MANILA, Philippines - The Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) will be celebrating its 50th foundation anniversary with month-long activities to be held in its Manila and Quezon City campuses. A major highlight of these anniversary activities is the 2012 TIP Outstanding Alumni Awards (TIP Alumni Awards), whose Aug. 31, 2011 deadline for nominations is just around the corner. Launched in September of last year, the Alumni Awards have the primary objective of recognizing TIP graduates for their exceptional professional, entrepreneurial, academic, or research achievements; as well as their contributions in terms of time, talent and efforts in enhancing the quality of education at TIP. TIP alumni who graduated from either TIP Manila or TIP Quezon City and earned a graduate or undergraduate degree, associate diploma or certificate, are eligible to be nominated to the following categories: the 2012 TIP Outstanding Alumni Awards, the 2012 TIP Outstanding Young Achiever Alumni Awards, and the 2012 TIP Outstanding Service Alumni Awards. There will be separate sets of alumni awardees for TIP Manila and TIP QC. Nomination forms and the implementing guidelines may be obtained from these offices or downloaded from the TIP website at www.tip.edu.ph.