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◗ 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. SchmidtCollege of Science
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