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Flagler College announced Monday it has agreed to purchase the Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) headquarters buildings in downtown St. Augustine when the company vacates them later this year.

College President William T. Abare, Jr. says Flagler has no definite plans for the use of the facility yet, but it is expected the buildings could serve as dorms, or even classrooms and offices. The buildings are actually three connected towers that have become a landmark on the corner of King and Malaga streets on the western entrance of St. Augustine.

By Glenn Judah

Bariaa Shatila, Flagler College Math, Science, and Technology Department chair, is back in her home in Beirut, Lebanon, after evacuating to an U.S. Embassy when Israel bombed the Rafic Hariri airport in Beirut.

According to her husband, Imad Shatila, she and her two sons are safe.

By Glenn Judah

Bariaa Shatila, Flagler College Math, Science, and Technology Department chair, was stranded in Beirut, Lebanon with her two sons visiting family when Israel fired missiles last Wednesday on the country’s only airport.

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Graphic by Carina Hayes

In an effort to alleviate some of the parking issues on and around campus, Flagler College will institute a new parking policy beginning with the fall 2006 semester which will include an option for students to purchase a decal for the new city parking garage on Castillo Drive.

By Glenn Judah

Starting Fall semester 2006, students will no longer have to wait in line at the Business Office to pick-up their financial aid refund checks.

By Glenn Judah

Flagler College’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team returned to the SIFE USA National Championship in late May and were knocked out by eventual National Champion Graceland University in the semi-final round.

By Glenn Judah
Photo by Glenn Judah

PHOTO CAPTION: President Abare speaking at the kick off cermony.

On May 16 Flagler College hosted a kick off ceremony for the art building renovation project.

According to the President of Flagler College, Dr. William T. Abare, Jr. the project is going to cost around $5.4 million and take approximately 18 months to finish. The renovation will consist of the existing art building and the connected steam dynamo boiler room.

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PHOTO CAPTION: Mattias Erikson, left, recieves his iPod from Laura Stevenson.

Mattias Eriksson is the latest winner in the “Get a plate, win a Pod” raffle. Eriksson wins a brand new iPod Nano and an iTunes gift card.

Flagler College alumna Laura Wiggins was the first winner of a free iPod in the “Get a plate, win a Pod!” raffle.

There will be one more drawing on Aug. 9. For more information on the “Geta plate, win a Pod!” raffle go to www.flagler.edu/ipod.

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Flagler College held its spring commencement ceremony April 22 and handed out more than 320 diplomas to graduating seniors. A separate ceremony for six students graduating from Flagler’s Public Administration program was held later in the day in the Flagler Room.

Photo Gallery: Graduation
Commencement Speech

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Florida college students will see their wallets fattened now that the state legislature has increased the Florida Resident Access Grant to $3,000 per student.

The so-called FRAG was created in 1979 by the Florida Legislature to assist Florida residents attending private colleges and universities in the state. The $3,000 dollars awarded per student this year is the highest amount in the history of the grant, according to the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida.

More Information on the FRAG
Flagler College Financial Aid