Flagler College

Every year, Flagler College grads passionately exemplify intelligence, creativity, skill, and entrepreneurship. The Class of 2024 is no exception, consisting of more than 500 students who have joined the incredible company of the College's alumni network. This network of Saints continuously proves the value of a Flagler experience. We asked professors and staff to recommend a robust group of graduating seniors from the Class of 2024 who boldly embody what it means to be a Saint.

During Flagler's Business Week 2024, three student teams were collectively awarded more than $8,000 in seed money to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to life.

For the fifth annual COM Week speech competition, students were asked to respond to the topic "Beyond the Paycheck: how do you define your personal or professional value?" within 3-5 minutes.

Flagler College will celebrate the academic and personal accomplishments of more than 500 graduates in the Class of 2024 with a Commencement Ceremony at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Sunday, May 5, at 9 a.m.

Flagler College professors and staff were asked to recommend a robust group of graduating seniors from the Class of 2023 who boldly embody what it means to be a Saint. From a class of more than 450 seniors, a select group of students were nominated as featured graduates in the College's annual #FCGradStories.

Members of Flagler's newly re-activated Society for Advancement of Mangement (SAM) chapter were recently awarded second place in a collegiate case analysis competition at SAM's 2024 International Business Conference.

A select group of student leaders from the campus community was inducted into the Flagler College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa on Feb. 3. The organization was founded in 1914 to recognize and encourage achievement in five major phases of campus life: academics and research, athletics, service to campus and community, communications, and creative and performing arts.

Over the last decade, the Peach Belt Art Exhibition has displayed art from participating Peach Belt Conference (PBC) students and staff, with the 2024 exhibition marking 10 years in competition.

A small, select group of academically talented students were recently inducted to the Flagler College Honors Program through faculty recommendation.

The Gargoyle, Flagler's student-run newspaper, is proud to announce that incoming editors Gabby Alfveby and Hannah Duffey have each received prestigious Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards in a regional competition.

A group of Flagler College Graphic Design students were recognized for their creative marketing and advertising coursework by the Jacksonville chapter of the American Advertising Awards this week with 10 of them taking home awards for their submissions. Commonly known as the ADDY Awards, this "is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting over 40,000 entries every year in local chapters of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) competitions," according to the submission website. "The mission of the [ADDY award] competition is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising." This annual AAF competition has local, state, and national tiers. Flagler's student winners were recognized as "the very best," among the regional market. At the second tier, local ADDY winners compete against winners from other local clubs in one of 15 district competitions with a chance to advance to the national stage level.

Flagler College congratulates nearly 170 students who were named to the Fall 2023 President's List.

A talented group of Coastal Environmental Science students recently joined professors from Flagler's Natural Sciences Department on a trip to Portland, Ore., where they presented research at the national Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF). This group consisted of students who had received academic credit for their efforts and collaboration on the research projects of Associate Professors of Natural Sciences: Matthew Brown and Ed McGinley.

Flagler College congratulates more than 140 students who were named to the Spring 2022 President's List.

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, celebrates students who are serving as circle (chapter) presidents. Students who serve as circle presidents are leaders amongst leaders. Members of ODK must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class and embrace the Society's ideals. They also must demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars of campus life celebrated by ODK: academics and research, athletics, service to campus and community, communications, and creative and performing arts. Fewer than five percent of students on a campus are invited to join each year.

Each year, every active ODK circle (chapter) is encouraged to recognize one collegiate member as its outstanding leader for the circle and the campus. Recipients of this award are honored for their contributions to the circle and their campus community. They are selected by their fellow members or the circle's leadership team.

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 152 new initiates from 10 universities during February 2023. Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class, demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer than five percent of students on a campus are invited to join each year.

Students in Flagler's core education class titled "History Detectives-Russia and Ukraine: A Turbulent History," presented their research findings on the history behind the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to visitors in the Ringhaver Student Center. In the course instructed by Professor Alex Cummins, students explored two central issues related to the conflict: the validity of Putin's justification to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and Ukrainians' desire to have closer relations with the West than with Russia.