Alumni magazine repeats as MarCom Award winner

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (11/12/2013)(readMedia)-- Flagler College Magazine won a platinum award in the 2013 MarCom Awards competition, marking the fifth year in a row the alumni magazine has come away with an award in the competition.

The MarCom Awards recognize achievement by marketing and communication professionals throughout the country including colleges and universities, Fortune 500 companies, marketing and advertising firms, and non-profit organizations. There were over 6,000 entries from throughout the United States, Canada and several other countries in the 2012 competition.

The publication won in the magazine/educational category, and other award winners were Oglethorpe University, Carnegie Mellon, Baylor University, Ohio State University and Rice University, among others.

Flagler College Magazine has a circulation of 20,000 and primarily goes out to the college's 12,000 alumni and other supporters. Check it out at flaglermagazine.com.

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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.