Flagler students participate in beach cleanup

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Incoming freshmen take part in a beach cleanup event on August 31 as part of the college’s new Fall Orientation program.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (09/03/2013)(readMedia)-- Thirty-five new students at Flagler College took part in a beach cleanup event on August 31 as part of the college's new Fall Orientation program.

"The event saw these incoming students, new to the St. Augustine community, immediately contribute their time and effort to make St. Augustine, their new home, a better place," said Flagler College Vice President of Student Services Daniel Stewart.

The cleanup covered approximately one mile of beach from dune to waters' edge from the pier at St. Augustine Beach to A Street.

Flagler launched the Building Your Legacy program for freshman this year, which includes First Year Advisers, a four-day orientation spent in a variety of academic and social events to ease the transition from high school to college and an honor pledge, among other things.

The program is designed to make sure that all first year students begin with a solid foundation for what will become their legacy. Flagler faculty and staff have spent two years studying, developing and implementing the initiative, which is part of the college's larger First Year Experience initiative.

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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.