SIFE team wins at regional competition
From Staff
The Flagler College Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team placed first in the organization’s regional competition in Miami last week.
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Flagler sweeps ADDYs
Fifteen students bring home awards
By Paisley Crosby
On February 23, Flagler College graphic design students, many decked out in ’80s attire for the “Ready to Rock” theme, brought home 24 prestigious gold and silver ADDYs at the Jacksonville American Advertising Federation’s ADDY Awards creative competition.
This is the second year Flagler students have entered the competition and industry professionals witnessed the “avalanche of Flagler victories” that night, according to graphic design assistant professor Randy Taylor. The only other college entered in the student categories was University of North Florida.
Student making waves in cinematography, photography
By Lauren Thorp
Senior Gareth Cox developed a passion for directing, cinematography and photography during his junior year of high school.
Being as visually oriented as he is, Cox got involved in a 30-minute, low-budget short film as production assistant and first assistant camera. This was the beginning of his filmmaking career.
“Film making and still photography is my life, from wake up to sleep,” Cox said. “You can even ask my fiancé about that.”
Alumnus creates Web site for student networking, classifieds and more
By Courtney Stephens
SimpleAd.com is a Web site created by Daniel Johnson, a 2006 alumnus, to provide free classifieds for jobs, resumes, housing, vehicles, personals, and pets, items for sale, services, and community.
Johnson launched the site at the beginning of 2007, but had started working on his idea immediately following graduation. Although the Web site is open to anyone, he originally invented it with college students in mind.
SAM team shatters its own record
Photo contributed
By Summer Bozeman
Flagler’s Society for Advancement of Management garnered six awards at this year’s International Business Conference, including its seventh win in the Management Case Competition, breaking its previous record of six wins. The win eclipses all other schools, who have never won more than three.
With this year’s win, Flagler has taken 32 percent of MCC titles since the award’s inception, and has beaten out Villanova University, Florida Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University, among others.
Sevilla to remain one-way, trees cause debate
By Richard Harris
Last month the St. Augustine City Commission voted to make Sevilla Street permanently one-way. Stipulations in the vote required elimination of street parking, as well as the eight live oak trees that border the western side of the street.
Flagler College President William T. Abare, Jr., asked the city to consider the safety of students crossing the street, as well as increased foot traffic once the student center and Crisp-Ellert Art Gallery are completed, when he proposed that the street become one way at the March 26 city commission meeting.
Finding health care for students
Different plans can be a bit confusing for those looking to get insured
By Brittany Hackett
Allison Denman is graduating this semester and has no idea what she’ll do about health insurance.
“I’m just hoping nothing happens to me until I find a job and I hope that they cover me,” Denman said. “It’s naive, but I don’t really worry about that stuff like I should. I just think it’ll all work out.”
Denman said she knows that she can remain on her parents’ insurance plan for a while after she graduates, but admits that she has not done any research to find new coverage on her own.
Faculty Senate creates voice for Flagler professors
From Staff
Members of Flagler College’s faculty are forming a Faculty Senate that will give them an official, collective voice on decisions that shape the institution.
When the Faculty Senate convenes in September, it will bring faculty representatives from every college department together with administrators, including President William T. Abare, Jr. and Dean of Academic Affairs Paula Miller. The group will examine educational policy issues ranging from the college calendar to student activities and admissions, according to Barbara Blonder, an assistant professor of natural sciences and member of the Senate.
Art Building renovation continues
Flagler College’s Molly Wiley Art Building is nearing completion of a $5.7 million facelift that will introduce cutting-edge studios and creative possibilities, while it preserves the 120-year-old structure’s historic details.
The first phase of the project – the conversion of a boiler room annex into a two-story studio, gallery and office complex – will wrap up in May. The original building will be rehabilitated in the next and final phase, which should be complete by the start of fall classes.
Education made affordable
Congress examining bills that lower cost of college
By Laura Higley
After graduating from Flagler College in the spring of 2007, Stephanie Snyder will have incurred over $14,000 in student loans, and dreads the debt that looms ahead.
“I feel pressured to find a good job right away, so I can pay it all off,” Snyder said. “Throughout my whole college career, I have always been conscious of my debt, which at times can add a lot of extra strain and stress.”