Club & Society Points of Pride
Let’s celebrate you! Here are just some of the great things our clubs and societies have accomplished this year.
Club/Society | Accomplishment 1 | Accomplishment 2 | Accomplishment 3 | Accomplishment 4 |
College of Optometry Alumni Society | Recognized as a Scarlet level Society | Successfully reached out to younger members | ||
Franklin County Alumni Club | Banquet & silent auction were successful this year; had diversity of items from small $10-$15 to higher $200 | Raised over $800 for our scholarship fund | ||
St. Louis MO Alumni Club | Most successful picnic/student sendoff ever, 90 in attendance | Starting second game watch location | ||
Logan County Alumni Club | First time winning an award from OSUAA | Got community “members” to sign up for subcommittees | ||
New Orleans LA Alumni Club | Started working to fund an endowed scholarship | To honor a special club member, hosted fundraising event to establish The Will Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund | ||
College of Pharmacy Alumni Society | Award ceremony combining alumni awards, student awards and pharmacy BALL | |||
Northwest OH Alumni Club | Had largest sendoff meeting for incoming Freshmen | |||
Erie County Alumni Club | Awarded 15 students each a $1,000 scholarship | |||
Army ROTC Alumni Society | Established 3 new Scholarship Endowments | Reached $500,000 in the “But for Ohio State” campaign | ||
Memphis TN Alumni Club | June 24, held club cookout at Shelby Farms Park, 100 degree, 30 attended | Having 2nd cookout Sept. 24 | ||
Albuquerque NM Alumni Club | Club provides scholarships to 3-4 studends every year | Money is raised during football watches by passing the jar when team scores | ||
Triangle NC Alumni Club | Awared 6 scholarships this year | |||
CPH Alumni Society | Throwing graduates a “happy hour” before commencement | |||
HSMP Alumni Society | Welcoming students back to campus | Raising $3,000 at the MHA Cup Student-alumni golf outing | ||
LGBTQ Alumni Society: Scarlet & Gay | Awarded 9 scholarships equaling $14,500 at 2016 Rainbow Celebration | |||
Suncoast (Tampa) FL Alumni Club | Club held an admitted student night, focus on diversity & inclusion, a partnership with undergraduate adm. For students & alumni to learn from each other | |||
Arts & Sciences Alumni Society | Creating student ambassador programs | Getting students active on the society board | ||
Atlanta GA Alumni Club | Scholarship recipient completed degree in spring | Awarded full tuition scholarship for student entering Fall 2016 | ||
Black Alumni Society | Hosted a successful Speed Networking event, givng alumni opportunity to encourage & enlighten current OSU students | |||
Black Alumni Society/partnered with DC Alumni Club | Race Movie Screening, scholarship fundraiser | |||
Pharmacy Alumni Society | 5K Pharmathon to benefit Generation Rx | |||
? | Growing membership and adding non-sports related programming | |||
? | Fulfilling the requirements to become Scarlet level club | |||
D.C. Alumni Club | Have 5 official game watch locations, all make contributions to Spearman Scholarship Fund | Began collaborating with Black Alumni Society, joint game watches and film event, more to come in future | ||
? | Our group changed how we operate in many ways this last year but I think we’re on track to become stronger organization | |||
Treasurer Coast FL Alumni Club | Combined with Port St. Lucie game watch site to form new club | |||
Greater Cleveland Alumni Club | Game Watches with the Alumni Band | |||
Veterinarian Med Alumni Society | 2016 Annual Golf Outing hosted 135, raised $10K for scholarship fund | |||
? | Had success raising money for endownment, started in 2010 to become club in 2012. | Have $30,000 in endownment, awarded 3 scholarships in past 2 years, goal set for $50,000 | ||
Greenville SC Alumni Club | Started new club in Greenville, had 50+ people at first game watch | |||
Middle TN Alumni Club | Have awarded $86,000 in scholarships since Y2K to students in area | |||
? | Student Send-off, club scholarships 9 – $1,000 given this year | |||
