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New Leaf: SIFE grows greener future with ‘Conservation Cadets’
March 26, 2010 – 4:46 pm | No Comment
New Leaf: SIFE grows greener future with ‘Conservation Cadets’

By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photos by Lauren Belcher
Video by Lauren Belcher

PHOTO CAPTION: SIFE team member Katherine Baggett speaks to local elementary school children about recycling.

Elementary school children in St. Johns County are learning the importance of recycling and reducing garbage.

Flagler College’s Students in Free Enterprise team organized Conservation Cadets to help teach students to be eco-friendly.

Prof. pits Gandhi against bin Laden
October 13, 2009 – 5:04 pm | No Comment
Prof. pits Gandhi against bin Laden

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Illustration by Hahau Yisrael

Dr. James Rowell couldn’t disagree more with Osama bin Laden’s methods, but he thinks it’s important that we study their popularity.

Student pushes English department to consider Creative Writing major
September 26, 2009 – 2:10 pm | No Comment
Student pushes English department to consider Creative Writing major

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Tori Warenik’s persistence paid off.

Warenik, a junior, pushed Flagler College’s English department to consider adding a Creative Writing major with the help of Dr. Jim Wilson, Dr. Tamara Wilson and more than 100 students. She said she’s been fighting for the new major for about a year, but other students and faculty, she said, have been trying since 1989.

Wilson steps up as Blonder steps down
September 23, 2009 – 4:43 pm | No Comment
Wilson steps up as Blonder steps down

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu

Jim Wilson stepped up as vice chair of the Faculty Senate and will be responsible for making sure the faculty has a voice on campus.

The most crucial part of his job, he said, is running the constitution committee, a group that makes sure all of the bylaws of the Senate are followed and updated.

Student hits high seas for fall semester
September 18, 2009 – 1:22 pm | No Comment
Student hits high seas for fall semester

By Michael Strasburger | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by Jackie Werboff

While the semester is settling into a routine for most students, one Flagler student is breaking from tradition and getting her education on the high seas.

Non-traditional student sweats out first day
September 18, 2009 – 1:16 pm | 4 Comments
Non-traditional student sweats out first day

Vietnam vet, full-time student Michael T. Isam fights nerves in return to school

By Michael T. Isam | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle

Dark o’clock is a term pertaining to the hours between sundown and sunrise. As my eyes flew open milli-seconds after my alarm went off at 4 a.m., I recognized my old friend, dark o’clock. We meet regularly in the confines of my bedroom.

Peruvian clinic serves kids with disabilities
August 31, 2009 – 2:03 pm | One Comment
Peruvian clinic serves kids with disabilities

Selfless doctor gives life, dreams to unfortunate youth in Peru with Hogar clinic

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu

Four or five of the children were covered in third-degree burns. One boy was missing a leg. Some were in wheelchairs. One was missing his ears. An older girl stared off into space unable to see, but she was smiling. They all were. They were happy, dancing and singing children.

Woolfolk says ‘feisty’ friend good fit for general education
August 31, 2009 – 1:15 pm | 3 Comments
Woolfolk says ‘feisty’ friend good fit for general education

Flagler hires expert for director of general education spot

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu

Dean of Academic Affairs Alan Woolfolk wants to improve Flagler’s general education program, starting with the creation of a new position, director of general education.