119-701: The Florida State Seminoles are the athletic teams representing Florida State University located in Tallahassee, Florida . They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level ( Football Bowl Subdivision sub-level for football), primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 1991–92 season; within the Atlantic Division in any sports split into
238-482: A Scottish trader. Polly was also of Muscogee and European ancestry, as the daughter of Ann McQueen and Jose Coppinger. Because the Muscogee had a matrilineal kinship system, Polly and Ann's children were all born into their mother's clan . They were reared by their mothers and their maternal male relatives following Muscogee cultural practices, and they gained their social status from their mother's people. Ann McQueen
357-557: A 13–7 advantage since the Hurricanes joined the ACC and became a conference foe in 2004. Florida State developed a rivalry with Clemson in the decades after first playing in 1970. Tommy Bowden was named the head coach at Clemson prior to the 1999 season, and with his father Bobby Bowden the head coach at Florida State the game was nicknamed the Bowden Bowl . The two programs were then placed in
476-523: A 14–6 loss to Stetson on October 18, 1947. On April 11, 2014, as part of the university's rebranding of the program, white and black were added to the official school colors. The addition of the two colors is to better represent the colors present on the flag of the Seminole Tribe of Florida . Florida State also uses turquoise accents on special occasions in various sports to honor the Seminole Tribe as
595-583: A bank vault to rebury them at a tourist site at the Rainbow Springs in Marion County . Shriver traveled around the state in 1967 to gather support for his project. Archaeologists later proved that Shriver had dug up animal remains; Osceola's body was still in its coffin. In 1979 the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma bought Osceola's bandolier and other personal items from a Sotheby's auction. Because of
714-590: A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa , as well as the first university in Florida so honored. Florida State was the largest of the original two state universities in Florida until 1919. Returning soldiers using the G.I. Bill after World War II stressed the state university system to the point that a Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida (TBUF) was opened on the campus of the Florida State College for Women with
833-479: A comprehensive flagship university, FSU has a statewide and even national draw for students and has considerable fundraising capabilities. The Stable Outlook reflects Fitch's expectation that the university will sustain adjusted cash flow margins, as defined in Fitch's criteria, in line with historical trends, and that balance sheet strength will be maintained and improve over time. Florida State University aspires to become
952-511: A divisional format since the 2005–06 season. The Seminoles' athletic department fields 18 teams. They have collectively won 20 team national championships , and over 100 team conference championships, as well as numerous individual national and conference titles. The athletic department is led by athletic director Michael Alford, who reports to FSU President Richard D. McCullough and the Board of Trustees . Florida State Athletics began in 1902 when
1071-540: A flag of truce , when he went to a site near Fort Peyton for peace talks. The United States first imprisoned him at Fort Marion in St. Augustine , then transported him to Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina . He died there a few months later of causes reported as an internal infection or malaria . Because of his renown, Osceola attracted visitors in prison, including renowned artist George Catlin , who painted perhaps
1190-524: A later date. The Florida Legislature recognized the university under the title " University of Florida " in Spring 1885 but committed no additional financing or support. Without legislative support, the university project struggled. The institution never assumed the "university" title, and the association dissolved when the medical college relocated to Jacksonville later that year. According to Doak Campbell , Florida State University's fifth president, "During
1309-491: A member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . Florida State competes as a member of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association in beach volleyball. Florida State's baseball program is one of the most successful in collegiate sports , having been to twenty-four College World Series (CWS) in sixty Tournament appearances, and having appeared in the national championship final on three occasions, (falling to
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#17328452726711428-402: A member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . Since joining the conference, FSU has won ninety-six ACC titles and nine national titles including three in football, three in men's track and field, two in soccer, and one in softball. After the 2005 conference expansion was complete, FSU was placed in the newly formed Atlantic Division. Florida State's school colors of garnet and gold are a merging of
1547-599: A national uproar. General Jesup's treacherous act and the administration were condemned by many congressional leaders and vilified by international press. Jesup suffered a loss of reputation that lasted for the rest of his life; his betrayal of the truce flag has been described as "one of the most disgraceful acts in American military history." That December, Osceola and other Seminole prisoners were moved to Fort Moultrie. They were visited by various townspeople. The portraitists George Catlin , W. M. Laning, and Robert John Curtis,
1666-459: A native of Charleston, made a plaster cast of Osceola's face and upper torso. The process of "pulling" the first mold, which was soon displayed in the window of a Charleston drugstore, destroyed the original cast. Weedon apparently preserved Osceola's head in a large jar of alcohol and took it to St. Augustine, where he exhibited it in the family drugstore. Captain Pitcairn Morrison sent
1785-521: A part of the State University System of Florida , Florida State University falls under the purview of the seventeen member Florida Board of Governors . Guided by the Board of Governors, the thirteen member Board of trustees is "responsible for the administration of its university in a manner that is dedicated to, and consistent with the university’s mission which shall be otherwise consistent with
1904-620: A ratio of 20 students to each faculty member. The College of Medicine has six regional campuses located in Daytona Beach , Fort Pierce , Orlando , Pensacola , Sarasota and Tallahassee . Florida State has campuses in London , Florence , Panama City, Panama and Valencia, Spain . These campuses are a part of the year-round international programs. Florida State University is divided into 17 colleges and over 110 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes offering 277 degree programs. As
