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Six Northwestern Oklahoma State University graduates have been selected as the 2022 Outstanding Graduates.

This year’s outstanding graduates include Alexandria Carmon, Rich Cantillon, Tommi Leach, Patricia Mitchell, Clay Reed and Greg Bowman.

The outstanding graduates program was established by the Northwestern Alumni Association in 1973 to recognize outstanding achievement. Initially, no distinction was made between categories. In 1977, awards were presented in the specific fields of business/professional, education and humanitarian.

In 1984, the recognition award was added to honor a graduat...