News Tagged as 'Story of the Week'

Purchasing life insurance was the right decision for alum and retired Flagler employee Dan Stewart ‘78 and his wife Mary Ellen (Crotty) ’79 when their three children were young. But as the Stewarts reached their 60s, it was time to re-evaluate.

Last week, campus came to life again as we greeted three classes of returning students and 781 new faces to Flagler.

Convocation ceremonies are a long-standing tradition among collegiate institutions meant to mark students’ entrance into higher education and welcome them into their new academic communities.

Alone and barely out of high school, Kathryn Trillas ‘72 took a bus from New York City to St. Augustine to begin her Flagler journey among the College’s founding class of students.

This summer, K—12 music teachers from across Florida, the Carolinas, and Tennessee gathered on Flagler’s campus to attend the Summer Music Education Institute.

This week, Flagler College alum Ashleigh Glickley set sail for a month-long exploration of deep-sea biodiversity in Pacific waters near the Johnston Atoll, but her teacher duties weren’t left ashore.

Flagler College is honored to receive a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support The Missing Voices Project. This grant ensures the continuation of its vital work in giving support and voice to young people in faith-based communities who typically find themselves marginalized by society and the church.

Flagler College is an institution that fosters intellectual, social, and personal transformation for its students, where young minds are encouraged to seek knowledge in pursuit of a life well-lived.

A new pathway for global academic exchange was formalized this week as Flagler College signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.

Within Flagler’s Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (CEAM), an avant-garde film festival has emerged to showcase experimental short films from a growing network of professional artists and student creators alike.

When Flagler College’s Missing Voices Project was founded in 2019, Director Justin Forbes had a vision of empowering communities of faith to become better equipped in welcoming youth on the margins.

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Rows of friends and family quickly filled the Saint Augustine Ampitheatre Saturday morning, May 6, and watched proudly as the Flagler College Class of 2023 made their way down the aisles- the conclusion of their undergraduate experience just minutes ahead of them.

Flagler College will celebrate the academic and personal accomplishments of more than 450 graduates at the Class of 2023 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 6.

Legacy has deep roots, and the Ringhaver family planted theirs in the earliest days of Flagler College.

Before he arrived at Flagler College, sophomore Peter Mankin said he was worried his adjustment from high school to college would be especially difficult.

As an artist, one of Sasha Wortzel’s central passions is cinematography. But over the past few years, this passion has led to experimentation in expanded cinema.

In recognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Flagler’s Sport Management program hosted a “Women in Sport” panel last month to celebrate the accomplishments of women working in this competitive industry regionally.

Flagler alumna Katie Cox was recently named among Jacksonville Business Journal’s 20 Women of Influence for her work as Vice President of Marketing at the Gator Bowl, the sixth-oldest college bowl game in the country.

Since 2005, the Flagler College Communications Department has invited alumni, communications professionals, and community members to participate in Com Week. It's an opportunity for students to network while gaining valuable insights from leaders and innovators in the fields they are interested in pursuing.