Alumni Awards

Call For Nominations

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has distinguished itself in various ways, particularly through its many alumni who have made outstanding contributions within their professional fields, respective communities, and their family lives. Each year, a Distinguished Alumni Award recognition ceremony takes place on campus.

Please take a few moments to consider nominating former classmates who matriculated for one or more semesters at the College at least five years before the award is to be received.

The awards for consideration include:

Distinguished Alumni - The individual must have demonstrated a history of achievement in one or more of the following:  community, state, regional or national service, and/or the individual must have made a significant leadership contribution to a state/regional/national organization that does not come under the purview of his/her profession.

Humanitarian - Nominees must have demonstrated a record of service to his/her community and to the world at large.

Service to the College - Nominees must have demonstrated a record of service to the Alumni Association and/or the College.

Please provide detailed and supplemental information (newspaper articles, publications, resume, etc.) with regard to your nomination that will allow the Awards Committee to review the information comprehensively and make their selections fairly. The information submitted will be the only information on which recipients will be chosen.

In your submission, please include the following information: full name of nominee - including former name while a student, address, present employment, advanced degree information (degree, name of school and year of graduation), honors, publications, memberships and organizations, a summary of the candidate's achievements, and your reasons for nominating. Please also include your name and contact information, including email address.

NOMINATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR.

Please return to:
Alumni Office
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247
or email to:  alumni@mcla.edu

The Awards Committee embraces the following definition of the term Distinguished Alumni:  individuals who, because of superior and extraordinary achievements, have brought credit to themselves and their alma mater.

MCLA 2009 Alumni Award Recipients with President Mary K. Grant '83 Recipients left to right:  President Mary K. Grant '83; Steven J. Ryder '82, Distinguished Alumnus; Janice G. Messer, Outstanding Service to the College and Oscar Lanza-Galindo'01, Humanitarian Award