The People of Penn State Penn State Alumni Association

Welcome to this week's episode of The Football Letter Podcast as we close out the regular season with another great episode.

 First (0:56), we talk with Director of the Penn State All-Sports Museum, Lew Lazarow, about the museum's new photomosaic mural honoring Franco Harris, Franco's legacy at Penn State, the mission of the museum, its other featured exhibits, and more.

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Then (20:50) , we're joined by Jeremy O'Mard, President of our African-American Alumni Organization of D.C. Alumni Interest Group.

Jeremy provided an overview of the African-American Alumni Organizations (AAAOs), how the D.C. AAAO brings Penn Staters together for football watch parties, playing a role in strengthening the alumni network, his passion for giving back, and other marquee events/activities hosted by the AAAOs.

Learn more about our African-American Alumni Organizations.
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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
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The popular adventure reality television show, "The Amazing Race," is now in its 35th season...and one of the contestants is a Penn Stater! Alumnus Joe Moskowitz and his fiancé, Ian, started competing on the show in June of this year.

Joe joined The People of Penn State Podcast to discuss his experiences on "The Amazing Race" so far, including being a long-time fan of the show, the application process, behind-the-scenes details, what it's like competing alongside his fiancé, and more.

He also discussed his path to Penn State, majoring in Hospitality Management, and his professional role with Dealpath, a commercial real estate firm for data-driven investment decisions.

Check out the video version of this conversation on our YouTube page.

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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
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Today's episode is also our season two finale of The People of Penn State! We'll see you after the Thanksgiving holiday for season three, featuring plenty of more conversations with inspiring and impactful Penn Staters! 

We Are! 

Aloha, Penn Staters, and welcome to the newest episode of The Football Letter Podcast!

In this episode, we're joined by our Hawaii Chapter President Angela White to hear her Penn State story and discuss how the chapter aims to keep alumni and friends connected thousands of miles from a Penn State campus

Angela detailed the Hawaii Chapter's football watch parties hosted at locations across the state on fall Saturdays, the year-round activities hosted by the chapter, her career as an event planner, how she developed leadership skills at Penn State, and much more.

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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
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From team manager to starting long snapper, letterman Bob Ceh had quite the journey as a part of the Penn State Football program.

On this week's episode, Bob took us through that experience, what it was like working with Brad "Spider" Caldwell, memories as the long snapper for the game-winning kick to upset No. 1 Notre Dame in 1990, his career in education, and the life lessons he learned from Joe Paterno.

Our conversation with Bob starts at the 6:20 mark of the episode.
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To open the show, we took a look back at the 2013 4 OT win over Michigan with Football Letter Editor Emeritus John Black. 

You can listen to our segment with John at 0:51.
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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
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Both a United States Field Hockey Hall of Fame and a National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, as well as an inductee of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Char Morett-Curtiss is a Penn State coaching legend.

Having led Penn State Field Hockey for 36 seasons, she compiled 541 victories, eight Big Ten regular-season titles, seven Big Ten Coach of the Year honors, 30 NCAA Tournament appearances and six Final Four appearances.

Char retired as the program's head coach this past spring, but her commitment to Penn State was far from over. She is now serving as an advisor for Penn State Athletics and the Chair of Teammates For Life.  Teammates For Life is a women’s athletics initiative created to celebrate, elevate and engage past, present and future women student-athletes at Penn State.

Char was gracious enough to stop by The People of Penn State for an enlightening conversation on topics such as:

- Competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics;
- Her retirement from coaching;
- The lessons she learned and shared with fellow Nittany Lion coaching legends such as Joe Paterno, Russ Rose and Erica Dambach;
- Teammates For Life and its purpose;
- The Penn State Field Hockey Complex being dedicated in her honor.

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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
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Welcome to this week's episode of The Football Letter Podcast! On today's show, we're joined by letterman offensive lineman Hunter Kelly (0:56) and Baltimore Chapter President Hunter Davey (20:49).

Hunter Kelly was a member of the 2016 Big Ten Championship squad, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, and most recently played for the Massachusetts Pirates in the Indoor Football League.

He discussed what it was like to get the chance to play football at Penn State after growing up as a huge fan of the Nittany Lions, how he excelled as an athlete and as a student, the work he put in to earn a scholarship, his experiences in arena football, and the significance of alumni support.

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Hunter Davey has been heavily involved as an alumni volunteer since graduating from Penn State in 2019 with a degree in chemical engineering. Having been named as a member of our Young Alumni Ambassador class of 2019-20, Hunter is now serving as the President of our Baltimore Chapter.

We talked with Hunter about what made Penn State the school for him, the many events and activities of the Baltimore Chapter, his role as chapter president, how our alumni chapters can be a bridge to connect Penn Staters with each other, and what he's up to professionally as an account manager with Ecolab.

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