Florida Memorial University

15800 Nw 42 Ave, Miami gardens, FL 33054-6199 -  View Map

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• Florida Memorial University, a historically Black College related to Baptist Churches and traditions, is one of the oldest academic centers in Florida. The private, coeducational, baccalaureate and graduate degrees granting university has its origins in the Florida Baptist Institute, founded in 1879 in Live Oak (Florida), and in the Florida Baptist Academy, founded in1892 in Jacksonville (Florida). These two institutions merged in 1941 to form the Florida Normal and Industrial Memorial Institute in St. Augustine, Florida. The institution became a four-year college in 1945. Following several name changes, the present name Florida Memorial College was adopted in 1963. The institution moved to its present South Florida location in Miami, Florida in 1968.
• Florida Memorial University's academic programs are designed to broaden the intellectual experiences and abilities of students and, at the same time, recognize and provide for intellectual diversity as individual interests and goals are satisfied. Academic programs are supported by library services, academic advising, testing, developmental education, support services, career planning and placement, counseling and student activities.
• Florida Memorial University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. The University is also chartered by the State of Florida.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

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• FMU invites community to celebrate birthday (Miami Herald)
  posted on March 10, 2011 at 08:54:47 pm
  Having a university in the Miami Gardens community seems somehow to bring unity to the area. And the community is invited to the 132nd annual Founders’ Day Convocation at Florida Memorial University at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the A. Chester Robinson Athletic Center on the campus at 15800 NW 42nd Ave.
• President of Christian Theological Seminary to serve as Keynote Speaker during Florida Memorial University’s Third ... (Miami Gardens News)
  posted on January 14, 2011 at 07:24:01 pm
  The Rev. Dr. Edward L. Wheeler, president of the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana, will serve as this year’s keynote speaker during Florida Memorial University’s third annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. CommUNITY Prayer Breakfast on Monday, January 17, 2011 at 8:00 am in the Smith Conference Center on campus. The breakfast also serves [...]
• Florida Memorial University Board of Trustees selects New President (Miami Gardens News)
  posted on November 29, 2010 at 03:38:59 pm
  The Florida Memorial University Board of Trustees has selected Henry Lewis III, Pharm.D. to serve as Florida Memorial University’s new president. The announcement was made during an afternoon meeting attended by nearly 300 faculty, staff and students anticipating an introduction of the president-elect by Charles W. George, chairman of the Board of Trustees. After being [...]
• New president named for Florida Memorial University (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on November 10, 2010 at 09:15:35 am
  South Florida's only historically black university has a new president.
• Florida Memorial University board picks Henry Lewis III as new president (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 10, 2010 at 04:41:37 am
  South Florida's only historically black university has a new president. Florida Memorial University's Board of Trustees selected Henry Lewis III, a dean and professor of pharmacy at Florida A&M University. The Miami Gardens university announced the decision Tuesday.

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