ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (09/15/2014)(readMedia)-- Flagler College has announced two new members to the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Maria Allen Smith has been hired as an annual giving officer, assisting with both current and new donors.
Prior to joining Flagler, Allen Smith was an admissions counselor for a law school and the coordinator for student conduct & academic integrity at Belmont University. She has an undergraduate degree from Emory University and a master's degree in higher education from Florida State University.
In addition, Janette Vega has joined Flagler as a senior development officer.
Vega is the former director of development at the University of Florida and UF Health Jacksonville. She has an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of West Alabama and completed graduate coursework at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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Flagler College is a private, four-year comprehensive college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs - the largest being business administration, communication, psychology and education. 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, an 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.