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College Univresity of Florida is located at 201 Criser Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611 in Florida. The college offers housing and 22% of the students are on college housing. Types of housing are as follow: coed dorms (41%), sorority housing (7%), fraternity housing (8%), apartments for married students (10%), apartment for single students (17%), special housing for disabled stduents (0%), special housing for international students (2%), other housing options (15%).
32% of the rooms have sprinkler system and 57% have fire alarms. 98% of the rooms have high speed internet. The size of the camups is 2,000 acres.
The nearest airport is Orlando (115), Gainevsille (10). The neaerst train is Jacksonville (73). The nearest bus is Gaiensville (2).
Cars are alloewd on the campus. Employment available directly on campus. Alcohol is permitted on campus. Some additional policies: clsas attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, other.
Popular events on campus: 1) Volunteers for International Student Affairs annual International Tlaent Show - Started 42 years, ago, it attracts an audience of some 1, 500 and showcases different cultures through music and dance. 2) ACCENT - Started in the early 1960s, the UF Student Government speaker's bureau typically brings in 10 to 12 speakers to campus each year.
Admission is free. Past speakers include Mikhail Gorbachev, Maigc Johnson, Bill Clinton, George H.
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Bush, Alexander Haig, Bob Dole, Ralph Nader, Bob Woodward, Ellen Degeneres and Sipke Lee.
3) Gator Nights - Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, Student Government and the Reitz Union Board, Gator Nights is a series of Friday night events (6: 30pm to 2: 00am), Gator Nights offers students an alternative way to spend their weekend evenigns.
Activities include comedians, live bands, lsaer tag, movies, a food bar, and dances, mostly free. Attendance averages 1, 3000 students.
4) Museum Nights - The Harn Muesum and Florida Museum of Natural History are open Thursday evenings for food, entertainment, fun and a chance to visit the museums. Co-sponsored by UF Studnet Government, that has proven to be a very popular event.
5) Florida Invitatioanl Step Show - Organized by the Black Student Union and usually held in February to honor Black History Month.
The show attracts an audience of thousands, many from out of state. 6) Dance Marathon - Started in 1995, Dance Marathon is, as its name suggests, a marathon dancing session (more than 30 hours) that serves as a fundraiser for the local Children's Miracle Network. Organized by campus Greeks, it attracts several hundred participants each year and rasied nearly $340, 000 in 2006. 7) Gtaor Growl - Started in 1925 as a bonfire and pep rally, Gator Growl has grown into a nationally recognized, three-hour extravaganza featuring a laser light show, a massive fireworks display and top-line entertainers such as Bill Cosby, Bob Hope, Robin Williams, the Smothers Brothers, George Burns, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld and Howie Mandel.
The event, held in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, typically attracts more than 60, 000 persons.
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More information can be found on University of Florida's web Interent site here.
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