Job Opportunity

I have a position opening for a second shift production supervisor at my bottling plant in Winston-Salem. I have posted the position on the alumni jobs website plus there is a new service that PSU started this week where the job will also be listed.

Contact:
John A. Saniga, Jr.
Production Manager
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
Winston-Salem, NC
(336) 724-4858

Final Membership Announcement

Today is the last day we will accept entries for the football ticket giveaway.  Please join the Triangle Penn State Chapter before midnight tonight in order to be eligible for two tickets and a parking pass for the homecoming game against Illinois on October 21. You can join the chapter by following this link: http://www.trianglepsu.org/membership/index.php

 

Note Change...The winner will be announced on Saturday during halftime of the Notre Dame (9/9) game viewing party at Oh' Mulligans Sports Cafe in Morrisville. 

Correction:  Door prize raffle tickets are available only to Chapter Member.  Additional tickets may not be purchased as stated in the email sent earlier in the week.

Please join us as we cheer for the Nittany Lions in 2006 at Oh' Mulligans.  PSU takes on Akron at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday.

 

For the Glory,

 

Jeff Blum

President

Triangle Penn State Chapter

www.trianglepsu.org

 

Calendar item: AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER

This is from our friends over at the Theatre in the Park. It is not an official Triange Chapter event.

Theatre In The Park kicks off its 2006/07 mainstage season with Wendy Wasserstein's refreshing political drama, AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER, playing weekends at The Ira David Wood III Pullen Park Theatre from September 15 - 24, 2006. Shawn Stewart-Larson will be the guest director. Tickets are now on sale by phone and online, and are $19 for adults, and $13 for seniors (55+) and students. An opening night reception, catered by Balentine's, will be on Friday, September 15 immediately following the 8:00 performance; audio description will be available on Thursday, September 21 from Arts Access. For more information, contact Theatre In The Park at (919) 831-6058 or www.theatreinthepark.com.

2006 WHITE OUT T-SHIRT

Stand up...stand out...be loud...be proud...shout out...we are...Penn State.

You can purchase a 2006 White Out T-Shirt from our Chapter by contacting Russ Campbell at rcc3nc@yahoo.com.

T-Shirts are available in large and extra large sizes. The cost is $20. All proceeds will benefit the Triangle Penn State Chapter's endowed scholarship to Penn State.

Be the first in your cul-de-sac to own the 2006 White Out T-Shirt!

12 Days to Kickoff

Only 12 days left before Penn State begins the 2006 season. Be sure to send in your membership and payment before August 31 to be eligible for two tickets and a parking pass to the Illinois game.

Membership: http://www.trianglepsu.org/join/joinus.php

Also, the Theater in the Park is offering a 35% discount to anyone who orders tickets for A Christmas Carol before Sept. 1. A 30% discount applies to orders after Sept. 1 and before Oct. 1. The show is Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Form to use: http://trianglepsu.org/forms/PSUCCarol.pdf

2006 Season Preview by Aden and Sean: A Different Breed of Cat
PSU Offense: Go to realshadeofblue.blogspot.com

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BIG TEN EVENT AT OH’ MULLIGANS
WHAT:
This will be an intramural competition between Big 10 schools involving common recreational games such as billiards, darts, foosball, etc… There will also be a Texas Hold 'Em tournament with a prize going out to the grand champion as well as showing your school pride. Oh Mulligans will serve a buffet that day so we will need you to RSVP so the restaurant can get an accurate head count.

WHERE:
Oh Mulligans Morrisville off I-40 on Airport Blvd.
(919) 465-1900
www.ohmulligans.com

WHEN:
August 26 th Saturday from 12-3 PM

WHO:
ANY Penn State Alumni or Big Ten Alumni and guests.

There is no charge to attend this event.

You pay for your own food and drinks

PLEASE RSVP to rcc3@psualum.com BY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23--Oh' Mulligans would like an idea of how many people are showing up.

