Magazine summer 2018

SUMMER 2018

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INTERNATIONALISM at Home & Abroad

Building Bridges to Germany

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Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy

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Diabetes Education in Costa Rica

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Women’s Impact on the Global Economy 20

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F E AT U R E S

2 THE BREEZEWAY

First Master's Grads

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INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Advancing Women's Education at Flagler

20 FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Equality Through Economics

BUILDING BRIDGES TO GERMANY Flagler's Growing Exchange Program

10 CITIZENSHIP IN A DIVERSE DEMOCRACY

Dr. Joyner’s Presidential Inauguration Ceremony 14 A PASSPORT AND A PULITZER

Student Jessica Rowan Investigates Diabetes in Costa Rica 16 AWARDING EXCELLENCE

Kenan Distinguished Professorships

22 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Linda Stoughton 24 ALUMNI NOTES 32 ALUMNI EVENTS

(Above) Dr. Joyner congratulates a graduate at the April 28th commencement.

PRESIDENT'S LETTER FLAGLER COLLEGE MAGAZINE DR. JOSEPH G. JOYNER President DONNA DELORENZO Executive Director of College Relations BRIAN THOMPSON, ‘95 Director of News and Information, and Magazine Editor LETICIA MARTIN Creative Director WE ARE CHARETTE Graphic Design TONYA CREAMER Assistant Editor CONTRIBUTORS Kerri Carlyon, ‘02 Tracey Eaton Lauren Piskothy, ‘19 Kara Pound, ‘06 Jordan Puyear, ‘17 Alex Ray, ‘11 Scott Smith, ‘04 Bobbie Stewart Margo Thomas, ‘06 Zach Thomas, ‘00 FLAGLER COLLEGE MAGAZINE is published for alumni and friends of the college by the Flagler College Office of News and Information, P.O. Box 1027 St. Augustine, Florida 32085-1027 (904) 819-6249 bthompson@flagler.edu

"...The skills our students need are so similar to those attributes that are essential for becoming better and more engaged citizens – Skills like communication, teamwork, inquiry and analysis, critical thinking and intercultural competence."

The theme for my inauguration, “Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy,” could not have been more appropriate for the age we are living in, and the importance of higher education.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities calls for our classrooms to be models of “democracy in action” because the skills our students need are so similar to those attributes that are essential for becoming better and more engaged citizens – skills like communication, teamwork, inquiry and analysis, critical thinking and intercultural competence.

The organization calls for modeling these skills “through discussion and debate, presenting evidence on differing sides of historical and contemporary issues and encouraging students to draw their own conclusions while engaging deeply with multiple viewpoints.”

This was at the heart of our inaugural week: Students, faculty, staff and alumni volunteering more than 900 hours on a community service day; alumni and students deliberating on themes of Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy; a United States Naturalization Ceremony hosted on our campus where 31 people from foreign countries became citizens of the U.S.; and many more examples of these ideals.

How we demonstrate ethical leadership and citizenship with integrity in a respectful and inclusive community are all essential questions for our time, and key value propositions for any college or university. It is these traits that drew me to Flagler College, and part of why I am so excited to be here.

Throughout this magazine, you will read stories that illustrate this in our college community. All of it speaks to why I am so optimistic about the future of our college, and the incredible impact we can have on the world around us.

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FLAGLER MILESTONE First master's students receive diplomas JORDAN PUYEAR , ‘17 | PHOTO BY DARON DEAN

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hree students walking across the Flagler College fall graduation ceremony had slightly different regalia than everyone else representing a major milestone: they were the first students to graduate from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Master’s Program.

The college’s first master’s program was launched in 2016 as a distance-learning program, and Mary Catherine Serfilippi, Miranda McMillan Slusser and Olivia Grace Holcombe joined more than 180 undergraduate students for the commencement on Dec. 9.

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"...To now be a part of Flagler's history is both emotional & humbling."

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(continued from previous page) Holcombe said that it was her positive experience as an undergraduate that made her come back to Flagler for the master’s program.

“Flagler is a part of who I am, a part of my history,” she said. “To now be a part of Flagler's history is both emotional and humbling.”

The Master of Arts in Education, Deaf and Hard of Hearing was first created to prepare students to properly meet the needs of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. The program’s mission states that it will not only provide quality instruction, but it is also meant to empower students and the deaf community.

Margaret H. Finnegan, professor of Education and director of the graduate program, said she was thrilled about the first graduating class, and looks forward to future graduate programs.

“It is a significant measure of the college’s dedication to growth and expansion of the curriculum, and to the needs of our alumni,” Finnegan said. “[This program] reinforces their technical skills, allows them to collaborate with students all over the country, to work closely with committed professionals and provides research and application opportunities.”

“As an alumna of Flagler College, I had very high expectations for this program and it far exceeded them,” Serfilippi said. “I was a little apprehensive about the connections I would make with my fellow classmates and professors, but I can honestly say the way the program was designed made it feel as though we were all sitting in the same room. The professors delivered great content that was challenging and truly made me grow as an educator.”

ATHLETICS RECOGNIZED FOR HURRICANE OUTREACH Flagler College Athletics was a finalist for the NCAA Division II Award of Excellence as a result of last year’s “Irma’s Impact” initiative where the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee worked with students to help those in need in St. Augustine following the hurricane.

SOUTHWELL RECEIVES KAHLER AWARD FOR SHORELINE RESEARCH Melissa Southwell, associate professor of Natural Sciences, has received the college's 2018 Kahler Grant for her proposal “Shoreline Development and Coastal Hazards.”

The award will allow Southwell to support research, writing and dissemination of the results of her project.

PBS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES FLAGLER PROFESSOR & TRUSTEE Tim Johnson, the Craig and Audrey Thorn Distinguished Professor of Religion, and archaeologist Kathy Deagan, a Flagler College trustee, were two of the many scholars interviewed for the recent PBS documentary “Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special.” Both Johnson and Deagan took part in the production that has been airing nationally on PBS stations.

FLAGLER'S HONORS PROGRAM MOVES INTO NEW HOME The Flagler College Honors Program continues to grow and now has a home in the Palm Cottage. Around 5 percent of incoming freshman are invited to join the program each year.

The program offers specific courses and activities to academically challenge students.

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QUOTED ON

CAMPUS Words from speakers on Flagler's campus

“Agents of a malicious state have the potential to be far more dangerous than any criminal organization or any terrorist group could aspire to be.”

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“We knew from that campaign that journalism itself would be tested by the man who wielded the phrase ‘fake news’ like a weapon against stories he didn't like and news outlets that he did not think were treating him fairly.”

CRAIG GORDON Washington Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News, at the January Forum on Government and Public Policy

“Beauty is God’s very essence. I see beauty and ethics as a twosided coin. Beauty is the good that claims us by its attractiveness … the beautiful draws us towards itself, thus it serves as inspiration and guide.”

DR. LUCINDA ALLEN MOSHER Moral Theologian, at the Cecile and Gene Usdin Judeo Christian Lecture

“The millennial generation is not beholden to any political party ... Millennials are very active in community affairs. They want to volunteer, they want to help, they want to do good, but they don’t see the political system as their vehicle.”

DAVID LIGHTMAN Washington correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, at the Oct. 5 Forum on Government and Public Policy

“Fewer and fewer people are having conversations with each other in civil ways. They want to have their side brought out and won.”

DOMENICO MONTANARO Lead Editor at National Public Radio, at the February Forum on Government and Public Policy

The year was 1968.

The Vietnam War was playing out on the 6 o’clock news. Protesters were marching on Washington, rioting in Chicago, and striking everywhere else in the world. The Civil Rights movement took center stage, then took a major hit. A year marked by everything from assassinations to space missions would prove to be a harbinger of challenges yet to come.

In the midst of all this turmoil, a small college was founded in what was once the grandest hotel of the Gilded Age. Lawrence Lewis, Jr., grand-nephew of its builder, Henry Morrison Flagler, was determined to preserve the Hotel Ponce de Leon. Lewis founded Flagler College in the Fall of 1968 as a women’s college in honor of the railroad magnate, co-founder of Standard Oil, entrepreneur and visionary.

Lewis took a leap of faith and never looked back. And 50 years later, he is recognized as a visionary too.

He once said, “The College is so real and so ongoing that, next to my family, it’s the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.”

We are forever grateful to Lawrence Lewis, Jr., to the many benefactors and supporters who followed in his footsteps, and to those early students who believed in the power of a vision called Flagler College.

We invite you to join us in “Celebrating the Trailblazer Spirit” with activities and events throughout the year leading up to Alumni Weekend in Spring 2019. Check www.flagler.edu/flagler50 for the latest information and schedule of events.

Pictured: First Flagler College President Dr. F. Roy Carlson welcomes students at the front gates of the college.

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#lifeatflagler

Students celebrating unique experiences in the nation’s oldest city. Pictured: Nick Cuffy, Julia Manze.

Photos by: Nicholas Cabrera, Sierra Hoover, Emily Jordan, Alice Araujo.

