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Printable 2021-2022 Membership Form

NOW - All Triangle-area Penn State students receive free membership in the Chapter, and all Penn State alumni who recently graduated in the past year receive a free one-year membership!  Simply fill out the online membership form, or mail in the printable membership form, and indicate which membership benefit you are eligible for.

Dear Penn State Alumni and Friends,

It’s time for our annual membership drive!  We hope that you will consider supporting your local  Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association and join (or re-join!).  Our 2021-22 annual membership dues remain at $15, which is amongst the lowest of any Chapter in the nation.  Membership is FREE for current students and 2021 grads!  As you consider joining our chapter this year, please remember our programs would not be possible without your continued support and participation in our amazing chapter!

What does your membership include? 

•$5 of every membership goes to our scholarship fund for local PSU students

•FREE food and creamery ice cream at our annual picnic each June

•10% discount on food and beverage at Rookies

•Member only emails – to keep you informed of all our Activities!!!  

How do we spend your dues? The chart below breaks out how your membership fee is spent:



What is the Scholarship?  For more than two decades now, our endowed scholarship fund has been the primary benefactor of our annual budget. The first $5 of every membership goes directly to the fund.  Last year, the Chapter contributed $6,000 to the endowment's principal balance through membership dollars, member contributions, and member related fund raising activities—over $20 per member. With your support, the growth of the endowment has allowed us to help many local students attend Penn State.

What Communications?  Newsletters and our web presence are expenses that your membership dollars helps to defray.  The national alumni association subsidizes some of the cost of printing and distributing the newsletter to approximately 4500 alumni in the Triangle region. 

What Activities?  Chapter activities are also a major benefit of membership. What was once limited to football game parties and the occasional picnic has expanded to include wine tastings, theater events, baseball games, hockey games, museum events, and dance marathon parties. The activities list is constantly evolving and expanding, and it is only limited by what our volunteers have time to organize. Feel free to send us suggestions!!

What’s in Operations? A portion of your membership dollars help us fund our many chapter service programs. Some examples of these programs are college fairs at local high schools and student sendoff activities.  

How do you join our awesome chapter? 

We are so excited you decided to join this year.  For you convenience, we offer three ways to join:

1.   Mail in membership form:  Please fill out the membership form and attach a check (or cash is you prefer) to complete your membership.  You can print one out here: 2021-2022 Membership Form.

2.   Online Paypal:  Please use following link to fill out the online form:  http://www.tripsu.org/membershipform, and use the PayPal links below to pay!

3.   Events:  Please join at any of our football TV Tailgates (or any other event this year!) 

Membership is not limited to Penn State alumni living in the Triangle-area of North Carolina.  If you have an interest in Penn State and a willingness to network and have fun, you're more the welcome to join us.

If you have any questions about membership, please feel free to contact Karen Rhodes, Membership Chairperson, by email at karensrhodes@live.com.

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