Awards/Recognition
Every alumni chapter is eligible for an award through the Chapter Recognition Program.
Chapter members are eligible for recognition each year as a Distinguished Service Recipients or Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Year.
Chapter Recognition Program
The Chapter Recognition Program was developed to encourage and promote leadership, chapter membership and chapter engagement activities.
Award Categories: Each chapter will be categorized according to potential alumni in the chapter area. Awards will be presented to the top three chapters in each category, according to the Honor Chapter Point System. The categories are as follows:
- Category I: In-State Chapter, membership of 1 to 700
- Category II: In-State Chapter, membership of 701 to 1500
- Category III: In-State Chapter, membership of 1501 and above
- Category IV: Out-of-State Chapters, membership of 1 to 1200
- Category V: Out-of-State Chapters, membership of 1201 and above.
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Distinguished Service Award
Purpose: To identify, recognize and award those individual members of the Alumni Association who go beyond the call of duty in carrying out the work of the Alumni Association through their local chapter, and in so doing bring favorable recognition to the association and to Mississippi State University. Those rare individuals who stand ready to serve in the best interest of Mississippi State and the Alumni Association; those who take the initiative to see that various chapter alumni activities, membership drives, and other university projects are successfully carried out; those who continually promote Mississippi State by encouraging youngsters to visit the university and to enroll; those who do such things because of their love for Mississippi State: these are the people who are intended to be so recognized. The members of the National Alumni Association Board of Directors are not eligible for the award while serving on the board.
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Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
Purpose: Identify, recognize and award an individual who has committed time and energy in service to the university and local community and has demonstrated an ability to excel both personally and professionally.
Persons eligible for the award shall be living Mississippi State University alumni who:
- are 35 years of age or younger at the end of the year in which they are nominated,
- have attended Mississippi State University for at least one semester of undergraduate or graduate study, and
- have not received the award within the past five years.
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