Our chapter holds events throughout the year from community service beach days to holiday parties, bar tours, hiking, and everything in between. We also watch Penn State Football every game day at Hennessey's Tavern in Costa Mesa.
Next Thursday March 14 at 5pm, we’ll be holding our annual STATE Paddy’s Day Happy Hour!
Dress up in your favorite kelly green attire and meet us all at Muldoon’s Irish Pub, located at:
202 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
NEWPORT BEACH, CA
92660
For the 2018-2019 school year, our Chapter launched a new pilot program called LionNotes to promote engagement between the chapter and current students. Each August we host a “Student Send Off” party to meet and engage with the local students attending Penn State in the fall. LionNotes will continue where the Student Send Off leaves off. The intention of the LionNotes program is to send continual support to Orange County students who have chosen to attend Penn State and are far away from home. The model for this program is a one-on-one “adopt a student” model. The alumni “sponsors” are matched with a student based on a commonality such as sports, Greek life or major.
This week three of our board members (Anna, Valerie and Katie) attended the Penn State Student Acceptance Reception at the Costa Mesa Marriott! It was so fun to meet prospective students and parents, and share tips, insights and information about what it’s like to attend Penn State.
We just had our Board meeting this Thursday and we have so many exciting updates to share!
Last weekend was THON, where Penn Staters raised $10,621,683.76 for the kids! Our chapter was able to donate $200 and then we were matched by a Board member’s company, bringing the overall donation up to $500!
At our meeting we also solidified events for the upcoming months! More information to come soon, but please save these dates:
On Sunday, February 10th, alumni from 12/14 B1G schools got together at Gable House Bowl in Torrance, CA for a fun afternoon of bowling and prizes.
Do you BOWL? If so, we need your help!
We are actively recruiting bowlers to represent Penn State in the Big 10 Alumni Bowling Challenge on February 10, 2019!
We were so excited to kick off the new year with fellow Penn Staters! On January 1, the OCIEA Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association (OC PSU) hosted two Citrus Bowl viewing parties: one at JT Schmid’s in Tustin and the other at the Blue Beet in Newport Beach.
A good time was had by all at the OCIEA Holiday Mix & Mingle Networking Event on December 11, 2018 at The Blue Beet in Newport Beach.
It’s just been announced that the Nittany Lions will be heading to the Citrus Bowl!
Join us at The Blue Beet Newport Beach or JT Schmid’s in Tustin on New Year’s Day for Penn State football, good food & drinks, raffle prizes (and more!) one last time before the 2019 season.
In partnership with Penn State Alumni Career Services and the San Diego Chapter of the PSAA, we are hosting a Holiday Mix & Mingle Networking Event at The Blue Beet in Newport Beach!
