38 /GENERAL INFORMATION


 The Allyn Museum of Entomology, Sarasota, is partof the
Department of Natural Sciences of the Florida Museum of
Natural History. The combined Sarasota and Gainesville
holdings in Lepidoptera ranktheAllyn Museum of Entomol-
ogy as the largest in the western hemisphere and the
premier Lepidoptera research center in the world. The Allyn
Museum publishes the Bulletin of the Allyn Museum of
Entomology and sponsors the Karl Jordan Medal. The Allyn
Collection serves as a major source for taxonomic and
biogeographic research by a number of Museum and
Department of Zoology faculty and students, as well as a
great many visiting entomologists from around the world.
 The Swisher Memorial Tract and the Ordway Preserve
are adjacent pieces of land totalling some 9,300 acres. The
land includes an array of habitats including marsh, lakes,
sandhills, and mesic hammocks. Jointly administered by
the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and the
Florida Museum of Natural History, this area supports
several research activities centering on the ecology of
threatened species and the restoration of the native longleaf
pine growth in the sandhills. Thesis and dissertation re-
search projects consistent with the aims of the preserve are
actively encouraged.
 The herbarium of the University of Florida is also a part
of the Museum. It contains over 150,000 specimens of
vascular plants and 170,000 specimens of nonvascular
plants. In addition, the herbarium operates a modern gas
chromatographic/mass spectrometer laboratoryfor the study
and identification of natural plant products.
 The research collections are under the care of curators
who encourage the scientific study of the Museum's hold-
ings. Materials are constantly being added to the collections
both through gifts from friends and as a result of research
activities of the Museum staff. The archaeological and
ethnological collections are noteworthy, particularly in the
aboriginal and Spanish colonial material remains from the
southeastern United States and the Caribbean. There are
extensive study collections of birds, mammals, mollusks,
reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrate and vertebrate fos-
sils, plant fossils, and a bioacoustic archive consisting of
original recordings of animal sounds. Opportunities are
provided for students, staff, and visiting scientists to use the
collections. Research and field work are presently spon-
sored in the archaeological, paleontological, and zoologi-
cal fields. Students interested in these specialties should
make application to the appropriate teaching department.
Graduate assistantships are available in the Museum in
areas emphasized in its research programs.

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA

 The University Press of Florida is the official scholarly
publishing agency of the State University System of Florida.
 The Press, which operates with a single staff located just
off the University of Florida campus at 15 NW 15th Street,
reports to the President of the University, who supervises
the Press on behalf of the nine state universities. The
statewide Council of Presidents is the governing board for
the Press.
 An editorial committee, made up of a faculty representa-
tive from each of the nine state universities, determines
whether manuscripts submitted to it meet the academic,
scholarly, and programmatic standards of the Press. The
committee is currently chaired by the Provost ofthe Univer-
sity of Florida. The Director of the Press has the discretion
to decide which of the manuscripts, receiving the approval
of the faculty editorial committee, will be published.


 The press published scholarly works of intellectual dis-
tinction and significance, books that contribute to improv-
ing the quality of higher education in Florida, and books of
general and regional interest and usefulness to the people
of Florida, reflecting their rich historical, cultural, and
intellectual heritage and resources. The editorial program
of the Press also cultivates areas that reflect the academic
strengths of the nine member universities.
 The Press publishes works in the following fields: inter-
national affairs; the Caribbean and Latin America; Africa;
theMiddle East;southern archaeology, history, and culture;
Native Americans; folklore; postmodern literary theory and
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agriculture; health sciences; the fine arts; poetry.
 Submissions are not invited in prose fiction or the physi-
cal sciences.
 Manuscripts may be submitted to the Senior Editor,
University Press of Florida, 15 NW 15th Street, Gainesville,
FL 32611.




INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE
STUDIES


INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

 As the oldest and largest institution of higher education
 in a state at the leading edge of a rapidly changing global
 environment, the University of Florida has a comprehen-
 sive commitment to excellence in international education.
 It extends from foreign language instruction, area studies
 programs, study abroad opportunities, and international
 exchanges into every facet of its teaching, research, and
 service. The University is dedicated to serving the interna-
 tional interests of Florida and the nation and to preparing its
 students for the global challenges and opportunities of the
 21st century.
 During the last three decades, the University of Florida's
commitment to international studies has expanded rapidly.
This expansion has resulted in the creation of a Center for
Latin American Studies, a Center for African Studies, a
Center for Tropical Agriculture, a Center for International
Student and Faculty Exchanges, a program in international
relations, and an English Language Institute for speakers of
other languages. Programs in African and Asian Languages
and Literatures, Soviet and East European Studies, and West
European Studies have been added to the undergraduate
curriculum. The University of Florida has participated in
programs of assistance and development in many major
areas of the world: Africa, South America, Middle America,
and Southeast Asia. There has also been a increase in the
number of faculty members involved in teaching and in
research within the field of international studies.
 In January 1971, the University opened the $1.6 million
 federally funded Graduate School and International Studies
 Building, Linton E. Grinter Hall. The modern four-story
 building contains faculty offices, study cubicles, and semi-
 nar rooms, as well as the offices of the Graduate School, the
 Division of Sponsored Research, the Center for African
 Studies, Program in African and Asian Languages and
 Literatures, Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for
 Latin American Studies.