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BUILDING BRIDGES TO GERMANY BOBBI E STE WA RT A N D BR IA N T H OMP SON , '95

What began as a casual conversation between two scholars separated by more than 4,700 miles has turned into a growing academic exchange program between Flagler College and the University of Würzburg in Germany.

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r. Tim Johnson, Craig and Audrey Thorn Distinguished Professor of Religion at Flagler, said the idea stemmed from his Fulbright Scholarship years ago in Dresden, Germany, when he began making connections with German scholars. One thing led to another, and one day, during a Franciscan conference Johnson organized in St. Augustine, he met historian Dr. Helmut Flackenecker, from Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg.

“We just developed a really great friendship, and said, ‘Where do we go with this?’” Johnson said. “I’ve been working continuously to solidify the program, and it’s been a very, very good program.”

To date, 16 students have taken advantage of the exchange, where they spend a semester or full year at the prestigious German university. They have the option of taking courses in History, Culture, Law, Literature, Art, Political Science, Economics, Business and Marketing.

All students take a four-week, four-credit intensive German language

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course during their visit. Three Flagler professors have joined students since the partnership’s inception, including Associate Professor of History Dr. Wayne Riggs, Assistant Professor of History Steve Voguit and Associate Professor of History Dr. John Young.

Johnson and Flachenecker both attest to the importance of relationship-building as a cornerstone to the program’s success. Developing an international partnership takes time and a great deal of effort, but it is friendship and trust that continues to move the initiative along.

“Flagler is ideal for this because we’re already a small college,” Johnson said. “We understand small classrooms and building relationships with professors, so now we’re just trying to transfer that internationally.”

Riggs added that the close relationship with the university has allowed the partnership to grow organically, evolving as needs change and new ideas sprout. “The partnership is kind of an experiment,” he said. “It’s not just one discipline or one department. Many academic departments and offices have

gotten involved to see how they can make it work. We’re kind of building it as we go. It’s a remarkable statement about the innovation within the institution itself and the people willing to work together, which is really phenomenal.”

The benefits for students and faculty have been evident: some students have gone on to pursue graduate degrees based on their study abroad experience, faculty members have learned new techniques and teaching methods and Flagler and the University of Würzburg, as institutional entities, continue to brainstorm ways to best deliver exceptional educational opportunities.

Johnson also noted that the partnership encourages greater cross-cultural understanding of the world. “This type of partnership makes the entire college experience more comprehensive, more cohesive and more well-rounded when students take international trips,” Johnson said. “It really opens people’s eyes and gives them a new way to understand information and the world.”

Flachenecker agreed. “The students from Flagler who came to Würzburg learned about cultural differences and

"The benefits for students and faculty have been evident: some students have gone on to pursue graduate degrees based on their study abroad experience & faculty members have learned new techniques and teaching methods."

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CARIE LEVY ’S TIME ABROAD JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 Study abroad is synonymous for heightening students’ cultural awareness, but for Religion and Philosophy major Carie Levy, a foreign exchange program to Würzburg, Germany, proved to be so much more.

It began in the fall of 2016, when she made the trip on the advice of a Flagler professor. In Wurzburg, while focusing on her history and religion studies, she met other students from a variety of different countries, immersed herself in the German culture and did some sightseeing around Germany and other European locations.

“My overall experience in Germany was absolutely incredible,” Levy said. “Europe is an ideal location to study these subjects as I could go visit these historical places and learn about them through experience rather than simply through a textbook.” Before coming to Flagler, Levy was only accustomed to small town living; she had never travelled abroad. “I found this experience, as scary as it was at first, to be extremely liberating,” she said. “I now feel more comfortable doing things on my own because I know that I can do it.”

In the summer of 2017, Levy had the opportunity to go back to Germany to study the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

After graduating this spring, she has now decided to continue her education in Germany and has been accepted directly into the M.A. program in Theology at the University of Würzburg.

“I love to have the ability to easily travel to new places, meet new people, and try new things,” Levy said.

The overseas trips brought pivotal academic and cultural experiences, but they also drastically shaped her personal life. During her most recent trip to Germany, she began dating another Flagler student, to whom she is now engaged.

“The most important thing I believe that I could tell other Flagler students considering these programs would be that my time abroad was one of the most formative experiences of my entire life,” Levy said. “Flagler College offers a wide variety of programs like these, and I would strongly advise any student to take advantage of such opportunities while they are able.” Watch a video at

"There's a lot of potential to grow this partnership into a cultural exchange with lots of different opportunities, this could be a standout program that distinguishes Flagler from other schools." had very positive experiences,” said the professor for the university’s Regional History-Franconian Region.

“That has also had a positive effect on locals here (in Würzburg).”

According to Johnson, Riggs and Flachenecker, there’s no limit to the number and kind of educational experiences the partnership could produce. Riggs, for example, is currently working on a joint-research project with the university focused on the cross-cultural experiences between American soldiers and German locals in Würzburg after 1945.

“There’s a lot of potential to grow this partnership into a cultural exchange with lots of different opportunities,” Johnson said. “This could be a stand-out program that distinguishes Flagler from other schools.”

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CITIZENSHIP IN A DIVERSE DEMOCRACY Joseph Joyner Inauguration Ceremony

Flagler College inaugurated its fourth president, Dr. Joseph G. Joyner, on Saturday, Feb. 24, in a formal ceremony that drew presidents from some of the state’s largest universities, local politicians and other dignitaries.

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Joyner officially began his presidency in July 2017, but an inauguration is a college’s formal ceremony that both installs and celebrates a new president.

Dignitaries who spoke at the inauguration included St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver, John Thrasher, president of Florida State University, and Dr. John C. Hitt, president of the University of Central Florida. Joyner holds degrees from both Florida State and Central Florida.

Student Colton Neubauer, a junior and president of the Student Government Association, said at the ceremony that Joyner has already shown a commitment to students in the short time he has served at Flagler. “The Joyners truly set the precedent that they are dedicated to the Flagler family,” he said.

Joyner said he was grateful for the opportunity he had been given and the kindness shown to him since he was selected as president and took office. “I have no intention of letting you down and I kept the stewardship of Flagler College my highest priority,” he said. “While I may be an unworthy servant, I possess a great deal of passion and determination. It is my firm intention to bring continued greatness to this wonderful college.”

The inauguration of Joyner capped a week of communityfocused events centered on the theme of “Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy” and focused on the college’s core values of civility, integrity, collegiality, stewardship and community.

"While I may be an unworthy servant, I possess a great deal of passion and determination. It is my firm intention to bring continued greatness to this wonderful college."

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From the Inaugural Poem:

I don’t know what to do. I am of two minds.

To which we say,

A W E E K O F C E L E B R AT I O N Throughout the week a series of events were held including: Student-led community service day put on by FC Volunteers, and attended by more than 200 students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Naturalization Ceremony for 31 men and women from 21 different countries who all received their U.S. citizenship.

Investing in the Community event that included Personal Finance and Business Workshops led by Flagler faculty and alumni.

Alumni panel on “Citizenship in a Diverse Community.”

Art & Science Day featuring the sound installation “Four Channels: A Collaborative Project Between the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum and the GTM Research Reserve.”

Keynote address on "Diversity in a Democracy: What Can We Learn from Socrates?” by Dr. Georgia Nugent, the senior fellow at The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), president emerita of Kenyon College and former interim president of The College of Wooster.

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R E A C H O U T R A I S E U P D AY O F S E R V I C E In what has become a tradition each semester at Flagler College, more than 200 students, along with faculty, staff and alumni, gave back to the local community on Feb. 17 by working with area non-profits in what amounted to 900 hours of service. Reach Out Raise Up Day of Service is a student-led initiative by the Flagler organization FC Volunteers. This year’s event coincided with the inauguration of President Joyner. The community service day benefitted 14 local nonprofit organizations ranging from the Council on Aging to wildlife rehabilitation center HAWKE. Students also packaged more than 20,000 meals of lentil jambalaya for the organization Feeding Children Everywhere.

Join the two parts to make one picture

growing on the bed of a transformed river

gold in the sun, alive with the ties of a generous heart.

Poet and Associate Professor of English Dr. Liz Robbins wrote this poem for President Joseph Joyner and read it at his Inauguration on Feb. 24, 2018. To read the full poem please visit Flagler.edu/ inaugurationpoem

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N AT U R A L I Z AT I O N C E R E M O N Y

As the theme of President Joyner’s inauguration was “Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy,” three alumni returned to campus to discuss how the country’s diversity could be used to address common goals and challenges.

The alumni panel included: Lorna Bracewell, ‘05, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney whose scholarship focuses on the politics of gender and sexuality; Luis González Jr, ‘12, a senior designer on the creative team at Squarespace in New York City who has worked closely on showcasing the brand across domestic and international markets; and Michelle Kundmueller, ‘00, a political theorist and attorney who is assistant professor at Christopher Newport University where she teaches classes that blend political philosophy, literature and law.

