Nominations for national officers and directors of the Alumni Association are being sought prior to elections scheduled for Homecoming weekend.

The Nominating Committee, which is composed of the three most immediate and available former national presidents and four members appointed by the board of directors, will present a slate of names for election at the association's annual business meeting on Homecoming weekend.

The new officers' terms will begin on July 1, 2001. No person is eligible to serve as director for more than two consecutive terms.

The officer positions open for consideration include national president, national first vice president, and national second vice president.

Positions on the national board open for consideration include North 2 Region director (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, and Union chapters); Central 1 Region director (Bolivar, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore-Carroll, Sharkey-Issaquena, Sunflower, Washington, and Yazoo chapters); South 3 Region director (Southeast Mississippi, George-Greene, Hancock, Harrison-Stone, Jackson, and Pearl River counties); Northern Region young director (Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada-Montgomery, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall-Benton, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Webster, and Yalobusha chapters); and Out-of-State director.

A young director must be 32 years of age or younger at the end of the term to which he or she is elected. No state shall have more than one out-of-state director. Current directors are from the states of Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas.

All Mississippi State alumni are eligible to recommend names for consideration for any of these positions. Send the names to: Nominating Committee, P.O. Box AA, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5526.

Recommendations must be received no later than Aug. 31, 2000.