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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL. - Flagler College was once again ranked fourth in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges guide for the Best Regional Colleges in the South. Flagler was also featured as first for colleges in the south with a strong commitment to Undergraduate Teaching, as well as ninth on the Best Value list in the south regional colleges category and second for “Most Innovative Schools” among southern colleges. Additionally, Flagler was ranked in the “Top Performers on Social Mobility” category, placing 44th.

For undergraduate students working with Dr. Matthew Brown and Dr. Melissa Southwell, associate professors of Natural Sciences at Flagler College, their monthly water quality samplings of the San Sebastian River in St. Augustine are not only giving them valuable learning experiences in the field, but also opening up new insights into the health of this important local waterway.

The NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative awarded Flagler College and the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) a $600,000 grant for their project “From Past to Present: Ecosystem Services and People at the Guana River,” led by Sarah Miller (Project Lead), Emily Jane Murray (Collaborative Lead), and Lori Lee (Technical Lead). The project will begin October 1, 2021, and end September 30, 2024.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum and Flagler College are pleased to announce Mirages, an exhibition of new work by Elizabeth Atterbury, Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, and Katy Cowan. The exhibition will open with a walkthrough by the artists on Friday, September 3 at 5pm, followed by a reception until 8pm. Mirages continues through November 6. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required per Flagler College’s campus wide COVID policy.

The Flagler College’s LEAD Fund is pleased to announce the long-awaited event, Spirits and Sportscars, which will take place on Thursday, September 16th, from 6-8 pm. It’ll be held at the Art N Motion vintage showroom located at 283 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, FL.

Recent Flagler College graduate Lauren Piskothy has won a second award for opinion writing in the College’s online student newspaper, The Gargoyle.

After a 14-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, historic tours of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, a national historic landmark now home to Flagler College, are scheduled to begin again.

The Department of Visual & Performing Arts is excited to release an online collection of design portfolios by graduating seniors who majored in Graphic Design at Flagler College.

Sara Pedigo, professor of Fine Art and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, will have an exhibition of paintings titled, "Home," at the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach from May 8 to July 25.

Eleven deserving female students at Flagler College have recently been awarded scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year by the Women of Vision Advisory Board of Flagler. The value of this year’s awards is $32,000.

Our shared values as a global society can be found in the religions of the world, according to a new book by Dr. James Rowell, associate professor of Religion at Flagler College. “Making Sense of the Sacred,” available on May 18 from Augsburg Fortress Publishers, breaks from the conventional norms of textbooks – which focus on providing comprehensive detail – by examining in greater detail the universal message found in religious doctrines.

Flagler's online student newspaper has won more than 120 awards since 2007

work by B.F.A. and B.A. candidates in the Department of Visual Art. The exhibition will be on view from April 27-30, and May 3 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The exhibition will be on view to Flagler College students, faculty, and staff during the opening hours listed above.

The latest creative endeavor by Flagler College’s Theatre Arts Department is a testament to the enduring passion for performing arts, even in times of crisis.

Flagler College’s Women of Vision Advisory Board has announced that it will sponsor a very special virtual Power of the Purse fundraiser on May 3-6, 2021. The non-virtual version of the event was introduced in 2015 as a silent auction of designer handbags, a raffle and a luncheon featuring a speaker in the Ponce de Leon Grand Dining Hall and continued successfully for the next five years.

When Flagler College senior Colton Fenley imagined his Theatre Arts capstone performance a year ago, it didn’t include visions of masks and social distancing. But that is what he is preparing to take the stage under as he, as well as six other Flagler College students and one professional guest artist, prepare for the Vietnam War play “Tracers.” It will run in the Flagler College Lewis Auditorium from April 7 to 11.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College will welcome back visual artist Cyriaco Lopes and poet Terri Witek for a participatory virtual event on Thursday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. This event is a collaboration with the St. Johns County Public Library, in conjunction with National Poetry Month.

Flagler College will launch its annual Roar and Raise Giving Challenge fundraiser on April 7 and 8 to benefit scholarships, academic programs, athletic teams, student organizations and other programs outlined in the College’s strategic plan. The goal this year is Flagler’s most ambitious yet– 1,200 donors in just 2 days to unlock a $25,000 challenge grant.

Dr. Chris Balaschak, associate professor of Visual Arts, recently had his book, “The Image of Environmental Harm in American Social Documentary Photography” published by Routledge.

On March 23 at 4 p.m. Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy will host Andrea Barnet, author of “Visionary Women" to deliver a virtual lecture of the same title. This event is free and open to the public virtually.