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Flagler College offers a wide selection of study abroad programs that let students develop a global perspective while gaining real-world skills. During the spring 2022 semester, three different faculty-led trips gave students an opportunity of a lifetime to better understand the world around them by traveling to Ghana, Poland, and Panama.

Join ADAPT and Flagler College at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum on June 2 for a live, in-person panel discussion on climate change, how it’s impacting cultural resources in the city of St. Augustine, what’s being done about it, and how artists can use their work to both spread awareness about climate change and call for action.

Flagler College is poised to make key investments in its future, thanks to a $12 million, 3-1 matching gift to be paid over four years from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. This gift marks the largest single donation to Flagler College since its inception.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (CEAM) and Flagler College are delighted to announce the inaugural Finger Mullet Film Festival (FMFF) to be held at CEAM on Friday, May 20th through Saturday, May 21st.

Family members beamed with pride and the air was filled with excitement as more than 500 graduates processed into the St. Augustine Amphitheater to the familiar sound of pomp and circumstance on Monday, May 9th.

The Crisp-EllertArt Museum and Flagler College are pleased to announce Undercurrents, a film, video, and photography exhibition featuring ten international artists who explore the human condition in the midst of climate change: Jennifer Boles, Georgie Brinkman, Christiana Caro, Laura Gines, Karissa Hahn, Amanda Hodes, Kayla Parker & Stuart Moore, Leah Sandler, and Krista Leigh Steinke.

When Jamie Henry graduated from Flagler College in 1994, little did she realize that she would be returning one day to appear as the keynote speaker at the Women of Vision Advisory Board’s Power of the Purse, an event designed to raise scholarship funds and increase educational opportunities for deserving women at the college.

The first Earth Day celebration was held on April 22, 1970, to recognize the modern environmental movement. Since then, Earth Day has become a modern global holiday where groups and individuals can take action in preserving our planet. We asked some of our Flagler community what Earth Day means to them and how they celebrate.

Starting an internationally known dog-training business was no easy task for a psychology/sociology and a public relations major. Still, Alison and Michael Nezbeth have found new success in this journey of their lives.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month began on April 1, and this year marks its 21st anniversary. Flagler College's Title IX office is hosting multiple events on campus throughout the month to highlight the importance of sexual assault awareness and prevention.

Flagler’s Student Government Association hosted spirit week on campus starting April 4 and ending April 8.

St. Augustine writer and Flagler College faculty member Kim Bradley’s debut short fiction collection, Spillway, will be released by Stephen F. Austin State University Press on April 15, 2022.

Flagler Professors June Ann LeFors and Jennifer Catalano created the FlagSHIP Deaf EcoSystem Course with the sole mission of further connecting Flagler College to the Deaf community of St. Augustine. Their goal in creating the course was to teach students ways that local businesses can be more inclusive to Deaf individuals. With the help of Flagler- alumni owned local businesses, they’ve been able to do just that.

The Flagler College Women of Vision Advisory Board is excited to announce the highly successful "Power of the Purse" fundraiser will return to the Flagler College campus, in person, for the first time in two years on May 12, 2022, in the Ponce de Leon Hall.

The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center (LMCC), St. Augustine Historical Society (SAHS), and Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (CEAM), are pleased to present a multi-institutional exhibition and panel series “Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood” in April 2022.

The Flagler College Kenan Lecture Series will present a lecture by assistant professor of art history and Latinx and Latin American studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Joe Hartman on March 30, 2022, at 6 pm in the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.

Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy will present a lecture delivered by the author of “Visionary Women,” Andrea Barnet on March 22, 2022, at 7 pm in Lewis Auditorium. She will present “The Pioneering Lives of Jane Goodall and Alice Waters.”

Flagler College students had an opportunity of a lifetime to present their research at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), known as one of the nation's largest multi-disciplinary research conferences. This year was Flagler's second year of sending students to the conference, and the number of participants has increased five times.

Flagler College hosted a one-of-a-kind tasting festival.

Flagler College is pleased to announce receipt of a $1 million gift from Mr. Brad and Mrs. Janet Sauer. Their generous donation will increase student engagement with sports on campus by supporting Flagler’s newly-built Lacrosse and Intramurals Facility.