Seventh Annual Meeting

Featuring Tina Hay

On June 9, 2000 we held our first annual meeting since the chapter’s reorganization in mid 1999. The event took place at Jillian’s located at the Concord Mills mall. There was a great turnout for the event, which provided an opportunity for social interaction among local alumni. Alumni from Charlotte, Davidson, Concord, Belmont and Highlands attended the event.

Every year the Charlotte Chapter conducts an annual meeting which provides an opportunity to kick off the annual membership drive, notify members of progress the Chapter has made in addition to plans and activities for the up coming year, and elect directors. The meeting also provides the opportunity for alumni to be entertained by a guest speaker from University Park.

This year Tina Hay, editor of the award winning and nationally acclaimed Penn Stater Magazine, was the guest speaker for the evening. Tina entertained alumni by discussing the history of the magazine and how it has progressed over the years. In addition, Tina conducted a slide presentation of past articles and covers of the Penn Stater and provided insight on how the articles and covers are picked and/or rejected for publication. Tina’s sense of humor, subject matter and exceptional public speaking skills provided for an evening of great entertainment.

After the conclusion of the meeting, the Chapter provided game cards to all alumni and their respective guests, which enabled them to play games in the game room.

The Chapter would like to thank the following people:

· Tina Hay, for attending and being our guest speaker

· All alumni, family and friends that attended

· Pete and Jean Sarjeant for driving four hours to attend the meeting. As Tina would say, you are Penn State.

- Scott Grant ‘96