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Calling all bloggers and critics

I'd like to start a localized blog with restaurant reviews, activitity reports, information on area attractions, and anything else we may want to throw in. I'm thinking in terms of a visitors guide for relocated Nittany Lions. If you are interested, please contact me, Russ Campbell, at rcc3@psualum.com.

Triangle PSU Chapter Wine Tasting (# 2)

On August 11, Penn State alumni gathered at The Wine Merchant in Raleigh to sample six Italian wines. The event turned out to be one of the Triangle PSU Chapter's most successful with 59 people sampling some very nice wines. Part membership drive kickoff and part social gathering. Those in attendance said that they were happy to see the Chapter expanding their events. That said, many said that they were glad football season was right around the corner.

The wines sampled were: Bidoli, '05 Pinot Grigio (Friuli, Italy); Cantina di Custoza, '05 Trebbiano di Lugana (Custoza, Italy); Degiorgis, '05 Moscato di Asti (Asti, Italy); Cantina Zaccagnini, '01 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (Abruzzo, Italy); Sant'Evasio, '04 Dolcetto (Asti, Italy); and Mastroberardino, '04 Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio (Campania, Italy). The last one was my personal favorite, mostly because I like quirky wines.

Some other folks had their own way of ranking wines:

I must agree both wines were very good and the ranking system is very creative.

Some other photos from the day:

Jeff tries unsucessfully to convince Dan and Ann that he used to play back up to Tony Sacca.

More coming soon...

Russ

Update on the number of ticket requests

This is an update on the number of ticket requests we have received as of 8-14-06:
All of our tickets have been issued for the Akron Game, but I have received two offers from sellers for that game, so at this time, all the listed the games are available if you wish to go.

Akron - Sept 2 - 4 seats requested
Youngstown State - Sept 16 - 2 seats requested
Northwestern - Sept 30 - 0 seats requested
Illinois - Oct 21 - - 4 seats requested
Temple - Nov 11 - - - 0 seats requested
Michigan State - Nov 18 - -2 seats requested

--George Gillis

A Christmas Carol

The following event has been scheduled for December 5, 2006:

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a Triangle Penn State Chapter sponsored event

WHEN: Dec. 5
SPECIAL GROUP PRICING:
If you order tickets before Sept. 1, you get 35% off. If your order after Sept 1, but before Oct. 1 you get 30% off.

Here is the form you need for the theater event:

http://trianglepsu.org/forms/PSUCCarol.pdf

The way it works is there will not be a dedicated PSU section in the theater.

We’re trying to plan a gathering space where the show is being held. I should have information on that later this month.

This, that, and some other things...

I wanted to update every-one on where we stand with membership. As of today we have roughly 105 members. This is slightly ahead of last year pace, but is not bad with less than a month to go before football season. If you have not joined, you still have a few weeks to enter to be eligible for the football ticket drawing.

A friend of the Chapter sent the following email about Penn State soccer.:

Hope you are enjoying your summer, can't believe another football season is around the corner. As you know I live and breath soccer these days and I noticed on the UNC website that the PSU men are coming down over Labor day to play in a tournament. I also saw that PSU is rated # 5 and UNC #3 so it should be some good soccer. I thought maybe you could communicate the games to the Alums.

The schedule according to the UNC website is :

9/1 Wake Forest 5PM
9/3 UNC at 3:30PM

So there you have it…it’s a rare opportunity to root for the Real Shade of Blue in this area. If anyone is interested in coordinating an official event please let us know. rcc3@psualum.com If not, let’s call it an impromptu event and fill the stands.

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OF LOCAL CONCERN

Northwestern's club will have a professor speaking about transportation at a lunch function on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Doubletree Guest Suites Raleigh/Durham (off I-40).

Dr. Joseph Schofer, a representative from the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) will be on hand for the Q & A session. They may have enough room in our meeting for other Big 10 alums who are interested in "traffic" and its solutions.

CONTACT:
Rosemarie Kitchin rkitchin@aol.com

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For an extra bonus, check out the Penn State clusters on flickr.com. I love looking at these things…

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/pennstate/clusters/

For my Behrend compadres:

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/pennstatebehrend/