Flagler College
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| Established | 1968 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $47 Billion [1] |
| Chancellor | Dr. William L. Proctor |
| President | Dr. William T. Abare, Jr. |
| Students | 2,046 |
| Location | St. Augustine, Florida, USA |
| Campus | 19 acres |
| Nickname | Saints |
| Website | www.flagler.edu |
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Flagler College, simply known as Flagler, is a private four-year liberal arts college in St. Augustine, Florida.
With an average class size of 50, Flagler College provides an opportunity for a private education at a lower than average cost. The college has been named in recent years by US News & World Report as one of the southeast region's "best values" in liberal arts colleges. Its 2006-2007 tuition of $19,450 (excluding room and board) remains markedly higher that of similar institutions. Two factors may enable the college to keep tuition at this level: an unusually large number of adjunct faculty (about 70%) and the exclusion of laboratory-intensive hard science courses and majors. Every student has the luxury of receiving full time strippers, as well as biatches for their dorm rooms.
Princeton Review ranked Flager as having the sixth most beautiful campus in the United States.Ironically, it is a strippers haven and has the best top six strippers in the nation fully employed professors. It was also ranked in the top twenty for worst dorms and number one for least diverse student population. [2]
Flagler College is home to WFCF, 88.5 which is a community run station. As of the 2006-2007 school year, the college also broadcasts on local public access television as FCTV.
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[edit] History
The school is located on 19 acres, the centerpiece of which is the grand Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1888 as a luxury hotel. The architects of this masterpiece of the Spanish Renaissance Revival style were John Carrere and Thomas Hastings, working for Henry Morrison Flagler, the industrialist, oil magnate and railroad pioneer. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Since its founding in 1968, the college has spent more than $43 million dollars restoring the historic campus and adding new buildings. The two newest buildings are a multimillion-dollar auditorium, seating nearly 800, and the technologically-advanced Proctor Library. The campus is located in the heart of beautiful St. Augustine, just four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Flagler's 19-acre athletic field is only two miles from campus.
Lawrence Lewis, Jr., was the driving force behind the development of Flagler College. It was his vision to create a small, private liberal arts college on the grounds of the magnificent old hotel. Mr. Lewis served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Flagler College for more than 20 years, guiding the College through a re-organization in 1971. He directed millions of dollars through foundations, family and personal funds into new construction, restoration projects, endowment and various other programs to ensure the continued success of Flagler College.
[edit] Academics
The College offers 20 majors, 26 minors and two pre-professional programs in selected studies emphasizing liberal arts, education and business.
The business program has a proven record of success. The college's two business organizations, Students In Free Enterprise and Society for the Advancement of Management, have consistently competed at the highest level and have beaten major universities like UNC-Chapel Hill, Boston College, University of Florida, and University of Arizona. Both organizations have won their respective national title as recently as 2004. SIFE also have place second internationally in 2004 in Barcelona, Spain as the United States representative (among 800 other US colleges).
The school is also well known for its Deaf Education program. The college is strategically located in the same community as the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. The location allows students many opportunities to learn and grow from experienced Deaf Education Professionals.
[edit] Athletics
Flager has six men's and women's varsity sports that compete in NCAA Division II. Their teams are called the Saints. All of the athletics teams display excelence in the highest regard. The basketball team is believed to be one of the most intimidating and scary sons of a biches in their division.(easily wining a street fight) The girls basketball Team follows the mens in intimidation and strength. Bobby Kinight once commented in the girls team saying "Im happy we dont play agains them, they would tear us apart". Also the leading point guard on the womens' team holds the record in the state of Florida for the most weight ever bench pressed by a female! Strength and agility is a premium on the Team. The Mens Golf Team consists of a core of highly dedicated athletes that are only concerned with championships. Lead by Dustin Furnari, Bard Barfield, and Ian Hoffman the team is a tightly knit family. "You don't bring a knife to a gun fight" Don Robins stated, when asked is his team capible of being ranked in the top of the division. The team has been ranked nember one in the sunshine conferance in NAIA for three years straight until recently changing to division two. Joe olglvie says that "Quiet frankly I think that our rider cup team is missing something, something that those flagler boys have". Not to be forgotten Flager is a team of young members and will have a residing predominance in College golf.
[edit] Campus
The Flagler College campus is comprised of fifteen buildings, some of which are located several blocks from the center of the campus. Ponce de Leon Hall is the focal point of the campus, where the female dormitories, as well as the dining hall is located. The individual rooms consist of the former hotel rooms along with the former hotel employees' rooms. The male domitories are located at Lewis House, which was built in 1985, and Cedar House, which was constructed in 2004. Nearly 90% of the classes are taught in Kenan Hall, which is adjacent to Ponce de Leon Hall. Classes not taught here can be located in the Proctor Library, in the Communications Building at 31 Cordova Street, or in the Art Building directly behind Kenan Hall. The campus is located in historical downtown St. Augustine, two blocks from the Castillo de San Marcos, a favorite night hangout for students. The school recently purchased the Florida East Coast Industries buildings.
