Editing University of Florida (section)

==Student life==
=== PaCE ===
UF launched a new program in the fall of 2015 called PaCE, or Pathway to Campus Enrollment. PaCE was designed to provide an alternative way to enroll students who would have been accepted through regular admissions, but there is not enough space in dorms or classrooms. To be accepted into the PaCE program, you would have been accepted to UF initially. PaCE was randomly given to admitted students based on major. Through PaCE, students are admitted to UF, but are required to complete 60 credit hours and all of their prerequisite courses through UF online before transitioning to on-campus learning. The University of Florida admitted 2,420 students for PaCE for the class of 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://admissions.ufl.edu/learn/pace/faq |title=PaCE FAQ - University of Florida |website=Admissions.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203191525/http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/learn/pace/faq |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Innovation Academy ===
The Innovation Academy at UF is a program designed for students that want to focus on innovation, creativity, leadership, and entrepreneurship along with their intended major. Students that enroll in the Innovation Academy go to UF during the spring and summer semesters so that they can participate in internships and study abroad opportunities during the fall. IA offers 25+ different majors that all share a common minor of Innovation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://innovationacademy.ufl.edu |title=Innovation Academy - University of Florida |website=Innovationacademy.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083538/http://innovationacademy.ufl.edu/ |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Fraternities and sororities===
Approximately 5,200 undergraduate students (or approximately 15%) are members of either a sorority or fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greeks.ufl.edu/prospects/who.asp |title=Sorority and Fraternity Affairs - Who Are We |website=Greeks.ufl.edu |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529212819/http://www.greeks.ufl.edu/prospects/who.asp |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the fraternity chapters on campus are older than the university itself, with the first chapters being chartered in 1884 and founded on the campus of one of the university's predecessor institutions in [[Lake City, Florida|Lake City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grove.ufl.edu/~ifc/chapters/sae.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920105428/http://grove.ufl.edu/~ifc/chapters/sae.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2004 |title=Oldest fraternities at UF |website=Grove.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref> There are twenty-five fraternities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FRATERNITIES |url=https://www.ufifc.org/fraternities |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=UF IFC |language=en}}</ref> There are eighteen sororities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapters {{!}} UF Panhellenic Council |url=https://www.ufpanhellenic.org/chapters |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=UF Panhellenic |language=en |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317204338/https://www.ufpanhellenic.org/chapters |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Dance Marathon at UF===
[[File:Dance Marathon at UF 2014.png|thumbnail|Dance Marathon 2014|alt=]]

Dance Marathon at UF is an annual 26.2-hour event benefiting the patients of [[University of Florida Health]] Shands Children's Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridadm.org |title=Florida Dance Marathon |website=Floridadm.org |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508060017/http://floridadm.org/ |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Each year, more than 800 students stay awake and on their feet to raise money and awareness for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. In the 23 years of Dance Marathon at UF's existence, more than $15 million has been donated, making it the most successful student-run philanthropy in the southeastern United States. In 2017, DM at UF raised a record total of $2,724,324 for UF Health Shands Children's Hospital, becoming the second most successful Dance Marathon in the nation.<ref>•http://floridadm.org/our-story {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402170302/http://floridadm.org/our-story |date=April 2, 2017 }} Florida Dance Marathon</ref>

===Reserve Officer Training Corps===
{{main|University of Florida ROTC}}

The University of Florida [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]] is the official [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] training and commissioning program at the University of Florida. Officially founded in 1905, it is one of the oldest such programs in the nation.

