Alumni

Each year the Fairmont State Alumni Association receives countless nominations for their Homecoming awards. This year we are proud to present awards to six remarkable alumni. To submit a nomination, e-mail Emily Swain, Director of alumni Relations, at emily.swain@fairmontstate.edu. Click here for registration details and to attend this year's event.

Fairmont State University alumni and their families are invited to attend the first annual Picnic at the Park in Clarksburg on Sunday, Aug. 5, hosted by the Fairmont State Alumni Association.

“We are looking forward to making this an annual event for our alumni living in the Harrison County area. It’s a great opportunity for alumni to re-connect and to enjoy a day of food, fun, friends and Fairmont State,” said Emily Swain, Director of Alumni Relations.

Daleen Berry, a 2008 Fairmont State University graduate and the award-winning author of the memoir, "Sister of Silence," is the recipient of West Virginia's first "Pearl S. Buck Award, Writing for Social Change" award.

The Fairmont State University Marching Band continues to grow, but band members need your help to look as good as they sound. First impressions matter, and the band wants to “Dress to Impress.”

The Fairmont State Alumni Association, Office of Institutional Advancement, the Fairmont State Foundation, the FSU Department of Music, the FSU Marching Band and the Fairmont State Band Alumni Association are inviting the community to participate in a fund drive to purchase new band uniforms.

About 600 students will receive degrees during Spring Commencement for Fairmont State University at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in the Feaster Center.

Do you know a Fairmont State University graduate who deserves recognition? Fairmont State will celebrate the achievements of former students, a tradition since 1977. You are invited to submit the name of outstanding alumni in three categories:  2012 Outstanding Alumni, Alumni of Achievement and Outstanding Young Alumni Awards.