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Schuh studying habitability of the international space station

Most wouldn’t think that psychology and space travel go together. But for 1999 graduate Susan Schuh, her psychology degree led to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where she studies what life is like aboard the International Space Station.

The billion dollar buyer

Amy Thompson talks toys and rising up the ranks of WalMart, the world’s largest retailer

Alumna Amy Thompson, ‘06, isn’t worth a billion dollars. But in six short years as a buyer with mega-retailer WalMart, she has already overseen accounts that have totaled $1 billion in purchasing power.

And not just any accounts… she bought toys.

Bottled Ocean

Alumnus Greg Lund finds aquatic success in large-scale aquariums and gator exhibits

Solving Cold Cases

Two public administration graduates help St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office land a grant to solve cold cases

The Makings of a Great Teacher

Five education department alumni give their take on what it means to teach … and to teach well

Slugging through the glass ceiling

Brown taking minor league baseball by storm as one of the only female GMs

Rethinking education

The past several years at Flagler have seen major changes to how students learn … and think

On the fry line

Flagler Associate Professor of Sociology Casey Welch talks about working at a fast food chain to research corporate control and ‘cheerful robots’

Don’t dally in the bathroom. That’s part of what Casey Welch, an associate professor of sociology at Flagler, learned a few years back when he went to work at a national fast food chain. He won’t name the burger-flipping joint where he took a minimum-wage job to study how chains exert total control over workers. Even bathroom breaks are timed!

Teaching the invisible children

Flagler graduate and high school teacher plays a part in rebuilding Uganda’s devastated educational system

Phyllis Gibbs: Forty years of curtain calls … and counting

Theatre Arts Department Chair Phyllis Gibbs looks back on four decades at Flagler

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