Flagler College and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services held a Naturalization Ceremony on Feb. 21 as part of the college’s Inaugural Week for President Joyner. The ceremony included 31 people taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America, thereby completing the process of becoming a U.S. citizen. It was a first for the college, and drew participants from 21 different countries including Brazil, Cuba, Syria and India.

Associate Professor of Education Edwidge Bryant, a naturalized citizen from Haiti, gave the keynote address.

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A PAS SP O RT A N D A P U L I T Z E R Flagler Student Investigates Diabetes Plight in Costa Rica with Pulitzer Grant LAUREN PISKOTHY, ‘19 | PHOTOS BY ZACH THOMAS, '00

Jessica Rowan was able to act as the voice for many children and young adults in Costa Rica – one of whom is named Daniela, 26, who has had diabetes since she was 2. She had overcome a near death experience all because she was misdiagnosed. It wasn’t until her heart stopped and she was revived that the doctors realized she had Type 1 diabetes. Rowan could not believe what she had to experience just to get diagnosed, whereas in the United States a simple blood test reveals a Type 1 diagnosis. She was so moved by Daniela’s story that she chose to write about her for the “Untold Story” portion of her Pulitzer investigative report.

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osta Rica is a country where tourists are swept away by the beautiful and mystical cloud forests, the bright blue, crystal clear beaches, the wildlife and the thriving culture that surrounds them. It’s a destination that tourists from all over flock to see.

But when Spring Flagler graduate Jessica Rowan visited, she learned that there is always more than meets the eye, even in the most beautiful places.

As a child, the Flagler senior spent many summers with her family in Costa Rica and always appreciated its landscape. But it wasn’t until her brother, who has Type 1 diabetes, ran out of sup-

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plies that she realized what lay beyond the forests and beaches. After a two-hour car ride to the nearest hospital, she came to understand what reality might look like for those living with Type 1 diabetes in Costa Rica.

“How do people get their supplies?” she wondered about a country where transportation is not as widely available for locals. “What do they do?

They die, they can go blind and then they eventually die. They don’t have enough food, either.

Costa Rica isn’t just a tourist place. It’s overlooked.”

The more Rowan thought about the issue, the more concerned she became.

Fulfilling a Dream Rowan’s experience in Costa Rica with her brother remained with her for many years, and fueled the desire to investigate the plight of Type 1 in the Latin American country. Last year, that dream became a reality when the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting awarded her a prestigious grant to explore the issue as an investigative journalist.

Rowan was one of the 31 students chosen nationwide and the first Flagler student to ever receive the grant.

She first learned about it in Flagler’s Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium course. The college is a member of the center’s Campus Consortium, a network of partnerships between the center and colleges to engage with students and faculty on the most critical global issues.

Representing the Pulitzer Center and Flagler was daunting at first. She felt as if she was the only person in the class without a good idea for a story. That was until Rowan realized she had to write about something personal.

“My advice to anyone taking the class is to write about something that you know and something that you’re close to. That way you can relate to who you’re interviewing on a deeper level. If I didn’t know the subject that well, I couldn’t relate to the siblings the way I did.”

Her research and personal experience with Type 1 led her to establish a close bond with the families she stayed with.

The closer she got, the harder it was for her to manage the burden of the problems they had to face. Rowan knew that in the end, she would have to return home, leaving them behind. This was when she discovered her responsibility and role as a journalist.

“Every time I sat in bed at night I thought, ‘I want to do more. I want to fix the problem,” she said. “As a journalist, that’s the most frustrating part. I wanted to help them so badly. I wanted to bring them supplies and do everything I could, but at the end of the day, I was going home. I just hope to bring awareness to this issue, because a lot of people don’t know about Type 1 in these areas.”

After coming back from Costa Rica,

Rowan knew she wanted to tell more stories about people like she met there. Her time in Costa Rica reaffirmed her passion for journalism and helped her better understand the kinds of stories she hopes to tell.

A Desire to Understand the Unknown Rowan admits the driving motivation behind her pursuits is answering the “why.”

“Yes, I’m very passionate about spreading awareness about Type 1 diabetes, but I love doing stories that I'm unfamiliar with as well,” she said. “Then I get nerdy and nonstop research it for days.”

That curiosity has recently led her to work on a story about the “Blue Whale” phenomenon, a virtual game that manipulates insecure children and teenagers into taking their own lives. Her inability to comprehend how something so vicious could exist inspired her to investigate the story and its effect on children through social media. That is just one story of many she’s interested in investigating. Like the children living with diabetes in Costa Rica or those playing the deadly virtual game, all of the stories involve speaking up for the forgotten.

“I like listening to people and I just want to share people’s stories who can’t tell them themselves,” she said. “If I can help them in any way, then that makes it worth it.”

The recent Flagler graduate said she is extremely grateful for experiencing what it is like to be an investigative journalist in Costa Rica.

“I am honored and grateful for the Pulitzer class at Flagler,” she said. “It has opened a lot of doors. Without it, I wouldn’t know where I would be, and I definitely would not be doing that story. I wouldn’t know how.”

After Rowan graduates in the spring, she plans to move to Costa Rica where she hopes to work as a freelance writer. She has previously been published by the Costa Rican Times for her work with Type 1 diabetes in that region and has the possibility of working for them.

To read more from Jessica Rowan, visit: https://pulitzercenter.org/ reporting/projects Watch a video at www.flagler.edu/watch

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Awarding Excellence Kenan Distinguished Professorships Established

BOBBI E ST E WART | IL LUST R AT ION S BY A L E X R AY, '1 1

Four Flagler College professors were recently selected as recipients of the College’s newly-established Kenan Distinguished Professorships — endowed positions that recognize excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Dr. Michael Butler and Professor Patrick Moser were chosen as permanent recipients and Drs. Allison Roberts and John Young were selected as three-year awardees.

As we interviewed our endowment professors, it struck us how unique these individuals are. Butler talks of his love for the two Kings, who are always beside him. Young describes himself as “monk-ish,” and could spend days just looking at the stained glass at Chartres. Roberts’ world revolves around the education of girls and women who live in poverty around the globe. And, finally, Moser is, well … Moser. Or is he?

P R O F E S S O R PAT R I C K M O S E R Kenan Distinguished Professor of Art Moser is an award-winning video artist and painter who exhibits his work regionally, nationally and internationally. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in London, Spain, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and throughout the United States. At Flagler, he has held numerous academic and leadership positions, including chair of the Department of Art and Design from 2010 to 2013 and BFA program coordinator since 2006, and has served on the Honors Program Steering Committee and Faculty Senate.

He teaches courses in Video Art, Painting, Drawing, Art History and Senior Portfolio. In 2014, he was awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. This summer, he will fulfill a Teaching Artist Residency at the Wayfarers Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his MFA in Painting from the University of Florida in 2000.

D R . J O H N YO U N G Kenan Distinguished Associate Professor of Liberal Education in History Young has taught nearly 30 courses at Flagler, from those focusing on European and African History to those delving into the culture, politics and economics of the high Middle Ages. He holds a particular interest in monasticism and JewishChristian relations, as well as a secondary research interest in Mormon Studies.

He has served on seven different committees for Flagler’s Faculty Senate and is the coordinator of the college’s graduate fellowships. In the fall of 2015, he spent a year abroad at the University of Wurzburg as a visiting professor. Most recently, he co-edited “Preaching and New Worlds” (forthcoming this year) with Flagler’s Dr. Timothy Johnson and alumna Katie Wrisley-Shelby. Young holds doctoral and master's degrees in Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame, a diploma in Jewish Studies from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor's degree in history from Brigham Young University.

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DR . ALLISON ROBERTS Kenan Distinguished Associate Professor of Liberal Education in Economics Roberts, chair of the Business Administration Department since 2013, is the recipient of multiple grants and has published widely in the areas of econometrics and labor. She has held several leadership positions at Flagler, including co-founder of the Business Advisory Board, chair of the Admissions Committee, vice chair of Faculty Senate and chair of the Constitution Committee. She was the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Leadership and Service (2010 to 2011) and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2014 to 2015). Roberts is currently working on a book titled “Advancing the Well-Being of Nations: The Economics of Educating Girls,” which analyzes the social rate of return of educating girls in the developing world. At Flagler, she teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics and The Economics of Education, among other courses. She received a doctoral degree in Economics from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from Lake Forest College.

"We are supporting excellence in education with professorships. These individuals are superb teachers and have made significant contributions to establishing a standard of excellence at Flagler."

– Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Alan Woolfolk

The professorships were funded through the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust Professorship Fund. Former President Dr. William T. Abare, Jr., and the Office of Institutional Advancement played an integral role in securing the $2 million endowment that supports the professorships. President Dr. Joseph Joyner and Woolfolk moved forward with making them a reality.

DR. MICHAEL BUTLER Kenan Distinguished Professor of History Butler is a scholar of 20th-century Southern History, specializing in the Civil Rights movement. His 2016 book, titled “Beyond Integration: The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980,” examines how institutional forms of cultural racism persisted well beyond the visible signs of racial integration in the 1960s.

