11 alumni, team to receive awards.FITCHBURG - Fitchburg State College has selected the recipients of the 2008 Alumni Awards and the Hall of Fame inductees. Eleven distinguished alumni and one record-setting team will be recognized for their achievements at an invitation-only awards dinner at 7 p.m. Friday, April 18, at the college. Alumni awardees range from a television news anchor, to a college president, to dedicated alumni volunteers, teachers and a Commonwealth government official. Hall of Fame inductees include Fitchburg State's leading hockey scorer, twin sisters who led track and field scoring, and the undefeated 1952 men's soccer team. "The committees choosing the award recipients and Hall of Fame inductees had a tough time narrowing the field this year," said Chelsey Patriss, director of alumni relations. "It really speaks to the caliber of Fitchburg State College alumni to have so many accomplished individuals being honored." Alumni award recipients are: Wayne Andrews Wayne Michael Hill Andrews (born November 25 1977 in Paddington, Westminster in Greater London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Leeds United of League One, on loan from Coventry in The Championship. '74, president, Morehead State University History Morehead State University was originally founded as a private teacher's college in 1887, The Morehead Normal School. It is said to have been comprised of 13 buildings with a layout in the shape of a crescent moon for some period prior to 1922. , Morehead, Ky., Alumni Achievement Award. Martha A. Bedard '78, MSLS MSLS Master of Science in Library Science MSLS Maine Society of Land Surveyors (Augusta, ME) MSLS Multi-Service Launch System MSLS Medical School Lab Surge MSLS Multiple Single Levels of Security MSLS Master of Science in Legal Studies , AHIP AHIP America’s Health Insurance Plans AHIP Army Helicopter Improvement Program AHIP Academy of Health Information Professionals AHIP Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners (Ontario, Canada) AHIP ARPANET Host-IMP Protocol , dean of the University Libraries at the University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. , Alumni Achievement Award. Selvin L Chambers III '89, executive director of Elizabeth Peabody Noun 1. Elizabeth Peabody - educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894) Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Peabody House. Eileen Curran '85, general assignment reporter for WBZ-TV News, Alumni Recognition Award. Karen Hayden '82, executive director of Methuen Community Television, Alumni Service Award. Michael C. Morris '92, Massachusetts Director of Governmental Affairs, Alumni Leadership Award. Robert A. Seguin '71, International Engineering Manager, Bose Corp., Alumni Service Award. Jane Wagner Jane Wagner (born on February 2, 1935) is an American writer, director and producer. Wagner is best known as Lily Tomlin's comedy writer, collaborator and life partner. [1] She is the author of The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, '85, a teacher in the integrated preschool program at Fitchburg's McKay School on the Fitchburg State College campus, Alumni Achievement Award. Frank Worthley '60, '75, Booster Award. Hall of Fame inductees are: The undefeated 1952 men's soccer team. Jeff DuRoss '00, hockey. Heather (Ewing) Bell '91 and Wendy (Ewing) Mello '91, track and field. Thomas Flynn '62, baseball, basketball and soccer. |
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