C-SPAN Bus to visit Flagler College

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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (11/25/2013)(readMedia)-- The C-SPAN Bus, the cable network's traveling interactive multimedia center, will visit Flagler College on Dec. 5. The bus will be parked in front of the Ringhaver Student Center from 1-3 p.m., and will be open to tours for students, faculty/staff and community members.

C-SPAN uses the vehicle for community outreach across the country to showcase the network's video library and educational resources.

The Bus is equipped with touchscreen computers that demonstrate C-SPAN's many websites, including C-SPAN Classroom, Congressional Chronicle and Book TV. Visitors can also test their knowledge of public affairs through quizzes and tune into live feeds of C-SPAN broadcasting.

C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is a private non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. C-SPAN receives no government funding; operations are funded by fees paid by cable and satellite affiliates who carry C-SPAN programming.

For more on the C-SPAN bus, visit http://www.c-span.org/Community.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.