To our new faculty members, we are thrilled you are a part of the FSU family. It was a pleasure to see many of you at New Faculty Orientation earlier this week. It won’t take you long to find out that FSU is a truly special place to call your academic home.
FRESHMAN CLASS We say this every year, but the academic profile of the freshmen we accept keeps getting better and better. This will likely be our brightest freshman class ever. The accepted students have an average GPA of 4.1 and a composite ACT score of 29. That’s remarkable!
And, with 6,500 students, it’s likely to be one of our biggest freshman classes after receiving a record number of applications last spring. More than 42,000 students applied to FSU, a 16 percent jump over the previous year! Those numbers show a strong demand for a Florida State education, and it’s a testament to FSU’s rising academic reputation.
WHAT’S NEW Along with welcoming thousands of new faces, we also are launching some new academic programs and opening a few buildings.
The new Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship welcomes its first class of 80 juniors this fall. This is a big step forward in advancing our commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship education. The home of the Jim Moran School, located on Monroe Street in downtown Tallahassee, is scheduled to open its doors in December.
We also added a much sought-after graduate program for physician assistants through the College of Medicine. Forty students will make up the first class in the School of Physician Assistant Practice. The 27-month program awards graduates with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Practice and is designed to follow Florida State’s unique community-based approach to medical education. This is another way FSU is meeting the health care needs of the citizens of Florida!
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