Alumni Association announces award-winners: Sawdust

Issue: Fall 2016

The SFA Alumni Association annually bestows its highest honors on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and community, committed themselves to advancing the values and goals of SFA, and ensured a better quality of life for future generations.

2016 SFA Alumni Awards

Time: Reception at 6 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Date: Friday, Sept. 9
Location: Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom
Tickets: Call 936-468-3407 or email smora@sfasu.edu

Hall of Fame - Established in 1973

Peggy Wright

Class: 1944

Distinguished Professor - Established in 1966

Dana Cooper

Associate professor of history and executive director of the Student Success Center

Alan Sowards

Class: 1973

Professor of elementary education

Distinguished Alumni - Established in 1966

Dorris Fortson

Class: 1992

Co-founder of Neema House/Neema Village, a rescue center for abandoned, orphaned and at-risk babies in Tanzania, Africa

Mike Karns

Class: 1986

Owner and CEO of the Dallas-based Firebird Restaurant Group

Outstanding Young Alumni - Established in 1989

Juliamaria Calvo

Class: 2008

Works for Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston

Lumberjack Pride - Established in 2015

Matt Adkins

Class: 2006

Alex Ranc

Class: 2011 and '13