The Reserve Officer Training Corps offers commissions for the [[United States Army]], [[United States Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps]], and the [[United States Air Force]]. The unit is one of the oldest in the nation, and is at [[Van Fleet Hall (Gainesville, Florida)|Van Fleet Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afrotc.ufl.edu/ |title=Home - Air Force ROTC |website=Afrotc.ufl.edu |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529221755/http://www.afrotc.ufl.edu/ |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armyrotc.ufl.edu/ |title=University Of Florida |work=goarmy.com |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226004815/http://www.armyrotc.ufl.edu/ |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nrotc.ufl.edu/ |title=University of Florida NROTC |website=Armyrotc.ufl.edu |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530001441/http://nrotc.ufl.edu/ |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Housing===
[[File:UFHistoricBuildingBuckmanHall.JPG|thumb|[[Buckman Hall]] is one of the two original dormitories present since UF's first semester at its Gainesville campus began in 1906|alt=]]
[[File:UFHistoricBuildingSleddHall.JPG|thumb|[[Sledd Hall]], built in 1929, is an example of a UF dormitory designed in the [[Collegiate Gothic]] style|alt=]]
[[File:UF-BeatyTowers.JPG|thumb|The Beaty Towers at UF house the IA Living Learning Community|alt=]]

{{main|University of Florida student housing}}
The University of Florida provides over 9,200 students with housing in residence halls and complexes on the eastern and western sides of campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.housing.ufl.edu/housing/about_aboutus.html |title=About Housing >> About the Department |first=UFSA IT, Shan |last=Jiang |website=Housing.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905082550/http://www.housing.ufl.edu/housing/about_aboutus.html |archive-date=September 5, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Recreation and fitness on campus===
[[File:UF SouthWestRecCenter.JPG|thumb|[[University of Florida Southwest Recreation Center|Southwest Recreation Center]]]]
The University of Florida's Department of Recreational Sports (RecSports) includes operation of two lake-front parks at Lake Wauburg, group fitness, personal and small group training, massage therapy, intramural sports, 51 competitive sports clubs, two world-class indoor fitness and recreation facilities, four campus pools, outdoor rock climbing, an adventure travel recreation program, campus fields and facilities, a skate park and staff development services for over 700 students who are employed by the department's programs.

RecSports manages the [[University of Florida Southwest Recreation Center]], a {{Convert|140000|sqft|adj=on}} state-of-the-art facility with six indoor basketball courts, a split-level cardio room, personal training studio, massage therapy rooms, {{Convert|14000|sqft|adj=on}} strength and conditioning area and a social lounge with a smoothie bar. Other campus facilities operated by RecSports include the Student Recreation & Fitness Center.

Outside of RecSports, campus recreation options include an arts and crafts center, bowling alley and game room—all in the J. Wayne Reitz Union, and the Mark Bostick Golf Course. The campus also contains nature trails, open spaces, small ponds, picnic areas, shady nooks and an {{convert|81|acre|m2|adj=on}} wildlife sanctuary.<ref name="FU">{{cite web |url=http://www.ufl.edu/athletics/ |title=Athletics |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213234911/http://www.ufl.edu/athletics/ |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The UF Scientific Diver Development Program provides SCUBA training for students interested in pursuing a career involving underwater research.

===Student government===
The University of Florida [[Student Government]] is the governing body of students who attend the University of Florida, representing the university's nearly 60,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enrollment – Institutional Planning and Research |url=https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/facts/enrollment/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016110744/https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/facts/enrollment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university's student government operates on a yearly $22.5 million budget (2023-2024 fiscal year),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Budget {{!}} sg.ufl.edu |url=https://sg.ufl.edu/resources/budget/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405162325/https://sg.ufl.edu/resources/budget/ |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |website=sg.ufl.edu}}</ref> one of the largest student government budgets in the United States, and the money is allocated by the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the Student Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Standing Committees {{!}} sg.ufl.edu|url=https://sg.ufl.edu/branches/legislative/standing-committees/|access-date=December 11, 2020|website=sg.ufl.edu|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029234729/https://sg.ufl.edu/branches/legislative/standing-committees/|url-status=live}}</ref> The student government was established in 1909 and consists of executive, judicial and unicameral legislative branches.