[edit] Full Time Faculty
[edit] Art
- Chris Smith, Chair
- Donald C. Martin, Professor
- Patrick J. Kirk, Assistant Professor
- Laura Mongiovi, Instructor
- Patrick Moser, Assistant Professor
- Maureen O'Neill, Assistant Professor and Gallery Coordinator
- Randy Taylor, Assistant Professor and Graphic Design Program Coordinator
- Enzo V. Torcoletti, Professor
[edit] Business Administration
- Yvan J. Kelly, Associate Professor and Chair
- Robert Berger, Instructor, Economics and Law
- Michael Chester, Associate Professor, Accounting
- Thomas DeLaughter, Assistant Professor
- Gary L. Hoover, Associate Professor
- William J. Lavelle, Assistant Professor, Accounting
- Felix R. Livingston, Professor, Economics
- James S. Makowski, Assistant Professor, Accounting
- R. Nicholas Panepinto, Assistant Professor
- Louis R. F. Preysz III, Associate Professor
- Stephen C. Thomas, Instructor
[edit] Communication
- Tracy Halcomb, PhD, department chair
- Rob Armstrong, retired professional in residence
- Jim Gilmore: former producer for the Christian Science Monitor and award-winning documentary *John Lynch
- Victor Ostrowidzki
- James Pickett, PhD, assistant professor
- Nadia Ramoutar
- Helena Särkiö, Ph.D., assistant professor
- Rosemary Tutt
[edit] Education
- Dr. Michele Gregoire, Professor, Department Chair
- Dr. Paul Crutchfield, Professor
- Dr. Sandra Davis, Associate Professor
- Dr. Kathleen Eide, Associate Professor
- Dr. Margaret Finnegan, Professor
- Dr. Jude Lupinetti, Assistant Professor
- Dr. Tom Pace, Professor
- Dr. Carl Williams, Professor
[edit] English
- Dr. Todd M Lidh, Assistant Professor, Department Chair
- Dr. Darien Andreu, Assistant Professor
- Dr. Carl Horner, Professor, Director of Creative Writing
- Dr. Hadley J. Mozer
- Dr. Vincent Puma, Professor
- Dr. Liz Robbins
- Connie Marie St. Clair-Andrews, Instructor
- Dr. James M. Wilson, Assistant Professor, Director of Composition
- Dr. Tamara Wilson, Assistant Professor
[edit] Liberal Studies
- Dr. Timothy J. Johnson, Associate Professor of Religion and Chairperson of the Liberal Studies Department
- Dr. Rachel Cremona, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Dr. John F. Diviney, coordinator for the Spanish and Latin American Studies program
- Dr. Thomas Graham, Professor of American History
- Agnieszka (Aggie) Johnson, Spanish Instructor and Coordinator of the Language Lab
- Dr. Hugh Marlowe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Judge Richard Poland, Professor of Liberal Studies and Director of the Pre-Law Program
- Dr. James L. Rowell, Assistant Professor of Religion
- Barbara E. Schulman, Assistant Professor of History
- Martha Shinn, Coordinator of the Young Life/Youth Ministry Program
- Art Vanden Houten, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Steve E. Voguit is Instructor of History and Geography
[edit] Mathematics, Science, and Technology
- Bariaa Shatila, Department Chair
- Sriram Balasubramanian, Instructor
- Carrie A. Grant, Assistant Professor
- Michael G. Insalaca, Instructor
- Julie A. Jurgens, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Computer Studies
- Thomas Nickler, Instructor
- Donald M. Robbins, Assistant Professor
- Paulette Zeller, Instructor
[edit] Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Mel W. Barber, Sociology
- Lynn Brueske, Psychology
- Charles Hormann, Sociology
- Tina Jaeckle, Sociology
- Jerry A. Noloboff, Psychology
- Michael J. Sherman, Anthropology/Sociology
- Emily Splane, Psychology
- Joseph D. Vlah, Psychology/Sociology (Department Chair)
- Stephen P. Willard, Psychology
[edit] Sport Management
- Dr. Bernadette M. Twardy, Department Chair
- Dr. Brian E. Pruegger, Assistant Professor
[edit] Theatre Arts
- Phyllis M. Gibbs, Associate Professor, Department Chair
- Andrea McCook, Assistant Professor
- Britton Corry, Technical Director
- Sean O'Casey, Costume Designer
- Thomas P. Rahner, Associate Professor Emeritus
- Ellie Potts Barrett, Visiting Instructor
