BOCA RATON — As part of its year-long 50th anniversary celebration, Florida Atlantic University has launched a website that includes a link to stories written by present and former FAU students, faculty and staff, about their FAU experiences.
Contributions are now being sought. They can be of any length, and photos are invited as well. Submissions will remain online throughout 2011 and then be archived.
Submissions may be sent to Lynn Laurenti at laurenti@fau.edu. The 50th anniversary website is accessible at www.fau.edu/50th. For more information, contact Laurenti at her email address or 561-297-4422, or visit http://www.fau.edu/fiftieth/share_your_story.php.
One of Florida’s 11 public universities, FAU dates its origin to 1961, when the legislature allocated $100,000 to establish the fifth institution in the state university system in Boca Raton. FAU opened its doors to a charter enrollment of 867 students in the fall of 1964.
Today, FAU is serving 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites ranging along 100 miles of Florida’s southeast coast, from Dania Beach to Fort Pierce. Among its many distinctions are nationally known ocean engineering, accounting and marine science programs, a new medical school and a football stadium on the Boca Raton campus where the Owls are scheduled to play their first home game against Western Kentucky University on Oct. 15.