The Florida Gulf Coast University Alumni Association is accepting nominations for its annual Alumni Awards. Deadline for submission is Monday, Jan. 4.
Since 2004, the Alumni Association has recognized outstanding graduates for their professional accomplishments and dedication to their communities and to FGCU. Last year, Lee County Commissioner Brian Hamman, a 2004 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, was recognized as the 2015 Alumnus of Distinction.
Nominations are accepted for two categories. Alumni of Distinction, the association’s most prestigious award, recognizes one graduate each year for exceptional personal and professional achievements as well as outstanding community engagement. The Soaring Eagle award recognizes recent graduates – typically one from each of the five colleges – who have earned degrees from FGCU within the last decade (classes 2005-15) and have excelled in their professions.
Winners will be announced Friday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. during an Alumni Weekend Awards Celebration in the Cohen Center Ballroom. Nominations can be submitted online. Alumni may nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else.
The Alumni Association is dedicated to engaging graduates in a lifelong allegiance with FGCU and fellow alumni, cultivating opportunities for personal and professional growth after graduation, celebrating pride in the principles and achievements of FGCU and its graduates and inspiring individual investment in the university’s future.
For more information, contact Angela Kunkle, assistant director of Alumni Programs, at (239) 745-4343 or [email protected].