Florida A & M University
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Former names
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes (1909–1953) State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (1891–1909) State Normal College for Colored Students (1887–1891) |
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| Motto | Excellence With Caring |
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Public, HBCU Land-grant |
| Established | October 3, 1887 |
| Endowment | $113.1 million (2016) |
| President | Larry Robinson (3rd Stint as Interim) |
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Academic staff
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630 |
| Students | 9,614 |
| Location |
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. 30°25′04″N 84°17′04″W / 30.4178°N 84.2845°WCoordinates: 30°25′04″N 84°17′04″W / 30.4178°N 84.2845°W |
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Urban 420 acres (1.7 km2) |
| Colors | Orange and Green |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – MEAC |
| Nickname | Rattlers and Lady Rattlers |
| Mascot | Venom the Rattlesnake |
| Affiliations |
State University System of Florida Urban 13 APLU TMCF |
| Website | www |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 611 |
| Washington Monthly | 100 |
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Historic District
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FAMU campus, Lee Hall
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| Location | Tallahassee, Florida |
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| Area | 370 acres (1.5 km2) |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architect | William Augustus Edwards; Rudolph Weaver, et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 96000530 |
| Added to NRHP | May 9, 1996 |
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as FAMU, is a public, historically black university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Florida A&M University was founded on the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, Florida on October 3, 1887. It is one of the largest historically black universities in the United States by enrollment and the only public historically black university in Florida. It is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, as well as one of the state's land grant universities, and is accredited to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
The 2017 edition of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings placed the university #1 among public HBCUs and #7 among all HBCUs. In 2016, FAMU was promoted to the second degree R2: Doctoral University - Higher Research Activity in the Carnegie Classifications by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. In 2015, the National Science Foundation ranked Florida A&M University as the #1 HBCU in the nation for total research and development expenditures.
The introduction of legislation leading to the foundation of the college was due to the initiative of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the abolitionist Jonathan C. Gibbs. The date also reflects the new Florida Constitution of 1885, which prohibited racial integration in schools. The College was located in Tallahassee because Leon County and adjacent counties led the state in African-American population, reflecting Tallahassee's former status as the center of Florida's slave trade. (See History of Tallahassee, Florida#Black history.)
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