Press Release: Parents of the Year Award

Lake Superior State University Alumni Association will unveil the Bud and Mary Mansfield Parents of the Year Award during Great Lake State Weekend festivities October 28, 2006. LSSU Campus Life, Student Alumni Involved for Lake State (SAILS) and the LSSU Alumni Association sponsor the award.

We picked up the idea at one of our Student Alumni Association Network conferences, and thought it would make a great addition to our campus, says Monica Schafer, who chairs the project. I hope the committee has an extremely difficult time making a selection because that will mean we had a lot of nominations of deserving parents.

The selection of this years recipients will be based on a student essay  How I apply what my parents taught me to my LSSU experience. A committee of faculty, students, administration, and Mary Mansfield will select the recipients. The parents will receive a unique, personalized award, free lodging, and VIP status during Great Lake State Weekend. All nominees will receive a certificate of appreciation from the Alumni Association and SAILS.

Bud, retired Executive Director of the Sault Area Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Sault Branch Pioneer Class of 1948. All eight of the Mansfield children attended Lake State and most of their sons and daughters-in-laws are LSSU alumni as well. A third generation  Jeff, son of Susan (Mansfield) and Paul Sullivan of Big Rapids, graduated from LSSU in 2002.

Please submit nominations to the Campus Life Office, drop off at the Alumni House, send via campus mail to SAILS or email alumnirelations@lssu.edu. Please include your contact information with the nomination.

