The Ohio State University is a public land-grant research university in Columbus,Ohio,United States. The flagship institution of the University System of Ohio,it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States,with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students. The university consists of sixteen colleges and offers over 400 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Manatee County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 US Census,the population was 399,710. Manatee County is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat and largest city is Bradenton. The county was created in 1855 and named for the Florida manatee,Florida's official marine mammal. Features of Manatee County include access to the southern part of the Tampa Bay estuary,the Sunshine Skyway Bridge,and the Manatee River.
Sarasota County is a county located in Southwest Florida. At the 2020 US census,the population was 434,006. Its county seat is Sarasota and its largest city is North Port. Sarasota County is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota,FL metropolitan statistical area.
Bradenton is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County,Florida,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city's population is 55,698,up from 49,546 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Downtown Bradenton is along the Manatee River and includes the Bradenton Riverwalk. Downtown Bradenton is also home to the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Sarasota is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County,Florida,United States. It is located in Southwest Florida,the southern end of the Greater Tampa Bay Area,and north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Sarasota is a principal city of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota,FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 U.S. census,Sarasota had a population of 54,842,up from 51,917 at the 2010 census.
New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota,Florida. The college is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. In 2023,the state government of Florida overhauled its board of trustees in an attempt to transform the school into a conservative institution. Since then,nearly 40% of faculty have resigned. New College has the smallest student population in the State University System of Florida with 669 students (2022).
State College of Florida,Manatee–Sarasota (SCF) is a public college with campuses in the Manatee and Sarasota counties of Florida. Part of the Florida College System,it is designated a "state college" because it offers a greater number of bachelor's degrees than community colleges. SCF is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Founded in 1957 as Manatee Junior College,it was known as Manatee Community College from 1985 to 2009.
The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa,Florida,and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is home to 14 colleges,offering more than 240 undergraduate,graduate,specialist,and doctoral-level degree programs. USF is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity" and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is designated by the Florida Board of Governors as one of three Preeminent State Research Universities.
The Sarasota metropolitan area is a metropolitan area located in Southwest Florida. The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area,a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) consisting of Manatee County and Sarasota County. The principal cities listed by the OMB for the MSA are North Port,Bradenton,Sarasota,Lakewood Ranch,and Venice. At the 2020 census,the MSA had a population of 833,716. The Census Bureau estimates that its population was 891,411 in 2022.
Michael Vincent Drake is an American university administrator and physician who is the 21st president of the University of California. Earlier,from 2014 to June 2020,he was the 15th president of The Ohio State University. He was the chancellor of the University of California,Irvine from 2005 to 2014,and has also served as vice president for health affairs for the University of California system. He is the first African American to head the University of California.
The John Glenn College of Public Affairs is a public policy and management school at Ohio State University. The Glenn College offers undergraduate,graduate and doctoral programs in public affairs. The Glenn College provides research,training and technical assistance to state,public and nonprofit organizations. The college is named after United States Senator and astronaut John Glenn. On January 30,2015,the Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved a change of status of the former John Glenn School of Public Affairs making the new John Glenn College of Public Affairs the 15th college at The Ohio State University.
The University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee is a branch campus of the University of South Florida in Sarasota,Florida. USF Sarasota-Manatee was established in 1975 as a regional campus of the University of South Florida and gained separate accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and master's degrees in June 2011. It was consolidated with the other two USF campuses as of July 1,2020. Day,evening,weekend and online classes serve more than 14,000 students annually.
John Stuart Allen was an American astronomer,university professor and university president. He was a native of Indiana,and pursued a career as a professor of astronomy after receiving his bachelor's,master's and doctorate degrees. In 1953 Allen became the interim president of the University of Florida located in Gainesville,Florida,and subsequently became the founding president of the University of South Florida in Tampa,Florida.
Joseph Anthony Alutto served two terms as interim president of Ohio State University in Columbus,Ohio. He was formerly the dean of Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business.
Lakewood Ranch is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Manatee County and northeastern Sarasota County,Florida,United States,consisting of approximately 31,000 acres (13,000 ha). It is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 census,the CDP had a population of 34,877.
Friends of Seagate Inc. was founded in the late 1980s by Kafi Benz as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Sarasota,Florida. The historic preservation group lead local efforts protect historic property in the Sarasota-Bradenton area from commercial development. The group later expanded its scope to include environmental conservation. Its most notable project was the preservation of Seagate,the former home of Cincinnati,Ohio,industrialist Powel Crosley Jr. and his wife,Gwendolyn,and its later owners,Mabel and Freeman Horton. In 2002 the organization tried to secure Rus-in- Ur'be,an undeveloped parcel of land in the center of the Indian Beach Sapphire Shores neighborhood,as a local park;however,as of 2014,real estate developers intend to build condominium units at the site.
State College of Florida Collegiate School (SCFCS) is a public charter school in Florida,United States. Established in 2010,it is part of and operates on State College of Florida's Bradenton and Venice campuses. It was created through a charter with the School District of Manatee County.
Terry A. Osborn is an American academic who is Professor of Education at the University of South Florida and an authority in applied linguistics and interdisciplinary curriculum. He served twice as Interim Chancellor,Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs,and was previously Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Osborn taught public school for six years. He was on the faculties of Fordham University,Queens College of City University of New York and the University of Connecticut.
Jinliu "Grace" Wang is a Chinese American engineer and academic administrator who serves as the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Wang also served as interim president of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute from July 1,2018 to November 2020.
