The College Alumni Achievement Awards:
- Are given annually to alumni that are recommended to the dean by their departments. Not every department will make a recommendation each year
- Are given in recognition for the recipient's achievements in their fields and for their service to their departments
- Includes up to $500 toward half of the travel expenses of the alumni
- Includes a reception where the dean awards certificates of achievements
- Usually includes the recipients giving a seminar and talk with graduate and undergraduate students in their department on the Friday of homecoming week
Annual awards
- 2017 Awards
- 2016 Awards
- 2015 Awards
- 2014 Awards
- 2013 Awards
- 2012 Awards
- 2011 Awards
- 2010 Awards
- 2009 Awards
- 2008 Awards
- 2007 Awards
- 2006 Awards
- 2005 Awards
- 2004 Awards
- 2003 Awards
- 2002 Awards
- 2001-1998 Awards
This award is given by Western Michigan University's College of Arts and Sciences. It is not the same as the University Distinguished Alumni Award given by the WMU Alumni Association.