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Hello Penn Staters,
Well, I hope all of you have recovered from the weekend and have been able to tolerate the razzing from local Buckeyes! While we had a loss Saturday, we had a HUGE win Friday night with the Tailgate Party. With your support we were able to raise over $3,000 for the Franklyn Ingram Spirit Scholarship fund!!! THANK YOU ALL for your patience Friday evening. We had absolutely no idea that we would have such a remarkable turnout and I know it was cramped in that room, but you all were so patient and understanding and for that, I sincerely thank all of you.
If you did not make it Friday don't sweat because we are doing it all over again next year! That's right, PSU is back in Columbus next year for another chance to beat the Buckeyes! We are already planning for next year's Friday Night Tailgate and have many ideas to improve the event--and top on the list is a bigger room! We hope to raise $5000 next year and make a difference in more Central Ohio students lives. If you attended and have any suggestions or comments we would love to hear your thoughts. Also, we are always looking for items for the silent auction, so if you have ideas or donations please let us know!
I had quite a few people ask how to become a member or where to go to renew their membership. If you go to the membership tab you should find all the information you need to become a member of the Central Ohio Chapter.
Again, thank you for making Friday such a success!
WE ARE.....!!!
Mara Golitz
Chapter President
P.S. Check out some pictures of the event on our web site!
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Basketball - Penn State 61 - Indiana 67
We joined the Indiana Alumni group at Hoggy's Dublin at Sawmill & Hard Road on January 21st to watch Penn State versus Indiana for men's basketball. Unfortunately our team didn't win, but they played hard.
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Football - Capital One Bowl: Penn State 19 - LSU 17
We had a nice turnout at BW3 for the Capital One Bowl against LSU on New Year's Day. It should have been named the Mud Bowl for the sloppy field but it was nice to start out the year with a great win!
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The
2009 Annual Holiday Party was held on Saturday, December 5 at 7:00 pm in
Suite 100 of the Summit Chase. Thanks to Ken and Jeff who once again hosted a lovely party. We enjoyed a relaxing meal with delicious food and good company before heading to the other room for the infamous white elephant gift exchange. This year the most sought after gifts were wine, beer and homemade cheesecake! The gifts proved yet again that one person's white elephant is another person's treasure! In addition, we collected lots of toys for Toys for Tots! We all had a great time celebrating the holidays with our Penn State family.
Football: Penn State 42 - Michigan State 14
_________________________________________________________________________________________________Football: Penn State 31 - Indiana 13
We had another nice turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Indiana game. The Indiana University Alumni Chapter joined us to watch the game. They were holding their Annual Non-perishable and Linen Collection at the game and collected some non-perishable items from Penn State fans. We also collected a few more toys for Toys for Tots.Door prizes included a Penn State T-shirt, a Penn State mug and another cute knit Penn State winter hat! Although our team started slow and made more mistakes than usual, we came out with the win. Thanks to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions to another victory!
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Football: Penn State 7 - Ohio State 24
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We had a nice turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Northwestern game! We were joined by a PSU student who was in town for the weekend and some folks who may not have gone to Penn State but definitely have Penn State spirit! It was fun to have you join us!Door prizes included a Penn State T-shirt, a large Penn State magnet and a knit Penn State winter hat! Thanks to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions to another victory!
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Football: Penn State 35 - Michigan 10
We had another great turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Michigan game! We also had a huge surprise when we were joined by 14 PSU students who were in town for the weekend canning for THON! It was like bringing a bit of the university to us. We enjoyed talking to them and they appreciated finding Penn State fans to watch the game with. They said they were overwhelmed by all the scarlet and gray they saw in Columbus and were glad to see folks in blue and white!Door prizes included a Penn State license plate, a Penn State long-sleeved T-shirt and a Penn State canvas bag! Thanks to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions to another victory!
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Football: Penn State 20 - Minnesota 0
Even though BW3 was pretty quiet after the OSU loss, we had a great turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Minnesota game! It was good to see so many familiar faces. With all of the snow in State College, it was one time that we were probably glad that we weren't at the game.Door prizes included a Penn State travel mug, a Penn State scarf and a Penn State sweat shirt! Thanks to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions to another victory and a shutout! Special thanks to Jacob for leading us in our "We Are" cheers!
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Football: Penn State 52 - Eastern Illinois 3
We had another small turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Eastern Illinois game. Perhaps it was the non-conference game that kept fans at home. Whatever it was, we won and are looking forward to getting back on track against other Big Ten teams.
Door prizes included a Penn State mug, a Penn State bottle opener (that played the Penn State fight song) and a Nittany Lion Pumpkin carving kit, perfect for Halloween! Thanks to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions! Special thanks to Emma and Mara for leading us in our "We Are" cheers!
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We had a small turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Illinois game. We attributed it to an Iowa hangover. However, we won and are now back on track. Door prizes included a Penn State T-shirt sized just right for one of our future Penn Staters and a Nittany Lion Pumpkin carving kit, just in time for Halloween! Thank you to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions! And a special thanks to Jacob for leading us in our "We Are" cheers!
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We had a great turnout at BW3 for the not so great Penn State/Iowa game on Saturday evening, September 26. At least we weren't sitting in the rain. Thank you to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions!
