The College became fully accredited in , and a chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was installed in , the year after the College was placed on the list of standard colleges and universities approved by the Association of American Universities and became a member of the Association of American Colleges.
In the first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the state, Alpha Chapter of Florida, was installed at the College, a mark of its status as a true liberal arts college. The year saw many changes. Demand by returning World War II veterans had brought men back to the campus in with the establishment of the Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida, and on May 15, , the Governor signed an act of the Legislature returning Florida State College for Women to coeducational status and naming it The Florida State University.
A permanent president's residence was acquired. The student body, numbering 4,, chose a new alma mater and selected the Seminole as their athletics symbol.
The Flying High Circus was born, and football was started again when the first home game since was played in October. Three years later Campbell Stadium was built. The first Student Union was established and housed in the "O Club" on West Campus, a former Army Air Base which housed mainly men students and provided some classroom space three miles west of the main campus.
The 's brought further development and expansion to the University. A student in the Department of Chemistry was awarded the University's first Ph. A new building was completed for the Developmental Research School, which in had evolved from the High School and the College Academy of earlier days as the Observation and Practice School, created to provide on-site opportunities for experience and research to students in Education.
Tully Gymnasium, Strozier Library, and the Business Building were completed to enhance the education of the ever-increasing student population. The first black student enrolled in , and the first black Ph. Continuing the liberal arts tradition begun in the 's, the Liberal Studies Program required of all undergraduates was expanded and strengthened. Before the institution's chief executive officer had the title Principal, but this was changed to President with the appointment of George Edgar in He was followed by Alvin Lewis in , and Dr.
Murphree in Murphree, who came to the Seminary in , became president of Florida Female College in When he left to become president of the University of Florida in , Dr.
In , Dr. Doak S. Campbell became president. When Dr. Albert B. Throughout this great state, another noteworthy claim to fame includes universities with a rich background of academic excellence, especially when it comes to the history of Florida State University located in the city of Tallahassee. The foundation of FSU can be traced back to when the state legislature established two institutions of learning with one located east of the Suwanee River and the other located on the west.
By , the schools merged as West Florida Seminary and became coeducational a year later. Following suit, the university that would become Florida State changed its founding date to , the day that West Florida Seminary opened, Van Ness said.
In response to accusations that Florida State changed its date to be older than Florida, Riordan said that was not the case. Both schools were created at the same time and one could not be older than the other, Riordan said.
Like Florida State, it is based on when the university was charted by the state of Illinois and officially came into existence. Starting a university is a large, long project, which makes a founding date difficult to determine, Metzler said. NU had several different dates it could have chosen from besides For example, classes did not begin at NU until In , the school absorbed the Tallahassee Female Academy, founded in , and became a co-educational institute.
It then remained as the West Florida Seminary, until the state legislature added the military section and changed its name to The Florida Military and Collegiate Institute in In , the school was renamed Florida State College and became a four-year institution with four departments such as the School for Teachers, the School of Music, and the College Academy.
Later, the name of the college was changed to Florida State College for Women, in
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