Editing Leon County, Florida (section)

====Florida State University====
[[Florida State University]] (commonly called '''Florida State''' or '''FSU''') is an American [[public university|public]] [[space grant colleges|space-grant]] and [[sea grant colleges|sea-grant]] [[research university]]. It has a 1,391.54-acre (5.631-km<sup>2</sup>) campus in Tallahassee. In 2017, it had nearly 42,000 students. It is a senior member of the [[State University System of Florida]]. Founded in 1851, it is on Florida's oldest continuous site of higher education.<ref name="The Argo of the Florida State College, Vol II, pg. 114">{{cite web | last = Meginniss| first = Benjamin A. |author2=Winthrop, Francis B. |author3=Ames, Henrietta O. |author4=Belcher, Burton E. |author5=Paret, Blanche |author6=Holliday, Roderick M. |author7=Crawford, William B. |author8= Belcher, Irving J. | title = The Argo of the Florida State College | volume = II | publisher = The Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., Atlanta | year = 1902 | url = https://archive.org/stream/argo219011902flor#page/114/mode/2up | access-date = April 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="SPT">{{cite news|title=FSU's age change: history or one-upmanship? |first=Barry |last=Klein |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=July 29, 2000 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/072900/State/FSU_s_age_change__his.shtml |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017154646/http://www.sptimes.com/News/072900/State/FSU_s_age_change__his.shtml |archive-date=October 17, 2012 }}</ref>

The university is classified as a [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Research University with Very High Research]] by the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Florida State University | work=Classifications | publisher=The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | year=2013 | url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=134097 | access-date=April 26, 2013}}</ref> It comprises 16 separate [[colleges]] and more than 110 centers, facilities, labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study, including professional school programs.<ref name="Florida State University, FSU Departments">{{cite web| title=Colleges, Schools, Departments, Institutes, and Administrative Units | work=FSU Departments | publisher=Florida State University | date=April 26, 2013 | url=http://www.fsu.edu/departments/ | access-date=April 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2022-23 the university had an operating budget of $2.36 billion<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farnum-Patronis |first1=Amy |title=FSU Board of Trustees approves $2.36 billion operating budget for 2022-2023 |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2022/06/22/fsu-board-of-trustees-approves-2-36-billion-operating-budget-for-2022-2023/ |website=News.fsu.edu |publisher=Florida State University |access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> set by the [[Florida State University Board of Trustees]]. Florida State is home to Florida's only National Laboratory, the [[National High Magnetic Field Laboratory]]. FSU also operates the [[John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art]], the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the nation's largest museum/university complexes.<ref name="The Ringling">{{cite web|title=The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art |work=FSU Departments |publisher=The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art |date=April 26, 2013 |url=http://www.ringling.org/About2.aspx?id=930 |access-date=April 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517163624/http://www.ringling.org/About2.aspx?id=930 |archive-date=May 17, 2013 }}</ref>

FSU is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS). It is home to nationally ranked programs in many academic areas, including [[law]], [[business]], [[engineering]], [[medicine]], [[social policy]], film, music, [[theater]], dance, [[visual art]], [[political science]], [[psychology]], [[social work]], and the sciences.<ref name="Florida State University Highlights and Rankings">{{cite web|url=http://www.fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#human/ |title=Florida State University – College Highlights and Selected National Rankings |access-date=May 1, 2007}}</ref>

For 2019, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Florida State the country's 26th-best public university.<ref name="usnews.com">{{cite web | title=Florida State University - US News Best Colleges | website=Profile, Rankings and Data | date=March 10, 2016 | url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/florida-state-university-1489 | access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>

[[List of Governors of Florida|Florida Governor Rick Scott]] and the state legislature designated FSU one of two "preeminent" state universities in the spring of 2013 among the 12 universities of the State University System of Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=33191813 |date=June 10, 2013 |publisher=The Florida Current |title=UF, FSU get special designation, more money |last=Call |first=James |access-date=June 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114004/http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=33191813 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CS/CS/SB 1076: K-20 Education|url=http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1076|website=Flsenate.gov|access-date=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Our Opinion: FSU benefits from pre-eminent status|url=http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130423/OPINION01/304230001/Our-Opinion-FSU-benefits-from-pre-eminent-status|newspaper=The Tallahassee Democrat|access-date=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

FSU's intercollegiate sports teams, commonly called the [[Florida State Seminoles|Seminoles]], compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] and the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC).<ref name="FSU_ATH_TL">{{cite news |title= FSU Athletics Timeline|first=Jim |last=Joanos |date= June 2012 |url=http://nolefan.org/garnet/seminole72.html |access-date=April 26, 2013}}</ref>