On Feb. 12 in the Lewis Auditorium on Flagler College’s campus, Richard Wike, of the Pew Research Center, will present as part of the Forum on Government and Public Policy series. The title of his lecture is “Five Reasons the World is Worried.” This event is free and open to the public.

On Jan. 16 Flagler College honored its highest achieving students — those who attained placement on the President’s List for their outstanding academic achievements — with a reception in the college’s historic Solarium. These students achieved a 4.0 grade point average with at least 12 hours of graded credit during the Fall 2019 academic semester.

During the students’ winter break, a cadre of 10 Microsoft Xbox consoles were unboxed on campus. Flagler College alumnus Patrick Perkins, ’02, a product marketing manager for the popular gaming console company, wanted to give back to Flagler students and allow them to test out early the newest Microsoft product – the Xbox One X, the newest and most powerful console currently on the market.

Flagler College hosted the second-annual “Designathon” in the fall and the 24-hour event proved to be yet another success for helping the nonprofit community. Ready with a team of 25 graphic design students, two faculty members and eight alumni, the Designathon participants provided their creative branding and advertising services pro bono to local nonprofit organizations. Alumni joined in on the event from all over the country including Sarasota, Fla. and Washington, D.C.

On Saturday, Jan. 18 at 2:45 p.m. The St. Augustine Film Festival, along with Flagler College Television, will present the Student Film Showcase 2020. The films represent a blend of narrative shorts, documentaries and experimental videos that will highlight the screen at the Corazon Cinema and Café.

The Flagler College Enactus Community Business Advisory Board will start 2020 with a fresh slate of members of both educators and community leaders. Additionally, the faculty sponsor for the board will now be Sandra Gehring, a lecturer in the communications department at Flagler.

On Jan. 30 at the Lewis Auditorium on Flagler College’s campus, Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., will present as part of the Cecile and Gene Usdin, Judeo-Christian Lecture Series. The title of his lecture is “Climate, Catastrophe, and Faith: How Changes in Climate Drive Religious Revolutions.” The event is free and open to the public.

When Hurricane Dorian hit Florida at the beginning of the semester, Flagler men’s basketball team packed their bags for the experience of a lifetime. From Sept. 1-6, the team spent their hurricane break in Rome, Ga., making the most of their unexpected trip together.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum on the campus of Flagler College will hold an upcoming exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Hilary Pecis.

Darnell Smith, market president for the north Florida region at Florida Blue, was selected for the Flagler College Board of Trustees. His board term will begin on March 5 at the regularly-scheduled spring board meeting.

Sport Management student Jared Cross, ’20, prefers to use his birthday as an opportunity to give rather than to receive. Through his annual Growing to New Heights Used Book Drive, he collects used books to donate to various charities.

Giving Tuesday is a national day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. A generous donor challenged Flagler College to secure donations from 175 people in one day. Achieving this goal allowed Office of Institutional Advancement staff to unlock a special $5,000 grant for the Flagler Fund.

Flagler College Fall 2019 Commencements

Flagler Women’s soccer reached the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament national final four this December, before falling to Western Washington University. The only other Flagler athletics team to go this far in the postseason, in the NCAA Division II era, was the volleyball team in 2009 who also advanced to the final four.

On Sunday, Dec. 15, Flagler College-Tallahassee will hold their 2019 Fall Commencement at Turner Auditorium on the campus of Tallahassee Community College campus. A total of 78 students will receive bachelor degrees in one of the College’s following programs: Accounting, Business, Elementary Education, and Strategic Communication.

After more than a year of planning, research and work, Flagler College had its accreditation reaffirmed with no recommendations for improvement by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) at their 2019 Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas this week.

The Flagler College Women of Vision Advisory Board welcomed two new members in November. Nancy Birchall and Samara Gluck were elected by majority vote of the 21-person board.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum and Flagler College are pleased to present the biannual exhibition of work by graduating B.F.A. and B.A. candidates in the Department of Visual Art. The exhibition will open with an artists’ reception on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 5 until 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Additionally, the work will also be on view on Friday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. This exhibition is free and open to the public.

On Sunday, Dec. 15, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Flagler College is hosting a Community Open House to view the renovated serving and kitchen area in the Historic Ponce de Leon Dining Room, updates that were completed this summer. This event is free and open to the public.

Just in time for the holidays, historical tours of Flagler College’s Hotel Ponce de Leon will begin to run on the hour, every hour, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. beginning Monday, Dec. 16. The expanded tour schedule will last until Dec. 31.