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Rix joins Flagler College as Director of Annual Giving
Sep 23rd
Andrea Rix has joined Flagler College’s Office of Institutional Advancement as its new Director of Annual Giving.
Rix was employed at the River Garden Hebrew Home in Jacksonville for approximately eight years where she was consistently promoted within the Development Office. Her most recent position there was Assistant Director of Development where she was responsible for coordinating committee members and volunteers, developing direct mail appeals, and implementing special fundraising efforts for events and the Benefactors Society.
“I am happy to accept my new role as Director of Annual Giving and to join the dynamic Institutional Advancement staff at Flagler College,” said Rix. “I am excited to have the opportunity to help Flagler College achieve its financial needs and broaden the base of support. I am passionate about raising funds that help allow Flagler to uphold its commitment to giving our students the best education possible. ”
Rix holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in Speech and Communication Studies and Public Relations.
Source: Flagler College
Flagler College to host ceremony of life for Ostrowidzki
Sep 20th
Flagler College will hold a ceremony of life for Victor Ostrowidzki on Oct. 10 from 4-5 p.m. Ostrowidzki,
the College’s director of the Forum on Government and Public Policy and longtime professor died on April 7 after battling melanoma.
the College’s director of the Forum on Government and Public Policy and longtime professor died on April 7 after battling melanoma.
Among the confirmed speakers are Doctor Keith Justice, current Forum director Jim Toedtman, associate professor Arthur Vanden Houten and College president William T. Abare. Jr.
Ostrowidzki, 80, was a veteran journalist who had served as a White House reporter during the Reagan administration and covered health-care issues in the Clinton era. He also reported on every presidential election from 1964-1988.
He joined the faculty of Flagler College in 1997, and went on to found the Forum on Government and Public Policy, which brings in journalists and other experts to speak about current issues. The Forum has brought to the college names such as Robert Novak, David Broder, Joe Klein, Anne Coulter, Pat Buchanan and Chris Matthews.
Ostrowidzki taught Campaigns and Elections for the Humanities department and Media Power in Politics for Communication.
The ceremony will take place in the Virginia Room of the Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St., with a reception immediately to follow in Markland House, 102 King St.
For more info, contact College Relations at 904-819-6205.
Source: Flagler College
Flagler College welcomes writer and humorist Michael Martone
Sep 14th
Michael Martone is a busy man.
The two-time NEA fellowship recipient and University of Alabama professor is one of the most widely-published fiction writers
and essayists of the last two decades, with work anthologized in such prestigious collections as the “Pushcart Prize Stories,” “Best American Short Stories” and “Best American Essays.”
Martone, known for his funny readings and biting wit, will visit Flagler College on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. for a reading and discussion of his work.
“I am looking forward to returning to St. Augustine,” Martone said. “I made a visit there during a very stormy spring break of 1995.”
Many Flagler College students are well acquainted with Martone’s work through his co-editing of the renowned short fiction anthology “The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction,” a mainstay in several creative writing courses at the College. The visit offers the community a chance to experience Martone reading his own work, in his famously humorous style.
“This time, I will probably be reading various short fiction pieces from the books ‘Michael Martone,’ ‘The Blue Guide to Indiana’ and the newest one, ‘Four for a Quarter,'” he said. “Unless someone there would like me to read something else,” he added congenially.
Martone was born and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended Butler University and graduated from Indiana University. He holds the MA from The Writing Seminars of The Johns Hopkins University, and he has won two Fellowships from the NEA and a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation. His most recent books are “Four for a Quarter;” “Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fiction from the Flyover”; “Racing in Place: Collages, Fragments, Postcards, Ruins,” a collection of essays; and “Double-wide,” his collected early stories.
A professor at the University of Alabama, Martone has also been a faculty member of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College since 1988. He has taught at Iowa State University, Harvard University and Syracuse University.
The reading will be held in the Gamache-Koger Theater at the Ringhaver Student Center at 50 Sevilla Street. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are a person with a disability and need reasonable accommodations, please contact Lynn Francisco at 904-819-6460. Sign Language Interpreters are available upon request with a minimum of three days’ notice. Call (904) 819-6339 or visit www.flagler.edu/our-community/events/writers-in-residence for more information.
Source: Flagler College
