Flagler College claimed the number two spot in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Colleges guide for Best Regional Colleges in the South. This recognition brings the College up two spots from its 2021-2022 number four ranking in this category.

Flagler’s newest class is mighty in numbers, talent and optimism.

As we recognize the 457th birthday of St. Augustine on September 8, 2022, we talked with alumna, faculty member and St. Augustine Historical Society member Jeanette Vigliotti.

After his Hall of Fame college career as pitcher and captain of the University of Pennsylvania baseball team, Jud Damon began his profession in collegiate athletics. Over the years, he has served as athletics administrator or coach at institutions in the NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and NCCAA. In addition, Damon has held positions in front office management with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos professional baseball teams.  

Dr. Courtney Kersten is an Assistant Professor of English. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Idaho and a PhD in Literature and Feminist Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a Fulbright Fellow to Riga, Latvia, and is the author of Daughter in Retrograde (University of Wisconsin 2018).

When Associate Professor of History, Kelly Enright, first started teaching at Flagler ten years ago, her hope was that one day she could find a hands-on approach to educating her students about the past. Passionate about the many stories St. Augustine’s past holds, she was inspired to develop a way for her students to creatively engage with this history.

Last week, campus came to life again as we greeted three classes of returning students and 906 new faces to Flagler.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Flagler College’s Proctor Library a $9,204 grant towards their Saving History: Preservation Assessment of the Flagler College Archives and the Special Collections project.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum will kick off the Fall 2020 season with a solo exhibition by M. Florine Démosthène, entitled “Always in All Ways.” The exhibition will be on view from Sep. 6 through Oct. 22, 2022 and will include twelve new mixed media works on paper and new sculptures. Démosthène will give a walkthrough of the exhibition in conjunction with First Friday Art Walk on Friday, Oct. 20th at 5 p.m.

Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy will present a lecture delivered by National Review Staff Writer and conservative voice, Nate Hochman on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022, at 7 p.m. in the Lewis Auditorium. His presentation will explore the question, “What is the Future of Conservatism?”

Students of Flagler’s Performing Arts Department are back on campus and gearing up for a year of spectacular theatre.

Whether you’re just starting off at Flagler and want to get to know St. Augustine this Labor Day weekend or you’re an upperclassman who hasn’t ironed out plans yet, we’ve got you covered with ideas for whatever kind of staycation is calling your name.

Flagler College’s Leading, Empowering, Advancing, and Developing (LEAD) Fund is excited to host its third annual Spirits and Sportscars fundraising event Thursday Sep. 22, 2022 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Art N’ Motion vintage showroom, 283 San Marco Ave. St Augustine, Fla.

Flagler College’s non-degree seeking Lifelong Learning Courses provide the greater St. Augustine community with a dynamic and engaging environment where they can learn and grow together. Spanning important global and local topics, these courses are designed to be intriguing and stimulating for adult learners.

Flagler College is pleased to present its 2022-2023 public lecture series lineup. This series includes distinguished speakers selected by Kenan professors, nationally recognized journalists and commentators through the Forum on Government and Public Policy and a Cecil and Gene Usdin Judeo-Christian series lecturer.

Maya Angelou once famously stated that “people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This is exactly what comes to mind when Ronnie Nichols ’97 and Rachel Wootten ’98 think of Delores Rutledge Love, a former Dining-Hall employee at Flagler College.

Two convocation ceremonies welcomed Flagler’s class of 2026 to campus Tuesday.

Flagler College, in partnership with Dr. Larry Kanter, are pleased to bring Dr. Gunther Jikeli of Indiana University to its campus. Dr. Jikeli will present a lecture on “The Return of Antisemitism: Online, Offline, Where, Why, and What to do about it” on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Flagler Room.

Ambassador John Rood has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Flagler College and Viv Andrew Helwig, ’08, CEO of Vested Metals International was selected for the board. Rood succeeds Rick Groux ’79, who served in the role for the last three years.

Flagler College's Dr. Lori Lee (Department of Humanities), alongside James Davidson of University of Florida and Liz Ibarrola of University of Texas at Austin (Co-Project Investigators), have been working on an archaeology research project at Fort Mose. They recently finished their third field season at the historically significant site, which was the first legally sanctioned free Black town in the present-day United States and is a critically important site for Black American history. Five Flagler field school students assisted, where they immersed themselves in what the lives of the multicultural community who lived and worked at Fort Mose from 1752-1763 were like.