SPENCER HOOK
DRIVEN TO MAKE A DIF F
Ask Spencer Hooker to name everything he’s worked on in his short time at Flagler College, and he has to take a long pause to really think about it. After only two years, he had already racked up a résumé many seniors would be envious of: president of the Student Government Association, working on community engagement through the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, college ambassador with the Enrollment Office, volunteering with local St. Augustine non-profits, working with the national board of the Black Female Development Circle and its chapters, and the list goes on and on. “I think that’s all of it,” he finally says with a laugh. Later on in the interview the Maryland native remembers another one: the College’s Presidential Leadership Academy. But for Hooker, who is majoring in Strategic Communications and Hospitality & Tourism, it’s about more than building a resume, or even the fact that he feels like he just can’t say no
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when someone asks him to get involved. “After I came to college I thought I would try out some clubs,” he said. “So, I started out with Spirit Committee on Student Government and I joined the Black Student Association. The more I started getting involved, the more people just said, ‘Ask Spencer to do it.’” For him, he kept signing on to new projects because he saw it as a way to help people – to make a difference on the Flagler campus, as well as the surrounding community. In Student Government he is focused on trying to help support clubs, especially coming off a year of COVID that saw the campus with limited events, classroom experiences and social opportunities. He wants to rebuild and improve student involvement as things get back to normal, and said he actually sees it as an opportunity to create more spirit and Flagler community. In the Diversity and Inclusion Office, he helped work on a mentorship program focused on helping guide and support
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