He has delivered lectures across the state on topics including the Jim Crow South, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King in St. Augustine, police brutality and confederate imagery and the struggle for racial equality. Most recently, Butler was selected as one of seven members for the City of St. Augustine’s Confederate Memorial Contextualization Advisory Committee. At Flagler, he teaches courses in American History, African-American History, Slavery in the United States and The Civil Rights Movement. He is the recipient of the College’s Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010 to 2011) and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Professional Development (2014 to 2015). Originally from Mobile, Ala., he received both his master’s and doctorate degrees in History from the University of Mississippi.

Illustrator Alex Ray, ’11, graduated from Flagler with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. He works out of Orlando and uses life experiences and fundamentals he learned at Flagler every day in the art he makes, ranging from comic and children’s books to animation.

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COOPER FAMILY WOMEN'S SCHOLARSHIP Making a Difference by Advancing Women's Education at Flagler KARA P OUND, '06 When Brad Cooper sold his software company in 2011, he and wife Robin were left with a hefty payout that they weren’t quite sure what to do with. “After we sold the company, we started looking into ways to invest,” Brad said. “We took care of our basic finances, got that all in order, and began researching philanthropic giving.”

The Coopers, who were both born and raised on the Westside of Jacksonville and attended the same K-12 school, just celebrated their 12-year wedding anniversary. They also recently finished building their dream home, a modern and eclectic custom build in Davis Shores, a neighborhood just over the Bridge of Lions.

“When we settled in St. Augustine, we wanted to get involved in the community,” explained Robin. “I met Dr. Beverly Carmichael [Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Flagler], and she told me about her vision for the Women of Vision Fund. I was sold.”

Along with philanthropic commitments to local organizations such as Wildflower Clinic, Flagler Health Care Foundation, and Mayo Clinic, the Coopers decided to add Flagler College to their list of beneficiaries.

“This is my fourth year as chairman,” said Robin of Women of

COLUMBIA RESTAURANT SCHOLARSHIP Popular St. Augustine restaurant funds first Hospitality and Tourism Management scholarship

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Vision, an endowment fund steered by an advisory board comprised of female leaders and philanthropists from the local community. “When we were getting everything organized, Beverly and I met every Monday for almost an entire year to write the mission, vision, by-laws, and try and get more women involved.”

Over the past few years, with Robin at the helm, Women of Vision has become one of the college’s most prestigious and profitable fundraising efforts. The ladies also head up Power of the Purse, an annual fundraiser held each spring in Ponce Hall that features keynote speakers, a silent auction, and luncheon.

Each year, Power of the Purse exceeds the year before as well as Robin’s expectations. The organization’s goal is to have a million dollars in the endowment and increase the number of annual scholarships that they’re able to award.

“Robin’s been an advocate for quality education for women since she went to school and had some amazing mentors,” Brad said of his wife, who attended Florida State University for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and has specialized in bone marrow transplant coordination and home infusion therapy. “So Women of Vision

was just a natural fit.”

The group’s mission is to provide scholarships and educational opportunity for women who attend Flagler College, which makes sense considering the school was founded in 1968 as an all-female institution of higher learning and even today, boasts a population comprised of 60 percent female.

“My first job out of college was at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,” Robin said. “I worked in experimental cancer therapy in one of the hardest departments, Leukemia. To this day, I remember this woman who took me under her wing and helped me get through those early days.

I don’t think I could have ever survived that kind of environment without her.”

The Coopers, who don’t have any children, knew that they wanted their money to make a difference when they both passed on, so they spoke to a family friend who worked for the foundation side of the Mayo Clinic. She told Brad and

Robin about planned giving, which is basically committing a major donation to a nonprofit as part of the donor’s estate plan.

“We both come from relatively moderate middle class backgrounds,” explained Brad. “Dealing with estate planning was just never something that really entered our daily conversations at home. We started

the scholarship was conceived by Richard Gonzmart, a fourthgeneration co-owner of the famed Florida restaurant.

“Scholarship funds are critical to the success of our students and we are extremely grateful to Mr. Gonzmart for starting the first scholarship fund for this program,” said Dr. Beverly Carmichael, Flagler’s vice president for Institutional Advancement. “It will have a great impact on our students and will help them achieve success in their studies.”

Gonzmart opened the local Columbia, one of 12 within the Columbia Restaurant Group, at the urging of Flagler College founder Lawrence Lewis in 1983. The original Ybor City restaurant is the oldest in Florida and the largest Spanish restaurant in the world.

Gonzmart attributes his desire to give back to family tradition.

“I’m just building on the lessons my mother taught me,” Gonzmart said. “She was one of the founders of the University of South Florida Latino Scholarship program. It gave academicallytalented, but financially-challenged students the chance to receive

looking at places in St. Augustine that would benefit from our gift and one that came to mind was Flagler College because of Robin’s strong support of education for women.”

Between the hours Robin has dedicated to Women of Vision and the planned giving contribution both Robin and Brad have worked into their financial affairs, the Coopers have made quite a mark on the college in the short amount of time that they’ve been involved.

“Even though we weren’t born and raised here, we’re extremely interested in being involved in our wonderful little community,” Robin said. “We don’t like to be in the limelight or have our picture in the paper. We just want Women of Vision to go on and on and on as well as see the college be successful.”

a college education. Most of these students were the first from their family to attend college.”

To be eligible for the Gonzmart Family Scholarship, students must be majoring in Hospitality and Tourism Management and have a 3.0 grade point average. Preference will be given to students with financial need.

Hospitality and tourism is a driving force in the state’s economy, and Flagler positioned itself to better prepare students interested in those careers by launching the new major last year. In 2017, the college also announced the development of a Hospitality and Tourism Advisory Board, comprised of industry leaders who help students by offering practical experience, professional mentorship and guidance.

According to Carmichael, the creation of a scholarship within the new major is a significant milestone. She hopes it will inspire other community members and business leaders to support students in the same way.

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Equality Through Economics Research by economics professor explores impact of educating girls in developing countries BOBBIE STEWART | PHOTOS BY STAFF

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t was 1972 when Allison Roberts, an eight-year-old Catholic school girl, set out into her Cincinnati neighborhood to collect donations for the greater good. A small cardboard box emblazoned with the letters UNICEF could feed starving children in Africa, she was told. Smart as a whip in mathematics, the numbers added up to be a significant sum when she considered her efforts and multiplied by all those she could bring to the cause.

Roberts, now an associate professor of Economics at Flagler College, remembers running home after she had filled up her box with coins: “I said, ‘Mom, look! Now there won’t be any more starving children in Africa.’”

Her mother, she said, gazed down with a look of pride, and then incredulity. “’I hate to tell you this,’” Roberts recalled her saying, “but when I was a little girl, I filled up boxes, too, and they’re still starving.’”

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Roberts’ grandmother standing nearby affirmed the same: “And when I was little, I filled up boxes too, and they’re still starving.”

The little girl was stunned. “I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, my grandmother is 60 years older than me,” she said.

“How could the problem still exist?”

An Economist’s Approach to Social Justice

It took several years of Economics classes and a growing wisdom for her to realize the complexity of social justice: Charity doesn’t always result in progress, and progress is a subjective concept bound by definition and measurement.

This is where Roberts has found her place in the global fight for equality — in the details of how social progress is measured. That is why Roberts took a sabbatical in the fall

of 2017 to do research focused on estimating the social rate of return of educating girls in the developing world.

Previous research has tied this rate of return to economic growth, as measured by changes in gross domestic product (GDP). Educating males, according to the literature, has contributed positively to growth, but educating females has no direct returns for growth, and only indirect returns due to reduced fertility. Roberts attributes these findings to the way GDP is measured, which misses the mark on true social progress.

“That’s always troubled me,” she said.

“Measuring the impact of society by looking at GDP per growth is already a bad start. It doesn’t necessarily mean we’re living a better life. It’s the standard measure we fall to because we don’t have anything better.”

Better, Roberts said, would be to take into consideration the impact of educating girls on the whole of society. To do this, she is applying the work of economist Michael Green, who in 2014, created the “Social Progress Index” — an index that assesses indicators such as improved health status, environmental quality, safety, employment, nutrition, among others.

Roberts is analyzing global education data from 20 years prior to uncover the real relationship between educating girls and social progress.

“I’m setting out to correct the record; there is a social return to educating girls, and it’s direct,” she said.

A Mathematical Mind, Economic Models and a Hunch

The results of Roberts’ regression analysis aren’t in yet, but she has a strong sense of what her findings will reveal.

“Developing countries’ standards of living will rise,” she said. “There’s less incidence of disease, lower infant mortality, lower fertility rates, women wait longer to get married, their children more likely to get healthcare and they are more civically engaged. Husbands go off to work and

Top Left: School girls in Sulawesi, Indonesia wait outside a classroom. The fourth largest education system in the world, attendance is around 60% for high school students, with slightly higher rates for young women. (Source: World Bank) Above: Allison Roberts teaches Flagler students about the economic impact of education in third world countries, especially pertaining to female students.

