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Thank you for taking the time to join in on the Flagler Family Town Hall to discuss the Reopening Task Force Report.

Flagler College has joined Pledge St. Johns County, a new community program for businesses and organizations who agree to commit to CDC guidelines and ensure St. Johns County residents, visitors, and employees are safe and comfortable in their establishments in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nonprofit professionals and volunteers who want to create a positive impact on the community can now earn a Certificate in Nonprofit Management through Flagler College’s Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) program.

Alpha Sigma Alpha is coming to the Flagler campus starting Fall 2020. This Panhellenic organization is only the second to be approved for expansion at Flagler and offered as another option for student engagement under the umbrella of the Division of Student Affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha was added in 2017.

Flagler College redshirt junior Aaron Anderson was selected as the recipient of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year award for Division II baseball.

The Flagler College Honors Program will be focused on “Communities in Context” as its theme for the program’s fifth year. Associate Director Rachel Cremona said the theme was chosen because it will allow students to “Use your community as your book.” In the community of St. Augustine, that book includes a lot of layers. “This should focus students to help them move into their new community, their new family.”

As Flagler College continues to develop plans to bring students back for face-to-face classes on campus this fall, our primary focus is protecting the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff. As part of this plan, the College has elected to push back decisions on allowing outside event scheduling, non-essential visitors, historic tours and other members of the public on our campus until after Sept. 1, 2020.

Steve Voguit, assistant professor of humanities and faculty athletic representative, retired at the end of the 2019-2020 school year after 50 years of teaching, 20 of which were at Flagler College.

SocialBite, an app to help you choose where you’d like to eat tonight, won’t exactly debut in ideal circumstances. Many of us won’t be returning to restaurants in the near future, or at least not as frequently as we once did. And once we do, we’ll just be happy to have a mediocre hamburger and probably not bicker with our friends about where to get that mediocre hamburger.

​For Christopher Catania, a 2001 alumnus of Flagler College and Wells Fargo at Work Regional Manager for Florida and the Southeast, giving back to his alma mater has always been an extension of his strong belief in the importance of higher education.

The June 4 Donor Appreciation Virtual Celebration will share student stories to spotlight how donors’ generosity impacts students like Sarah Schark. Due to the generosity of donors, 92% of students receive some sort of financial assistance to help them stay active members of their campus community. This assistance comes in the forms of scholarships, funding for undergraduate research (such as Honors Day), study abroad assistance, grants, loans and various academic programs support.

Flagler College is developing plans to bring students back for face-to-face classes on campus this fall with a COVID-19 mitigation plan in place to ensure a healthy campus environment.

Senior Jared Olson, ’20, published an investigative article titled “Honduras's Deadly Water Wars” in “The Nation” magazine, one of his many accomplishments throughout his journey at Flagler College.

The Women of Vision Advisory Board of Flagler College has recently awarded scholarships to twelve deserving female students for the 2020-2021 academic year. This number increased significantly from the seven scholarships granted in 2019-2020. The value of this year’s awards is $32,000.

Beginning fall 2020, Flagler College will add an indoor percussion ensemble and a new section of applied instrument combos to its music program.

On a recently recorded episode of Flagler Footnotes, a radio talk show on WFCF 88.5FM, guest economist for the Poverty and Statistics Bureau of the U.S. Census John Creamer filled in host Tonya Creamer on Census 2020.

While the coronavirus pandemic might have cancelled Flagler College’s Spring 2020 commencement ceremony on May 2, it didn’t stop the college from celebrating its 429 graduates who finished up their senior year through remote learning and online classes.

The Office of Institutional Advancement is fundraising for the Flagler College Cares: Emergency Relief Fund during a special edition of Giving Tuesday meant to provide urgent help to those hardest hit financially by COVID-19. It all kicks off at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5.

As Flagler College seniors leave behind their undergraduate experience amid an unprecedented time of uncertainty, they go forward into futures unknown. Some seniors have, however, managed to continue on with their plans for a post-graduate world, cultivated prior to COVID-19 turning all the world upside down. We’re happy to share their plans as they carry on with that special Saints spirit!

Flagler College Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) program courses are designed to be interesting and stimulating while fostering knowledge sharing and relationship building in the community. On-campus classes are on hiatus for now, but learning, personal growth and professional development can continue online.