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Rollins College is a private liberal arts school founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists in the resort town of Winter Park just north of Orlando. It bills itself as Florida's oldest recognized college and has been nationally recognized throughout its history for innovation in education.
The U.S. News & World Report "2008 America's Best Colleges" guide ranks Rollins as No. 1 in the South among schools that offer undergraduate and master's programs but few if any doctoral programs. The school took the top spot in the rankings the previous two years as well.
Rollins has three components: the College of Arts and Sciences focuses on undergraduate education; the Crummer Graduate Schoo...
The U.S. News & World Report "2008 America's Best Colleges" guide ranks Rollins as No. 1 in the South among schools that offer undergraduate and master's programs but few if any doctoral programs. The school took the top spot in the rankings the previous two years as well.
Rollins has three components: the College of Arts and Sciences focuses on undergraduate education; the Crummer Graduate Schoo...
Rollins College is a private liberal arts school founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists in the resort town of Winter Park just north of Orlando. It bills itself as Florida's oldest recognized college and has been nationally recognized throughout its history for innovation in education.
The U.S. News & World Report "2008 America's Best Colleges" guide ranks Rollins as No. 1 in the South among schools that offer undergraduate and master's programs but few if any doctoral programs. The school took the top spot in the rankings the previous two years as well.
Rollins has three components: the College of Arts and Sciences focuses on undergraduate education; the Crummer Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 1 in Florida by Forbes; and the Hamilton Holt School offers evening and weekend undergraduate and graduate degree programs designed for non-traditional students. Rollins alumni include Fred M. Rogers, creator of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" on PBS; actress Dana Ivey; and Donald Cram, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
The U.S. News & World Report "2008 America's Best Colleges" guide ranks Rollins as No. 1 in the South among schools that offer undergraduate and master's programs but few if any doctoral programs. The school took the top spot in the rankings the previous two years as well.
Rollins has three components: the College of Arts and Sciences focuses on undergraduate education; the Crummer Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 1 in Florida by Forbes; and the Hamilton Holt School offers evening and weekend undergraduate and graduate degree programs designed for non-traditional students. Rollins alumni include Fred M. Rogers, creator of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" on PBS; actress Dana Ivey; and Donald Cram, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
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Exploring Florida Writers' Project of the 1930s
Orlando SentinelThe scene looks like the most pleasant classroom you can image, with a big window overlooking Lake Virginia on the Rollins College campus, all clipped green lawns and Mediterranean charm. But the man talking in quiet Southern-accented tones to the...Tags: Eatonville, Maitland Art Center, Alice Walker, Tribune Company, Cultural Development
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Orange County schools in brief
Alexandra Swets, a student at Southwest Middle School in Orlando, won Olive Garden's annual Pasta Tales national essay contest for her age group. Young writers had to describe their favorite family activity and what makes it special. Alexandra's essay...Tags: Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Leu Gardens, Axa SA, Dance
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Valencia concert spotlights summer dance students
Valencia Community College's Dance Theatre will present its Summer Dance Repertory Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in the Black Box Theatre, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando. The concert will showcase students from Valencia's Summer Dance...Tags: Valencia, Dance, Valencia Community College, University of South Florida, Orlando
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'Living legend' shares tales of friend, author Hurston
Sentinel Staff WriterThe scene looks like the most pleasant classroom you can image, with a big window overlooking Lake Virginia on the Rollins College campus, all clipped green lawns and Mediterranean charm. But the man talking in quiet Southern-accented tones to the...Tags: Academic Progress, Maitland Art Center, Key West, Ku Klux Klan, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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A home for Tiffany's daffodils
Sentinel Staff WriterThe famed Daffodil Terrace from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Long Island estate will be displayed in a new wing of the Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park. The museum, home to the world's most extensive collection of Tiffany works, plans to build...Tags: Long Island, Laurelton, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winter Park
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Oh, say, can that Sanford woman sing!
Sentinel Pop-music CriticFor the rest of us, it's merely a difficult song to sing. For Catina Mack, it's the only one to sing. For more than a dozen years, the Sanford resident has made a cottage industry out of singing the National Anthem -- criss-crossing the state to perform...Tags: Whitney Houston, Altamonte Springs, Fourth of July
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Rollins, UCF students win prestigious foreign-affairs fellowship
Sentinel Staff WriterShannon Brown, a student at Rollins College, and Christopher Estoch, who attends the University of Central Florida, have much in common. They both hail from New Port Richey in Pasco County; they're both 20 years old; and, more importantly, they're both...Tags: University of Central Florida, Diplomacy, Shannon Brown, Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities
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Military All-Stars to play FCSL teams
Sentinel Staff WriterWhen the U.S. Military All-Stars made their first trip to Central Florida to play games against the Florida Collegiate Summer League a year ago, they came in late July and played only three games. The trip, though, was such a hit that a second series...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Major League Baseball, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics, Retirement
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2 college students tapped to serve as foreign-service officers
Sentinel Staff Writer-Two Central Florida students -- one at Rollins College in Winter Park and another at the University of Central Florida in Orlando -- are among 20 nationwide winners of Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships. Christopher Estoch at UCF and Shannon...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, University of Central Florida, Shannon Brown
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Clermont players earn weekly honors in FCSL
Sentinel Staff WriterExpansion teams in Major League Baseball usually struggle for years -- see the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays -- but in the Florida Collegiate Summer League, expansion teams seem to thrive. The expansion Clermont Mavericks (9-3 entering this week and...Tags: Joe Williams, Jose Jimenez, Florida State University, New York Mets
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