Elon University’s Office of Alumni Engagement announced the five winners of its annual Alumni Awards. Igor Pavlov, ’94, Tracey Nugent, ’84, Matt Belanger, ’05, Melissa Taylor Duncan, ’06, and Darryl Smith, ’86, will be recognized for their awards at the homecoming opening ceremony Oct. 16.
Pavlov, the managing director and co-head of Jefferies Relative Value, will be awarded Alumnus of the Year. Nugent, a philanthropist based in Florida, will be awarded Alumna of the Year.
Belanger, a weekend evening anchor and reporter for WSB-TV in Atlanta won Young Alumnus of the Year. Duncan, Elon School of Law’s associate director of student and professional life, will receive the award for Young Alumna of the Year.
Smith, vice president of sales for UPS Capital Inc. in Raleigh, won the Distinguished Service to Elon Award, contributing to the creation of the university’s Black Alumni Scholarship.