Flagler News

Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy will present a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Hedrick Smith on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Lewis Auditorium. Smith will take a closer look into global affairs by examining “Putin, the U.S. and the New World Order.”

Assistant Professor of Communication, Paige Chapman, studied journalism at the University of Florida and fell in love with teaching when one of her professors asked her to adjunct a course after she finished her BS in journalism. She knew she had to do a lot more school to be able to make teaching at the college level her career. She studied news and technology during her master’s at UF and studied health communication and technology for her dissertation at the University of Iowa.

Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy will present a lecture by host of The Open Mind PBS podcast, Alexander Heffner, on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Virginia Room on the second floor of the Student Center. His presentation will dive into what “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age” looks like in the divisive realm of modern politics and public affairs.

The Gargoyle, Flagler’s student-run newspaper, placed in two categories for the Society of Professional Journalists 2022 Sunshine State Awards and was a finalist in five categories for the 2022 SPJ Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards.

Abby Bittner, Flagler class of 2021, got her first cover story in The Daily Sun newspaper shortly after being hired for her first professional reporting position.