2023-441: A senior member of the State University System of Florida . Chartered in 1851, it is located on Florida's oldest continuous site of higher education. Florida State University maintains 17 colleges, as well as 58 centers, facilities, labs, institutes, and professional training programs. In 2023, the university enrolled 43,701 students from all 50 states and 135 countries. Florida State is home to Florida's only national laboratory,
2142-697: A small group of warriors in the Seminole resistance during the Second Seminole War , when the United States tried to remove the tribe from their lands in Florida to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. He became an adviser to Micanopy , the principal chief of the Seminole from 1825 to 1849. Osceola led the Seminole resistance to removal until he was captured on October 21, 1837, by deception, under
2261-640: A sport, Florida State has made twenty-five appearances in the NCAA tournament and fourteen appearances in the College Cup . The Seminoles won national championships in 2014, 2018, 2021, and 2023, with additional national title appearances in 2007, 2013, and 2020. The softball team plays at the Seminole Softball Complex; the field is named for JoAnne Graf, the winningest coach in softball history. An 8–1 victory over Jacksonville on February 22, 2006, made her only
2380-488: A top ten public research university and AAU member. The university is the home of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory among other advanced research facilities. Other milestones at the university include the first ETA10-G/8 supercomputer and the development of the process to syntheisize the anti-cancer drug Taxol. Florida State University is divided into 17 colleges and schools including
2499-489: A university with potentially offensive imagery. However, Florida State challenged the policy and was granted a waiver based on their "unique relationship" with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The NCAA allows the use even though the NCAA "continues to believe the stereotyping of Native Americans is wrong." Though the Florida Seminole Tribal Council made this agreement, they only represent Florida's portion of
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#17328452726712618-430: Is classified "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university had research and development (R&D) expenditures of $ 414 million. Per 2022 National Science Foundation data the university ranked 82nd out of 890 evaluated institutions. The university has an annual budget of $ 3 billion and an annual estimated economic impact of $ 15.5 billion. Florida State has a collaborative relationship with
2737-404: Is 96% and a four-year graduation rate of 75%. The university has an 83.0% six-year graduation rate. Florida State University students, numbering 43,701 in 2023, came from more than 130 countries, and all 50 U.S. states. The ratio of women to men is 58:42, and 24.2 percent are graduate and professional students. Miami-Dade , Broward , Palm Beach , Hillsborough , and Leon County make up
2856-470: Is authorized to display a battle streamer Natural Bridge 1865. FSU is one of four institutions that can display a military battle streamer. In 1883, the institution officially known as the West Florida Seminary was organized by the Board of Education as The Literary College of the University of Florida. (In the terminology of the time, schools were divided into seminaries and literary institutions;
2975-604: Is by permission of the Tribal Council, the governing body of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. FSU's use of the Seminole imagery was granted an NCAA waiver in 2005, due to the coordination the Seminole Tribe of Florida has with Florida State. As of 2024 FSU's university-wide financial endowment was $ 785.2 million with total assets valued at $ 1.03 billion. The endowment helps provide scholarships to students, support teaching and research, and fund other specific purposes designated by donors. In 2022 Florida State University
3094-648: Is contained within the brick facade walls of the University Center. It is reportedly the largest continuous brick structure in the United States and one of the largest in the world. The brick complex also houses offices of the university, the registrar, the Dedman School of Hospitality, and classrooms. The FSU Southwest Campus was acquired by the university in 1930 and was formerly known as "The Farm". It encompasses another 740 acres (3.0 km ) of land off Orange Drive. The southwest campus currently houses
3213-463: Is harmful to all children, and is discriminatory to Native cultures, Native imagery, and violates religious icons". The American Psychological Association has made similar statements about the negative effects of Indigenous mascots, arguing that they promote stereotypes, establish a hostile environment, and undermine the Nations' ability to accurately represent their culture. Students and other members of
3332-552: Is known as the Golden Girls. The Florida State Rugby Football Club was founded in 1970, and plays Division 1 college rugby in the South Independent Rugby Conference, which is not affiliated with the NCAA. The Seminoles won the conference championship in 2012, defeating the University of Central Florida. FSU is led by head coach Michael Gomez. Directors' Cup Florida State Athletics has made great strides in
3451-550: Is located in the northwest quadrant of the campus. The College of Medicine, King Life Science buildings (biology) as well as the Department of Psychology are located on the west end of campus on Call Street and Stadium Drive. Located off Stadium Drive in the southwest quadrant is the University Center , which encloses Doak Campbell Stadium and Bobby Bowden Field. The stadium seats 79,560 spectators. Doak Campbell Stadium
3570-405: Is one of the two original state-designated "preeminent" universities in Florida. Florida State University receives the highest National Science Foundation research and development award in the state. Princeton Review's 2024 Best Value Colleges ranked FSU the top public university in Florida and sixteenth nationally. For 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida State University as
3689-549: Is the football rivalry with the Gators, who hold a 37–28–2 all-time lead against the Seminoles. The series began with Florida dominating the first two decades, but it has since become more balanced. The football rivalry with Miami dates back to 1951, when the Hurricanes defeated the Seminoles 35–13 in their inaugural meeting. The schools have played uninterrupted since 1966, with Miami holding the all-time advantage, 36-33; Florida State holds
