College accepting Eagle Award nominations

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 21, 2014 9:00 PM

Flathead Valley Community College is accepting nominations for the prestigious Eagle Award.

Implemented in 1990, the award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the college. There are no limitations to the nature of the contributions, which include but are not limited to monetary, physical and material donations.

Anyone is welcome to nominate an individual for the award. Nominees can include members of the local, state or national community, or any member of the college, defined as student, part-time or full-time faculty, administrator, staff member, board member or alumni.

The perpetual award of the college symbol, a soaring bald eagle, is permanently displayed in the foyer of Blake Hall on the college’s Kalispell campus.

Each year, the recipient’s name is engraved on a gold plate and placed under the eagle.

The deadline for the college to receive award nominations is May 2 at noon.

Nominations can be completed online at www.fvcc.edu/eagle-award.html. Nomination forms also are available through the FVCC President’s Office or by calling Monica Settles at 756-3801.

Past recipients of the award include:

1990-91: Owen Sowerwine

1991-92: Larry Blake

1992-93: Roger Rettenmeier

1993-94: Janice Hart

1994-95: Janet Bierrum

1995-96: Jeanette Oliver

1996-97: Lil Laidlaw

1997-98: Faith Hodges

1998-99: Shirley Bowdish and Mel Ruder

1999-00: Pat LaTourelle

2000-01: Dr. Herman “Chet” Ross

2001-02: Kathy Hughes

2002-03: Annie Beall

2003-04: F. Charles “Chuck” Mercord

2004-05: Ivan Lorentzen

2005-06: George Shryock

2006-07: Bill Roope

2007-08: Paul Williams

2008-09: John Engebretson

2009-10: Ruth Ackroyd

2010-11: Bill and Lois McClaren

2011-12: Nancy Gordley

2012-13: the Mercord family