Stadium Alumni Society | Stadium scholarship, doubled membership, continued support of students | Amazing scholarship apps received, able to increase number of scholarships given. | ||
Arts & Sciences Alumni Society | Will be hosting an election panel discussion on 10/20 with current OSU Faculty | Partnership with democracy studies | ||
OSURA Alumni Society | Newly chartered with Alumni Association | |||
Austin TX Alumni Club | Hosted first summer send-off event, great to connect with several of scholarship recipients | |||
Arts & Sciences Alumni Society | Steam Factory event w/faculty & alumni, included 250 alums attended display/tables interactive kiosk | |||
Detroit MI Alumni Club | Hold “Great Debate” with 200 fans for lunch & debate before the big game | |||
? | Success story; special interest event, club members & their guests attended a Sat. morning tour at local car museum, great fun | |||
? | My second son started this fall as a buckeye! | |||
? | 20th year Golf Outing Fundraiser, over $5,000 raised for endownment | |||
Naples FL Alumni Club | Just completed 5 year fundraiser, million dollars for Scholarship Endownment Fund | |||
Jacksonville FL Alumni Club | #1 club with total FB likes | Scholarship fundraising up 2 times | Gave winner of TTUN 50/50 raffle $1,320 | Designed 1st alumni club mobile app |
Phoenix AZ Alumni Club | Won first ever Buckeye Charge contest. | Raised over $60K for Stefanie Spielman Foundation over 4 year through own 501C3 BuckBreastCancer, includes over $21,000 at our last event | ||
ASH Alumni Society | Welcome program in August at Baker Hall East, 48 out of 51 attended | |||
VanWert/Paulding Alumni Club | Very successful food drive for both counties | |||
College of Nursing Alumni Society | Started mentorship program with 32 pairs, alumni & students/new grads, 78 members signed up to pair this fall | |||
? | Popcorn event at OSU Atwell Hall to recruit future members, welcome students | |||
Welding Engineering Alumni Society | Better engagement of current undergrads; we now sponsor student awards | Constitution written | ||
College of Dentistry Alumni Society | CE/Game Watch 70 attendees, Nov 2015, renowned speaker | |||
Marian County Alumni Club | Big Ten Buckeye Bash, live auction & silent auction, raise scholarship money for 7 – $1,200 scholarships | |||
Muskingum County Alumni Club | Awarded 17 student scholarships for total of $8,350 2016/2017 | Increased sommunity service efforts significantly | ||
Richland County Alumni Club | 1 full, 1 half to Richland students attending Mansfield OSU campus | 3 – $1,000 scholarships to Richland students attending main campus | Worked with ambassadors pass out water to returning students | Passout programs, flowers, pins for Mansfield graduates |
Sarasota-Manatee FL Alumni Club | Tribute to Alex & Betty Schoenbaum, guest speaker Urban Meyer, 450 attendees | |||
EE/ECE Alumni Society | Next STEP event | |||
San Antonio TX Alumni Club | Picked cabbages from fields for San Antonio Food Bank, filled 4 pallets full | Summer send-off, introduced 2 daughters of Homicide detectives & Dads, both attending OSU, one first year student | ||
Tri-County FL Alumni Club | The Villages; $157,000 endowed scholarship fund in 10 years | |||
Charlotte NC Alumni Club | Annual Golf Tournament raised $10,933, a record, special guest Kurt Coleman | |||
College of Nursing Alumni Society | Raised over $18,000 for student scholarships, 10th annual wine tasting | |||
Oklahoma Alumni Club | Held 1st volunteer event Regional Food Bank of OK, 29 volunteers brought 180 lbs food, packed 3920 lbs, enough to feed 1188 kids for weekend | |||
Sandhills NC Alumni Club | Consistent scholarship program $2K/student/year/4 ys | Consistent fundraising program for USSd major cancer fund | ||
Dance Team Alumni Society | Creating an alumni society for dance alumni | |||
Sacramento Valley CA Alumni Club | We “Buckeye” a car if they have Ohio State decals on car; place a card on the windshield with our game watch location and E-mail address |