Rollins Tars baseball
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| Motto | Fiat Lux |
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| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Established | November 4, 1885 |
| Endowment | $372.5 million (2014) |
| President | Grant Cornwell |
| Provost | Craig McAllaster (interim) |
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Academic staff
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200 |
| Students | 3,207 |
| Address | 1000 Holt Avenue Winter Park, FL, Winter Park, Florida, U.S. |
| Campus | Suburban, 80 acres (32 ha) |
| Radio station | WPRK |
| Colors |
Royal Blue Gold |
| Athletics |
NCAA Division II – Sunshine State
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| Nickname | Tars |
| Mascot | Tommy Tar |
| Website | www.rollins.edu |
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NCAA Division II – Sunshine State
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida along the shores of Lake Virginia. Rollins is a member of the SACS, NASM, ACS, FDE, AAM, AACSB International, Council for Accreditation of Counseling, and Related Educational Programs.
Rollins College is Florida's oldest post-secondary institution, and has been independent, nonsectarian, and coeducational from conception. Lucy Cross, founder of the Daytona Institute in 1880, first placed the matter of establishing a college in Florida before the Congregational Churches in 1884. In 1885, the Church put her on the committee in charge of determining the location of the first college in Florida. Cross is known as the "Mother of Rollins College." Rollins was incorporated, organized, and named in the Lyman Park building in nearby Sanford, Florida on 28 April 1885, opening for classes in Winter Park on November 4 of that year. It was established by New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the frontier St. John's basin. A commemorative plaque listing the names of the founders was dedicated 1 March 1954 and is displayed in historic Downtown Sanford.
Early benefactors of Rollins College included Chicago businessman Alonzo Rollins (1832-1887), for whom the college is named. Rollins made substantial donations to enable the founding of the college, and was a trustee and its first treasurer.
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