Flagler News

Jessica Howell is the Assistant Dean for Global Education and International Partnerships and an Associate Professor of History at Flagler College, with over 20 years of experience in higher education.

Senior Lilly Dietz’s passion for understanding the problems homeless people face began well before she took Flagler’s “Global Issues and the Pulitzer Center” course, where she earned a prestigious Pulitzer Fellowship to explore the topic further.

The course called “Africa and Development: The Tanzania Experience” was led by Adjunct Instructor Lisa Fiala and introduced students to the African nation through cultural immersion and exploration of development work taking place there.

Flagler College students took to Sweden for an immersive study abroad experience preparing them to be the next change makers in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.

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.

From impeding on their food sources to creating issues with bringing clean water into the household, the Middle Eastern country of Jordan has been learning how to navigate these impacts through scientific solutions and communicating the need for change to their people.

A 2014 Coastal Environmental Science trip to Bermuda was the catalyst for a young working relationship between Flagler and Bermuda College that was made official through the signing of an articulation agreement last month.

International education programming at Flagler is robust and multi-faceted, accommodating students on both sides of the study abroad experience.