Flagler News

When Carl Florez learned that Flagler College’s School of Business was exploring the launch of a student-run record label, the idea struck a deeply personal chord. More than an academic initiative, the project resonated with his lifelong passion for music and his love for his late son, Mike.

For some alumni, college is a chapter that closes at graduation. For Jerry Provin ’91, Flagler College has remained a place of memory and meaningful attachment.

The Arctic Circle is an unlikely setting for the typical Flagler College story. For alumna Claire Mortensen ’19, it became the place where her education translated into hands-on research contributing to global climate science and policy.

Students in Dr. Lisa Van Zwoll’s FlagSHIP course, Visual Storytelling, Reality TV, and Memoir, spent the JanTerm grappling with questions that sit at the core of reality media culture: where truth lives in storytelling, who shapes it, and what happens when lived experience becomes content.

On a laptop screen, Flagler College’s campus begins to take shape one digital block at a time. Historic buildings, walkways, and gathering spaces are carefully reconstructed inside Minecraft as students collaborate to transform a familiar physical environment into a detailed, to-scale virtual world. What may look like a game is, in practice, an immersive academic experience that blends design, technology, and critical thinking.

For the Spring 2026 semester, Flagler College is delighted to announce that celebrated author, editor, and teacher Rita Bullwinkel will serve as its Storyteller in Residence.