An alumni awards dinner is set for 7 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

It will begin with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. The dinner will honor nine Eastern alumni.

Tickets are $30 and can be ordered at http://www.eiu.edu/alumni/event_register.php?event=133.

The deadline to purchase tickets is Oct. 19.