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by Jayda Barnes, '20 “The Oldest City Underwater,” a film by Flagler alumna Mallory Hopkins, ’18, was recently accepted to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) and the St. Augustine Film Festival. The two festivals are managed by the same CEO and festival director, Gregory von Hausch. The film explores the realities of sea level rise in St. Augustine, Fla.

The Flagler College department of art and design has announced a 24-hour “Designathon” to begin Friday, November 16 at 5 p.m. Event organizers are planning for it to become an annual fixture on the calendar for local nonprofits to have their design needs realized.

More than 300 Flagler College students, faculty, staff and alumni participated on Saturday, Oct. 27 for a day of community service. The Reach Out Raise Up event is student-organized each semester by Flagler College Volunteers (FCV).

“On this day in 1968 Flagler College had its very first class,” said President Joseph G. Joyner as he welcomed students, staff, faculty, and members of the alumni board and Board of Trustees to the Founders Day kick-off coffee break event.

Twenty Legacy students arrived on campus this past weekend, joining the 600-plus freshmen class.

After being closed for two years, the First Congregation Sons of Israel celebrated the reopening of the main sanctuary yesterday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Flagler College recently ranked fourth in ‘25 Best Beach Colleges’ list from College Consensus.

Teachers across the state recently received from the Florida Department of Education a letter classifying them as high-impact teachers, and among those teachers, 29 were Flagler College graduates, including 16 graduates from the Flagler College – Tallahassee campus.

The Flagler College Spring Donor Celebration opened with a welcome by President Dr. Joseph Joyner on Wednesday afternoon, attended by the Board of Trustees, alumni, and supporters of the college, in the new Flagler College Commons area.

An economic impact study done for Flagler College finds that the college, its students and visitors added $146.3 million in income to the economy of Northeast Florida in 2016-17.

The Flagler College Alumni House opened with a dedication ceremony on Friday, attended by alumni and supporters of the college. The new building will serve as a gathering space for the college’s more than 18,000 alumni and is intended to promote the important relationship between alumni and alma mater.

Flagler College Chancellor Dr. William Proctor, former head men’s basketball coach Bo Clark and men’s tennis player Michael Malvebo ‘89 were inducted as the 15th class of its Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday, May 3 at a banquet sponsored by Carrabba’s Italian Grill at Flagler’s dining hall. The event is part of the college’s annual Alumni Weekend, May 3- 6. 

Flagler College alumna Lorna Bracewell, ’05, has earned a prestigious award for the best feminist political theory paper in the country.

Two Flagler College professors, four alumni and two current students recently attended a symposium commemorating the 800th anniversary celebration of the 13th-century Franciscan leader Saint Bonaventure. The conference, held at The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in New York in mid-July, was dedicated to the cultural and religious dynamics that shaped the scholar’s theology and spirituality.

Managing disasters is not what Linda Stoughton envisioned she’d be doing 30 years ago. She had studied forestry, and wanted to pursue that field wholeheartedly. But in 1985, she took a job with St. Johns County as a fire rescue dispatcher, and before she knew it, had progressed to the role of emergency management director.

Flagler alumnus Jeff Philbin, ‘12, has claimed a spot in the “MasterChef” reality television show and will be featured in its eighth season, airing Wednesday, May 31.

Flagler College’s third annual Giving Day saw 233 donors (191 of those alumni) raise $67,844 at the college by the close of the day on May 9 — $19,900 more than last year’s Giving Day.

Three Flagler College alumni were recognized today during the 19th Annual Alumni Awards Luncheon for their outstanding contributions to the areas of service and professional achievement.

After 16 years, Flagler College President Dr. William T. Abare Jr. handed out diplomas to graduates for the final time on Saturday. Abare is set to retire as president this June, serving in the position since 2001. He has worked at the college for 46 years, and has the distinction of being at every Flagler graduation and seeing every one of the college’s nearly 17,000 alumni cross the stage.

Flagler College alumnus William Windle, ’16, will present a reading of his play “Will’s War,” adapted from his grandmother Janice Woods Windle’s novel of the same name on Tuesday, May 2 at 4 p.m. in the college’s Gamache-Koger Theater. It is free and open to the public.