PRESIDENTS
YEARS
NAMES
DEGREE PROGRAMS
WHOSE WHO/What's What
100
Dr. Roslyn Clarke Artis
Who is our current president?
100
1944
What year did the college change its name to Florida Normal and Industrial College?
100
Live Oak, Florida
Where was Florida Memorial established?
100
41
How many degree programs does Florida Memorial offer?
100
The Lion
What is our university mascot?
200
Reverend J.N. Stokes
Under whose leadership was the Live Oak Institute for the Training of African American Children established.
200
1962 and 1963
What year was the college's charter amended to change the college's name to Florida Memorial College and what year the name officially change?
200
Rev. M.W. Gilbert, Rev. J.T. Brown, and Miss Sarah A. Blocker
Who are the three people that secured financial assistance from the Baptist Home Mission Society to establilsh the Florida Baptist Academy?
200
The School of Arts and Sciences, Natural Health and Sciences
In what school, and under what department can you get a degree in Chemistry?
200
St. Augustine, Florida
Florida Memorial College moved to Miami, Florida from where?
300
Dr. Albert E. Smith
Under whose presidency did the Florida Memorial become a university?
300
1879
What year was Florida Memorial founded?
300
Dr. Susie C. Holley
Who is our Chapel named after?
300
10
How many degree programs are under the School of Education?
300
"Old Holmes Plantation"
Where did Florida Baptist Academy relocated to when enrollment increased in 1918?
400
Dr. Nathaniel Collier
Who became was Florida Memorial's first president?
400
1966
What year was Florida Memorial College's site dedicated in Miami/Opa-Locka, Fl.?
400
Harry T. Moore
Who is considered the first martyr in the Civil Rights Movement and our baseball field is named after him.
400
Department of Aviation and Safety
What department can you get a degree in Aeronautical Science?
400
Barrington Irvin
Who became the youngest and first black pilot to fly solo around the world?
500
Dr. Karl S. Wright
In 2006, who was inaugurated as Florida Memorial's 11th President?
500
2004
What year was the college's charter amended to rename Florida Memorial College to Florida Memorial University?
500
Dr. Royal W. Puryear
Who is the longest tenured president in Florida Memorial's history?
500
The School of Business.
What School is the Dual Hospitality Management degree program housed under?
500
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
What is the National Black Anthem?
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