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17 diverse departments Art Professor Blane de St. Croix, 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award winner

The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. 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

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17 diverse departments Art Professor Blane de St. Croix, 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award winner

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  1. The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters • 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

  2. The College of Business • 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

  3. The College for Design and Social Inquiry • 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

  4. The College of Education • 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

  5. The College of Engineering and Computer Science • 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

  6. The Graduate College • 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

  7. The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors 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

  8. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine • 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

  9. The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing • 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

  10. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science • 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

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