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3808-423: Is the oldest continuously used site of higher education in Florida and is the home of Ruby Diamond Concert Hall which serves as the university's primary performance venue. Historic student housing residence halls include Broward, Bryan, Cawthon, Gilchrist, Jennie Murphree, Landis, and Reynolds and are located on the older eastern half of campus. Newer residence hall complexes, Ragans and Wildwood, located near
3927-452: Is the winningest program in college baseball with more victories and a higher winning percentage in the regular season than any other school. Despite their success, Florida State is still chasing their first CWS Championship, and has the most appearances in the CWS of any program yet to win a national title. Florida State's basketball program has enjoyed modest success since their first appearance in
4046-401: Is traceable to a plan set by the 1823 U.S. Congress to create a higher education system. The 1838 Florida Constitution codified the primary system by providing for land allocated for the schools. In 1845 Congress passed the law admitting Florida as the 27th state. In a supplementary act to the law granting admission, Congress authorized two townships to host seminaries, one east and one west of
4165-497: The Dade Massacre . These nearly simultaneous attacks catalyzed the Second Seminole War with the United States. In April 1836, Osceola led a band of warriors in an attempt to expel U.S. forces from Fort Cooper . The fortification was built on the west bank of Lake Holathikaha as an outpost for actions against the local Seminole population. Despite running low on food, the U.S. garrison had enough gunpowder and ammunition to keep
4284-594: The Florida A&;M University – Florida State University College of Engineering , which is housed in a two-building joint facility with Florida A&M University . In addition to the College of Engineering, The Don Veller Seminole Golf Course and Club are located here and at the Morcorm Aquatics Center. The FSU Research Foundation buildings, as well as the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , are located on
4403-731: The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) standings in the last twenty years. Since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, FSU has been ranked among the top fifty NCAA Division I athletic programs in the country. From the 2006–2007 through 2014–2015 academic years, Florida State cracked the top 15 every year, including two top 5 finishes in 2009–2010 and 2011–2012, and four top 10 finishes in 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2017–2018, and 2018–2019. NACDA All-Sports Rankings Florida State has won twenty national team championships (including eleven sponsored by
4522-904: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), three by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), two by the Bowl Championship Series , and one by the Bowl Coalition ), and its individual athletes have numerous individual NCAA national championships. Florida State University has won 11 NCAA team national championships: Florida State has been national runners-up 22 times in 12 NCAA sports: baseball (3), men's basketball (1), men's cross country (1), women's cross country (2), men's golf (1), women's golf (1), softball (2), women's soccer (3), men's indoor track and field (2), men's outdoor track and field (2), women's outdoor track and field (2), and beach volleyball (3). Below are
4641-636: The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , and was instrumental in the commercial development of the anti-cancer drug Taxol . Florida State University also operates the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art , the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the nation's largest museum/university complexes. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The university
4760-473: The National Pro Fastpitch league and Jessica Burroughs became the school's first number one overall pick in 2017. The men's track and field team has won multiple NCAA national championships and ACC championships. In 2006, the team had individual champions in the 200 m ( Walter Dix ), the triple jump (Rafeeq Curry), and the shot put ( Garrett Johnson ). In 2007, Dix became the first person to hold
4879-592: The Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee , and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen . He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen , after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars . There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people. In 1836, Osceola led
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4998-429: The Seminole Tribe of Florida and is allowed to use the name Seminoles and certain imagery. FSU's intercollegiate sports teams, known by their " Florida State Seminoles " nickname, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Florida State's varsity teams have won 19 all-time national athletic championships in nine sports. Florida State University
5117-596: The USC Trojans in 1970, the Arizona Wildcats in 1986, and the Miami Hurricanes in 1999). Under the command of Head Coach No. 11 Mike Martin for forty years, Florida State is the second-winningest program in the history of college baseball. Since 1990, the Seminoles have had more 50 win seasons, been to more NCAA Tournaments and finished in the top 10 more than any other team in the country. Since 2000, FSU
5236-635: The 1820s and the turn of the decade, American settlers continued pressuring the US government to remove the Seminole from Florida to make way for their desired agricultural development. In 1832, a few Seminole chiefs signed the Treaty of Payne's Landing , by which they agreed to give up their Florida lands in exchange for lands west of the Mississippi River in Indian Territory . According to legend, Osceola stabbed
5355-447: The 1990s, boasting an 89% winning percentage. FSU also set an NCAA record for most consecutive Top 5 finishes in the AP football poll – receiving placement fourteen years in a row, from 1987 to 2000. The Seminoles were the first college football team in history to go wire-to-wire (ranked first place from preseason to postseason) since the AP began releasing preseason rankings in 1936. FSU also owns
5474-478: The 19th best public university in the United States, and 55th overall among all national universities, public and private. For 2019, the FSU College of Business was ranked 27th undergraduate program among all public universities and 44th among all national universities. In 2017, Florida State was ranked one of the most efficient universities. Florida State is ranked the 16th best doctorate-granting university in
