Alumni Insider

July 2008

Features

Legislators Recognized for Supporting Penn State

Two Pennsylvania state representatives received the third annual “Friend of Penn State” legislative award from the Penn State Alumni Association for the significant role they have played in the continued improvement of Penn State.
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Single-Game Football Tickets Go On Sale July 25

Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics will sell a very limited number of single-game football tickets for the Nittany Lions’ 2008 season on Friday, July 25. The online ticket sale, open to alumni and the general public, will begin at 10:00 a.m. at www.goPSUsports.com.
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Alumni Celebrate 45th and 50th Year Reunions

More than 850 alumni returned to Penn State for Traditional Reunion Weekend, the annual celebration for Penn State’s 45th and 50th reunion classes and for Pioneers, Penn State alums who graduated 50 or more years ago.
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Executive Director's Letter

Pittsburgh Chapter Celebrates 110 Years

Back in 1898, the United States was the world’s rising industrial power, and no city played a more vital role in that transformation than Pittsburgh, the nation’s forge. Many Penn State grads flocked to the city for jobs and careers, particularly our engineers. It comes as no surprise, then, that the first “branch” of the Penn State Alumni Association—the Allegheny County Chapter—was founded in the Steel City.
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Alumni Association News

Thirteen Alumni to Join Alumni Council

Ten Penn State alumni have been elected and three appointed to Alumni Council, the governing body of the Penn State Alumni Association.
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Nittany Lions on Wheels

Although the idea started with full-time RVers, anyone with an interest in camping and travel is welcome to join the latest Alumni Interest Group: Nittany Lions on Wheels.
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Penn Stater Seeking Post-College Buddy Stories

Working together at The Tavern, pulling all nighters in the studio, or hanging out on “the wall” has a way of cementing friendships forever. The Penn Stater magazine is looking for stories about groups of Penn State friends who have kept in touch after graduation day—and their traditions for staying connected.
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Spotlight on Groups

Cool Times on Capitol Hill

The big scoop on Capitol Hill recently was of the ice cream variety: Penn State’s famous Berkey Creamery ice cream to be exact. Members of the Penn State Professional Women’s Network of D.C., a Penn State Alumni Association Alumni Interest Group, scooped up nine different flavors at its annual ice cream social on June 19.
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History and Traditions

Arts Festival: 42 Years of Midsummer Fun

The year was 1967. In the very first Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs. In May, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas. By summer, more than 100,000 hippies dropped in on San Francisco for the “Summer of Love.” And during the last week of July, a Penn State tradition was born: the first Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
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Calendar of Events

Alumni Association Events

07.19.2008::Joe Paterno Hall of Fame Induction Reception, South Bend, Ind.

07.09-13.2008::Arts Festival Alumni Weekend

Affiliate Group Events

07.04.2008::July 4th Parade (Washington/Greene Counties Chapter)

07.12.2008::Annual Chapter Planning Meeting (Orange County Calif. Chapter)

07.16.2008::Martinis and Manicures (Penn State Professional Women's Network of Philadelphia)

07.19.2008::Annual Bar Tour (Orange County Calif. Chapter)

07.19.2008::Jackals Game (Northern New Jersey Alumni Chapter)

07.20.2008::Wine Tasting at Loudoun Valley Vineyards (Metro Washington Chapter)

07.20.2008::Hudson River Cruise (Hudson Valley Alumni Chapter)