Boise State University’s Distinguished Alumni Awards are given annually to individuals who demonstrate the best of Boise State through their personal, professional and community endeavors.
Honorees are recognized at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Gala during Homecoming. The nomination deadline for 2025 awardees is April 15, 2025.
Boise State University’s Distinguished Alumni recipients have distinguished themselves because they have modeled how to be extraordinary in the everyday. They work hard, volunteer and give their time, talent, and treasure to their families, businesses, hometowns and communities. They live the Boise State values of caring, citizenship, respect and responsibility. In doing so, they model what it means to be a Boise State alumni and what it truly means to be a Distinguished alumni.
Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis, with an annual deadline in the spring. The nomination deadline for 2025 awardees is April 15, 2025.
Nominations can be submitted online. Nominees will then be contacted and asked to submit additional materials if they wish to be considered for an award.
Nominees will be evaluated based on one or more of the following criteria:
Commitment to Boise State’s mission and values
Exceptional, continued leadership
Service to society
Community involvement
Innovative thinking
Dedication to Boise State
History of giving
About the Awards
Distinguished Alumni Award
The annual Distinguished Alumni Award honors those whose exemplary professional and personal contributions have had a profound influence on a regional, national or international stage. They have enhanced the reputation of and promoted the mission, values and community of Boise State University through their endeavors and continued leadership.
Distinguished Alumni Service Award
The annual Distinguished Alumni Service Award honors extraordinary and inspirational individuals for dedicating their time, talent and treasure to the university as well as to the Alumni Association. Recipients’ support of our shared mission and legacy of commitment to others should serve as an inspiration to the Bronco community.
Honorary Alumni Award
The Honorary Alumni Award honors individuals who may not have earned a degree at Boise State but who have dedicated an outstanding level of service to the university. The award is presented only in years when one extraordinary individual demonstrates the best of Bronco spirit and values in action.
Nominate an Alum
The Distinguished Alumni Awards are the highest honor bestowed upon an alum. Every year, the Alumni Association honors excellence by bestowing a number of awards to alumni with outstanding achievements. These individuals exemplify the loyalty, passion and innovation found in all dedicated Broncos. Honorees are recognized at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Gala during Homecoming.
Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis, with an annual deadline in the spring. The nomination deadline for 2025 awardees is April 15, 2025.
Senior manager for philanthropic engagement with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), an organization dedicated to developing vaccines against future epidemics
Retired director of Boise Respiratory Therapy after 30 years with St. Luke’s Health System and 20-year chair of Boise State Respiratory Therapy Medical Advisory Board
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