Florida Memorial University
Florida Memorial University was founded in 1879 in Live Oak, Florida, as the Florida Baptist Institute. In 1882, a second school, Florida Baptist Academy, was established in Jacksonville, and after two name changes it was moved to St. Augustine in 1918. Finally, in 1941, the two campuses were merged into one, and the name was changed again until it finally became Florida Memorial College. Today, the college is a privately-run University of the liberal arts, and is seated on a 44-acre campus in Miami Gardens. Approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students study there under the instruction of just over one hundred faculty members.
FMU provides bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees – forty-one of the former and four of the latter. The School of Arts and Sciences offers undergraduate programs in the areas of computer sciences and mathematics, health and natural sciences, humanities, the social sciences and the visual and performing arts. Various undergraduate degrees are also offered in the realms of business and education. The graduate programs available at Florida Memorial University are as follows: business administration, elementary education, exceptional student education, and reading (K-12). Both US Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs are available to students of FMU.
Florida Memorial University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. SACS provides accreditation to institutions within an eleven-state area, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Some accreditation is also extended to parts of Latin America. (SACSCOC, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033 – (404)679-4500 – Fax: (404)679-4558).