5593-1136: The Colleges of Applied Studies, Arts & Sciences, Business, Communication & Information, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Human Sciences, Law, Medicine, Motion Picture Arts, Music, Nursing, Social Sciences & Public Policy, and Social Work, plus the Graduate School, Dedman School of Hospitality, and the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. Florida State offers 103 baccalaureate degree programs, 107 master's degree programs, an advanced masters/specialist degree in 6 areas, 63 doctorate degree programs, and 3 professional degree programs. The most popular Colleges by enrollment are Arts and Sciences, Business, Social Sciences, Education, and Human Science. The Florida State University College of Medicine operates using diversified hospital and community-based clinical education medical training for medical students . The students spend their first two years in academic medical courses on
5712-661: The FAMU/FSU Engineering Library. Strozier Library is located at the center of the campus and is open extended hours during Fall and Spring semesters. Next to the Donald L. Tucker Center , the College of Law is between Jefferson Street and Pensacola Street. The College of Business is in the heart of campus near the FSU Student Union and across from the HCB Classroom Building. The science and research quad
5831-750: The FSU campus in Tallahassee. They are then assigned to one of the regional medical school campuses for their third- and fourth-year clinical training. Rotations can be done at one of the six regional campuses in Daytona Beach , Fort Pierce , Orlando , Pensacola , Sarasota or in Tallahassee. The middle 50% of the Fall 2023 entering freshmen class had a GPA range from 4.2 to 4.5; a SAT range from 1330 to 1410 and an ACT range from 29 to 32. The acceptance rates for admission in 2023 were 23.0% for 61,278 freshman applicants. FSU's second-year, full-time freshman retention rate
5950-565: The Faculty Senate is subject to the veto authority of the university president, which may be appealed to the university trustees by two-thirds Senate vote. The student government was established in 1935 and consists of executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The student government executive branch is led by the student body president and includes the student body's vice president, treasurer, seven agencies, four bureaus, and an executive cabinet responsible for handling an agenda set out by
6069-541: The Florida Institute was transferred. The main campus consists of 485.87 acres (2.0 km ). Outside Leon county the university owns more than 1,715 acres (6.94 km ). The main campus is bordered by Stadium Drive to the west, Tennessee Street ( U.S. Route 90 ) to the north, Macomb Street to the east, and Gaines Street to the south. The Westcott Building is the school's readily identifiable structure at College Avenue and S. Copeland Street. The Westcott location
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#17328452726716188-468: The Florida State College in Tallahassee fielded its first varsity football team. The FSC program posted a record of 7–6–1 over the next three seasons, including a record of 3–1 against their rivals from the old University of Florida (formerly known as Florida Agricultural College) in Lake City . In 1904, the Florida State College football team became the first-ever state champions of Florida after beating both
6307-654: The Florida State community have also argued against the use of Native imagery, posting about it on school blogs and starting a Change.org petition in August 2021 to "ban racist traditions at FSU". Florida State maintains two traditional rivalries in all sports with the Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes . Florida State is the only school in the State of Florida to play both Florida and Miami each year in all sports. Most notable
6426-474: The Florida counties with the greatest enrollment of in-state students. Students from Georgia , New York , New Jersey , North Carolina , Texas , Pennsylvania , and Illinois make up the largest states for out-of-state students. FSU hosts about 2500 international students . Around seventy-seven percent of the international students are graduate students and come from mainly China , India , South Korea , Panama , and Turkey . Florida State University
6545-467: The Florida peninsula. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain (see the Adams-Onis Treaty ), and more European-American settlers started moving in, encroaching on the Seminoles' territory. After early military skirmishes and the signing of the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek , by which the U.S. seized the northern Seminole lands, Osceola and his family moved with the Seminole deeper into
6664-762: The Muscogee Creek Confederacy in Alabama. He stayed in the area as a fur trader and married into a Muscogee family, becoming closely involved with these people. He was buried in 1811 at the Indian cemetery in Franklin, Alabama , near a Methodist missionary church for the Muscogee. In 1814, after the Red Stick Muscogee Creeks were defeated by United States forces, Polly took Osceola and moved with other Muscogee refugees from Alabama to Florida, where they joined
6783-625: The NCAA tournament in 1968. Since then, the Seminoles have made eighteen tournament appearances, played for the national title in the NCAA championship game in 1972, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round in 1992, 2011, 2019 and 2021, the Elite Eight round in 1993 and 2018, and won the ACC title in 2012. A total of 44 Seminoles have been selected in the NBA draft with nine first-round picks. Among those first round selections are Dave Cowens , and George McCloud,
6902-400: The Seminole people. In 2013, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma , which has about four times as many registered members as Florida's Seminole tribe, passed a resolution condemning the use of such imagery on sports teams, making no exception for the kind of agreement FSU made with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Their statement reads, "the use of American Indian mascots, images, and religious symbols
7021-426: The Seminole with slaves , who were forbidden by law to carry arms. Thompson considered Osceola to be a friend and gave him a rifle. Osceola had a habit of barging into Thompson's office and shouting complaints at him. On one occasion Osceola quarreled with Thompson, who had the warrior locked up at Fort King for two nights until he agreed to be more respectful. In order to secure his release, Osceola agreed to sign
7140-418: The Seminole. In adulthood, as part of the Seminole, Powell was given his name Osceola ( / ˌ ɒ s iː ˈ oʊ l ə / or / ˌ oʊ s eɪ ˈ oʊ l ə / ). This is an anglicized form of the Creek Vsse Yvholv (pronounced [asːi jahoːla] ), a combination of vsse , the ceremonial black drink made from the yaupon holly , and yvholv , often translated "shouter" but referring specifically to
