Jacksonville University

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Jacksonville University



Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university located on the east bank of the St. Johns River in Arlington.

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[Jason]

Notable Alumni

Tom McMillan - former Major League Baseball shortstop and member of the inaugural 1977 Seattle Mariners team.

David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

Artis Gilmore, NBA Basketball Star in the 1970s and 1980s

Otis Smith, NBA Basketball Star in the 1980s and 1990s and currently the General Manager of the Orlando Magic.

Dee Brown, NBA Boston Celtics, former NBA All-Star Dunk Contest Winner and now Community Ambassador for the Orlando Magic.

Bob Moore, composer and conductor

Tony Steve, composer and percussionist

Roy Lantz, Executive Vice President of American Recruiters

Bill Boston, composer and orchestrator

Frank Pace, Hollywood Producer

Donald Doddridge, President of America's Blood Centers

Paul Perez, Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity National Financial

Tommy Krizanovic, Forward for the MLS team FC Dallas

Steve Congro, Metro Jacksonville co-founder

Steve, your famous!

[Steve]

Wow - I'd just like to thank my co-founders of MetroJacksonville.com, the fans, my supporters, and most of all, Mayor John Peyton, who inspired me to get more involved in local affairs.

[Charleston native]

How many total students does the university have? I take it that the school is no longer a junior college, right?

[Steve]

How many total students does the university have? I take it that the school is no longer a junior college, right?

Not at all.  JU has about 3,000 students, 2,000 traditional undergrad, and about 1,200 on campus (rough numbers).

JU, offers a good amount of undergrad programs (Avation Management with Flight Operations is probably the largest; the program is in association with Delta Connection Academy).  They also offer an MBA (before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon), an Executive MBA, a Masters in Nursing, a Masters in Teaching, and an orthodontics graduate degree.

[Charleston native]

Oh OK, so it's slightly bigger than my alma mater, The Citadel. Cool. BTW, you guys have a GREAT mascot!  As far as academics, I think some of the best education actually comes from the smaller universities.

[downtownparks]

I dont think JU was ever a community college. FCCJ used to be called something else (like fcj or something), but JU was always a four year.

[Steve]

I dont think JU was ever a community college. FCCJ used to be called something else (like fcj or something), but JU was always a four year.

Actually - it was.  JU was founded in 1934 as Jacksonville Junior College (it was actually named William J Porter University for a few months), in a building in Riverside.  Then, in the late 1940's they purchased a plot of land way out in the boonies (Arlington), and the first building was completed in 1950.  They became Jacksonville University in 1956 (I think that year's right).

[raheem942]

we ju needs to be exploited into a creditial for the city

[9a is my backyard]

Ospreys > dolphins. swoop!

[raheem942]

i think unf will is on its way to becomeing a great collage(from the national standpoint)they should try and get more sports