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e hope you enjoy this self-guided walking tour.
for dates when classes are in session.) Student-guided
While it’s designed with prospective freshmen and
campus tours are available most weekdays. For reser-
their families in mind, it offers a general overview
vations and information, visit www.visit.fsu.edu/.
of campus for everyone interested in FSU. Choose To begin your tour: Choose any numbered
either route: Garnet Route, Stops 1–12 A two-hour walk through the entire campus. Gold Route, Stops 1–9 A one-hour walk focusing on the east (historical) side of campus.
stop and follow either route, in either direction. Enjoy your visit!
And there’s more… Progress means there is typically something under construction or renovation on our campus. We
Either tour may be extended for as long as you
hope you’ll return to see these facilities once they’re
like with indoor stops at any classroom building,
completed. We also invite you to drive beyond the
residence hall, campus restaurant, recreational facility,
main campus to see the College of Law, about one
or library of interest to you. If you’re touring campus
block southeast of campus. Across the street, the
on a weekend, between academic terms, during final
Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center is where the
exams, or at another time when one or more of these
FSU basketball teams practice and compete. The
facilities may be closed, we invite you to visit us again
College of Engineering is located about two miles
on a typical class day. (See www.registrar.fsu.edu/
southwest of campus.
Throughout your tour, look for the banners and raised brick podia marking the FSU Legacy Walk. This path through campus provides information about people and events in FSU’s history.
FSU History In 1851, the Florida General Assembly passed a bill to establish the all-male Seminary West of the Suwannee River; its first building stood where Westcott Fountain stands today. In 1905, the campus became all-female and in 1909 was named the Florida State College for Women (FSCW). In 1947, to accommodate the influx of men returning to college after World War II, the institution became coeducational and was renamed Florida State University.
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innovative residence halls were featured in Florida Leader magazine’s “Best of Florida Schools.”
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(14), Reynolds (13), Cawthon (85), Wildwood (4020 and 4021), and DeGraff (4023 and 4024) Halls feature programs known as Learning Communities which bring together firstyear residents with common interests, encouraging interaction with participating faculty and creating a close-knit academic community in the residence hall. For more information about Learning Communities, visit www.housing.fsu.edu/.
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Hall (14), built in 1907, is the oldest building on campus.
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Murphree Hall (12) is FSU’s only allfemale residence hall. Others are coed by floor or wing.
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Hall (74) is home to the Honors Community.
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residence halls mentioned on this tour are available to freshmen unless otherwise noted and are shown in black on your map. Most rooms accommodate two students.
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campus restaurants are open to the public (closed on University holidays and during academic breaks). Gold triangles (t) on your tour map indicate a few of them.
RESIDENCE HALL VISITATION You may visit participating residence halls after 11:00 am weekdays and after noon on weekends, excluding University holidays, exam weeks, or breaks between academic terms. Summer residence hall visits are limited to those halls housing summer students. To contact hall staff and request a look inside, use the gold call box near the hall entrance. In consideration for our resident students, residence hall visits do not include bedrooms. Visitors may view study areas, laundry rooms, kitchens, recreation areas, community bathrooms, and other spaces shared by all residents. Floor plans, information, and photos are available at www.housing.fsu.edu/.
Stop 1
Outside University Center Building B (224) You are standing at the southwest corner of campus, near Bobby Bowden Field (100). Surrounding the stadium is the University Center (223-226), considered one of the best uses of campus space in the nation. Along with a state-of-the-art athletic center, the University Center houses such offices as Admissions, the Career Center, the Dean of Students, Financial Aid, International Programs, the Registrar’s Office, Undergraduate Studies, and the Visitor Center. The Colleges of Communication, Film, and Social Work, as well as the Dedman School of Hospitality, are also located here. Notice the bronze horse and rider entitled “Unconquered.” Its spear is lit at sunset the night before each home game, and it burns until sunrise on the morning after the game.
Stop 2
Corner of Varsity Drive and Jefferson Street, near Wildwood Halls (4020-4021) Just west of you is one of the nation’s oldest collegiate circuses, the FSU Flying High Circus (117). It’s open to any FSU student. West of the circus, Dick Howser Stadium (115) is home to the FSU baseball team and has hosted over two million fans since its opening in 1983. Attendance has set national records. All athletic tickets are free to FSU students. North of the circus is the Bobby E. Leach Student Recreation Center (26), where you’ll find indoor racquetball, basketball, volleyball, squash, and badminton courts, as well as an indoor track and pool and more than 200 free-weight, aerobic, and cardiovascular machines. Wildwood Halls (4020 and 4021) are suite-style residence halls for first-year students.
Stop 3
South end of Woodward Plaza, near the Student Services Building (379) West of you, construction has begun on the Student Success Building (4011), which will be home to the Career Center and other offices. Just beyond this site, the Student Life Building (260) houses a movie theatre where FSU students are admitted free, and a cybercafé equipped for Playstation and other games. South of you on Jefferson Street, you’ll find the FSU Police Department in Tanner Hall (76). East of Tanner Hall, traditional residence halls like Dorman Hall (112) and Deviney Hall (43) feature mostly double-occupancy rooms in a community-style floor plan. Hungry? Listen to the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly in the 1950’s-style Park Avenue Diner. Located in the Student Services Building (379), the Diner offers a range of foods, including breakfast, burgers, salads, or an icy root beer.
Stop 4
North of Landis Hall (74) and between Collegiate Loop and Honors Way Since 1932, Landis Green has been a favorite place to relax on a sunny afternoon. West of you are the Shores Building (19), home to the College of Information, and Montgomery Hall (25), the original gym for the Florida State College for Women. Today, Montgomery houses the Dance Department and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography. At the north end of the green is Strozier Library (134), the largest library on campus. East of you, the William Johnston Building (17) was home to the dining hall for Florida State College for Women; the Suwannee Room was renovated in 2005 and is now a campus restaurant. The Department of Interior Design is also located in the William Johnston Building.
