Flagler College to Hold Graduation Dec. 10

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (12/05/2011)(readMedia)-- Flagler College will hold its fall commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 10, for graduating seniors. Approximately 180 students will receive diplomas in the Flagler College Gym.

The commencement speaker will be Dr. Kathy Deagan, Distinguished Research Curator Emerita at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Lockwood Professor of Florida and Caribbean Archaeology at the University of Florida.

Dr. Deagan has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of historical archaeology. Her research has focused on the archaeology of the Spanish colonial period in Florida and the Caribbean. She has conducted excavations in St. Augustine since 1972 and she is also associated with the excavations of La Navidad, the famous lost colony of Christopher Columbus in Haiti and Columbus' later settlement of La Isabela in the Dominican Republic.

Dr. Deagan received her Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Florida and, after teaching in the Florida State University Anthropology Department for eight years, she joined the University of Florida faculty in 1982.

King Street will be closed in both directions at the main gate of the college, from approximately 8:45 to 9:45 a.m., for the processional. Commencement begins at 9 a.m. and is not open to the public.

The Flagler College Public Administration program will graduate 16 seniors in a second ceremony at 4 p.m. in the Flagler College Auditorium.

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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 2,600 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 $22,500, 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.