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Clubs & Organizations

Our Founders

Greek Organizations

  • Alpha Eta Rho
  • Alpha Kappa Delta
  • Alpha Kappa Mu
  • Alpha Phi Alpha
  • Gamma Beta Chi
  • Iota Phi Theta
  • Kappa Alpha Psi
  • Lambda Beta Chi
  • Omega Psi Phi
  • Phi Beta Sigma
  • Sigma Gamma Rho
  • Zeta Phi Beta

  • Rev. J.N. Stokes, Sr., who suggested the idea in 1871 to the Florida Bethlehem Baptist Association calling for the request of funds to draw up plans for the formation of a college so that the ministers and young people could get an education. The resolution was unanimously adopted.
  • Rev. Dr. J.L. Fish, who served as the president of the newly formed Florida Baptist Institute in 1879.
  • Rev. Dr. Matthew Gilbert, who founded the Florida Baptist Academy in Jacksonville, Florida in 1892.
  • Miss Sarah A. Blocker, who was considered the main instructor at the Live Oak campus and the chief assistant to Rev. Dr. Matthew Gilbert in establishing the Florida Baptist Academy in Jacksonville, Florida.

Clubs & Groups

  • Caribbean International Student Association
  • Jamaica Student Association
  • Virgin Islands Student Association
  • Women of Character
  • Women in Aviation
  • Youth Alive Bible Club
  • Bahamian Connection
  • Black Males of Excellence
  • Black Women of Excellence
  • Chapter. 3 Poetry
  • Club Haiti
  • Eclat Modeling Troop
  • Faces Modeling Troop
  • Freshman Class
  • Future Educators of America
  • Gospel Choir
  • Honors Council
  • House Arrest 2
  • Junior Class
  • Lions for Justice
  • Lion Country Peer Educators
  • NAACP
  • National Association of Black Journalists
  • National Pan-Hellenic Council
  • PRSSA
  • Pre Alumni Counsel
  • Senior Class
  • Sociology Club
  • Sophomore Class

Our Location, Mission, & Motto

Location

  • Florida Memorial University is located in Miami Gardens, Florida. In 1942, the Baptist General State Convention voted to merge its two schools, creating Florida Normal Industrial and Memorial College in St. Augustine. The original motive for starting this school was to educate African-American ministers, young adults, teenagers and children.

Motto

  • Leadership, Character, Service

Mission

  • The mission of Florida Memorial University is to instill in our students the values of leadership, character, and service to enhance their lives and the lives of others on our campus, in our community, and in the world through a transformational, liberal arts education.

Accreditation

Our History

Courses

School of Arts and Science

Department of Aviation and Safety

  • The Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management is accredited by Aviation Accreditation Board International

Department of Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology

  • The Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems is accredited by the Computing Accreditation

Department of Social Sciences

  • The Bachelor of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Florida Memorial University is an Associate Member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), offering the following majors:

  • The Bachelor of Arts in Music
  • The Bachelor of Music in Church Music
  • The Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies
  • The Bachelor of Science in Music Education

School of Business

Florida Memorial University is an Associate Member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), offering the following majors:

  • The Bachelor of Science in Accounting
  • The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
  • The Bachelor of Science in Finance
  • The Bachelor of Science in Marketing
  • The Master of Business Administration

School of Education

All undergraduate majors offered through the School of Education are approved by the State of Florida Department of Education.

SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES

  • Department of Aviation and Safety
  • Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Technology
  • Department of Health & Natural Sciences
  • Department of Humanities
  • Department of Visual and Performing Arts

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Finance
  • Hospitality Management
  • Marketing

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

  • Elementary Education/ESOL
  • Exceptional Student Education/ESOL
  • Middle Grades

General Science (5-9)

English/ESOL (5-9)

Mathematics (5-9)

Music Education (K-12)

Physical Education (K-12)

  • Secondary Education

English (6-12)

Mathematics (6-12)

Rev. J.N. Stokes, Sr. offered a resolution in 1871 to draw up plans for the formation of a college for the instruction of ministers and young people. In 1879, members of the Bethlehem Baptist Association founded the school, then called Florida Baptist Institute, in Live Oak to create “a College of instruction for our ministers and children.” The Reverend J. L. A. Fish was its first president. In April 1892, shots were fired into one of the school’s buildings, then-President Rev. Matthew Gilbert fled Live Oak for Jacksonville, where he founded the Florida Baptist Academy in the basement of Bethel Baptist Church. They began holding classes in May 1892, with Sarah Ann Blocker as the main instructor. The school in Live Oak, however, continued to operate despite racial tension.

In 1896, Nathan White Collier was appointed president of the Academy. President Collier recruited renowned composer and Jacksonville native, J. Rosamond Johnson, to teach music at the school. While in the employment of the Florida Baptist Academy, Rosamond composed music for “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a poem written by his brother, James Weldon Johnson, creating the song that has since been enshrined as the “Negro National Anthem.”

In 1942, the two schools were merged. Florida Institute at Live Oak was closed down and combined with the future Florida Normal Industrial and Memorial College in St. Augustine. Florida native and writer of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, served as an instructor for the school during this time. On November 11, 1968, the new campus opened as Florida Memorial College. In December 2004, the institution’s charter was amended, and the name Florida Memorial University was adopted.

Interesting Facts

  • Every year the President’s Scholarship Banquet is held featuring a renowned guest to close the Founders’ Day Convocation weekend. Proceeds benefit the President’s Scholarship Fund for needy and deserving students.
  • For more than a decade, the Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival festival has presented both famous and emerging jazz talents. It is named for Miami-based international trumpeter, Melton Mustafa, director of the University’s Jazz Studies Program.
  • Freshman Admissions Requirements: 2.4 GPA or Higher; Official High School Transcript or GED test scores and copy of certificate; ACT or SAT Test Scores; Letter of Recommendations; Personal Statement.

Student Involvement During the Civil Rights Movement

While education ranked only behind the church as the pillar of most black communities, black teachers were paid in 1930 about 40% less than their white counterparts. Black teachers also faced larger teacher loads, lack of educational equipment, and overcrowded buildings.

The advent of civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s brought about a whirlwind of challenges and change to St. Augustine. When local African Americans decided to protest and resist segregation in the city, students from Florida Memorial joined the effort, participating in sit-ins, wade-ins, and swim-ins, orchestrated by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The events in St. Augustine significantly influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.

Notable Alumni

Freddie Lee Peterkin

  • Freddie Lee Peterkin is a published author, singer–songwriter, actor and ordained Minister, born in Pahokee, Florida. Freddie Lee Peterkin is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Psi Chapter, a Fraternity known for members such as Martin Luther King. This historic organization was the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students founded on December 4, 1906. Peterkin composed many Delta Psi Chapter fraternity anthems such as 'I Know I've Been Changed' written in 1985. He also participated in the Delta Psi Chapter's 'Step Shows' as well as choreographed some of the routines performed.

Barrington Irving Jr.

  • In 2003, FMU awarded Irving a joint Air Force/Florida Memorial University Flight Awareness Scholarship that would cover college tuition and flying lessons. His goal was to fly around the world to show other youth that there was no limit to what they could achieve. In 2005, while his plane was being assembled, Barrington founded a nonprofit organization, Experience Aviation, Inc., to introduce inner-city and minority children and youth to careers in aviation and aerospace. In 2007, Barrington Irving Jr. claimed the title of being the first and youngest African-American pilot to fly solo around the world.

Florida Memorial University

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