When looks mean everything

In Tasha Walden’s classroom, six fourth-graders sit around a table in silence. When Walden asks a question, three arms dart up to answer. When one girl is picked, she walks to the Smart Board, touches a set of numbers and slides it across the screen.

“Put the numbers in order from least to greatest,” Walden says. As she talks, her hands are a flurry of movement, stretching apart on the word “from” as if pulling taut a piece of string. When a student gazes at his notebook-sized white board, Walden taps the desk in front of him to get his attention. When the whole group works together to find an answer, she smiles and cheers, “Yaaaay! Good job,” her hands rising above her shoulders and fingers wagging…

Lastinger adds experience, ‘vigor and vision’ to Board of Trustees

Photography By Scott Smith (‘04)
As the latest addition to Flagler College’s Board of Trustees, Delores Lastinger is bringing a passion for education and a unique background in philanthropy to her new role.
Lastinger chairs development for Flagler now, but she spent her first years out of college teaching high school in Jacksonville. With the arrival of [...]

New deans for academic affairs

Flagler College’s Academic Affairs department is filled with new faces this semester. Alan Woolfolk, Ph.D., just began his role as dean of Academic Affairs, while Yvan Kelly started work as assistant dean a few months ago.
Woolfolk was associate provost and professor of sociology at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta prior to joining Flagler. He replaces Paula [...]

Getting to the heart of Communism

Student Jessica Griner travels to China, fulfills a lifelong dream

Most college students would scoff at the idea of spending their summer vacation sleeping on plywood and concrete beds or using a community shower and toilet. But for senior Jessica Griner, achieving a lifelong goal was worth a little discomfort.
The English major spent years dreaming about [...]

Creating AIDS awareness in print

Student designs poster for group providing clean water, medical services in Africa

Graduating senior Andy Luce wanted to contribute to the battle against the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa in a way that went beyond monetary donations. He found it when he applied his
creative talents in graphic design to creating a poster for Blood:Water Mission, an organization [...]

Novak makes third visit to Flagler Forum

For a self-proclaimed “Prince of Darkness,” columnist and TV commentator Robert Novak did a lot of joking during his third visit to Flagler College.
Novak is the author of The New York Times bestselling book, “The Prince of Darkness: 50 years Reporting in Washington,” a memoir of his years in journalism. He’s just as well- [...]

Saints take on two-time national champion Gators

Not many players would look back on a 97-51 blowout as a dream game. But when it’s an exhibition against the two-time National Champion Florida Gators, it’s a different story.
The Flagler College men’s basketball team took on the University of Florida Gators Nov. 1 at the O’Connell Center in Gainesville in front of 10,444 [...]

Writing with a reason

Flagler English major and ‘96 alumna uses her writing skills to help millions of Hispanic Americans find educational resources
Glorimar Maldonado Nosal’s writing career hasn’t gone exactly as intended – but her change in plans has helped improve educational opportunities for millions of Hispanic American students.
The 1996 Flagler alumna and English major hoped to write [...]

Wares on the move for Wal-mart

Not every recent graduate can say she’s spent half a billion dollars.
But that’s exactly what Amy Waers (‘06) has been doing while working as an assistant buyer in Wal-Mart Stores’ stationery department, a position that has her traveling overseas to China on buying trips.
“I actually got it [the position] through SIFE,” Waers said [...]

From food stamps to eating disorders

Alumna and NYU campus nutritionist Mary Dye has dealt with diet issues far more serious than the ‘freshman 15’
Mary Dye launched her career hoping to help malnourished people in Third World countries, and she wound up teaching American students to eat without starving or stuffing themselves.
The 2001 Flagler alumna and registered dietician works as a [...]