Rollins College
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Rollins College is an institution of higher learning located in Winter Park, Florida and was founded in 1885. Its current president is Lewis Duncan. Nestled in the quaint community of Winter Park along the shores of Lake Virginia, Rollins College captures the best of Florida's warmth and sunshine while providing the best education under the sun.
Founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the Florida frontier, Rollins is the oldest recognized college in the state of Florida. Today more than 1,700 undergraduate students enjoy small classes, personal interaction with an outstanding faculty, and a lush, 70-acre campus with a range of amenities including the 75,000-square foot Alfond Sports Center, the state-of-the-art Cornell Campus Center and much more.
It's impossible to walk Rollins' tree-lined campus, stroll along the Walk of Fame, or step inside one of its magnificent Spanish Mediterranean style buildings without sensing the College's great history. While maintaining its links with the past, Rollins always looks to the future striving for continuous innovation in a caring campus community.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Rollins as one of "America's best colleges" and has recognized its Crummer Graduate School of Business among the top 25 part-time professional MBA programs nationwide. Crummer is also consistently ranked by Forbes magazine among the best business schools for return on investment. The Hamilton Holt School evening studies division offers undergraduate and graduate courses.
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Academics
The residential College has approximately 1710 students and a student/faculty ratio of 12 to 1. Ninety-two percent of the faculty possess a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field. Rollins College offers 29 majors and a variety of interdisciplinary programs that allow students to design their own courses of study. Special programs include the Honors Degree Program, the Rollins College Conference for first-year students, and a variety of international study opportunities, including Rollins programs in London; Sydney, Australia; and Madrid, Spain.
Rollins has three schools which offer a variety of programs: the Colleges of Arts and Sciences for bachelor of arts degrees, the Hamilton Holt School for adults who work and the Crummer Graduate School of Business, which offers four MBA programs
Athletics
The school's sports teams are called the Tars. They participate in the Sunshine State Conference of the NCAA's Division II.
Alumni
Famous Rollins alumni include:
- Donald Cram, 1987 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
- Fred Rogers, host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Dana Ivey, actress
Students and Student Life
Rollins Students come from all walks of life, but most visible are the preppy ones. Greek life is great for the social scene, but you don't have to be involved to have a good time. Freshmen orientation will display a bunch of the little ones trying to display the classic Rollins ideal: Popped collars, Lilly, Lacoste, Polo, Louis Vuitton, big sunglasses, etc. Playboy ranks Rollins the #3 Party School and there are Shirts that read: Fiat Luxury (off the school's motto: Fiat Lux, which means let there be light) on the front and the back reads: Rollins College Country Club with a Polo pony in the middle. The school is generally preppy and beautiful, but can be hard for some people not used to the circumstances.
External links
- Rollins College Web site (http://www.rollins.edu/)