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women stay at home and make decisions about their immediate environment, their communities. The more educated women are, the smarter those decisions will be.”

If it could be proven statistically that educating girls has a positive impact on society, then philanthropists could channel their gifts to programs that directly fund education for girls.

“If I can demonstrate that the best dollar is to educate girls, then it will help combat abject poverty,” Roberts said. “My goal is to provide the evidence that it is the best way to invest in humanity.”

For Roberts, that UNICEF donation box has evolved to signify the complexity of humanitarian responses and the role of economics.

“I’m passionate about economics and ultimately, I want to help people make smarter decisions,” she said. “It’s what I try to teach my students: If you can’t invest in the future wisely, the future won’t be any better.”

Associate Professor Roberts teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, The Economics of Education and Sociological Applications of Economics, among other courses. She received a doctoral degree in Economics from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from Lake Forest College. Her primary academic interests are in econometrics, labor economics and the economics of healthcare.

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THE E YES ON THE STORM Public Admin grad Linda Stoughton navigates county through two hurricanes BOBBIE STEWART PHOTO BY SCOTT SMITH, '04

Tips for Managing a Crisis, according to Linda Stoughton: 1 Have a framework in place for any type of crisis, but be flexible with that plan.

2 Get training under your belt and then practice what you learn.

3 Find the best, most reliable information possible.

Investigate where you’re getting your information and keep in mind that social media may not be official sources.

4 Make a decision. Sometimes people become paralyzed with indecision, but you have to make a decision to move forward.

5 Failure is not an option. You must think outside the box and use all your resources.

Above: Linda Stoughton leads the county in preparations for natural disasters as Emergency Management Director.

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In a single year, mother nature unleashed its wrath on St. Johns County — not once but twice.

Hurricane Matthew hit the First Coast in October of 2016 and then Irma the following September.

On the frontlines for both was Linda Stoughton, ‘09, the county’s emergency management director.

“What we didn’t want to happen, happened,” the Public Administration program alumna said. Hurricane Irma hit while the county was still bruised from Matthew. Some businesses were just getting back into the swing of things, after nearly a year of repairs. Residents were putting the final touches on homes that had been inundated by Matthew’s storm surge. A handful of families were still living in hotels.

“We thought another storm would be hard emotionally, physically and financially, and here it came,” Stoughton said.

The Flagler grad is the go-to person for managing disasters for the county, home to St. Augustine and Flagler College.

She sets up evacuations and sheltering, activates the county’s emergency plan and Emergency Operations Center (EOC), serves as a community spokesperson and FEMA liaison, orders resources and organizes recovery efforts.

Matthew versus Irma: Two Very Different Storms Hurricanes have different strengths, or, as Stoughton described it, personalities. Matthew rendered its damage relatively quickly, causing a storm surge that was seven feet and

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Alum Finds Passion, Vocation In LocallyReclaimed Wood JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 Ever since he was a kid, Austin Weeks, ‘99, has been crafting and creating furniture with reclaimed materials from his father’s construction sites. But it wasn’t until his time at Flagler College that he realized how locally salvaged materials could help preserve St. Augustine’s rich history.

Between storm debris and everyday reclaimed wood, Weeks has turned his passion into Old Town Timber, a company that sells furniture and an array of pieces made solely out of reclaimed wood from the St. Augustine area.

Each piece is made from 100 percent recycled wood and then turned into “functional artwork” where no two pieces are exactly the same.

While Weeks graduated from Flagler

“in-and-out quickly.” The category three storm was a “water” event (versus a “wind” event like Hurricane Andrew in 1992) that paralleled St. Johns County and caused all three surrounding bodies of water — the Atlantic, Intracoastal Waterway and St. Johns River — to surge.

If anything positive came from Matthew, it was learned experience. “People were more active with protecting their homes during Irma because they had just lived through Matthew,” she said. “People buckled down and worked through it. Unfortunately, we are now experienced with tropical events.”

The Path to Emergency Management Managing disasters is not what Stoughton envisioned she’d be doing 30 years ago. She had studied forestry, and wanted to pursue that field wholeheartedly. But in 1985, she took a job with St. Johns County as a fire rescue dispatcher, and before she knew it, had progressed to the role of emergency management director.

“I never looked back,” she said.

The county is lucky for it. Last year, state officials at the 31st Annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference awarded her the Governor’s Award, the state’s most prestigious accolade for hurricane preparedness and response.

“I look at emergency management as a team sport. When we activate the EOC, it takes many of us to make the plan

with a degree in Business Management and Economics, he took part in an independent study his senior year making terrariums. The course engaged his passions for up-cycling and creating unique pieces.

After graduation, he worked in commercial real estate until December of 2015. It was then that a neighbor asked him to create a sliding barn door. The responses he received were so positive that he decided to found Old Town Timber, a company that continues to grow to this day. He plans to open his first retail store in St. Augustine mid-May. Weeks wants current and future Flagler students to know that while their future is not certain, it is important to keep taking advantage of the opportunities around them.

“The question of what to do with your life can seem overwhelming, but sometimes the answer has been right under your nose the whole time,” Weeks said.

work. The award is for all of us,” Stoughton said.

She was also named “2017 Emergency Manager of the Year” by the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association.

Flagler’s Public Administration program played an integral role in helping her develop key skills for her job.

“During a major disaster, critical thinking, problem solving and communicating — skills that every class at Flagler focused on — become crucial to the safety of our community,” Stoughton said. “The Public Administration program made me a better emergency manager.”

Learning from the Past to Prepare for the Future Overall, the Flagler grad said she is pleased with the county’s basic response plan. “The response level by the EOC was great,” she said. “The evacuation zones worked and the shelters met our needs too. Still, there are over 20 families in hotels from Irma, but they are being cared for by longer-term recovery operations.”

Stoughton’s message to residents is often to prepare, prepare, prepare; but she’s also quick to emphasize the role of the county.

“People shouldn’t worry too much because the EOC is paid to worry,” she said. “We’re hoping for a quiet hurricane season this year, and yeah, we need a break, but we stand ready.” Watch a video at www.flagler.edu/watch FlaglerCollege.edu/magazine

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Frederick “Rick” Jackson celebrated 25 years as pastor of Bradford Baptist Church in Starke, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2017.

Becky (Geyer) Bonner recently attended the NCAA Leadership Development Forum as an administrator representing Roberts Wesleyan College, where she connected with Flagler studentathlete Megan Miller. For the past six years, Becky has served as Head Women’s Tennis Coach, Senior Woman Administrator and Assistant Athletic Director at Roberts, as well as on the NCAA Div. II East Region Ranking Committee. She and her husband, Ed, have twins who are now both living in the Philadelphia area: Marry Ann married in 2016 and is a writing teacher, and Robert is a senior analyst at SEI.

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Lisa Almeida is an owner and partner of the Freedom Boat Club franchise in St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Ponte Vedra.

Their franchise recently received four major national awards, including the coveted Freedom Boat Club Franchise of the Year, at the 2017 Freedom Boat Club National Franchise Conference held in Fort Meyers, Fla. It also received recognition as a twoyear member of the National Marketing Advisory Council and for its participation as a National Charity Marketing Partner on behalf of its contributions to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Kelly Lynch-Racine was named Social Worker of the Year on March 6 by the Northeast Unit of the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Kelly has worked for Community Hospice & Palliative Care as a mentor and guide to patients and new social workers for 17 years. She volunteers at Community Hospice & Palliative Care’s Camp Healing Powers® to help children coping and participates in yearly medical mission trips to Central America.

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Rob Grotheer and Gayle (Townsend) Grotheer, '80, have been appointed to a new church, Wilmington Island UMC in Savannah, Ga., by the United Methodist Church. Gayle is now retired after over 30 years as an elementary school counselor.

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Bonnie (Scott) Palermo recently retired at the end of the 2016-17 school year from Connecticut and made her permanent residence in Palm Coast, Fla. She now enjoys traveling with her husband, Tony, and substituting in Flagler County.

Annette Talbert is currently Parish Administrator at Church of Our Saviour in Jacksonville, Fla. She is also a published poet and collaborates with

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her husband, composer Bob Moore. “Someday,” with text

by Annette and music by Bob Moore, was commissioned for the St. Augustine Orchestra in honor of the 1965 Civil Rights March in St. Augustine. It was performed in April 14 as part of Jacksonville University's Choral Program entitled: "In Flanders Fields: Songs Of Peace, War And Reconciliation." Annette is also the proud parent of Scott, Keith and Julia Manze, who is currently a sophomore at Flagler, and serves as a Flagler Ambassador.

Amy Limehouse Eager helps oversee the operations of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). At the organization’s 64th Annual SEPA Annual Meeting in Charleston, S.C., a group of aspiring psychologists from Flagler were invited to present their research including students Kathryn Thompson, Sarah Salvi, Adria Mankute along with their advisor, Dr. Tracy Litzinger. Eager resides in Charleston with her husband of 19 years, Derek, and their daughter, Brooking, 14.

