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We hope you take advantage of your eligibility to join the Ivy Tech Alumni Association and enjoy these benefits:
- Be considered for annual Outstanding Alumni Awards from your region, and the annual Ivy Tech statewide Distinguished Alumni Award
- Apply for the college's Legacy Scholarship for your family members. The scholarship is available only to children and stepchildren of Ivy Tech alumni and is awarded based on academic and other criteria.
- Network with fellow Ivy Tech alumni and other contacts
- Share your real-world work experience with current and future students
- Enjoy sports, family-oriented events and other leisure activities arranged by the college for alumni
- Participate in activities to help your community
- Receive notification of Ivy Tech events that may interest or support you
- There's no charge or fee for joining the Association! You can join us by simply filling out a brief information form, telling us about your Ivy Tech experience, what you are doing now and how to send you information.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
"Greg is a strong, quiet, leader. He gives unselfishly of his time and his talents to help others. He also is a great example of the best of Ivy Tech graduates."
--Alayne Cook, director of student life and development
Greg Butts likes building things. That interest, coupled with his outstanding commitment to the college and his community, has earned him the honor of being named the 2009 Ivy Tech Kokomo Region Distinguished Alumnus.
The former United States Army Specialist earned his Associate of Applied Science Degree in Construction Technology from Ivy Tech in 2005. He has continued his studies at Ivy Tech taking classes in Manufacturing and Industrial Technology. While continuing his education, he has become a student leader in civic engagement.
In 2006, Greg signed on to volunteer with Ivy Tech's now annual alternative spring break trip to the Gulf Coast. Participants on the trip spend their week-long break repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Greg was not only a leader of that original group in 2006, but he has been a major contributor to each of the three groups since.
Inspired by their work in the South after the second trip, Greg and two other students proposed the addition of a student group on campus. The group's mission? To help our surrounding communities in a similar way that they had helped families in the deep South. In 2007, the Community Constructors student organization was established. Since then, the group has helped organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Coordinated Assisted Ministries (CAM), the Mental Health Association, Carver Community Center and the United Way, just to name a few. Greg has served as president of the group since its founding. For his dedication and work in the community, Greg was nominated for the Student Community Commitment Award in 2008.
Greg possesses many qualities that have made him the leader he has become. Peers say he is compassionate, flexible, caring and patient and that he exhibits the highest integrity in everything he does. He also has impressed the college's administration.
According to Alayne Cook, the director of student life and development, "Greg is a strong, quiet, leader. He gives unselfishly of his time and his talents to help others. He also is a great example of the best of Ivy Tech graduates."
It is this commitment that has earned Greg the 2009 Ivy Tech Kokomo Region Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Michelle Martin
Director of Alumni Relations
(800) 459-0561
ext. 403
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