Michael Hayslip

On September 24, the Gulf Coast Jazz Collective will perform jazz standards inspired by the music of Gershwin and Porter, Berlin and Kern, Rodgers and Hart – composers who wrote melodies so perfectly constructed that jazz musicians have been reinventing them for nearly a century.

Following the departure of F-G-C-U Colin Hargis who is headed to North Carolina State, the university turned to someone who has been in charge of the athletic department before — Lauren Leister. She previously helped run the department in 2023, and has been a part of the athletic department since 2020.