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Tammi (Singer) Fox is currently living in Orlando, Fla., with her three kids and working as an art teacher. Her daughter is a freshman at Flagler and lives across the hall from her old dorm room in Ponce Hall.

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Candace (Rabidoux) Sametini is currently living in Fairhope, Ala.

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Marcia (Hance) Pendl currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with her husband of 9 years, Michael Pendl, and their 5-year-old son Vincenzo, “Vin.” Marcia works at Palm Gardens Medical Center in Outpatient Rehab as the Lead Occupational Therapist. Her family also owns Pendl Electric LLC, which is about to celebrate 10 years of service.

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Flagler alumni joined together for a holiday luncheon and gift exchange at the Tampa Club in December 2017. Alumni in attendance were Jacqueline (Brosmer) Cooper, '91; Colleen (Sneiderman) Thomas, '91; Nancy Rutland, '80; Dolly Brown, '90; Robin (Aronson) Rothman, '88; Terri (McGee) Hogan, '89; Suzanne (Staub) Golden, '86; and Janet (Fueger) Buley, '91.

Kimberly (Gorn) Kertscher recently joined the National Student Clearinghouse as the Manager of Implementations after 10 years with Oracle. Kimberly lives in Gainesville, Va., with her husband, Tom, daughter, Alexis, and son, Ryan.

Brian Thompson and Nancy (Demato) Thompson celebrated 20 years of marriage in March. Both met at Flagler. Brian, who is the News and Information Director for Flagler and writes a weekly column in The St. Augustine Record, was also

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Flagler Grad Teams Up with Prominent Soccer Club In Spain JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 Just a year after graduation Adolfo Guerrero Gunther is excelling in the world of soccer. He graduated in the class of 2016 from the Sport Management Department, and currently works for top Spanish soccer team Club Atletico de Madrid’s Academy International Expansion. The Academy is responsible for training young, up-and-coming players for the team.

It was when one of the Flagler grad’s friends recommended him for an internship with the club that he began to work his way up to a full-time career.

“I will never forget what Dr. DeMartini told us,” he said. “‘It is not what you know; it is who you know.’”

Gunther’s role for Club Atletico Madrid consists of creating the “Atletico Experience”

for visiting players and coaches from around the world. More than 50 international teams, from the United States, Japan, Australia and Columbia, among other countries, have received training sessions from Atletico Madrid and played friendly matches against Academy teams.

“Words cannot explain how I feel,” he said.

“I am part of one of the best football clubs in the world.”

While Gunther truly exceeded in the art of building connections, it was through the guidance of Flagler professors that really helped him excel in his career.

“Dr. DeMartini, Dr. Hunter, Dr. Roberts, and even Dr. Twardy pushed and believed in my full potential all the time,” he said. “They reinforced and helped me create personal habits that make me stand above the rest. I did not understand it in college, but now I do.”

Gunther says his biggest piece of advice for current students is to choose a career that relates to their passions: “Do whatever makes you wake up on a Monday excited to face a new week.”

named to the board of directors for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He is serving as the chair of the organization’s national awards contest.

Valentina, turned two this year.

They are settled into their new home in Farmington, Conn., and have finished remodeling work, bringing their 1894 home up to modern comforts. January marked her 20th year with Merrill Lynch.

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Derek Parker and Cara (DeMarco) Parker are both finishing their Masters +30 in education and entering their 22nd year of teaching. Derek teaches 8th grade history, coordinates the annual 8th-grade trip to Washington, D.C., coaches soccer and baseball, and is the Scoutmaster of a local Boy Scout troop that two of their kids are in. Cara teaches 5th grade and owns a photography business (www. cara-parker.com). Their oldest son will attend Unity College in Maine in the fall and their youngest son will enter 8th grade. They continue to travel throughout the country, hiking, camping and visiting national parks, national historic parks and historical parks.

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DeAnna (Austin) O’Flaherty became the Housing Counselor for St. Johns Housing Partnership (SJHP), a St. Augustine nonprofit

organization focused on affordable housing, in 2015. DeAnna brought her love of Flagler College to her work and asked the SJHP to provide Flagler students with the opportunity to intern with the long-time community organization. Kelsey Wainwright, '17, entered as an intern and came on full-time after graduating. She is now their newest Housing Eligibility Analyst.

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Nicole Falciano welcomed her fourth child with her husband, Erik, around Thanksgiving, while their triplets, Lenora, Carina and

Zach Thomas and Margo (Brown) Thomas, ’06, welcomed a daughter, Annie Lavern, on Jan. 8, 2018.

Administration. She and her husband, Anthony, recently celebrated 12 years of marriage, and are proud to have two amazing boys, Austin, 6, and Alex, 1.

Heather Deel married Diego da Silva in St. Augustine on April 8, 2017. Flagler College generously let them have their wedding photos taken on campus.

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Bonnie (Mercado) Dietrich welcomed a new addition to her family.

Angela (Balas) Astrup is enjoying her career as an editor for the National Highway Traffic Safety

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Aintablian Lands With Legal Team of NFL's Minnesota Vikings JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 Samuel Aintablian II, ‘09, is serving as one of three attorneys for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. His responsibilities include drafting and negotiating contracts and taking part in a multitude of business decisions. Aintablian’s professional journey began shortly after graduation from Flagler when he took an internship with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He

then attended Northwestern University for law school and graduated in 2014.

After graduation, the alumnus clerked for Justice Alan Page on the Minnesota Supreme Court and worked at a law firm for two years. He secured his current position as associate counsel with the Minnesota Vikings last fall.

“Honestly, I didn’t plan to take this specific route,” Aintablian said. “I’m very blessed that things turned out contrary to my own plans and wants. I would not have been ready if the Vikings called me straight out of law school, and I may have squandered such an opportunity.”

Brooks Harvests Local Honey, Launches Business JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 After graduating in 2009, Danielle Brooks took a chance on adopting beehives and starting her own St. Augustine honey business, The Honey Truck Company. There was a need for honey made specifically in St. Augustine. Instead of outsourcing, Brooks decided to take her own beehives and sell true “hyper-local” honey. “I want the people of St. Augustine to experience the flavor of the local flora,” she said.

From Flagler to Life as a Navy SEAL JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 With a degree in Business Administration, Chris Beach, '06, was open to an array of career paths and opportunities. At the time, he was working in St. Augustine for the St. Johns County Marine Rescue as a lieutenant and EMT. He realized he could easily combine his desire to serve his country and hunger for advanced medical studies by joining the military.

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Beach said. “If I was going to join the military, I wanted to be one of the best.”

After two years of training, Beach became a Navy SEAL. He attended a Special Forces trauma training course to become a medic. After two deployments, the Flagler grad decided to pursue a career as a physician assistant. In 2017, Beach completed Duke University’s Physician Assistant program.

He credits Flagler with broadening his professional horizons.

“My time there showed me the importance of being a lifelong learner and the power of always staying hungry for more knowledge,” he said.

Vikings Vice President Kevin Warren, Legal & HR Karin Nelsen and Samuel Aintablian

In addition to running the honey company, she is organizing a program with the National Park Service on the role of pollinators within St. Augustine’s ecosystem. She is also looking for local Host-A-Hive partners where St. Augustine residents have the chance to become hive hosts.

Brooks said that it was Flagler that prepared her for her career path. As a Communication major, she learned a broad spectrum of skills. “I learned how the camera worked, how to write, how to edit — all facets of the media industry,” Brooks said. “That, hands-down, has given me the tools needed to adapt to changes in the industry, as well as my career.”

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Brooke’s husband recently began an economic consultant business, while Brooke works as the area director for Young Life. Young Life is a big task in its early stages in Skopje, as it’s a new area for Young Life in Eastern and Central Europe. Brooke and her husband welcomed their fourth child, a boy, in December 2017. Their other children are Jeremiah, 6; Christabelle, 4; and Esther, 2.

perfect addition to their little goat and chicken farm – they can’t wait to see him running amuck with the animals!

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Cherish (Simonson) Nabil and her husband, Shaun, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Blakely, on Feb. 16, 2017. They also celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary in October 2016.

Faith (Neskes) Miller welcomed her third child, Andrew Paul Miller, to her family on June 5, 2017. He is the newest addition to the Miller Homestead family and will be a

member of the Guild since 2016, Nolan has been an outspoken supporter of the Guild’s efforts to organize the digital news industry, and has represented the Guild at prominent events at the White House and the AFL-CIO National Convention.

Hamilton Nolan received the Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), at the 70th Annual Writers Guild Awards at New York’s Edison Ballroom on Feb. 11, 2018. A

Alumni-Created Datil Sauce Finds Its Roots in Nicaragua JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17 It was a trip to Nicaragua in search of surf that led alumni Caleb Cooper, ‘04, and Scott Herlihy, ‘06, to find the inspiration for their “A Frame Datil Pepper Sauce” – a St. Augustine creation based on the scorching little pepper native to the Nation’s Oldest City.