===Alma mater===
<!-- This image does not supplement the content of this section [[File:Dsg UF Lake Alice 20050507.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lake Alice (Gainesville, Florida)|Lake Alice]]]] -->
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Milton Yeats composed University of Florida's [[Alma mater (song)|alma mater]] in 1925.<ref>University of Florida, Gamedays: Songs & Traditions, [http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall06/Moye/songsandcheers1.html Alma Mater] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109084917/http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall06/Moye/songsandcheers1.html |date=November 9, 2008 }}. Retrieved April 24, 2011.</ref>

===Campus and area transportation===
The university campus is served by nine bus routes of the [[Gainesville Regional Transit System]] (RTS). Students, faculty, and staff with university-issued ID cards are able to use the system for no additional fee. RTS also provides other campus services, including Gator Aider (during football games), S.N.A.P, and Later Gator nighttime service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.go-rts.com/Summer06/pdf/LaterGator.pdf |title=About the Later Gator |website=Go-rts.com |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629160052/http://go-rts.com/Summer06/pdf/LaterGator.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2006}}</ref>

The Gainesville region and the university are served by the [[Gainesville Regional Airport]], which is in northeast Gainesville and has daily flights to [[Dallas]], [[Atlanta]], and [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gra-gnv.com/about_gnv/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430111602/http://www.gra-gnv.com/about_gnv/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 2007 |title=About the Gainesville Airport |website=Gra-gnv.com |access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref>

===Student media===
[[File:UF WeimerHall.jpg|thumb|[[University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications|Weimer Hall]] home to many of the studios of the campus stations]]
The University of Florida community includes six major student-run media outlets and companion Web sites.
* ''[[The Independent Florida Alligator]]'' is the largest [[student newspaper|student-run newspaper]] in the United States, and operates without oversight from the university administration.
* ''The Really Independent Florida Crocodile'', a [[parody]] of ''The Alligator'', is a monthly magazine started by students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecrocodile.org/ |title=Thecrocodile.org |website=Thecrocodile.org |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916020852/http://thecrocodile.org/ |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Tea Literary & Arts Magazine'' is UF's student-run undergraduate literary and arts publication, established in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tealiteraryandartsmagazine.com/about-us |title=About us — Tea |access-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802023130/https://www.tealiteraryandartsmagazine.com/about-us |archive-date=August 2, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[WRUF (AM)|WRUF]] (850 AM and 95.3 FM) (www.wruf.com) includes [[ESPN]] programming, local sports news and talk programming produced by the station's professional staff and the latest local sports news produced by the college's Innovation News Center.
* [[WRUF-FM]] (103.7 FM) broadcasts country music and attracts an audience from the [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]] and [[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]] areas.
* [[WRUF-LD]] is a [[Low-power broadcasting|low-power]] television station that carries weather, news, and sports programming.
* WUFT (www.wuft.org) is a [[PBS]] member station with a variety of programming that includes a daily student-produced newscast.
* [[WUFT-FM]] (89.1 FM) is an [[NPR]] member radio station which airs news and public affairs programming, including student-produced long-form news reporting. WUFT-FM's programming also airs on WJUF-FM (90.1). In addition, WUFT offers 24-hour classical/arts programming on 92.1.

Various other journals and magazines are published by the university's academic units and student groups, including the [[Bob Graham Center for Public Service|Bob Graham Center]]-affiliated Florida Political Review and the literary journal ''[[Subtropics (journal)|Subtropics]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clas.ufl.edu/events/news/articles/200603_subtropics.html |title=Historical background |website=Clas.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121120009/http://www.clas.ufl.edu/events/news/articles/200603_subtropics.html |archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> In 2023, the social media app [[TikTok]] was banned from use across all Florida state universities.<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/04/06/florida-bans-tiktok-at-universities/11614982002/ Popular social media app TikTok banned from use across all Florida state universities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406213252/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/04/06/florida-bans-tiktok-at-universities/11614982002/ |date=April 6, 2023 }} [[USA Today]], Retrieved 8 April 2023</ref>