University Of Florida Honors Flagler County Extension Director For Her Service

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Flagler County, FL - The University of Florida is set to recognize the Flagler County Extension Director at the upcoming “Staff and Faculty Superior Accomplishment Awards Program” reception in Gainesville.

On March 27, Sharon Treen, who has been the Flagler County Extension Director since January 2005, will be honored for her excellence in university service. The awards program, which was founded by the Florida Legislature in 1989, recognizes outstanding service in the following categories: Academic Personnel, Administrative/Professional, Clerical/Office Support, Support Service, Scientific/Technical, Administrative/Supervisory, Community Service, and Diversity and Inclusion.

“I am pleased to announce that you have been selected for recognition in the Academic Personnel category and offer heartiest congratulations,” said Senior Vice President of UF's IFAS Agriculture and Natural Resources, Jack Payne.

Treen earned a Masters of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences from Louisiana State University. She has been recognized for her 25 years of service to Epsilon Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Extension Fraternity, and for “Continued Excellence” and “Distinguished Service with the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences/Florida Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

“I am in my 35th year with the Extension Service, starting in Louisiana and moving to Florida in 1989,” said Treen. “After working in the neighboring counties of Putnam and St. Johns Counties, I came to Flagler County as the Extension Director.”

Cooperative Extension Service, which was created nationally by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, is a collaboration between state land-grant universities, the United States Department of Agriculture, and county governments.

“We are blessed to have such a great member of our team get recognized for how special she is – something we have always known,” said Craig Coffey, Flagler County Administrator. “And we are thankful she serves our Flagler County community.”

In the State of Florida, extension service is a part of a university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). Extension service tackles issues such as sustainable agriculture, natural resource conservation, horticulture, energy conservation, food safety, child and family development, and 4-H through information and educational programs.

To learn more about the Flagler Extension Office, which is located at 150 Sawgrass Road in Bunnell, visit http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/flagler/.

Photo courtesy of Flagler County Government.

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