Kristen Conti '05 - PSU Alumni Council

Ticket sales for Pittsburgh's Blue White Ball close on Friday night - it's our 15th year and we have so many wonderful things in store! 100% of our proceeds benefit our efforts to support THON - last year we broke our own record by raising $30,000 and we want to break it again this year...all we need is you!

March 9, 2024 - Pittsburgh's Grand Hall at the Priory
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Ticket includes dinner, open bar, dancing, silent auction Wine Pull, and raffles, plus Special Honored Guest Tucker Haas

Our Silent Auction will be loaded with a variety of amazing items like...
💠...a tasting for 10 at Pittsburgh Winery!
💠...two tickets to see "Company" at the Benedum Center!
💠...a $250 gift card to Five Iron Golf!
💠...a round of mini golf for 6 plus 2 items from the sharable menu at Puttshack!
💠...a sterling silver and navy emerald-cut ice pendant necklace
💠...a collection of bourbons, including Weller Special Reserve, Weller Antique 107, Blanton's Single Barrel, Eagle Rare (10 yr old), Buffalo Trace, Colonel Taylor Small Batch!
💠...a PSU football helmet with a custom painting of Joe Paterno on the side
💠...a variety of PSU, Steelers, Pens, and pop culture memorabilia
💠...and SO MUCH MORE!

Register for FREE now to network with your fellow Penn Staters at Southern Tier Brewing Co. - Pittsburgh on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 from 5:30-8:30pm! This is a great opportunity for Alumni who are new to the area or who want a refresh on their networking skills.

The evening will include a cash bar and lots of hors d'oeuvres, information about networking strategies, tips for maximizing your LinkedIn presence, and representatives from Penn State Career Services, our Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, Smeal Club Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh's Penn State African American Alumni Organization (AAAO).

Scan the QR code or visit https://engage.tassl.com/event/10169/

Hope to see you there!

This past weekend, our Chapter co-hosted a game watch party with Special Olympics Allegheny County at PNC Park. More than 200 Penn Staters, including about 10 lettermen, cheered our Nittany Lions on to another victory and celebrated SOPA’s newly formed Claiborne-Paterno Endowment. The endowment is named for two incredible women; Loretta Claiborne is the most decorated Special Olympian in their history and of course we all know how special Sue Paterno is.

What a fun day with so many friends! We hope to do it again next year!

Last weekend, our Penn State Alumni Association hosted Leaders Of Volunteer Engagement (LOVEs) from all over the country for an Alumni Leadership Connections conference. The conference is held at University Park in even years, and chooses a few off-site locations around the country in odd years.

It was a wonderful opportunity to visit Happy Valley, see some old friends, make some new friends, and finally meet some Zoom friends in person. A series of curated workshops and breakout sessions gave us all a chance to learn how to be better leaders and share ideas with each other, and a panel discussion with some impressive Alumni to share their wisdom.

This past weekend, The Penn State Alumni Association - Greater Pittsburgh Chapter hosted our 2nd Annual Mini Golf Outing at Scally's Golf Center! We welcomed more than 35 golfers of all ages to play a round, enjoy a pizza party, and try to win some of the great raffle prizes donated by several local small businesses. Afterwards, four golfers were chosen at random to play in a Championship Round, complete with a Caddy (our Vice President, Greg Scott, donned a Tyvex suit and golf bag in the heat!) and the rest of the crowd followed along with their best golf claps and encouragement. In the end, our Champions got to choose from our top prizes - a desktop mini fridge, a model of a Mini Cooper, a mini tabletop football game, and a mini deck of PSU trivia cards (get it….mini?)

Despite the heat, everyone had a blast and we raised more than $1300 for our FastStart Program Endowment!

Last week, I was honored to attend the Karli Short Better Tomorrow Foundation's inaugural fundraising gala at the Omni William Penn Hotel here in Pittsburgh. Brandon Short created the Foundation following the heartbreaking loss of his daughter, Karli, to gun violence last year.

Among other things, the foundation will create scholarships for PSU GA students who have been affected by gun violence. Their goal was to raise $500,000 but with the love and support of a room full of friends, family, and fellow Alumni the total climbed to more than $650,000.

It was an inspirational evening full of all kinds of emotions, and I had a great time seeing some old friends, meeting some new friends, and paying respect to some PSU/NFL greats!

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