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In the Hintz Family Alumni Center last week, seven doctoral students from New Orleans who are studying here at Penn State told their stories of Hurricane Katrina at a press conference. How the hurricane trapped their families. How they didn’t know for a day or two if their family members were safe. How they were panicked about their families’ whereabouts. One student didn’t know for a couple of days whether her five-year-old daughter and her firefighter husband were still alive. Thankfully, all of these students’ family members are now safe and sound—and several have already settled in State College.
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features
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Twenty-three Alumni to Receive Alumni Fellow Award
The Penn State Alumni Association will honor 23 alumni for their outstanding professional accomplishment with the most prestigious award given by the Alumni Association, the Alumni Fellow award. The alumni will gather at University Park on Oct. 19 to receive their awards and inspire students.
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DuBois Launches New Blue & White Society
Penn State DuBois recently began the newest Blue & White Society, the student membership contingent of the Penn State Alumni Association. With 4,700 members across the commonwealth, membership in the Blue & White Society has almost doubled in the last two years. While there are Blue & White Society members on all of Penn State's campuses, just four have active Blue & White Society groups—University Park, Shenango, Schuylkill, and now DuBois.
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Members Receive Report in Mail
The members of the Penn State Alumni Association got a bonus along with their September/October issue of The Penn Stater—the "2005 Report to Members," which outlined the Alumni Association's work and achievements during the last two years.
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tips & best practices
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Tackling Board Development, Strategic Plans
The Volunteer Services Team often receives questions this time of year such as "how do I get new people on my board?" and "are we doing the right thing?" After filling out the annual report, many groups reflect upon their successes and begin developing programs and events designed to make the organization even stronger in the coming year.
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Annual Reports Are Now Due
Just a reminder that affiliate group annual reports
were due to the Alumni Association on Sept. 10, 2005. So if you don't have yours
in yet, please download the Annual Report Form from www.alumni.psu.edu/groups/volunteer/.
Annual reports gives the Alumni Association an overall snapshot of your organization's
activities during the past fiscal year (July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005). If
you have questions, please contact Dana Allen, associate director of Volunteer
Services, at dga10@psu.edu.
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in the spotlight
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Earth and Mineral Sciences Alumni Tour Alaska
The beauty of Alaska during the summer solstice was even more special for a group of 70 Penn State alumni when they toured the hidden fjords and glaciers of Alaska's Inside Passage in June as part of Penn State Travel and Education's first college-specific alumni tour.
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Pittsburgh Chapter Cleans Up School
Allegheny County Chapter members turned out on a muggy Saturday morning in May to clean up Friendship Elementary School and an adjoining park, one critical need community service project identified by Pittsburgh Cares for its "Hands On Pittsburgh" day of caring.
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association highlights
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Student Events Launch School Year
Penn State's fall semester was kicked off in true Penn Stater style at the University Park campus with two events designed to welcome students back to campus: the second annual "Blue & White Bash" and "Be a Part From the Start."
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Career Center Open on Football Saturdays
Penn State alumni, parents, and community members are invited to an Open House at the MBNA Career Services Center for three hours prior to each Penn State home football game.
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Parents and Families to Visit University Park
Parents and families of Penn State students attending the University Park campus will be in State College Sept. 23-25 for Parents & Families Weekend sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association and the Division of Student Affairs.
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member center
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Penn State MBNA Credit Card Begins Reward Program
Just about every credit card offers a points program. Use the card, accrue the points, and turn in the points for anything from manicure sets to crystal candlesticks to round-trip airline tickets. But now the MBNA credit card offered to Penn State alumni gives cardholders rewards that are uniquely Penn State.
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a moment in penn state history
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Paterno's First Win in 1966 Was Inauspicious Start
The actual Beaver Stadium crowd of 37,270 on Sept. 16, 1966 was about 9,000 less than capacity, and none of the spectators realized the first victory of Joe Paterno's head coaching career would be so historic. That's how Lou Prato '59, director of the Penn State All-Sports Museum, described Paterno's first game in a story, synopsized here, for "Paterno 324," a commemorative magazine published by The Barash Group and Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics.
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events
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Upcoming Events
Bringing alumni together is the heart of our mission and our identity. The Alumni Association’s annual events and programs such as reunions, homecoming activities, and pep rallies promote feelings of nostalgia and connection to the University and to each other among alumni.
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[ ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS ]
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[ AFFILIATE GROUP EVENTS ]
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feedback
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We Want to Hear From You
Please tell us about an event your group has hosted or one that's upcoming. Share with us your successful group initiatives, or tell us about things you'd like us to include in future issues of this e-newsletter. Of course, we don't just want to hear about it, we'd love to see it, too. So if you have pictures to go along with story ideas, please include those as well. Submit all information to kdp10@psu.edu. And of course, if you have questions feel free to contact us at alumni-relations@psu.edu or 800-548-LION.
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ARCHIVE
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August 2005
August 5, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 8
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July 2005
July 13, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 7
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June 2005
June 6, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 6
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May 2005
May 6, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 5
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April, 2005
April 5, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 4
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March, 2005
March 3, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 3
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February 2005
February 3, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 2
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January 2005
January 12, 2005
Vol. 2
Issue 1
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December 2004
December 8, 2004
Vol. 1
Issue 12
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November 2004
November 10, 2004
Vol. 1
Issue 11
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October 2004
October 7, 2004
Vol. 1
Issue 10
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September 2004
September 1, 2004
Vol. 1
Issue 9
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