On Saturday, Jan. 18 at 2:45 p.m. The St. Augustine Film Festival, along with Flagler College Television, will present the Student Film Showcase 2020. The films represent a blend of narrative shorts, documentaries and experimental videos that will highlight the screen at the Corazon Cinema and Café.

The Flagler College Enactus Community Business Advisory Board will start 2020 with a fresh slate of members of both educators and community leaders. Additionally, the faculty sponsor for the board will now be Sandra Gehring, a lecturer in the communications department at Flagler.

Sport Management student Jared Cross, ’20, prefers to use his birthday as an opportunity to give rather than to receive. Through his annual Growing to New Heights Used Book Drive, he collects used books to donate to various charities.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum and Flagler College are pleased to present the biannual exhibition of work by graduating B.F.A. and B.A. candidates in the Department of Visual Art. The exhibition will open with an artists’ reception on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 5 until 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Additionally, the work will also be on view on Friday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. This exhibition is free and open to the public.

The Flagler College Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents the Senior Conservatory Showcase, with projects in “The Fear of Change” on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5 in Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium. Featured senior directors include John Kearny and Jillianne Tamillo.

On Saturday, Dec. 14, Flagler College will hold fall commencement exercises for graduating seniors. Approximately 136 students will receive diplomas at the Flagler College Gymnasium.

The President’s Leadership Academy at Flagler College, in association with the Laurel Circle of the Oak, has announced 10 students chosen as the inaugural academy class.

The week-long programming is an opportunity to celebrate the many benefits of international study and cultural exchange. Events take place Monday, Nov. 18 through Friday, Nov. 22.

The Flagler College holiday concert will take place on Monday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Rotunda of the college’s Ponce de Leon Hall, 74 King Street. The performance will include a mix of holiday and vocal chamber music.

Grab your hats and hang onto your broomsticks as campus is transformed into Flagler College School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. From Nov. 11-15, enjoy a variety of events across campus as a tribute to Harry Potter. From being sorted into your house to dining in the Great Hall, this week is sure to bring a little magic into your life.

The Flagler College Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents Pig Pen Theatre Co.’s “The Old Man and the Old Moon” with performances starting Nov. 14 in Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium.

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dr. Tracy Litzinger, and her students Ray Van Allen, ’20, and Christina Ketner, ’20, collaborated with Director of Digital Strategy Holly Hill and Front-end Development Manager Mike Horn to evaluate the usability of the Flagler College website. This team of faculty, staff and students presented their research at the 2019 HighEdWeb Conference in Milwaukee, Wis. this October.

On Saturday, Flagler College students, faculty, staff and alumni participated in a day of community service. This is the fourth year of the Reach Out Raise Up event, which is student-organized each semester by Flagler College Volunteers (FCV). This fall, volunteers put in over 500 service hours for this one-day event.

The Flagler College Student Government Association was honored Monday at City hall during Florida City Government Week.

More than 200 Flagler College students, faculty, staff and alumni will be spread out across St. Augustine on Saturday, Oct. 26 for a day of community service. So far, 14 local nonprofit organizations will benefit from volunteer services performed which will range from assistance with wildlife rescue to the organization Council on Aging. This is the fourth year of the Day of Service event hosted by Flagler students.

Dr. Sandra Miles has joined Flagler College as the new Vice President of Student Affairs. Dr. Miles was previously Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

After graduating May 4, alumni from the class of 2019 are already out in the world doing great things. The Career Development Center has compiled some of the most exciting #FlaglerGradStories to share graduates’ plans after college. Here are their highlights:

This past spring’s trip of 10 students to study the New York art scene marked 10 years of learning on-site. Department of Visual and Performing Arts Chair and Associate Professor Sara Pedigo devised the trip a decade ago to provide direct exposure to an art world that can’t be recreated here in St. Augustine. The typical student makeup includes majors in fine art, graphic design and art history.

The annual Flagler College Power of the Purse® fundraiser was once again an unparalleled success, attracting over 340 enthusiastic supporters to the College’s historic Ponce de Leon Hall on May 9. The sold-out event kicked off with a cocktail/mocktail reception, a silent auction of designer purses and a jewelry raffle and culminated with a luncheon in the Grand Dining Room, including memorable comments from several noteworthy speakers.

After excelling at the Florida chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America – Phi Beta Lambda, FBLA-PBL, state leadership conference, four students from Flagler College-Tallahassee will travel to San Antonio, Texas. They will compete against more than 1,800 of America’s best and brightest college students at the PBL National Leadership Conference on June 24–July 2.