Distinguished Alumni Reception

2023 Distinguished Alumni Reception


Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Cedar Valley Seminary
Awards Ceremony at 4:00 pm followed by a social gathering with hors d'oeuvres and appetizers


Alumni being honored are:


Alan Lund - Class of 1966
Ted Funk - Class of 1967

Dave Arndt - Class of 1980

Kendall Dunkelberg - Class of 1981




Our awards will again be held over the Osage Community Schools Homecoming weekend. All of our Distinguished Alumni award winners, past and present, will be invited to participate in the parade on Friday of Homecoming and they will be recognized at the Homecoming football game that evening.

The Distinguished Alumni Reception will be held Saturday, September 23rd of Homecoming Weekend.
Tickets can be purchased for $20  after July 1,  2023 at all local Osage banks and at Hardware Hank or you can mail a check for tickets to:    
Osage Education Foundation -  P.O. Box 82 - Osage IA  50461              (After September 20,  ticket prices increase to $25) 

You can also use VENMO to purchase tickets to the reception.
@OsageEducationFoundation-Oef

      Click HERE to Purchase Tickets to the 2023 Reception using a credit card.

Please indicate on the link that you are purchasing tickets for the reception.                

 (your confirmation email will be your ticket)

Events sponsored by the Osage Education Foundation for the 2023 Homecoming weekend included:

We encourage you to nominate a person that you know that deserves the Distinguished Alumni Award.  You can find all of the information about the nominating process on this website. This event is such a great time for alumni to reconnect with each other. We look forward to seeing you in 2023!

2022 Award Winners

1976 -  Dennis Johnson

1983 - Coreen Sweeney

1995  - Josh Olson


Link to watch award ceremony on Facebook is below:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=646085973698667&id=100064584766672 

2022 DA Reception

1966 - Pat Mackin

1973 - Bruce Olson

1979 - Joyce Larson Ruehlow

1992 - Emily Schmidt Massey


2021 Distinguished Alumni Reception

Pictures from the 2019 Reception

2019 Award Winners

1960 - Don Ahrens

1975 - Dr. Thomas Brumm

1981 - Jeff Dodge

1996 - Dr. Josalyn Olsen Cho



Pictures from the 2018 Reception

2018 Award Winners

1958 - Gary Hveem 

1967 - Dr. Mike Brumm 

1981 - Dr. Jayne Theis Ness 

1985 - Dr. Todd J. Urbatsch

2018 Distinguished Alumni Reception Slideshow

Pictures from the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Reception

2017 Award Recipients

Larry Decklever - Class of 1958

Bob Frein - Class of 1959

Paul Borchardt - Class of 1961

Marcia Shoger Rosendahl - Class of 1980




2017 Distinguished Alumni Event