The two alums met through the college’s soccer team. Cooper was a Business Administration major and Herlihy a Communication major. After graduation, the two left for Nicaragua for the surf and while there, ended up volunteering on a coffee farm to learn organic practices from a fourth-generation master grower.

The experience made an impression and inspired them to apply lessons from coffee farming to a business venture based in St. Augustine. Cooper and Herlihy decided the star product would be datil peppers. Without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, they harvested the peppers and created a sweet and spicy concoction. “A

Beth Groff has accepted the comptroller position at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla. Out of 28 schools, Santa Fe College is one of the top community colleges in the state of Florida.

Scott Lagasse finished fifth on Feb. 17, 2018, in the NASCAR season opening NEXTera Energy Resources 250 with his SCREEN

Andrea Cox married Alireza Sadeghi on Oct. 13, 2017, in Lake Mary, Fla.

Erin (Rohan) Smith is pleased to announce that she recently

Frame Datil Pepper Sauce” was born.

“More than anything, we wanted to create something that was unique in the hot sauce sector, and since datil peppers are typically only grown in the St. Augustine area, we felt that we could create a high-quality product that people would enjoy on a large scale,” Cooper said.

The label for “A Frame” was inspired by surf spots in Popoyo, Nicaragua. The wave itself replicates a wave there and was originally painted by a local Nicaraguan woman. The name “A Frame” came from a term used to describe a wave that breaks from the middle.

After several successful test runs on family and friends, Cooper and Herlihy started selling their sauce to local restaurants and retailers for the first couple years before making it on the shelves of Publix and Ace Hardware in 2016.

In the near future, the two are looking at adding new products, growing the business and, of course, maintaining happy and satisfied customers. “We realize that with new growth comes new challenges and we are confident that we can persevere in the years to come,” Cooper said.

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A LU M N I N OT E S passed the Florida Bar’s Board Certification exam and is now Board Certified by the Florida Bar in the area of Construction Law. There are only 385 attorneys, approximately 50 of whom are women, who have achieved board certification in Construction Law, which is the Florida Bar’s highest level of evaluation of an attorney’s experience and competence in that practice area.

Rachel (Margulies) Strecker recently joined BarrSternberg Moss, Silver & Munson law firm as an associate, and her practice areas will include family law, civil litigation, real estate law and estate planning.

Beth (Sutkowy) Sweeny’s daughter, Wellesley Donna Dorothy Sweeny, was born on Oct. 24, 2017.

Nicholas Youmans, '05; Katherine Wrisley-Shelby, '10; Robert Sims, '12; Luke Zerra, '13; along with Flagler Professor Timothy Johnson, speaker Helmut Flachenecker; and current students Carie Levy and Zachary Moore represented Flagler College at a conference at the Franciscan Institute celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Saint Bonaventure’s birth. Zachary was also the only undergraduate to present a paper.

Around 100 scholars were present at the conference from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.

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Christopher Shearouse recently graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.

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Kerry Adams was named Teacher of the Year for Wakulla County. She has taught all subjects in her 11 years of working with fifth-graders, but currently teaches math to 5th-grade inclusion classes at Shadesville Elementary School in Crawfordville, Fla.

Mario Jutronic recently launched a Kickstarter project on behalf of an adventure backpack/camera backpack that he invented with his friend. The sample was a year in the making, undergoing stress tests in labs and across the Nordics in up to -28 degrees Celsius and earning the support of 2017 world champion snowboarder, Seppe Smits. They shot the video for their product in New Zealand, the Nordics, Belgium and Hong Kong. Mario currently lives in Hong Kong.

Gerard Siegler was promoted to director of Production Services at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Fla., last June.

Gerard has worked for the Straz Center for the past eight years.

Craig Shoup was named chief of staff for the Jacksonville Bar Association on Dec. 11, 2017. In this role he is involved with all aspects of the organization including membership, sponsorship, events and the lawyer referral service.

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Bailey (Toombs) Bernius and Andrew Bernius welcomed their second child, Deacon, in November 2017 with big brother Brooks.

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Lisa Dalrymple married Skylor Fitz-Coy on Nov. 12, 2017, at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, Va. Fellow alumna and Lisa’s former Ponce Hall roommate, Melissa Eisenhauer, '09, was in attendance. Lisa earned her B.A. in Communication at Flagler College in 2008, and relocated to Virginia in 2009.

Samuel Perlin married Michael Okun in an intimate ceremony in New Orleans, La., on Dec. 11, 2017.

Other Flagler alum in attendance were Kadey Perlin, '14; Kim Schander, '18; Sarah Berland, '12; and T.J. Yuelling, '12. So much fun in the Big Easy!

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Christina (Klein) Fulater was nominated to the state board as vice president for the Florida Council for Exceptional Children, an international community for professionals who are the voice and vision of special and gifted children.

Christina will serve on the board for four years and advance into the roles of vice president, presidentelect, president, and past president.

She was also voted 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year at Gretchen Everhart School.

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Bradley Bynum received the Grainger President’s Club award in 2017. It is the most prestigious award from the company, awarded to employees that meet goals for consecutive years.

Hannah Locke recently accepted the role of Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University in the greater Boston area. Hannah will continue to pursue her graduate studies in Global Studies parttime at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis while she works.

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Cynthia Belcher married Jason Robinson on Oct. 14, 2017.

Ashleigh Cuty married Spencer Carrucciu on Sept. 10, 2017, in Long Island, New York. Ashleigh works for the Virunga National Park, Africa’s oldest and largest national park, home to a third of the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas, and heads the park’s fundraising efforts in the U.S. Ashleigh and Spencer reside in Brooklyn with their dog, Chase.

Hannah (Harvell) Varney and Patrick Varney, '10, welcomed their first child, a son named Oliver

A LU M N I N OT E S Richard, on April 21, 2017. The couple and their new son are doing great settling in as a family of three.

They currently reside in Denver, Colo.

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Lauren Avard married Ryan Ketelhut, whom she met in St. Augustine, on Sept. 8, 2017. Fellow Flagler College alumna, Mollie Sanders, '12, was her maid of honor.

Angela Daidone was promoted to senior manager of Corporate Communications at Firehouse Subs in October 2017. She first joined the brand in 2014 as a writer/editor and became manager of Corporate Communications in 2015. She will be celebrating her four-year anniversary with Firehouse Subs in August.

Eliza Jordan is the culture and lifestyle editor of Whitewall Magazine, its sister publication Whitewaller, and its online edition, Whitewall.art. The global publication, based in New York, covers luxury lifestyle, with a focus on contemporary art, design and culture around the globe. In addition to interviewing acclaimed and celebrity talent, she is responsible for traveling to attend global art fairs, fashion shows, product releases and various competitions.

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Former Flagler Basketball Star Now Pro Referee with the NBA JOHN JORDAN Last fall, former Flagler College basketball player Jonathan Sterling, '06, made his NBA debut as a referee at the Denver-Utah game. For Sterling, becoming a referee wasn’t a chosen path, but one he fell into.

Sterling transferred to Flagler for the 200405 season from Seminole Community College in Sanford, Fla. He spent two seasons with the Saints and helped the team to a 23-8 record in his first season.

“My friend and Flagler alum Shane Livensparger, ‘06, asked if I wanted to referee at the St. Augustine YMCA one night,” Sterling said about how his career began. “I had no desire to referee.

I wanted to play. I decided to go out and work the three games that night and it gave me a rush that I had been missing since playing “I get to run up and competitive basketball.” down the floor, be In 2007, Sterpart of the game ... ling began his reftravel the world and ereeing career by experience different working with the local high school cultures, as well as association, the see how the game of Southern Assoof Basbasketball is loved all ciation ketball Officials, over the globe.” where he worked middle school, ninth grade and junior varsity boys and girls games in St. Johns and Duval counties. He continued to climb up the rungs, moving on to youth tournaments and then college games.

In 2010, he was hired to work in NCAA Division I for the first time with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and in 2011, he made the decision to commit to refereeing professionally.

He was selected, and hired that summer to the NBA Development League, now known as the NBA Gatorade League, and then moved on to NBA games. For Sterling, the love of the game is ever-present, and he thoroughly enjoys what he does and the opportunities he has received.

Sterling is not the only former Saint officiating in the NBA. Brent Barnaky (1993-95) is currently in his eighth year as an NBA referee.

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A LU M N I N OT E S David Herrington on Oct. 28, 2017, at Serenata Beach Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with family and friends. Bridesmaids included fellow Flagler College alumni, Catherine (Kaloger) McNew, '12; Christine Young, '12; and Amy (Lannon) Hall, '12.

Greg Mergel and Shannon Sugrue were married March 3, 2018, at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club. Greg is working for a new golf lifestyle clothing brand, Anderson Ord, in St. Augustine. Shannon is in her sixth year teaching fifth grade at Hartley Elementary in St. Johns County.

