Alumni Awards

Alumni honored at 2007 Foundation Honors Dinner
This year marked a very special year for Mountain State University. In years past we have held our annual Alumni Hall of Fame banquet on campus at the John W. Eye Conference Center. Last year we were literally bursting at the seams. This year we realized that we would have to find a larger facility to hold our annual celebration.

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As luck would have it, the MSU Foundation was in the process of planning their first annual dinner and fundraiser. The Alumni Association was honored to be selected as this year’s recipient. We were able to honor our Alumni Hall of Fame inductees and share in the celebration of our newly formed Foundation. The event was held on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at the Tamarack Conference Center and raised nearly $10,000 for the MSU endowed Scholarship. Our Guest speaker was former astronaut Captain Jon McBride, retired US Navy. The Alumni Association inducted four alumni and one honorary alumna into its Alumni Hall of Fame.

Michael Ann Dulcie, MSU director of alumni relations, said, “Each year this event grows and it is so exciting to be able to say that we have outgrown our venue. Moving the event to the Tamarack shows that the community realizes the importance of the contribution made by Mountain State University and our alumni. Each of these individuals are living proof of the power of education and its contribution to those around us.”

The Alumni Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony is an annual event. Nominations for alumni awards are accepted throughout the year and recipients are chosen by the Alumni Advisory Council.

To make a nomination contact Michael Ann Dulcie at 304-929-1580 or mdulcie@mountainstate.edu.

This year’s inductees were Robert Bolen ’63, Price H. Calfee, Jr. ’37, Barbara Collins Gardner, Nancy Pat Lewis Smith, and Ron Stennett ’61

The Alumni Hall of Fame Awards is an annual event. Nominations for alumni awards are accepted throughout the year and recipients are chosen by the Alumni Advisory Council. To make a nomination online, visit the MSU alumni Web pages. More information may be obtained by calling Michael Dulcie at 304-929-1580.

The Career Achievement Award recognizes those alumni who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and prominence in their careers.

The Distinguished Service Award honors those alumni whose contributions to and efforts on behalf of Mountain State University are worthy of special recognition.

The Community Service Award is presented to alumni who have made exceptional contributions to society through volunteer civic or other public service to their communities.

The Amanda Marcella Adkins Spirit Award is named after Amanda Marcella Adkins, Class of 1985, founding member of the MSU Alumni Association. This award honors alumni of MSU who demonstrate pride in MSU and have demonstrated extraordinary loyalty, commitment, and service to the MSU Alumni Association for the betterment of the university.

The Distinguished Friend Award honors friends of the University who are not alumni, yet have given unusual and unselfish service to the University by giving of their time, talents, and resources.