Visit to Florida Southern College

I recently spent an afternoon at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.  FSC is a small, private college of roughly 2,600 undergraduate students.  The school offers more than seventy areas of study, from traditional liberal arts disciplines such as history and philosophy to pre-professional programs, including business, nursing and education.  Want to study citrus science?  FSC may be the place for you.

Florida Southern was founded in 1883 and is the oldest private college in Florida.  Most college guides rank its campus as one of the most beautiful in the country.  The campus sits adjacent to Lake Hollingsworth and features 13 buildings designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright,   In fact, FSC boasts the largest single-site collection of Wright-designed buildings in the country.  Florida Southern's campus also includes a number of contemporary buildings that are unusually striking.  I've been to hundreds of beautiful colleges over the years, but the FSC campus is in a class by itself.

The small city of Lakeland is halfway between Orlando and Tampa and is just a short ride from campus.  Lakeland has a number of restaurants, from Indian-Pakistani to Creole.  Lakeland's historic Polk Theater shows both current and classic movies.  While I was in town, 2020 Oscar winner Parasite was playing at The Polk.

Reasons to attend Florida Southern College

• Small classes -- Roughly 60% of FSC classes have fewer than 20 students.  Get to know your professors as they get to know you 
• Great weather -- Lakeland, Florida enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine a year.  Who could turn that down?
• Honors Program -- Interested in challenging yourself and working closely with faculty?  The honors program at FSC culminates in a two year capstone project that pairs you with a professor in your field.  Honors students receive priority registration, special housing and the opportunity to take extra classes for free.
• Internships in Tampa and Orlando and Beyond -- Internships are so important to FSC that many departments have their own individual internship coordinators.  Students in the School of Business and Free Enterprise have special access to all sorts of internship opportunities.
• A fabulous, historic campus -- At how many colleges can students walk in the steps of Frank Lloyd Wright and study in one of his iconic buildings every single day?  
• Taco Bus Restaurant -- Are you tough enough to order El Jefe?