UTSA taps UT-Dallas administrator to lead university advancement

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has hired Marjie M. French to be the university's new vice president for university advancement.

UTSA President Ricardo Romo says her appointment is effective Jan. 28, 2008. French comes to UTSA from the University of Texas at Dallas, where she was vice president for development since June 2005.

French has more than 15 years of experience as a development professional at public research institutions and her past experience includes positions at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston.

French succeeds Janice Odom, who had been interim vice president for university advancement since July. Odom will resume her responsibility as director of development for foundation and organization relations.

The role of university advancement is important for research institutions like UTSA because it involves grant and foundation funding, corporate and alumni gifts and communications with the community.

French's experience includes alumni relations, communications in two major multi-million dollar comprehensive capital campaigns, and personal major gift solicitations from both state and national charitable foundations.

"Marjie brings a tremendous amount of professional experience, a can-do attitude and an infectious enthusiasm for higher education," Romo says.

This experience will be important particularly as UTSA works to become a premier public research university, Romo adds.

UTSA is one of the fastest-growing universities in Texas and is the second largest behind UT-Austin. The school has more than 28,500 students enrolled in 64 bachelor's, 43 master's and 20 doctoral programs.

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