Adriana Pompeo married Michael Cuddy in January 2017 with her Flagler College roommate Elizabeth Di Bella, '12, by her side as her bridesmaid. In January 2018, the Cuddy’s welcomed their first child – a sweet baby girl named Natalie Anne. Adriana completed her Master’s Degree in Special Education and recently began a new job teaching kindergarten at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf.

Courtney Reynolds completed her Masters of Science in Quantitative Fisheries and Economics at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in May 2017. She also completed a yearand-a-half-long assignment at the Physical Disability Review Board at the United States Pentagon. As senior case administrator and data analyst, she adjudicated the cases of post-9/11 veterans who were medically separated with questionable ratings issued by the Department of Defense. Recently, she took a position as senior PAR analyst for the Department of Commerce National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in Chesapeake, Va.

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In the spring of 2018, she will begin to pursue her Ph.D. in Oceanic and Atmosphere Science at Hampton University.

John Sgromolo III was recently promoted as new athletic director at Ridgeview High School in Orange Park, Fla. He is the youngest varsity head coach in the school. After returning from the minor leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in Phoenix, Ariz., John returned to Clay County, where he worked as a substitute teacher, a physical education teacher and an assistant baseball coach at Clay High, and as head baseball coach at Ridgeview High.

former Flagler College attendee, Christopher Godek, at the White Room in St. Augustine, Fla., on Feb. 18, 2017. Several Flagler alumni were in the wedding party, including Karen Baldwin, '13; Ione Quinn, '14; Clay Grubman '13; and Stacey Voges '13.

Shannon Greene was hired by a local organic grocery store as their social media manager. Shannon previously worked as the social media manager for the historic Florida Theatre.

C L A S S O F 2013 Clayton Junkins recently proposed to his wonderful boyfriend, Kevin. They are planning a wedding for March 2019.

Ellen Clark married Larry Orzeske in Indianapolis, Ind., on Nov. 4, 2017. In attendance were Flagler College alumni Brianna Bradford, '14; Kristy (McDaniel) Leitzel, '13; Crissie Jativa, '13; Justine Long, '13; Jessica Reynolds, '13; Sara Lombardi, '13; Megan McNulty, '12; and Kristin Tschida, '13.

Heather Cribbs married longtime girlfriend, Taylor Richman, on Oct. 31, 2017, in a small courthouse ceremony in Deland, Fla. The couple currently resides in Palm Coast, Fla. Emily Diggs graduated from Florida Southern College with a degree of Master of Education in Educational Leadership on Dec. 17, 2017.

Hannah Bleau recently made two appearances on “Fox & Friends” with Chicks on the Right.

Carson Sailor currently serves as the executive director of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association in Boone, N.C., and recently came to visit campus to conduct an information session and casting audition for his upcoming theatre production, and is working closely with Flagler College Technical Director Britt Corry as the Artistic Director for the drama.

Through their collaboration Carson has recruited 13 current students and three Flagler alumni including Josh Schery, '13; Ali Aboudaya, '17; and Keira McDonald, ‘17.

Shelby Thompson received an acceptance letter for the James Madison Fellowship. She has worked very hard for the opportunity and will be able to study at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., next summer as a result. The fellowship is only awarded to one secondary social studies teacher in each state. Shelby was selected from the state of Louisiana.

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Amanda Slevin and Brian Aitkens were married on Aug. 11, 2017, at The Treasury on the Plaza surrounded by family and friends, including many Flagler Alumni.

They reside in New Jersey where they have lived since graduating together in 2013.

Tiffany Ann “T.A.” (Dawson) Ward released her debut novel, “Children of Wrath,” on Dec. 25, 2017. The story follows a doctor, Ethan King, whose city has been devastated by a chemical weapon, which caused a generation of psychopathic children. His obsessive hunt for a cure leads him to a conspiracy that changes everything.

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Hailey Fletcher, who graduated with a degree in elementary education and began teaching at the Patriot Oaks Academy, was named Rookie Teacher of the Year for St. Johns County.

Thomas Hern recently left his previous job as the director of field operations at Turning Point USA and accepted the grassroots director position at ACT for America.

He also recently started his own Digital Strategy LLC called H&F Strategies LLC, and has landed several major clients since then, including a law firm with a Supreme Court case coming up.

Recently, both RedAlertPolitics/ The Washington Examiner and NewsMax named Thomas to the “30 Under 30” award for leaders in the conservative movement.

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Brittany Gamble married

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India Cavanaugh pursued a continued education with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and recently started a new job as the internal auditor at Dycom Industries Inc.

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Alumnus Featured on ‘Masterchef’ JORDAN PUYEAR, ‘17

Donn Garby recently traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, with the Old Dominion University's Educational Leadership Program. Garby's group traveled to Bangkok to establish a global partnership with Chulalongkorn University and present on global citizenship and civic engagement to faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students. A group of 16 served as delegates for the U.S. to create the partnership, discuss future opportunities and compare higher education between the two countries.

Austin Gilbert has temporarily changed his career path from pursuing a J.D. to pursuing a Masters in Science of Criminal Justice and Public Administration. He married Veronica Mason on Jan. 6, 2018, which was their 5-year anniversary of being a couple.

How does a Business Administration alumnus transition into competing as a contestant on the eighth season of the popular cooking show, “MasterChef ?” For Jeff Philbin, ‘12, the feat was accomplished thanks to his brother-in-law, who signed him up for the program unknowingly.

“It was in that moment that life changed for me,” he said.

While studying as a full-time student, Philbin worked full-time at Colombia Restaurant in downtown St. Augustine. Within a month of graduation, Philbin was hired as an area sales manager for an international restaurant company, and moved up to the position of director of marketing.

“Throughout all of that, I held true to the belief that you chase the experience and 2017, he transitioned to a full-time position as data coordinator. He also renewed his membership for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Florida Palm Beach County Chapter.

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everything else good will follow,” he said.

In 2015, Philbin’s brother-inlaw had so much faith in his cooking skills that he signed him up for “MasterChef,” a reality show with chef Gordon Ramsay where amateur and home cooks compete to win $250,000, their own cookbook and the “MasterChef ” trophy. Philbin beat out over 37,000 people in the country to compete on the show. While he did not win the ultimate prize, he did earn the title of fifth best amateur home cook in America.

“I want to inspire others to maximize their time and to continue to learn, continue to seek out opportunities, but most importantly continue to grow,” Philbin said.

He plans to open up a brick-and-mortar restaurant sometime in the future.

Assistant Director of College Relations Stephanie Burgess and graduated from CROP. Colleen Turkiewicz has been accepted to graduate school at the University of Missouri and will go on to study there in the fall with a full assistantship.

REMEMBERING Shaina (Lilly) Silliker is a Theology instructor at Fr. Lopez Catholic High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. She was married on May 27, 2017, and is expecting her first child, Michael Thomas, in March of 2018.

Shelton Walker married his high school sweetheart and girlfriend of eight years on May 20, 2017.

Victor Wynn received a parttime job as resource development database assistant at United Way of Palm Beach County after graduating from Flagler. In January

Abbey Gooden and Margaret Mattaliano are both working at KIPP in Jacksonville. The two also worked as CROP mentors two to three years prior to graduating.

Sarah Strohminger recently started her position with FoodCorps, an AmeriCorps subsidiary, in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Kamaile Academy.

She was a mentee under Flagler

Nancy F. Armstrong, '72 Nancy F. Armstrong passed away on April 18, 2018. Nancy was a member of the charter class of 1972 and earned her degree from Flagler in Social Sciences. She continued on to get her certification as a licensed optician and ran a successful business, Treasure Coast Optician, for over 18 years in Vero Beach, Fla. She later moved to Alexandria, Tenn., where she built her dream home, as well as owned and rode horses.

Scott Robert Wilson, '89 Scott Wilson passed away on Oct. 13, 2017. After earning a degree in Accounting from Flagler, Scott went on to be a CPA and then transitioned to a financial consultant where he was well respected by various software companies. Scott is survived by his husband Mark Wilson-Woosley and two beloved cats, Bonnie and Smokey.

Donna Langford, '93 Donna Langford passed away on Dec. 24, 2017, after a five month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Donna received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Flagler. Donna is survived by her friend Michele Gregoire, her brother Gerald Langford and his wife Elaine.

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ALUMNI EVENTS

The Office of Alumni Relations has held nine Chapter Events so far this academic year. Dr. and Mrs. Joyner joined alumni, parents and friends at venues around the country to get to know their new Flagler friends. From New York to Ft. Lauderdale, and lots of places in-between, it was great fun to see so many wonderful alumni.

Chapter Events for next year will be announced this summer. Don’t miss a gathering near you!

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St. Petersburg, Fla. Sept. 28, 2017

Washington, D.C. Oct. 12, 2017

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Nov. 29, 2017

Orlando, Fla. Feb. 2, 2018

Tallahassee, Fla. March 1, 2018

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