MCLA Alumni Association to Hold Awards Ceremony for Distinguished Alumni and Friends of the College
September 18, 2026
On Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, the MCLA Alumni Association will hold its annual Alumni Awards Brunch to recognize distinguished alumni and friends of the College for their accomplishments. The event will run from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in MCLA’s Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation. This event will be held in conjunction with the College’s Homecoming Reunion & Family Weekend, October 2-4, and the inauguration of its 13th President, Dr. Diana Rogers-Adkinson, October 3.
Members of the media are welcome to attend the program, during which the following recipients will be recognized:
- 2026 Vanguard Award: Dr. Kristcha DeGuerre ’14
- 2026 Distinguished Alum Award: Karissa Myers ’14
- 2026 Jonathan Monroy Service to the College Award: Jacob Boillat ’18
- 2026 Community Service & Citizenship Award: Patricia Molinari ’74, M.Ed. ’96
- 2026 Outstanding Educator Award: James Duggan ’94
- 2026 Outstanding Educator Emeritus Award: David Hyatt ’65 (posthumous)
To purchase tickets to the Alumni Awards Ceremony or for questions about Homecoming
Weekend, please email alumni@mcla.edu or call 413-662-5224.
About MCLA
The Commonwealth’s designated public liberal arts college, MCLA offers the personal
attention of a private college at a public tuition, with more than 90 academic programs
and faculty who know their students and invest in their success. Nearly half of MCLA
students are the first in their families to attend college—a commitment to access
and opportunity reflected in its ranking of #4 among public liberal arts institutions
nationally for social mobility and #13 among public liberal arts colleges (U.S. News
& World Report, 2027).
Founded in 1894, MCLA is located in North Adams, in the heart of the Berkshires—just
a 10-minute walk from MASS MoCA and surrounded by world-class performing arts, thousands
of acres of protected land, and Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts.