Fact Sheet 2000-2001

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA 2000-2001 FACT SHEET
	The University of North Florida has embarked upon a journey that will change the face of the University forever. Access to Excellence, UNF's first capital campaign, will raise private gift support to provide scholarships that will impact the lives of thousands of students. It will create and endow faculty positions to ensure UNF can attract and retain the best faculty, increase program support to provide educational opportunities and build and equip facilities which will guarantee the best educational learning environment in the region. As of October 2000, $40 million has been raised towards a $65 million goal. Upon completion of this campaign UNF will have established the means for moving into the top tier of public, comprehensive, urban universities across the nation. Access to Excellencemeans UNF will continue to play a vital role in the intellectual, cultural, economic and civic development of northeast Florida. -UNF PRESIDENT ANNE H. HOPKINS
Marks of Excellence \| College of Distinction \| Snapshot 2001 /Private Support \| Economic Impact \| Facilities
MARKS OF EXCELLENCE

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools re-accredited the University of North Florida, giving the institution high marks for quality of academic programs.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked UNF 11th among 77 regional southern public universities, moving up from 41st the year before.

Construction on the $22 million, 135,000 square foot Fine Arts Center is scheduled for completion in 2001. The new building will provide a strong link between UNF and the Jacksonville community.

The Presidential Lecture Series continues to bring internationally known authors and activists to UNF to give public lectures and meet with students in small class settings. Jane Goodall, Frank McCourt and Bishop Desmond Tutu are among those who have visited the campus.

UNF achieved the highest accounting exam passing rate in the nation for the Uniform CPA exam. In 1999, students led the nation in the highest passing percentage of any school in the country for first-time candidates without advanced degrees. UNF students also captured the first and second place rankings in Florida.

The National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism awarded the Center for Drug Prevention and Health Promotion a five year $3 million federal grant which will be used to study ways of preventing alcohol use among youth.

The UNF Jazz Ensemble I was one of 12 collegiate ensembles from around the world to perform at the 2000 North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland in July 2000.

The UNF baseball team was one of eight teams in the nation to be invited to the College World Series, NCAA Division II. The team was ranked number 1 for most of the season, finished third in the nation and won the Peach Belt Athletic Conference for the second consecutive year.

The Osprey women's swimming and diving program opened competition in the fall of 2000, at the NCAA Division I level. UNF's softball and women's soccer teams reached high rankings of number 2 in the nation.

COLLEGES OF DISTINCTION

ARTS AND SCIENCES
UNF fielded two Mock Trial teams at the Regional Mock Trial Tournament. One team finished third and was invited to compete in the Gold Flight National intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament in Des Moines, where they again achieved national prominence by defeating Ivy League and land grant universities.

In the fall of 1999, the Pre-Medical Professions Program announced a record 62 percent acceptance rate for students applying for admission to M.D. and D.O. programs.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The UNF College of Business Administration is among the most internationalized business schools in the nation, offering four different study abroad courses each year to Europe, South America and the Middle East with exchange agreements with five business schools in Europe, four in South America and one in China.

The UNF chapter of the business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi ranked number one in the nation in grade point average, winning both the Atlantic Coast Regional Award and the National Award for maintaining the highest GPA for the 1999-00 academic year. Students in Delta Sigma Pi had an average GPA of 3.60 last year.

COMPUTING SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Building Construction Management student teams won first-place in all three competition areas (Commercial, Design/Build, and Heavy Civil) in the Associated Schools of Construction Southeast Region competition in 1999, as well as winning first place in the Design/Build competition in 2000.

A team of engineering students won one of four first-place awards in the 1999 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Branch International Web Site Contest.

A team of computer science students placed eighth out of more than 70 teams in the fall 2000 Association of Computing Machinery Southeast Regional Programming Contest.

EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES

The college is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, one of only 12 teacher education programs in Florida to hold this distinction.

Many UNF graduates are recognized as teachers of the year in their schools and school district, including Grace Williams (BAE, 1990), as 1997 Florida Teacher of the Year. In Duval County, 58 of the 154 school-level teachers of the year are UNF alumni.

College of Education and Human Services faculty and students from a Duval County high school participated in the NASA protein crystal space experiment that launched the first payload to fly on the international space station.

The College offers the only degree in deaf studies at a public university in the state of Florida and UNF's only doctoral program, in educational leadership. Health

HEALTH

More than 90 percent of nursing, physical therapy and nutrition graduates have passed licensure or registration exams to become eligible to practice on their first attempt.

