Hume Hall, built in 2002, is the Honors Residential College of the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
, located on the western side of the university's
Gainesville, Florida campus.
[University of Florida, Housing]
Hume Hall Residential Honors College
. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
The current structure is the second at the university to bear the name. The original Hume Hall was designed by
Guy Fulton
Guy Chandler Fulton (October 27, 1892 – October 15, 1974) was an American architect known for his work on numerous buildings at the University of Florida while he was State Architect of Florida.
Early life
Fulton was born in Warsaw, Illinois ...
and built on the same site in 1958 as a conventional dormitory. It was demolished in 2000 to allow for construction of the current facility.
The University of Florida
Honors Program
Honors colleges and honors programs are special accommodation constituent programs at public and private universities – and also public two-year institutions of higher learning – that include, among other things, supplemental or alternative ...
offers housing for
freshmen
A freshman, fresher, first year, or frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions.
Ara ...
at Hume Hall. This residentially-based academic community consists of two residence halls that integrate the housing needs of Honors residents with facilities, staff, and programs in support of the Honors Program.
Hume Hall can be accommodate 608 residents, and is located in the heart of the University of Florida campus. The facility has a commons building, a number of multimedia-capable classrooms, faculty offices with an on-site academic advisors, a large activity room, and an information desk. The UF Student Honors Organization (SHO) also functions as the area government for Hume Hall.
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Hume Hall is named for Harold Hume, ]dean
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Titles
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of the College of Agriculture, provost, and interim president of the university.[University of Florida, Past Presidents]
Harold Hume (1947–1948)
. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
See also
* List of University of Florida buildings
The University of Florida is the flagship university in the State University System of Florida and has many notable buildings located in cities including Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Orlando. The Campus Historic District at the University o ...
* List of University of Florida presidents
Seventeen men have served as the president of the University of Florida since the modern university was created from the consolidation of four predecessor institutions by the Florida state legislature in 1905.
The University of Florida is a pub ...
* University of Florida student housing
Student housing at University of Florida is governed by the Division of Student Affairs, and provides housing for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on and off-campus.
Approximately 8,100 students live in single-student residence h ...
References
Buildings at the University of Florida
Guy Fulton buildings
2002 establishments in Florida
School buildings completed in 2002
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