WFCF Radio With a Reason: Then and now

Dan McCook stepped into the Flagler College Communication building on Aug. 13, 1993. The newly hired station manager, McCook had plans for Flagler College’s radio station: WFCF 88.5 FM.

“Slim Whitman,” McCook said. “That was the only recording in this building.” He explains that Whitman was the artist whose singing killed the Martians in the movie “Mars Attacks.”

Through the lens: The Photographic Journey of Tracey Eaton

Flagler professor Tracey Eaton’s photographs and articles have been published in more than 65 U.S. and Canadian newspapers. He’s lived in 10 states and three countries and has covered everything from drug trafficking to Brazilian surfers and Cambodian gangs. While his aptitude for journalism has proven useful in landing jobs at the Houston Chronicle and The New York Times, his photographic ability to tell stories without words has transcended cultural boundaries and brought attention to issues often overlooked by the media.

Journalism club takes 1st Amendment rights away from students

Flagler College’s Society of Professional Journalists chapter President Caroline Young wants the club’s presence to grow on and off campus.

Young took the Flagler SPJ chapter’s reins in May. She has pushed student members to organize exciting events, including a no-holds-barred “First Amendment Free Food Festival” on Oct. 21.

Video Tour: FEC Residence Halls

SIFE wins second national title

Flagler Students in Free Enterprise become two-time national champs

Whether teaching Nepalese refugees or training young employees on workplace ethics, the Flagler College Students In Free Enterprise team produced several unique projects this year that not only helped others, but also earned them a second national championship.

Students take host of major awards, scholarships

Flagler College students and recent grads landed a number of awards and scholarships during the spring semester

Learning to do nothing

Retiring English Professor Vincent Puma reflects on his Flagler career

Vincent Puma has done a lot for Flagler College over the last 36 years. He built the school’s composition program from scratch when he arrived in 1973, and he later established a peer writing center that’s grown from just two student tutors to more than 60.

Flagler Art Faculty in Naples Museum of Art exhibition

Two of Flagler’s art faculty members are part of a new Naples Museum of Art exhibit called “Florida Contemporary” that brings together 50 of the state’s photographers and painters.

Associate Professor Patrick Moser and Assistant Professor Sara Pedigo, both painters, were picked for the exhibition that showcases the rich variety of artists living and working in the state from realism to abstraction. The museum calls the show “an overview of the innovative images, subject matter and mediums that characterize the work being created in the state today.”

Jud Damon named athletic director

As teams get ready to begin play in the Peach Belt Conference, Flagler College has hired Jud Damon as its new athletic director. Damon had been athletic director at Georgia College and State University.

Damon has spent the last year at Georgia College in Milledgeville, and he served in the same capacity at the Savannah College of Art and Design from 2000-2008. He also served as the athletic director and head baseball coach at Trinity International University in Miami from 1997-2000.

Flagler gets a little greener

The Flagler College campus has seen a variety of environment-friendly changes recently, from a low-impact renovation of Kenan Hall to a student-run recycling program.

The recycling effort has been spearheaded by the Flagler Outdoors Club, which was founded by students two years ago. Melissa Kafel, a sociology major and president of the club, said recycling on a large scale can get surprisingly expensive.