Florida Southern College (commonly referred to as Florida Southern or FSC) is a private college located in Lakeland, Florida. It was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelors, and by The Princeton Review as a Best Southeastern College, a Best Value College, and included in the Best 366 Colleges: 2008, Florida Southern is the home of the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.

History
Florida Southern's athletic teams are known as the Moccasins, often shortened to Mocs. The school adopted the nickname in 1926 (prior to then the teams were known as the Southerners). The official colors are scarlet and white, though athletes sport red, white, and blue uniforms. The college's athletic teams participate in the Sunshine State Conference, or SSC, an NCAA Division II institution. Florida Southern has won 26 NCAA Division II championships in Men's Golf (11), Baseball (9), Women's Golf (4), Men's Basketball (1), and Softball (1). Florida Southern's most recent championship came in May of 2007 when the women's golf team won their fourth NCAA national title.
Florida Southern offers men's teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and tennis and women's teams in basketball, cross country, golf, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis and volleyball.
The men's basketball program has experienced significant success, dominating the SSC and winning a national title in 1981. In the first 30 seasons of SSC basketball (1975-2006), the Mocs have won the regular season 16 times (10 outright) and have been crowned tournament champions 17 times. FSC also has more conference wins than any other SSC team (290), along with owning the best winning percentage of any current member (.697). Since 1980, FSC has also recorded more overall wins (641) than any other four-year institution in the state of Florida. However, the team faltered in the 2006-2007 season, only managing an 8-20 record. (See 2006-07 Media Guide)
Rivaling (and perhaps surpassing) the basketball program in accomplishments, the baseball program has also experienced its own success. The Mocs have won 17 SSC baseball championships and nine national championships (1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1995, and 2005). The Moccasins finished the successful 2007 season with 44 wins and only 16 losses. (See 2006-07 Media Guide)
The Detroit Tigers, who conduct their Spring Training in Lakeland, traditionally play an exhibition game against Florida Southern's baseball team prior to the start of the Grapefruit League season of major league spring games.

Sports

Main article: Child of the Sun Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture at FSC

Fine Arts
Generally the FSC Theatre Department puts on 4 mainstage shows a year in the Buckner Theater, with the 3rd show usually a musical. As of the 2005-2006 school year, the theatre dept consisted of two full-time professors and one adjunct professor.

Theatre
The music department teaches individual lessons, ensemble participation, music classes, and performance. The school's musical groups include the wind ensemble, symphony band, jazz ensemble, Moccasin pep-band, symphony orchestra, and several choral groups. Smaller ensembles include the flute choir, clarinet choir, saxophone choir, horn choir, trumpet choir, trombone choir, tuba choir, percussion ensemble, vocal chamber ensemble, and opera theatre.
Students have the option of minoring in music, or majoring with the concentration of music, performance, management, education, or sacred music. The music department is a prestigious component of Florida Southern College's degree of excellence.

Music
Lawrence Burke, Director of the Festival of Fine Arts, presents both departmental and world-renowned shows throughout the year.

Student life
Fraternities
Sororities
Currently Not Active

Kappa Alpha Order - Gamma Pi chapter, 1958
Sigma Chi - Epsilon Sigma chapter, 1959
Lambda Chi Alpha - Epsilon Xi chapter 1938
Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Florida Gamma chapter
Alpha Gamma Rho 2006
Theta Chi - Gamma Delta chapter, 1946, recolonization 2007
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia - Theta Sigma chapter (non IFC fraternity), 1955, refounded 1962
Alpha Omicron Pi-Kappa Gamma Chapter 1946
Alpha Chi Omega 1936
Alpha Delta Pi 1946
Kappa Delta 1955
Zeta Tau Alpha 1957
Delta Zeta 1937 (closed since 1979)
Phi Sigma Sigma 1947 (closed since 1958)
Phi Mu 1954 (currently closed)
Sigma Sigma Sigma 1955 (closed since 1975)
Alpha Gamma Delta 1958 (closed since 1976)
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Phi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Kappa Alpha Psi Greek life
Organizations
Campus Ministries

ACE (Association of Campus Entertainment)
Beta Beta Beta (Biology Fraternity)
Circle K International (Service Organization, College branch of Kiwanis)
Delta Omicron (Chapter Alpha Phi, International Professional Music Fraternity)
Interlachen (Yearbook)
Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity)
Psi Chi (Psychology Fraternity)
Sigma Rho Epsilon (Religious Community Service Fraternity)
Theta Chi Beta (Gimel Chapter, Religion Honorary)
Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity, International)
SteppenDwarf(former second stage comedy troupe)
Beyond
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Newman Club (Catholic campus ministry
Sandwich Ministry (Ministry to the homeless community)
Upper Room Ministries
Wesley Fellowship (United Methodist Campus Ministry) Social life
Residence Halls

Allan Spivey (Freshmen Women)
Joseph Reynolds (Freshmen Women. Called 'JR' by students)
Hollis (Freshmen Men)
Miller
Dell
Jenkins
Publix Commons (includes all sororities houses, Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity houses)
Columbia
Princeton (no longer present)
Harvard (no longer present)
Panhellenic (former sorority houses, currently being torn down and rebuilt) Resident life

Annie Pfieffer Chapel, Esplanades and the Hindu Gardens appeared in an episode of seaQuest DSV.
Featured in the Adam Sandler movie The Waterboy (in particular, the medulla oblongata scene, which was filmed in Edge Hall) Notable Alumni

Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida