Local woman to be honored at homecoming

A St. Charles woman will be among four alumni to receive awards during Aurora University 2007 homecoming weekend Oct. 19-21.

Alumni to be recognized are:

• Ann Cunningham Sheets of Fort Worth, Texas, a 1977 George Williams College alumnus, who will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award;

• Betty J. Parke Tucker of Kitty Hawk, N.C., a 1952 Aurora College (AC) alumnus, who will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award;

• Rosemary Fischer Humbles of Live Oak, Fla., a 1966 AC alumnus, who will receive the Roger K. Parolini Lifetime Achievement Award; and,

• Linnea A. Windel of St. Charles, a 1997 AU alumnus, who will receive the George Peters Community Partnership Award.

Homecoming events open at 2 p.m. Oct. 19, with a Founders' Convocation in Crimi Auditorium at the Institute for Collaboration, 407 S. Calumet Ave. in Aurora. Alums of the class of 1957 and earlier will be recognized. Faculty and staff will receive service awards.

The Oct. 20, schedule features AU's football Spartans hosting Concordia-Chicago at 1 p.m.; and a concert by the John Jorgenson Quintet at 8 p.m. in Crimi Auditorium.

Homecoming events conclude Oct. 21, with an alumni soccer game at 2 p.m. by former Spartan women kickers. A reception will follow in Dunham atrium.

Call (630) 844-5486 for information and reservations.