Barry Sand
Instructor, Television Scriptwriting
Advisor, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
“In the communications business, job applicants are usually judged on product rather than resumes…as in, 'Want to be a writer? Show me what you’ve written. Want to work in radio or television? Show me something you’ve done!' " says Barry Sand, television scriptwriting instructor at Flagler. “This is exactly what we do at Flagler…in the classroom, through the student clubs, through internships. We prepare students to succeed in the real world.”
Sand knows a thing or two about the communications business. Beginning in 1965, the Wharton School graduate has written stunts for Allen Funt’s "Candid Camera"; produced "A.M. New York" (the precursor to “Good Morning America”) and "The Mike Douglas Show." He helped launch “Late Show with David Letterman” in 1982, and was listed among the top 50 TV producers of the year in 1985. “Flagler opened up a whole world for me,” he says. “I love teaching here, and I’m having the time of my life.”
At Flagler, Barry is busy opening up new worlds for his students. When he’s not helping them break into TV with his scriptwriting classes, he’s assisting students in producing a humorous radio program on financial issues or helping the Students In Free Enterprise team win the national championship, and then go on to place second in the international competition in Barcelona, Spain. But as a Flagler student, the most valuable lesson you’ll learn from him is his attitude toward life: "Believe in yourself because you can accomplish big things no matter who you are."