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This year’s recipient of the Alumni Service Award is Garlinn (Hansen) Story ’69.

Garlinn has been a passionate advocate for Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and has served the university in a number of capacities over the years.

From 2008 to 2015, Garlinn was a member of the Alumni Leadership Council. That group met three times a year to provide advice, feedback and ideas about the events, programs, communication and benefits for Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ alumni.

She has also been an active participant in several Ä¢¹½´«Ã½coming celebrations. On more than one occasion, she coordinated the Kappa Alpha Phi reunion, gathering sorority sisters from multiple decades to share stories and memories. Garlinn served as a member of the Class of 1969 reunion committee. Luckily, that group was able to celebrate its 50th reunion before COVID shut down in-person gatherings.

A few years ago, Garlinn and her husband Mike ’68 moved to Georgia. Though they now find themselves on the other side of the country from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, they have continued contributing in other ways. They are both members of the Parents Council Leadership Team, a group that encourages people to support the university at the President’s Circle level or above.

Despite the distance, they find a way to return to campus for most meetings.

In early 2020, just a month before COVID changed the landscape of in-person events, the Storys graciously hosted a Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ event in their home for alumni living in and near Atlanta, Georgia.

The Storys have been consistent donors to the university, supporting Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ with their financial gifts as well as their time and talent.