7259-515: The Seminoles from taking the fort before reinforcements arrived. On October 21, 1837, Osceola and 81 of his followers were captured by General Joseph Hernández on the orders of General Thomas Jesup , under a white flag of truce , when they went for peace talks to Fort Peyton near St. Augustine . He was initially imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, before being transferred to Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island , outside Charleston, South Carolina . Osceola's capture by deceit caused
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#17328452726717378-402: The South" during this period, about similar student activities at the University of California, Berkeley . The school is also said to have originated the 1970s fad of " streaking ," said to have been first observed on Landis Green. In 1972 Margaret Menzel , a professor in the biology department, led a class-action lawsuit charging discrimination against women in pay and promotion. The case
7497-490: The Southwest Campus in Innovation Park . Florida State University Panama City is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) from the main campus. The campus began operations in 1967, and FSU assumed control in July 1982. The Bay County Commission donated a 26-acre waterfront site for a new campus, which was completed in 1987. In Fall, 2023 the campus had over 1200 students engaged in undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The satellite institution currently has
7616-441: The State of Florida (renamed the University of Florida in 1909). Following World War II , Florida State College for Women became coeducational and was renamed Florida State University in 1947, and the school once again started a football team. After its first season, FSU joined the Dixie Conference, which it won in each of the three years it was a member. It withdrew from the conference in 1951 and competed as an independent team for
7735-503: The State of Florida), a school for white women ( Florida Female College later changed to Florida State College for Women ), and a school for African Americans ( State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students ). The Buckman Act was controversial, as it changed the character of a historic coeducational state school into a school for women. The school's early and major benefactor, James Westcott III , willed substantial monies to support continued operations. In 1911, his estate sued
7854-401: The Suwannee River. In 1851, the Florida Legislature authorized the seminaries to be awarded to the two towns offering the best school support. The legislature declared the first purpose of these institutions was to train male and female teachers in all subjects generally taught at public schools, then to educate the public in agriculture, science, law and citizenship. While the East Seminary
7973-495: The Treaty of Payne's Landing and to bring his followers into the fort. After his humiliating imprisonment, Osceola secretly prepared vengeance against Thompson. On December 28, 1835, Osceola, with the same rifle Thompson gave him, killed the Indian agent. Osceola and his followers shot six others outside Fort King, while another group of Seminole ambushed and killed a column of US Army, more than 100 troops, who were marching from Fort Brooke to Fort King. Americans called this event
8092-443: The U.S. Army officer in charge of the Seminole prisoners who had been transported with Osceola, made a last-minute decision to take other items belonging to Osceola. The historical evidence suggests that it was Morrison who decided that a death mask should be made, a European-American custom at the time for prominent persons, but it was done without the permission of Osceola's people. An acquaintance of Morrison, Dr. Benjamin Strobel,
8211-442: The US for the highest amount of African American doctorate recipients by the National Science Foundation . Florida State is ranked the 29th top college in the United States by Payscale and CollegeNet's Social Mobility Index college rankings(2014). Osceola Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Vsse Yvholv in Creek , also spelled Asi-yahola ), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of
8330-433: The United States for free speech and thought in a ranking released in 2024 by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression . After many years as a whites-only university, in 1962, Maxwell Courtney became the first African-American undergraduate student admitted to Florida State. Fred Flowers joined the FSU baseball team as the first African-American athlete in university history in 1965. In 1966 Lenny Hall became
8449-413: The University of Florida and Stetson University . In 1905, however, the Florida Legislature reorganized the state's higher education system by abolishing the existing state-supported colleges, and creating the new University of the State of Florida in Gainesville , and the new Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee. Many former Florida State College male students transferred to the new University of
8568-468: The athletic logo, are used in a way that is indistinguishable from other mascots; they are used to rally the crowd at sporting events, and emblazoned on T-shirts and other merchandise. The use of names and images associated with Seminole history is officially sanctioned by the Seminole Tribal Council of Florida. In 2005, the Tribal Council produced a written resolution affirming their support for
8687-572: The athletic quadrant; and DeGraff Hall, located on Tennessee Street. On and around the Florida State University main campus are seven libraries: Robert Manning Strozier Library, Dirac Science Library named after the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and Florida State University professor Paul Dirac , Claude Pepper Library, College of Music Allen Music Library, College of Law Research Center, College of Medicine Maguire Medical Library and
8806-506: The cadets played a minor role in the battle defending artillery pieces. The combined Confederate forces defeated attacking Union forces leaving Tallahassee as the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi River not to fall to Union forces. At the surrender of Florida, Union military forces disarmed the cadets and used campus buildings as barracks until September 1865. The school then reopened and resumed its academic purpose. The FSU Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
8925-667: The color represents “harmony, friendship, and fellowship” within Native American culture. The "Seminoles" name, chosen by students in a 1947 vote, alludes to Florida's Seminole people who in the early nineteenth century resisted efforts of the United States government to remove them from Florida. Since 1978 the teams have been represented by the symbols Osceola and Renegade . The symbol represents an actual historical figure, Seminole war leader Osceola , whose clothing represents appropriate period dress. The athletic logo, in use since
