Columbus Area Meet & Greet with Jim Tressel

[IAA Fan]

Join Us!

Monday, January 11, 2016
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel
“Meet & Greet”
with the YSU-Columbus Alumni Chapter
 
Where:    Buffalo Wild Wings, Graceland Center
152 Graceland Blvd., Graceland Shopping Center
Columbus, OH 43214-1530
Venue Phone # 614-880-9348
 
Cost:       $10 per person (to cover appetizer cost)
·       RSVP on-line here,
·       Or, mail your check by January 1st to: YSU Alumni Engagement, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555 (Please write “Columbus Event” on the check’s memo line)
Let’s all welcome YSU President and Alumni Engagement representatives to meet our Columbus Alumni Chapter! 
PLEASE NOTE: This is the day of the NCAA Div I Football Championship game.

Tentative Agenda:
5:30 p.m. - Gathering and Meet and Greet. (Appetizers will be provided throughout the event. Cash bar off of Buffalo Wild Wing’s drink menu.)

6:30 p.m. – Casual Q&A about what’s going on at YSU with President Tressel and the office of Alumni Engagement.

7:30 p.m. – (Optional) Stay for dinner, fun, and fellowship!
Happy Holidays!  Hope to see you all there.

Eric and Bill

Eric M. Boldan ('94 and '01)
YSU Columbus Alumni President
(eric.m.boldan@hotmail.com)

William F. Kasiara ('74)
YSU Columbus Alumni Treasurer
wkasiara@columbus.rr.com

[IAA Fan]

It is too late to send your check, but not to late to register on-line. With all of the rumors that seem to be floating around, this would be a great opportunity to hear first-hand. I plan on being there so, if there are any other board members that live near Columbus, this would be a great time to meet, discuss the board and all things YSU. Nice to put faces with the names. Even if you have not posted in a while, come to BW3's. Note this is at Graceland, next to Belleria's Pizza (don't eat at that Belleria, you will be disappointed).

You do not have to be a member of the Alumni Association in order to attend.

Thanks,
Dan

[goodnews]

Are they good rumors or bad rumors?

[IAA Fan]

Both. This time of year everything starts to fly ...the first is always we are moving to FBS. New players, new coaches & staff. New facilities.

[goodnews]

Facilities?  I know there was Loge talk on East Side of Stambaugh anything else?

[go guins]

This has nothing to do with football, this is a meet & greet for a potential govenor/senate candidate.

[penguinpower]

Aren't there only 7 or 8 scholarships available?

[ysuguins4]

Hey Fan,  what did JT have to say?

[IAA Fan]

It was fun. Good crowd of at least 80-100. We had about half of the BW3's.

All the talk was campus expansion. The best highlights:

1. YSU had a Rhodes Scholar. She is only the 6th in the state of Ohio History. 2 @ OSU, 2 @ UC, 1 @ OU and now 1 at YSU. She went to work for the Fed in Cleveland. Double-major in math and econ.

2. Campus wiring is all going to be buried.

3. New building going in to replace Jones and Todd, but since they are historical buildings, they cannot be modified properly, so they are going to join the two buildings(old and new) with a bridge.

4. No mention of athletics at all, but Jabari Teague and Tamron Smith were there.

5. New center going in next to Covelli, it will be outside. Elton John is performing to help raise the money for it, so we should try to go to the show. Despite what he is today, just remember what a spectacular LP "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is and that talent is still in the guys somewhere. He will then headline the outdoor opening event.

6. Nice changes in store (physical) for Dana.

7. Kilcawley to expand this summer and be finished by fall semester. I will add more as I remember.

6. 3 new dorms at the old Williamson and back where the electric company used to be. The first unit went up for rent already & they have rented half of phase-I (with 3 more phases, each housing 186 dorm rooms).

[ysuguins4]

Thanks for the update.

[go guins]

Yes 1AA thanks for the update. 
None of this surprises me.  When we hired JT, I said immediately that football wouldn't be his focus.  Campus development, enrollment, graduation rates and endowment will be what benefits most from his leadership.  Fooball success is up to BP not JT. 

I understand the historical significance of Jones Hall, but from a practical point, what a useless lump of gray stone that thing is!