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FAU has had a football team since 2001. Since then, they've won a conference championship and been the youngest team to ever compete in a post-season bowl game (not to mention win it). In fact, they won two bowl games back-to-back under the direction of UM legend Howard Schnellenberger. Fall 2011 marks the opening of the new 30k seat on-campus football stadium. Biggest games of the year are home games against FIU (called The Shula Bowl), Middle Tennessee State (MTSU) and the Troy Trojans, who we always seem to have to face to compete for the championship title.

FAU basketball is guided by Mike Jarvis, another college hero for his championship work up north. Under Jarvis, the team has become incredibly competitive in a short time using stars like Greg Gantt (one of the top freshman 3-point shooters), Brett Royster (one of the top shot-blockers) and Ray Taylor (one of the nation leaders in assists). Student support has increased remarkably. Biggest game of the year is always BURY THE BURROW IN RED, a rivalry game against FIU from Miami. We almost always win.

FAU baseball has made many Region appearances and one Super Regional. They've knocked off Miami when they were #1 and Florida in Gainesville. We have a very good team and are expanding our facilities in the Summer of 2010. Big game of the year is against Miami at home, which draws over 2000 people.

Typical dorms

FAU has six dorms as of 2010 and almost all of them were built in the last 10 years (Algonquin is the exception). Heritage Park Towers is freshmen-only and boasts a convenience store; it shares the same architecture with Glades Park Towers, which is mostly freshmen as well and houses the Living Learning Community programs. These are generally four singles or two doubles, one bathroom, no living room, no kitchen. In that same quad are Indian River Towers (doubles with living rooms and a community tanning deck) and Algonquin ("C-block") which is all singles. The University Village apartments and the upcoming Innovation Village apartments are for upperclassmen, grad students and medical students. They have kitchens, living rooms and individual rooms. None of the FAU housing units have balconies or porches. Pets are not allowed except for fish. The Housing Quad has a volleyball pit and a barbecue pavillion and plenty of green space for ultimate frisbee, soccer and flag football.

I still quote some of my professors

FAU is home to the nation's first ocean engineering program, primarily based at our SeaTech campus. We also have a medical school (M.D.) that runs a community/continuity care-based program and a nursing program affiliated with local hospitals. We have a well-respected accounting program continually rated in the Top 10 based on first time CPA passage rates. Education is a popular major here because we run an A-rated school (Henderson) and several other education labs, and this has yielded us several Teacher of the Year awards for graduates. We offer opportunities for student newspaper/radio/television and a student-run music Lab (Hoot/Wisdom Recordings) to accommodate students in the Commercial Music Business track. Biology majors typically do marine biology (dolphin, sea turtles or algae research) or go the biotechnology route and benefit from a partnership with biotech giants Scripps and Max Planck. However, I would not go here if you are a chemistry, anthropology or linguistics major, as none of these departments are particularly strong. Also, some of the classes are a little easy because they've scaled down some expectations in the harder classes. Don't let that stop you, however. FAU has graduated neurosurgeons, astronauts and university Presidents, among other things. You will get a great education here if you give your best effort and get involved in your professor's research.

Biological Sciences

I love it. My professors are great. I hang out with them in office hours and earned a letter of recommendation for medical school!

Beach Town

It's a beach-goers scence. Longboard to class, then surf til sunset. Off campus you have mini golf, go carts, bowling, huge 20 cinema movie theater, mall, shopping, parks, Boca Museum of Art, stuff like that.

GO OWLS!

Two-time bowl winning football team, excellent basketball team, baseball known on a national level. Students get into games for free.