Lake Michigan College has recognized its annual alumni and supporter award recipients with a ceremony at the Mendel Center on Saturday.

Three alumni awards are given each year. They are the Alumni Achievement Award, the Gladys Peeples-Burks Alumni Service Award, and the Clarence Beckwith Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, the LMC Board of Trustees recognizes friends of the college who have championed the role of higher education in southwest Michigan with the Bernard C. Radde Distinguished Service Awards.

LMC Foundation manager of alumni development Rita Whise tells us this was the first year the college combined the Radde Awards and the Alumni Awards into one evening. In the past, the Radde Awards were announced during commencement.

Whise says five LMC graduates received honors S

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