9044-529: The conference to become an independent, having won ten conference titles including three in football and two in men's track and field. In 1976, Florida State joined the Metro Conference in all sports except football, which remained independent. For fifteen years FSU competed and won sixty-eight conference titles as well as five national titles including two in softball, two in women's track and field, and one in women's golf. Since 1991, Florida State has been
9163-530: The controversy of the social acceptance of homosexuality was evident at FSU in the 1980s. Official university policy established in 2013 prohibits discrimination against multiple protected groups, including the LGBT community. The Florida Legislature approved the creation of the allopathic Florida State University College of Medicine in June 2000 due to a need for medical doctors, especially in primary care fields. It
9282-671: The death mask and some other objects collected by Weedon to an army officer in Washington . By 1885, the death mask and some of Osceola's belongings were being held in the anthropology collection of the Smithsonian Institution . The death mask is currently housed in the Luce collection of the New-York Historical Society . In 1966, Miami businessman Otis W. Shriver claimed he had dug up Osceola's grave and put his bones into
9401-497: The early 1970s, shows a profile of a shouting Seminole warrior in circle. The model for the logo was Florida State music faculty member Thomas Wright, composer of the Florida State University Fight Song and Victory Song. The university maintains that they do not officially have a mascot , but use the Seminole name in "admiration" of the unconquered tribe. However, the figures of Osceola and Renegade, as well as
9520-474: The first 50 years...its activities were limited to courses of secondary-school grade. Progress was slow. Indeed, it was not until the turn of the [twentieth] century that it could properly qualify as a collegiate institution." In 1901, it became Florida State College. The 1905 Florida Legislature passed the Buckman Act , which reorganized the Florida college system into a school for white men (University of
9639-517: The first African-American basketball player for Florida State. In 1968 Calvin Patterson became the first African-American player for the university football team. During the 1960s and 1970s Florida State University became a center for student activism especially in the areas of racial integration , women's rights , and opposition to the Vietnam War . The school acquired the nickname "Berkeley of
9758-468: The first lottery selection in school history. The women's basketball program has made twenty-two tournament appearances. In the 2006–07 season, Florida State advanced to its first NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen in school history. The Seminoles won the ACC regular season titles in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Seminoles made it to the Elite Eight round, the deepest advance in the tournament in program history, matching that run in 2015 and again in 2017. In 1902,
9877-586: The individual title in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4×100 m Relay at the same time. The Florida State cheerleaders cheer at all football games as well as home basketball and volleyball games. The all-girl squad won the National Cheerleaders Association championship in 1997 and the co-ed squad won the Universal Cheerleaders Association championship in 2023. The dance team that performs at football and basketball games
9996-866: The men housed in barracks on nearby Dale Mabry Field . By 1947 the Florida Legislature returned the FSCW to coeducational status and designated it Florida State University . The FSU West Campus land and barracks plus other areas continually used as an airport later became the location of the Tallahassee Community College . The post-war years brought substantial growth and development to the university as many departments and colleges were added, including Business, Journalism (discontinued in 1959), Library Science , Nursing , and Social Welfare. Strozier Library (1956), and Tully Gymnasium (1956) were built at this time. Florida State University ranked third in
10115-545: The mission and purposes of the State University System as defined by the Board of Governors". The president of the university answers to the Board of Trustees. The university executive staff report to the president, with subordinate sections reporting through the staff. The Faculty Senate is the legislative body for the university and elected from member of the general faculty. The Faculty Senate prepares academic policy and sets academic standards. Any action of
10234-417: The most dominant softball programs in the history of collegiate softball . Only five teams in the history of the NCAA have been to more WCWS than Florida State and no school east of Arizona has been to more NCAA tournaments than the Seminoles. Florida State has made a regional appearance every year since 2000. In 2015, Lacey Waldrop and Maddie O'Brien became the first players from the school to be drafted into
10353-526: The most important Seminole chiefs, including Micanopy of the Alachua Seminole, did not agree to removal. In retaliation, the US Indian agent, Wiley Thompson , declared that those chiefs were deposed from their positions. As US relations with the Seminole deteriorated, Thompson forbade the sale of guns and ammunition to them. Osceola, a young warrior rising to prominence, resented this ban. He felt it equated
10472-700: The most well-known portrait of the Seminole leader. Osceola was named Billy Powell at his birth in 1804 in the Upper Creek village of Talisi, which means "Old Town". The village site, now the city of Tallassee, Alabama , was located on the banks of the Tallapoosa River about 20 miles (32 km) upstream from Fort Toulouse where the Tallapoosa and the Coosa rivers meet to form the Alabama River . The residents of
10591-539: The name does not imply a focus on literature.) Under the new university charter, the seminary became the institution's Literary College and was to contain several "schools" or departments in different disciplines. However, in the new university association the seminary's "separate Charter and special organization" were maintained. Florida University also incorporated the Tallahassee College of Medicine and Surgery, and recognized three more colleges to be established at
10710-583: The newly enrolled male students back from service in World War II. Athletic programs resumed and Florida State fielded its first football team in 43 years with FSU facing Stetson on October 18, 1947. Florida State was a founding member of the Dixie Conference , in 1948, when other southern institutions seeking to create a "purely amateur" athletic conference based on the principle of complete amateurism, with no athletic scholarships. Three years later, FSU left