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We had another great turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Temple game on September 19. We filled our section and held our own against the OSU fans. Thank you to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions!! Door prizes included a Penn State Alumni T-shirt, a nice PSU travel mug, a PSU business card holder and an "Iowa Shucks" T-shirt to get ready for the Iowa game.
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On Saturday, September 12 we had a great turnout at BW3 for the Penn State/Syracuse game! Thank you to all that came down and helped cheer on our Lions!! We raffled some PSU bags, a matted photo of Joe Pa and a Penn State parking sign.
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Well it looks like the Lions are off to a good start after beating Akron 31-7 on September 5th! We managed to take over one side of BW3 and let all of the OSU fans know we are there to stay! Once again, we have confirmed with management that we will be guaranteed a big screen TV every week for the PSU games.
BW3 was very happy to hear about
our Toys for Tots idea as they are participating in the program as well.
We raffled two prizes at half time, a hooded PSU sweat shirt and a T-shirt from the Football Hall of Fame with a tribute to Joe Pa's induction. Thank you to Jacob for leading us in our "We Are" cheers--you do it so much better than Mara does :)
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Our 2009 Annual Summer Picnic held on August 9th was a great success! The pavilion was covered in blue and white and the Penn State pride was over whelming. We had lots of great food and great company including two of our future central Ohio students R.J. Mardis and Zach Bauer and their families. We had some great raffle prizes and lots of excitement as we talked about this coming football season. Thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to Jeff and Ken for cooking and prepping the pavilion. We couldn't have done it without you!Good luck R.J. and Zach--we wish you the best as you take
off to Happy Valley!!
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Komen Columbus Race for the Cure
I joined the 45,000 other runners and walkers at the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure on Saturday, May 16th. The sky was overcast and in spite of some drizzles, the rain held off.We set a goal on the web site of $250 in donations and I'm thrilled to say that we surpassed that with $258. Thanks to everyone that donated! Those donations are used to Save Lives and End Breast Cancer forever. This was the first year that our group had a team so we hope that we can grow the team in the future and increase our donations for this worthy cause.
~Sharon Guccini Ramsay
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Cincinnati Reds Baseball GameThis year’s Reds game was on Sunday, April 26, vs the Atlanta Braves. The weather was partly cloudy and 82 degrees. It was an exciting game as the Reds won 11-10.
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CANCO Alumni Trivia Competition
On Friday evening, April 3rd, several Penn Stater's joined with the University of Dayton's alumni group to complete in a trivia challenge at Champp's (at 161 E. Campus View Blvd.
* CANCO (Collegiate Alumni Network of Central Ohio)
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Penn State Alumni Night with the Columbus Blue Jackets
On Sunday, March 29th 20+ Penn State alumni gathered to watch the Blue Jackets take on the St. Louis Blues. It was an exciting game with lots of goals, unfortunately the Blue Jackets lost by a score of 5-2. In spite of that, it looked like everyone had a good time. Thanks to Taci Hamm for setting up this event!
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Penn State played in the Rose Bowl on January 1st at 5:00 pm against USC. We met at BW3 on Bethel to watch the game together. Unfortunately the outcome was not what we had hoped for, but it was still nice to get together with other Penn Staters to watch the game.
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The Holiday Party was held on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 7:00 pm in Suite 100 of the Summit Chase. We had a lovely party with lots of good food, lots of laughs at the white elephant gift exchange, and lots of toys collected for Toys for Tots!
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If you were a paid member of the Central Ohio Chapter by July 31, 2008, you were eligible to apply for two tickets to the PSU/OSU game played on October 25th at 8:00 pm. The tickets were drawn by lottery and were sent out about 2 weeks before the game. Tickets were $65 for one ticket or $130 for two tickets and checks had to be received by October 5, 2008. Those who didn't get tickets had their checks returned.
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Annual Penn State Student Send-Off Picnic!
On Sunday, August 10th, the members of the Central Ohio Penn State Alumni Association enjoyed a beautiful summer afternoon wishing the new students of Penn State the best of luck in the upcoming school year.
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With the support of some beautiful weather, a group of Penn State alumni enjoyed an incredible tour of Channel 4 from PSU graduate, Ben Gelber (PSU ‘78) on Sunday, July 27th from 6:45 to 8:00. In addition to the weather room, we toured the main set and control room. We were also able to see what we looked like on camera in front of the “green” screen in the weather room.
We then watched a short video that Channel 4 made for Ben back in 1994 when
It was a fun and informative tour and we learned that being a weatherman isn’t as easy as it looks!
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Tailgate at the Clipper’s Game
In spite of the rain and hot weather, 10 PSU Alumni, family and friends enjoyed a BBQ tailgate before the Clipper’s game on July 12 at 5:30 pm in the back of lot #1. The rain held off until everyone had finished eating and then caused the baseball game to be delayed. When the rain stopped we were treated to a beautiful double rainbow. Due to the delay none of us actually stayed for the game. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 4,
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Mid-Ohio FoodBank
Four Penn State alumni attended a community service event at Mid-Ohio Food Bank on Tues, June 24 from 5:30-8pm. Attendees included Cassandra Funk, Mara Golitz, Ken Fultz, and Daniel Imoudu. The Penn Staters helped sort and repackage 3 forklift loads of food for central Ohio families and afterschool programs.
