Jan 21 2010

OSU BASKETBALL SUNDAY For #5 OSU (GAME WATCH) at Mullens Bar and Grill

Hello all…..
 
Sorry we haven’t had much to do since the Rose Bowl victory back on January 6, but it is time for the club to pick up and start having some activities again.
 
We had some basketball game watches, but the turnout was minimal.  Who knew that OSU fans were die hard football fans and not basketball????? ;-)
 
Here is a list of events the club has planned coming up:
 
1) THIS SUNDAY - GAME WATCH - ONLY IF OSU MAKES THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.  GAME TIME IS 3:30PM. The game watch will be at Mullen’s BAR and GRILL down town.
 
Keep an eye out for NCAA tourney game watches as well.
 
2) Relay for Life -  DETAILS TO COME LATER THIS SPRING.
 
3) WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TAILGATE FOR THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES VS CLEVELAND INDIANS on JUNE 18th or 19th.   LET’S ROOT FOR OUR TEAMS AS WE SEE WHO CAN LOSE MORE GAMES THIS SEASON!  TAILGATE WILL BE PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE CLUB, OTHER THAN TICKET COSTS! DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON.
 
 
WE will be having an officers meeting in the next couple weeks.  If anyone would like to be a part of this meeting, they are more than welcome.  Email me for time and place of the meeting.
 
Once again - thanks for your support to the club.  We are about to award three scholarships to local High School students, and we couldn’t do this every year if it were not for all of you.

Mullens is located at:

(412) 231-1112

200 federal st, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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Dec 23 2009

OSU 26 - Oregon 17 - (EOY) State of the Pittsburgh Buckeyes!

Happy New Year Buckeye’s!
What a great time we had watching OSU win the ROSE BOWL at Mullen’s!  Congratulations to the 2009 Ohio State Buckeye’s - Rose Bowl Champions! Something only 6 other teams in the history of OSU have done!

First of all, I want to thank all of you who attended gamewatches at Mullen’s, and Bar 2132.  Without your support during the entire season, we wouldn’t have had all the fun and we wouldn’t have two great restaurant’s opening their doors to us. I want to take this opportunity to thank our club VP’s, Shawn Rosensteel and Alison Bruns, for helping run the game watches and working on our raffle.  Also, I want to say it has been a pleasure meeting many of you, and making new friends at the game watches.  I lived in Pittsburgh for 6 years before I even realize there was a club here, and I used to watch the OSU games alone.  Now, I get to watch it with 100-150 buckeye fans at some game watches. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences since I have moved here.

 I also want to thank Tom Novotny (Treasurer) and Matt Neifer and Peggy Drake (Secretary’s) for their help throughout the season when I wasn’t in town and helping out on game day. I couldn’t have done it all without your help.  Tom does an excellent job of keeping the books, and Matt and Peggy are always there for an idea, or to help when I need them.

I want to thank my College Fair Volunteer (and Dessert Reception Lead Volunteer)  Susan Dismukes, for helping to promote Ohio State at local high schools throughout the year.  Susan also helps with other leadership activities. Your efforts are a big reason why Ohio State is actively looking at the Pittsburgh area for more students. We couldn’t do the number of college fairs without your support. You have also helped with some of the functions I know I should be doing but haven’t been able to due to having two children under 3 1/2  at home! Thank you so MUCH!

I want to thank our Scholarship Team Leader, Hilary Taylor,  who put  hours into reading all of the entries, scoring them and making the tough decision on our winner. We’ve been able to award three $1200 scholarship each of the last few years. I do not have the list of who all volunteered to help her to this, but I will be sure to follow up and say thanks.

Thanks to Katie McEowen, who has helped with our social events such as Kareokee night, and Walk for Life. These were also great events where we got to meet and have fun with people that are Pittsburgh Buckeyes! It was a great way to make new friends

 Lastly, let me say thank you again to the people who have come out to support our club each week.  Many people are there almost EVERY week - whether we are playing New Mexico State, or Michigan.