10829-426: The next forty years. Under head coach Bobby Bowden , the football team became one of the nation's most competitive football teams, greatly expanding the tradition of football at Florida State. The Seminoles played in five national championship games between 1993 and 2001, and have claimed the championship three times, in 1993, 1999, and 2013. The FSU football team was the most successful team in college football during
10948-401: The nine national team titles that were bestowed by other college athletics entities: Florida State has been national runner-up two times in one NCAA sport (football) for which the NCAA itself does not bestow a championship. Florida State University Florida State University ( FSU or Florida State ) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida , United States. It is
11067-799: The one who performs a special whoop at the Green Corn Ceremony or archaically to a tribal town officer responsible for offering the black drink. In April 1818 during the First Seminole War , Osceola and his mother where living in Peter McQueen's village near the Econfina River , when it was attacked and destroyed by the Lower Creek allies of U.S. General Andrew Jackson that were led by William McIntosh . Many surviving Red Stick warriors and their families, including McQueen, retreated south into
11186-523: The original Talisi village and of the current city of Tallassee were a mixture of several ethnicities. The Muscogee Creek were among the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands , and some of them held enslaved black people. Powell was believed to have ancestors from all of these groups. His mother was Polly Coppinger, a mixed-race Creek woman, and his father was most likely William Powell,
11305-1292: The record for most consecutive bowl game victories with 11 between 1985 and 1996 and made a post-season appearance for thirty-six straight seasons from 1982 to 2017. The Seminole football team has also won nineteen conference championships in the Dixie and Atlantic Coast. Florida State's football program has produced many players who went on to NFL careers, including Fred Biletnikoff , Deion Sanders , Terrell Buckley , Derrick Brooks , Sebastian Janikowski , Walter Jones , Corey Simon , Anquan Boldin , Javon Walker , Warrick Dunn , Peter Boulware , Laveranues Coles , Brad Johnson , Samari Rolle , Peter Warrick , Jalen Ramsey , Dalvin Cook , Jameis Winston , Darnell Dockett , Dustin Hopkins , Graham Gano , Rodney Hudson , and many others; other notable players include Burt Reynolds and Lee Corso . The Seminoles have made thirty-eight NCAA tournament appearances including twenty-six national championship appearances, finishing as runner-up in 2024, and nineteen regionals. Florida State has won thirteen conference championships. The Seminoles have appeared in fifteen straight NCAA tournaments and were
11424-478: The same division of the ACC after the 2004 season. This rivalry was particularly important from 2009 to 2020, as the winner of the game went to the ACC Championship each year (Clemson in 2009, 2011, and 2015–2020, and Florida State in 2010 and 2012–2014). Florida State leads the all-time series 20–15. Florida State University was founded with money donated by Francis Eppes VII , a grandson of Thomas Jefferson ,
11543-608: The school. During the Civil War , the seminary became "'The Florida Military and Collegiate Institute.'" Enrollment grew to around 250 students. The school arguably became the state's largest and most respected educational institution. In 1865, at the Battle of Natural Bridge south of Tallahassee, cadets from the school joined active-duty Confederate troops in the defensive line. The cadets were trained by Valentine Mason Johnson and led into battle by Captain D.W. Gwynn. Some reports show
11662-543: The second coach in NCAA history to record 1,100 NCAA fast-pitch wins. In 1999, Florida State received a softball complex, which also houses the soccer stadium. Florida State's accomplishments include two AIAW national championships , one NCAA national championship , twelve trips to the Women's College World Series, thirty-six NCAA tournaments, thirty-nine All-Americans, and nineteen conference titles, as well as forty forty win seasons. For over two decades, FSU has been one of
11781-519: The state educational board contending the estate was not intended to support a single-sex school. The Florida Supreme Court decided the issue in favor of the state, stating the change in character was within the intent of the Westcott will . By 1933 the Florida State College for Women had grown to be the third largest women's college in the US. It was the first state women's college in the South to be awarded
11900-531: The state, Tallahassee re-established an old school for boys, now called the Florida Institute, and combined the school with land and buildings. The legislature finally awarded Tallahassee with the West Seminary in 1856. The governor signed the law on January 1, 1857. In October 1858 the school was made coeducational by incorporating the Female Institute, which was located nearby. The West Florida Seminary
12019-470: The student body president. The legislative branch includes eighty senators, and the judicial branch consists of a chief justice and four associate justices, who must be in their second or third year of law school. Reforming male collegiate sports after the 42-year hiatus (1905–1947) when FSU was a women-only college, FSU students voted to use the name "Seminoles" as the university collective name and symbol. The Seminole imagery in some university activities
12138-406: The then Florida State College football teams played three seasons. The 1905 Buckman Act reorganized the existing seven Florida colleges into three institutions, segregated by race and gender . As a result of this reorganization, the coeducational Florida State College was renamed the Florida State College for Women. The Florida State University again became a co-ed institution in 1947 with most of
12257-817: The third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and founder of the University of Virginia . As a result, both teams play for the Jefferson-Eppes Trophy in football. With the realignment of the ACC, the Seminoles and Cavaliers found themselves different divisions and no longer play annually. Florida State has baseball rivalries with its traditional opponents, as well as with Jacksonville . Florida State has had 17 athletic directors in its history. Florida State University sponsors teams in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports, generally as
