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ALUMNI NEWS
ALUMNI NEWS GSW
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For the first time, GSW honored alumni from each college/school on campus. The event, which recognized five Outstanding Alumni Award recipients, took place Feb. 19, 2016. The 2016 GSW Outstanding Alumni Award recipients were: (pictured left to right) Brigadier Gen. Thomas Carden, Jr., ’92, College of Arts and Sciences; Royce Hackett, ’01, School of Computing and Mathematics; Interim President Charles Patterson; Shelley Spires, ’98, School of Business Administration; Alf Tuggle, ’76, School of Education; and Patricia Starck, ’59, School of Nursing (not pictured).
Kathleen Tucker of Americus was named the Leewynn J. Finklea Outstanding Alumni Award recipient at GSW’s Spring Alumni Event April 9, 2016. The Finklea Award, named in honor of the university’s first alumni director, recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional service to campus life, the alumni association or the university.
AEOLIAN Magazine | Summer 2017
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Stephen Snyder, left, of Americus was named the 2016 Outstanding Staff Member Award recipient at GSW’s Spring Alumni Event April 9, 2016. Outstanding Staff Member Award was developed to recognize members of GSW staff who have tirelessly assisted alumni above the call of duty. This award is not an annual award, but rather only as merited by the Alumni Association Board.