In the past two years three new graduate programs have begun: Nursing, Public Health and Physical Therapy.

The college is part of a team training Senegalese students to provide medical services and community health training in medically under-served communities in Senegal, Africa.

Snapshot 2001

FINANCES		FACULTY PROFILE
Revenues Total Assets	$111 M $220 M	Full time Ph.D. or appropriate degree	434 403
FALL '00 STUDENT ENROLLMENT		PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Total	12,687	Undergraduate degree programs: 49 with 86 areas of concentration Graduate degree programs: 24 with 47 areas of concentration Doctoral programs: Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
Undergraduate	9,566
Graduate	1,516
Post baccalaureate and non-degree	1,605
MAJORS BY COLLEGE		YEARLY COSTS
Arts and Sciences	2,654	Tuition: In-State	$2,427**
Business Administration	1,878	Out of State	$9.764**
Computing Sciences and Engineering	972	On-campus housing	$2,820
Education	1,688	Orientation Fee	$25
Health	941	Books and Supplies	$600
Undeclared	4,554	**Based on 15 credit hours per semester
STUDENT BODY PROFILE		For more information call: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA @ 904-620-2100 OR ACCESS WWW.UNF.EDU
Duval County	51%
Other Florida Counties	39.9%
Other U.S. and Int'l	9.1%
White	78.3%
Minority	21.7%
Men	40.6%
Women	59.4%
The University of North Florida is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1866 Southern Lane Decatur, GA 30033-4097; telephone number (404)679-4501.

PRIVATE SUPPORT AT UNF
Contributions received by the University of North Florida in fiscal year 1999-2000 totaled more than $4.5 million. Of that amount, $2.28 million (50 percent) was received through foundations and corporations. An additional $ 4.2 million in pledges and $ 600,000 in will provisions have been documented for a total of $ 9,325,000 in gifts and commitments. Assets of the foundation total $93.8 million and the endowment was valued at $32.8 million on June 30, 2000.
GIFT SOURCES
State matches Corporations Foundations Individuals Alumni Other TOTAL	$ 875,974 $ 1,471,494 $ 811,426 $ 1,010,871 $ 347,360 $ 73,498 $4,590,623	19% 32% 18% 22% 8% 1% 100%
DESIGNATED USES
Student Financial Aid Facilities Colleges/Dept Faculty Positions Athletics Research Unrestricted Library TOTAL	$ 860,785 $1,309,535 $1,126,624 $444,710 $250,393 $377,020 $184,216 $37,340 $4,590,623	19% 29% 24% 10% 5% 8% 4% 1% 100%

ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE
The University has launched Access to Excellence, a $65 million capital campaign which is the largest in Jacksonville's history. The goals for UNF's first capital campaign focus on four specific themes and include student scholarships ($25.3 million), faculty		enrichment ($11.1 million), program enhancements ($14 million), and facilities and equipment ($14.6 million). Alumni, friends, corporations and foundations who have an interest in the success of the University are participating at all levels of giving.

FACILITIES

MORE FACTS

UNF's scenic campus is nestled among 1,300 acres which includes a nature and wildlife area with lakes and nature trails. A portion of the campus is used for scientific research and has been the site for the annual Envirothon for local schools.

The Campus encompasses 24 major buildings with nearly 2.45 million square feet of space.

The total number of students living on campus is 1,600. Another residence hall, The Crossings, will add an additional 500 beds and will be open in the Fall of 2001.

Currently under construction:

A $22 million Fine Arts Complex to provide office, classroom, studio and lab space for the Communication & Visual Arts and Music programs will open in Fall 2001 and

A $19.6 million Science and Engineering building with 125,000 square feet is expected to be completed in 2002.

The Division of Continuing Education, which provides more than 318 non-credit programs to the community, enrolled 13,254 participants in 1999/2000.

A 285-acre technology park adjoins UNF's main campus and is available for commercial development.

UNF's Small Business Development Center assists entrepreneurs with one-on-one assistance and business workshops. During the last fiscal year, 1,800 individual clients were served while 2,200 participated in various business workshops.

The UNF Alumni Association, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2000, maintains contact with more than 33,000 alumni through five regional chapters in the Southeast United States, and has established its first international chapter in Belize.

The Division of Sponsored Research recorded awards for all major divisions totaling $7.4 million, an increase of 46 percent from the previous year.

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