12376-681: The three artists known to have painted Osceola from life, persuaded the Seminole leader to allow his portrait to be painted despite his being gravely ill. Osceola and Curtis developed a close friendship, conversing at length during the painting sessions; Curtis painted two oil portraits of Osceola, one of which remains in the Charleston Museum . These paintings have inspired numerous widely distributed prints and engravings, and cigar store figures were also based on them. Osceola, having suffered from chronic malaria since 1836, and having acute tonsillitis as well, developed an abscess . When he
12495-445: The time Weedon had the head in his possession, he would often place it in the bedroom of his three sons as punishment for misbehavior. Weedon would later give the head to his son-in-law, Dr. Daniel Whitehurst, who gifted the head to Valentine Mott in 1843. Mott placed it in his Surgical and Pathological Museum, where it was presumed destroyed in a fire in 1866. According to the oral tradition of his descendants, Dr. Frederick Weedon
12614-519: The top seed in the 2015 tournament, a year in which they won a school record four straight in-season tournaments. In the 2021 season, John Pak won the Haskins Award , Hogan Award , and Nicklaus Award. The Seminoles have made eight AIWA tournament appearances, twenty-eight NCAA tournament appearances including twelve national championship appearances and twenty-five regionals. Florida State has won three conference championships. Since adding soccer as
12733-514: The treaty with his knife, although there are no contemporary reports of this. Donald L. Fixico, an American Indian historian, says he made a research trip to the National Archives to see the original Treaty of Fort Gibson (also known as the Treaty of Payne's Landing), and that upon close inspection, he observed that it had "a small triangular hole shaped like the point of a knife blade." Five of
12852-538: The twelve universities of the State University System of Florida . The status is based on objective criteria and must be earned annually. The shared goal of having top national universities in Florida is highly political, often centering on the use of the term " flagship ," a poorly defined and frequently inflammatory informal title. The state acquired the land of the main campus from the City of Tallahassee in January 1857 when
12971-466: The university's past. In 1904 and 1905, the Florida State College won football championships wearing purple and gold uniforms. When FSC became Florida State College for Women in 1905, the FSCW student body selected crimson as the official school color. The administration in 1905 took crimson and combined it with the recognizable purple of the championship football teams to achieve the color garnet. The garnet and gold colors were first used on an FSU uniform in
13090-456: The unpopulated wilds of central and southern Florida. As an adult, Osceola took two wives, as did some other high-ranking Muscogee and Seminole leaders. With them, he had at least five children. One of his wives was black, and Osceola fiercely opposed the enslavement of free people. Lt. John T. Sprague mentions in his 1848 history The Florida War that Osceola had a wife named "Che-cho-ter" (Morning Dew), who bore him four children. Through
13209-420: The use of their symbolism, and FSU states that they take pride in their "continued collaboration with the tribe". In 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a policy intended to prevent their schools and athletic programs from using mascots and imagery that are "hostile or abusive" to racial and ethnic minorities . This included Native American mascots , and FSU was specifically flagged as
13328-401: Was alone with the body and cut off Osceola's head, placing it in the coffin with the scarf that Osceola had customarily worn being wrapped around the neck, and immediately before the funeral ceremony removed the head and shut the coffin's lid. Weedon kept the head for himself, as well as other objects belonging to Osceola, including a brass pipe and a silver concho . Capt. Pitcairn Morrison,
13447-461: Was also mixed-race Muscogee Creek; her father, James McQueen, was Scottish. Ann was probably the sister or aunt of Peter McQueen , a prominent Muscogee leader and warrior. Like his mother, Billy Powell was raised in the Muscogee Creek confederacy. Billy Powell's maternal grandfather, James McQueen, was a ship-jumping Scottish sailor who in 1716 became the first recorded white person to trade with
13566-406: Was close to death, as his last wish he asked the attending doctor, Frederick Weedon, that his body be returned to Florida, his home, so that he might rest in peace. He died of quinsy on January 30, 1838, three months after his capture. Rather than honoring his last wish, Weedon cut off Osceola's head and buried his decapitated body, displaying the Seminole leader's head in his drug store. During
13685-413: Was located on the former Florida Institute property. The area, slightly west of the state Capitol , was formerly and ominously known as Gallows Hill, a place for public executions in early Tallahassee. During 1860–1861, the legislature amended the 1851 law and started military instruction for students, partly due to the desire to protect the instructional staff from conscription, which would have closed
13804-470: Was rated by Fitch, Moody's and S&P Global as having the highest credit rating of all universities in Florida. Moody's Ratings graded FSU debt at Aa1 and Aa2 in 2022. S&P Global Ratings rated the university AA+ overall in 2022. Fitch Ratings affirmed the FSU Issuer Default Rating at AA+ on February 14, 2022, with a stable outlook. Fitch's Analytical Conclusion states: As
13923-444: Was settled in 1975 with an agreement that the university would establish a task force to investigate bias against women at the university and to revise its anti-nepotism policy so as to not discriminate against the wives of university employees. Bill Wade, a gay male student, was elected Homecoming Princess using the name "Billie Dahhling" in 1980. While Wade's election may initially have been more college prank than protest,
14042-457: Was settled in Ocala in 1853, the West Seminary state institution opportunity created a contentious fight between the towns of Quincy, Marianna, and Tallahassee. Quincy dropped out of the competition in the following years, while Marianna and Tallahassee refused to yield. Failing to resolve the impasse, the conflict was returned to the governor and legislature for resolution. In 1854, as an incentive to
14161-483: Was the first medical school approved in the United States in almost two decades. The King Life Sciences Building, located next to the College of Medicine, was added June 2008, to complement medical research with research in related fields. In 2013 the Florida Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors designated Florida State University and the University of Florida as the first two "preeminent universities" among
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