ALUMNI AND FRIENDS INVITED TO NEXT MEETING
6:30 p.m., Monday, August 15,
Dingbats/Royal Gatherings, Pittsburgh Mills
After the traditional July break, the Alle-Kiski Alumni Society will resume its monthly meetings at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, at Dingbats Restaurant/Royal Gatherings in the Pittsburgh Mills mall.
A membership drive is under way to help local alumni reconnect with Penn State. The meeting is open to new and recent grads and alumni residing in the Alle-Kiski Valley who want to learn more about how the society supports the campus.
The society is the local alumni link to Penn State, no matter what campus students attended. Highlight of the agenda is finalizing projects for the society's 2011-12 budget and choosing the next recipients of the "Alle-Kiski Society Endowed Scholarship." The $51,000 endowment generated $3,500 this year for scholarships for campus students.
The endowment will increase to $76,000 over the next three years. The society's board of directors pledged in 2010 to contribute $25,000 to Penn State's new fundraising campaign, "For the Future." The initial donation of $6,000 was made last year. The society is committed to raising an additional $19,000 by June 2014.
The society's scholarship was established in 1992 with an initial principal of $15,000. Six years later, it was fully endowed at $25,000. The first recipient, Pat Neil, received a $500 scholarship. Last fall, the society awarded $4,000 in scholarship to three campus students. Since 1998, the Alle-Kiski Society has awarded $30,000 to 38 students.
Alumni, current students, parents and friends are encouraged to attend the meeting to get a first-hand look at the inner workings of the society. People don't have to be an alumna or alumnus of Penn State New Kensington to belong to the Alle-Kiski Society. Parents of Penn State graduates or current Penn State students are welcome to join. People who attended another Penn State campus, but live in the Alle-Kiski Valley, and those who never attended Penn State but believe in its mission, are welcome to join.
Based at Penn State New Kensington, the Alle-Kiski Society represents the 7,000 Penn State alumni living in the Alle-Kiski Valley. It supports the New Kensington campus by sponsoring various projects including a Penn Staters tent at the Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1. Dubbed “Alumni Central,’ the tent will be set up on the grassy knoll in front of the Engineering building, and feature the Penn State-Indiana football game on a big screen TV. Snacks and beverages will be available in the tent area. Additional food and other refreshments can be purchased from various vendors at the festival.
The alumni and community event begins at 11 a.m. and will feature a full array of activities including bed races, crafts, a car show, a wing cook-off, and a kids zone during the day and a free outdoor concert by the Clarks at 5 p.m.
For information on the Alle-Kiski Society, call 724-334-6049 or contact Bill Woodard at uxw1@psu.edu.
For more information about Alumni Central and the fall festival, visit http://www.nk.psu.edu/StudentLife/43255.htm online.
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