It’s easy—even for someone like me who looks at colleges a lot—to associate liberal arts colleges with the Northeast. Yes, there are a lot of them in New England, but not all of them. Florida Southern College reminds us that you can get the liberal arts experience in sunny Florida…and still get to throw snowballs and drink hot cocoa.

For Three Quick Questions, I send the same three questions to admissions representatives at colleges all over the country, and then I hope to hear back from them. The three questions are meant to probe some of the things that make a school unique but that aren’t easily captured as a stat to go in a book or web search.

Today’s response is from Alicia Tracey, Admission Counselor at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.

What is a course, tradition, program or event that is unique to Florida Southern College?

For traditions, we have “Winter Wonderland”, where we bring the winter to Florida: a sledding hill, hot chocolate, and snowball fights. We also have our “Fairwell Festival”, which is a carnival that we bring to campus at the end of the spring semester. And lastly, we have our “Senior Waterdome Splash” where our senior class has a pool party in our Frank Lloyd Wright inspired fountain and celebrate their time at FSC.

Naturally every college wants to recruit the perfect student--high grades, high test scores, involved in their community, leadership...everything. But what kinds of imperfect students tend to flourish at FSC?

As long as a student is curious about the world around them and has a passion for learning, FSC helps them thrive. There are many opportunities for support and growth for our students, regardless of academic background!

When people come to visit Lakeland, what's a place off campus that you recommend they check out while they're there?

Definitely check out Palace Pizza! They have the best pizza and pasta around, and it’s right in Downtown Lakeland.

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