Flagler College announces Kahler awards

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (01/07/2013)(readMedia)-- Flagler College has announced that it has awarded two 2013 Kahler Awards for Teaching of the Liberal Arts.

A $5,000 award will be granted to religion professor Tim Johnson for his project "Place, Worship, and the Construction of Identity in Thirteenth-Century Franciscan Textual-Liturgical Communities." The award will be utilized to support research, writing, translating and dissemination of the results of his project.

A $2,500 award will be given to associate professor of psychology Emily Splane to support the completion of her co-authored book, "Psychology of Eating: From Biology to Culture to Policy."

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 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; tuition is $23,690, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.