Stop 5
Outside Dodd Hall (4), at the corner of University Way and Convocation Way FSU extensively renovated its seven oldest residence halls, updating the facilities with high-speed Internet access, a suite-style floor plan, and other contemporary conveniences. West of you, Landis (74), Gilchrist (16), and Broward (15) Halls overlook University Way. North of you along Convocation Way are Bryan (14), Reynolds (13), Jennie Murphree (12), and Cawthon (85) Halls. The departments of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion are found in Dodd Hall (4). This historic building contained the University library until 1956; notice the inscription over the door, “The half of knowledge is to know where to find knowledge.” The Williams Building (3) houses the English Department and the Augusta Conradi Theatre, one of four campus theatres.
Stop 6
East of the Westcott Building (1), at Westcott Fountain The offices of FSU’s president, provost, and vice presidents are located in the twin-towered Westcott Building (1), located on the oldest site of continuing higher education in Florida. Ruby Diamond Auditorium, FSU’s largest performing venue, is also found in Westcott. A bronze sculpture of FSU founding father Francis Eppes VII sits just northeast of the Westcott steps. A grandson of Thomas Jefferson, Eppes is memorialized on Westcott Plaza to symbolize the Jeffersonian ideals that characterize FSU today. South of the fountain, the departments of Interdisciplinary Humanities, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Modern Languages and Linguistics are found in the Diffenbaugh Building (2). Just imagine how many grinning graduates have been photographed in front of the Westcott Fountain.
Stop 7
Corner of Convocation Way and Call Street, in front of the Sandels Building (135) East of you, the largest College of Music in the Southeast is located in the Kuersteiner (89) and Housewright (54) Buildings. On Call Street, beyond the College of Music, is the Fine Arts Building (7). Within its walls you will find the FSU Museum of Fine Arts and the College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance. In the Sandels Building (135), you’ll find the College of Human Sciences. Across the street, to the north, the Hecht House (294) is home to the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. If the Claude Pepper Museum (57) is open during your visit, don’t miss it. Exhibits cover decades of American political history and are designed to appeal to all ages; admission is free.
Stop 8
Between Rovetta Business (23 and 52) and Bellamy (8) Buildings Rovetta Business Building (23 and 52) is home to the College of Business. Within the Bellamy Building (8) are the departments of Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, and several interdisciplinary programs such as Asian Studies, International Affairs, Middle Eastern Studies, and Russian and East European Studies. In Oglesby Student Union (194-196), you’ll find several dining options, a bowling alley, art center, study lounge, art gallery, pool hall, and full-service post office where each resident student has a University post office box. The Classroom Building (4009) can accommodate more than 20,000 students in a single day; it features an innovative science studio and dozens of other technically-enhanced classrooms.
Stop 9
North end of Woodward Plaza, near “Integration” and the FSU Bookstore (70) The bronze sculpture entitled “Integration” honors three African-American students who led the integration of Florida State University in the 1960’s. Northwest of you on Woodward Avenue, Geology is located in the Carraway Building (113), along with the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Laboratory, the world’s largest repository of Antarctic and southern ocean cores. You’ll find more than books at the FSU Bookstore (70) – there’s also a great selection of FSU memorabilia as well as school supplies. In the same building are the FSUCard Center, SunTrust Bank, and one of several campus parking garages. Southwest of the parking garage are the Rogers Building (36), home to Oceanography and Statistics, and Duxbury Hall (40), where FSU’s College of Nursing has graduated over 5,000 nurses.
Stop 10
Between Dirac Science Library (20) and Hoffman Teaching Laboratory (35) Dirac Science Library (20) is named for the late Nobel laureate and FSU physics professor Paul Dirac. Its holdings include over 500,000 volumes covering the sciences, math, engineering, and other technical areas; FSU’s supercomputers are also located in Dirac. To the north, the Carothers (55) and Love (116) Buildings house Computer Science. Love is also home to Math and Meteorology, where a weather station and an office of the National Weather Service can be found. In the Dittmer Chemistry Lab (38) researchers are working to create a synthetic version of a natural substance proven to kill cancer cells. Southwest of you, the new Chemical Sciences Building (c) will expand research capabilities in the molecular sciences.
Stop 11
Corner of Chieftain Way and West Call Street To the north, the physics programs are located in the Keen (41) and Richards (45) Buildings and the LeRoy Collins Nuclear Research Laboratory (42). Smith Hall (102) and Kellum Hall (53) are traditional community-style residence halls. Salley Hall (46) is a suite-style residence hall. West of Salley Hall is the all-you-care-to-eat Fresh Food Company (488); the adjacent Stone Building (50) is home to the College of Education. Across Call Street, you’ll find the Psychology Building (4004) and the College of Medicine (4001 and 4002). South of Medicine, the new King Life Sciences Teaching and Research Building (a) will provide over 90,000 square feet for instruction, research, and support services.
Stop 12
Corner of Chieftain Way and Spirit Way Florida State’s athletic facilities include the Scott Speicher Tennis Center (79), designated a top-notch facility by the U.S. Tennis Association; the Mike Long Track Complex (91), where our men’s track and field team trained for their back-to-back National Championships; and the Seminole Softball/Soccer Complex (391 and 390), featuring high-tech press facilities and regarded as one of the nation’s best. Tully Gymnasium (132) is home to the Florida State volleyball team and the Department of Sport Management, Recreation Management, and Physical Education. Since its construction in 1956, Tully Gym has provided the arena for many intramural and club sports.
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