The Newport Restoration Foundation, together with Flagler College, the University of Florida, and the City of St. Augustine, is pleased to announce that the third Keeping History Above Water™ conference will take place May 5-8, 2019 in St. Augustine, Florida. The international gathering of preservation, urban planning, economic development, cultural heritage, and climate science experts will address the impacts of climate change, particularly sea level rise, on communities throughout the world.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College will present a spring exhibition of work by graduating B.F.A. and B.A. candidates from the Department of Art and Design. The exhibition will open with a reception on Thursday, April 26, from 5-8 p.m. The exhibit will be on view on Friday, April 27, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and on Saturday, April 28, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Ten students from Professor Lauren Tivey’s Introduction to Poetry Writing class, from the Fall semester of 2017, had worked for months crafting, editing, and polishing work to be presented at a formal reading at the end of the semester. Shortly after, Tivey’s colleague, editor David K. Jibson of "Third Wednesday", offered to publish the students as a feature in the upcoming spring 2018 issue.

Flagler College will hold its spring 2018 graduation ceremony on Saturday, April 28, at 9 a.m. at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. The commencement speaker will be Rep. Jose R. Oliva of the Florida House of Representatives. More than 420 students are expected to receive diplomas. 

The Department of Art & Design at Flagler College and Compassionate St. Augustine will hold a panel discussion on "The Visuality of Race: Racism, Civil Rights, and Visual Politics," April 17 at 6 p.m. in the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.

Flagler College’s Women of Vision Advisory Board recently awarded scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year to six talented and deserving female students. Mykala Bazzell, Rebecca Guerrier, Charlene Nowotny, Sierra Van Allen, Alyssa Winter and Faith Wyluda have maintained competitive GPAs, while actively participating in and leading campus activities and volunteer work, and demonstrating financial need.  

Flagler College’s Theatre Arts Department’s graduating class of 2018 will present two nights of one-act shows, directed and produced by the students themselves, on April 18 and 19.

Local sculptor and Flagler alumnus Joe Segal’s latest work, “Toward,” was unveiled Wednesday as part of a St. Augustine installation called the “Let Freedom Ring Chimes Project.”

The Flagler College Enactus team and the St. Johns River-to-Sea Loop Alliance have announced their first Agventure Farm Tour. This is the first in a series of tours organized by advocates for an agritourism corridor through southwestern St. Johns County on April 14.

Under the direction and coordination of Laura Mongiovi, Flagler College Associate Professor of Art and Design, Advanced Sculpture students selected 10 locations in the downtown area to showcase site-specific artworks. Students worked with the St. Augustine Historical Library to research various locations. Historical information and the physical qualities of each site provided students an opportunity to develop visual concepts that speak to local history.

Flagler College's online student newspaper, The Gargoyle, won six awards in the Society of Professional Journalists regional 2017 Mark of Excellence Awards, including winning for Best Independent Online Student Publication. Flagler Communication student Jessie Rowan was also a finalist in Feature Photography.

Flagler College entered the 33rd Annual Educational Advertising Awards, sponsored by Higher Education Marketing Report, and won big.

This year, Flagler College featured several events during Business Week that not only introduced students to strong connections with business professionals, but also allowed students to apply all they have learned in the classroom to real-world experiences. This years central focus was “Embracing Sustainability: Capitalizing on people and Planet to Fuel Ethical Innovations”.  

On March 6, 2018, the Tinlin House opened as Flagler College’s new Counseling Center. The facility is named after Judge Charles J. Tinlin and Mary Tinlin, Flagler’s Associate Director of Counseling. The Tinlin House will hold four offices, a reception area, a kitchen, and two group rooms.

Flagler College took home 11 American Advertising Federation-Jacksonville (AAF) “ADDY” awards on Feb. 17, including Caitlyn Rees’ “Student Best in Show: Design” win and Nancy Harms’ “Student Best in Show: Advertising” win. The highly-recognized awards honor advertising and creative excellence.

Arts and Design Department Chair Sara Pedigo recently traveled to Furman University to present her solo exhibition, “Apperceptions”.

In honor of Women’s History Month,  Flagler College has joined AAUW, the American Association of University Women, as a Campus/University member.

Rex Wade, a Russian revolutionary scholar, will be involved in several activities on campus and plans to give a presentation on “Revisiting the Russian Revolution: Popular Expectations, Politics and the Bolshevik Triumph” on Wednesday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in the Flagler Room at Flagler College, 74 King St.

Associate Professor of Natural Sciences Barbara Blonder's research has recently been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, “Castanea”. Blonder conducted her research on “Assessing Postfire Vegetative Changes and Implications for Management in a Northeast Florida Coastal Strand Ecosystem”. 

At this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), Flagler College’s Theatre Arts students Zach Racine and Elijah Eyerly made it to the final round of the competition. This regional festival features over 250 actors to compete in scenes and monologues over the course of a week until several cuts are made narrowing the field to 16 performers.