Welcome to the Tucson Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association. With more than 600 PSU alumni living here in Southern Arizona (and several hundreds more in the Phoenix area), the Nittany Lion spirit is alive and well in the great Southwest!

We communicate with our members via this website and regular email announcements. We also mail a Chapter newsletter at the beginning of each fall. If you’d like to be added to our email list, please contact Cookie Evans at ceezee@comcast.net . To receive the newsletter, contact Lynne Schwartz at lynschw@aol.com.

The Chapter sponsors various events throughout the year, beginning with the much-anticipated football season. This fall we will be watching the football games at Firkin & Friar on Tanque Verde Road between Grant and Sabino Canyon Roads. The location will change on occasion, so check your email or the website each week for game day details. Again this year, we will have some fun Penn State raffle items on display throughout football season. Money raised in the raffle goes to purchase Penn State Bookstore gift cards for students from Southern Arizona who are currently enrolled at University Park.

Our annual luncheon takes place each January at the Desert Diamond Casino. Last event's speaker was Lee Stout, the former University Archivist and keeper of Penn State lore. Other events last year included: the “student send-off” picnic, “Breakfast Bowl” potluck, Penn State recruiting booth for college-bound students at the Tucson College Fair, PSU pep rally for the Penn State women’s gymnastics team at the University of Arizona, and monthly Happy Hours in the spring.

This website is the best way to learn about any and all things “Penn State” in Southern Arizona -- information about the 2009 luncheon and other upcoming events will be posted here. You can also call me at 520-721-1972.

Finally, we are always looking for new ideas and new people to help make the Chapter the best it can be. We invite you to become involved by attending our functions and/or volunteering to serve on the Board or to help with the website, newsletter, event planning, or anything else! To learn more, please contact me or any Board member.