{"id":62,"date":"2024-11-27T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2024-11-27T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:17:59","slug":"alumni-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/events-programs\/alumni-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Alumni Awards Program recognizes the highest levels of achievement and service among alumni.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2024 Alumni Awards Recipients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sara Plaspohl, Dr.P.H. (’78, ’89, ’92, ’10)<\/a>  \u2014 Talon Award

John Cornelius (’01)<\/a>  \u2014 Marvin Pittman Award   

Jermaine Whirl, Ed.D. (’10)<\/a> \u2014 George & Lucy Armstrong Award 

Rick Bean (’81) and Julie Bean (’84)<\/a> \u2014 The Sweetheart Award

Kevin A. Scott (’00, ’02)<\/a> \u2014 Professional Achievement Award

Stephen Gore (’95) \u2014 Alumni Service Award

The Honorable Van R. Johnson II (’92)<\/a> \u2014 Community Hero Award

Nehemiah Robertson (’24)<\/a> \u2014 Outstanding Senior Award

Rolling Monkey, Garrett Clark (\u201913)<\/a> <\/a>\u2014 Alumni Excellence in Business Award

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View photos from the 2024 Alumni Awards event here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni Awards Criteria:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Excellence in Business Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to Alumni Owned Businesses who operate in a manner consistent with the Georgia Southern values of: collaboration, academic excellence, discovery and innovation, integrity, openness and inclusion, and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni Service Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to the alumnus\/alumna, who through volunteerism and\/or philanthropy, has made the greatest contribution to the advancement of the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Hero Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to the alumnus\/alumna who has shown remarkable achievements in local, regional, national and international service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Achievement Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to the alumnus\/alumna who has made the greatest achievement in his\/her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweetheart Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to a couple who are both alumni and who, together or separately, have supported the University through philanthropy, service or professional work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George & Lucy Armstrong Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to an Armstrong alumnus\/alumna who best exemplifies the University’s “core values as expressed through collaboration, academic excellence, discovery and innovation, integrity, openness and inclusion and sustainability.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marvin Pittman Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to a Georgia Southern alumnus\/alumna who best exemplifies the University’s “core values as expressed through collaboration, academic excellence, discovery and innovation, integrity, openness and inclusion and sustainability.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talon Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented to the alumnus\/alumna who best represents excellence in his\/her career field, service to his\/her alma mater and service to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* The Georgia Southern University Alumni Association reserves the right to verify that the nominees meet the criteria and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any nominee for any reason.<\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any questions, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@georgiasouthern.edu or at 912-478-2586.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Alumni Awards Program recognizes the highest levels of achievement and service among alumni. 2024 Alumni Awards Recipients Sara Plaspohl, Dr.P.H. (’78, ’89, ’92, ’10)  \u2014 Talon Award John Cornelius (’01)  \u2014 Marvin Pittman Award    Jermaine Whirl, Ed.D. (’10) \u2014 George & Lucy Armstrong Award  Rick Bean (’81) and Julie Bean (’84) \u2014 The Sweetheart Award Kevin A. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/advancement\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}