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Rollins College is a private, nonsectarian university located in Winter Park, Florida. Its current president is Lewis Duncan. Rollins College is situated on the south side of downtown Winter Park, along the shores of Lake Virginia. The motto "Fiat Lux", which is prominently displayed on the seal (right), is Latin for "Let there be light" and is a phrase probably best known from the opening lines in the book of Genesis. Founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the Florida frontier, Rollins is the oldest recognized college in the state of Florida. Today it has more than 1,700 undergraduate students. Its 70-acre campus contains a range of amenities including the 75,000-square foot Alfond Sports Center and the Cornell Campus Center. US News & World Report currently classifies Rollins as "University - Master's"; within that category it ranks Rollins as the number one school in the South and the number one best value in the South. as one of "America's best colleges" and its Graduate School Rankings have recognized its Crummer Graduate School of Business among the top 25 part-time professional MBA programs nationwide. Crummer is also consistently ranked by Forbes magazine among the best business schools for return on investment. The Hamilton Holt School evening studies division offers undergraduate and graduate courses.
Academics The residential College has approximately 1,720 students and a student/faculty ratio of 11 to 1. Ninety-five percent of the faculty possess a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field. Rollins College offers 29 majors and a variety of interdisciplinary programs that allow students to design their own courses of study. Special programs include the Honors Degree Program, the Rollins College Conference for first-year students, and a variety of international study opportunities, including Rollins programs in London; Sydney, Australia; and Oviedo, Spain. Rollins has three schools which offer a variety of degree track programs: the College of Arts and Sciences, which offers a four year liberal arts undergraduate experience, the Hamilton Holt School, which offers undergraduate and graduate degrees for non-traditional students, and the Crummer Graduate School of Business, which offers four MBA programs. Rollins classes are typically worth 4 credits, in contrast to the traditional 3 credits per class structure of many American Universities. Arts and Sciences students need to accrue 140 credits to graduate, with approximately one third of those classes coming in the form of General Education classes covering the spectrum of the liberal arts, another third coming in the form of classes related to one's major, and the final third coming in the form of open electives. Athletics The school's sports teams are called the Tars (a variation of sailor). They participate in the Sunshine State Conference of the NCAA's Division II. Alumni Famous Rollins alumni include: Students and Student Life Rollins College offers a variety of programs for students, including Fox Day, more than 70 student organizations, the Arts at Rollins College (ARC), and more. Under the auspices of the Publications Broadcast Union (PBU), a student-operated media collective, the school produces a weekly newspaper, The Sandspur; an annual yearbook The Tomokan; an annual poetry and art periodical, Brushings; and an annual student calendar, R-Times. The school also operates the longest-running college radio station in Florida, WPRK (91.5 FM). The station's call letters stand for Winter Park. Greek Life Sororities Fraternities Peace Memorial In 2000, a New York Times editorial took notice of Rollins College's Peace Memorial Erected in 1938, and dedicated on Armistice Day, by college president Hamilton Holt, it consists of a German artillery shell, surrendered by Germany at the end of the First World War, mounted on a pedestal, bearing this inscription: Pause, passerby and hang your head in shame This Engine of Destruction, Torture and Death Symbolizes: The Prostitution of the Inventor The Avarice of the Manufacturer The Blood-guilt of the statesman The Savagery of the Soldier The Perverted Patriotism of the Citizen The Debasement of the Human Race That it can be Employed as an Instrument of Defense of Liberty, Justice and Right in Nowise Invalidates the Truth of the Words Here Graven. —Hamilton Holt According to the college, the top half of the monument was stolen by vandals during World War II, but the bottom half survives and is in the stairwell leading to the 2nd floor in the Mills Memorial building. Knowles Memorial Chapel The Knowles Memorial Chapel is a historic chapel on the school grounds. It is located at 1000 Holt Avenue, originally near the center of campus. On December 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Trivia Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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