 41
Rev. 07/01/06
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