a $10 million gift from donor Elaine Nicpon Marieb, for whom Marieb Hall was named after her original $5 million pledge.
In June 2023, the Board of Trustees selected Aysegul Timur as FGCU's fifth president, making her the first woman president in the university's history. Timur took office on July 1, 2023.
=== Main campus ===
FGCU's 807-acre (3.27 km2) campus is in unincorporated Southwest Florida in Lee County, 21 mi (34 km) from Naples and south of Fort Myers. It is within San Carlos Park's fire district and has a Fort Myers postal code.
The 150-acre (0.61 km2) center of the campus, known as the Academic Core, contains the buildings housing most of the school's classrooms and labs. There are three separate housing areas on the periphery of the campus: North Lake, South Village, and West Lake Village. North Lake Village overlooks Lake Como, with recreational activities including boating and water skiing, with a new boardwalk and dining facility opening along its waterfront in 2017.
=== Expansion ===
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