 It is often easy to stay home and watch the games. But coming out to the gamewatches with fellow fans makes the experience so much more fun.  We will be sending information on some gamewatches for Buckeye Basketball games. I think we have about 9 games planned for basketball game watches. I’m discussing with the officers now about which games we’ll get together for during the remainder of the season and for the Big Ten and NCAA Tournament.

Also, I want to thank the many fans and alumni who entered the raffle and 50/50 drawings thoughout the year. These are our biggest source of income and help support the running of the club, paying for college fair registration fees and providing funds for our scholarship fund.

Lastly, let me say, I hope I didn’t leave anyone out as far as “thanks” are concerned.  The club is way too much work for one person, and I could not do it without the help of the other volunteers.  Thanks again, and I am sorry if I did not recognize you in this entry. This is all volunteer work, and people who work the club don’t get paid a dime - it’s out of love for The Ohio State University.  I truly appreciate those who support it!

Scott Schoonover, President
OSU Alumni Club of Greater Pittsburgh

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Apr 13 2009

PLEASE RENEW OR BECOME A MEMBER IN 2010!

We will be collecting membership dues for the Ohio State Alumni Chapter of Greater Pittsburgh.  Please support our club if you have in the past, as we grew in membership in the past year, and we hope to do so again this year.  Obviously the larger our membership, the greater our ability to support the scholarship fund, and the more we have ability to maintain the events we have done over the past year. Membership is $15 again this year.
 
Here are some of the events we have planned over the next year, and what your support of the club means for all of us as well as any future OSU students.
 
- Probably the most important thing that your membership supports is the OSU Pittsburgh Scholarship fund - given to local, future OSU students each year.
- Ability to get tickets to our yearly home game as available.
- Supports our social events thrown quarterly.
- Supports our networking and maintanence of the website.
- Supports cost of our yearly raffle.
- Supports the discounts at our weekly football game watches.
- Supports the and ability to get game tickets for future basketball games.
- Supports our golf outing - which we will be having again this year.
- Supports events such as the Jim Tressel luncheon we had last February.
- Supports future marketing and fund raisers of the OSU Pittsburgh Chapter.
 
Please continue to be a part of a group that is growing locally.  We appreciate you being here, and remember that there is strength in numbers.
 
Scott Schoonover - President
Shawn Rosensteel - Vice President
Alison Bruns - Vice President
Peggy Drake - Secretary
Matt Neifer - Secretary
Tom Novotny - Treasurer
 
You can mail your payment to:

Price

$15 for one year. Please make your check or money order payable to The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Greater Pittsburgh, and send it to:

 

Tom Novotny
Treasurer - Pittsburgh Buckeyes
962 Douglas Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15239 

Duration

Your membership will last for one full calendar year. Calendar Year starts June 1st, so please have your payments in by this date.

 

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Mar 6 2009

THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME TO BOWLING/KAREOKEE NIGHT

On March 6th, we had a bowling and kareoke night at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville.  It was from 9pm to 12am, and I think everyone who came had a really good time.  Look for more Social Events in the near future on our website.

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Aug 30 2008

THANKS TO ALL FOR COMING OUT - OSU VS USC TAILGATE

 

A special thanks to everyone that came out to the USC TAILGATE PARTY in downtown Pittsburgh. The game watch was a great turnout also - filling Bubba’s Ugly Bar with about 150-200 people. despite the loss, I think most everyone had a fantastic time.  Let’s rebound and support the Bucks as they win the Big Ten Championship!

Check back later in the week for more on the game watch and pictures from the event!

 

OH - IO!!!!!!

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Aug 12 2008

2300 DAYS Since Michigan has beaten OHIO STATE…..also

Today is
Wednesday  March 10, 2010
and Michigan STILL SUX!
It’s been 110 days since OSU last kicked Michigan butt,
and 256 day until we do it again.  6 in A ROW!!!!!

2009  21-10

2008 - 42-7

2007 - 14-3

2006 - 42-39

2005 - 25-21

2004 - 37-21

 

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