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McGill to Receive CSU Young Alumni Award

The CSU Alumni Association will bestow its top alumni awards during an awards dinner on Thursday, Oct. 19 as part of the university’s annual Homecoming Week celebration. The awards dinner will include the Alumni Association’s marquee awards — the Thomas Y. Whitley Distinguished Alumni Award and the Frank D. Brown Achievement & Leadership Excellence Award. Other awards will be presented in the following categories: Alumni Service, Young Alumni, Distinguished Alumnus in Military/Public Service, and Honorary Alumni Status. The Young Alumni Award honors alumni who have graduated in the last 15 years and recognizes them for their commitment to excellence through their post-collegiate efforts and their significant or ongoing commitment to extraordinary work, research, volunteerism or service to their alma mater. One of the Young Alumni Awards will be awarded to Turner College graduate Evan McGill. An actor since the age of 6, McGill recently won a Tony Award as part of a producing team for the Broadway production of Parade, which won in the Best Revival of a Musical category. McGill started his independent company, Evan McGill Productions, in 2021 and set to producing and investing in Broadway-aimed musicals. These have since included Mr. Saturday Night, which starred comedian Billy Crystal. McGill earned an MBA from Turner College in 2014. This year’s honorees will be celebrated at the Alumni Association’s Awards Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Green Island Country Club. The event begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. and continues with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are required and can be purchased online for $50 per person or $400 for a table of eight. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Engagement by emailing alumni@columbusstate.edu or calling 706.507.8946. Visit the CSU Alumni Association’s website for more information about its awards program and lists of past award winners.
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