Ben Leslie (left), Claudia Smith, Wes Holmes, Sonya Widowski, Brad Heckenkemper, and Dustin Holder gather to make a toast in preparation for the Nov. 17 Vintage O-State.

"A Toast to Orange" to Fund Scholarships for OSU-Bound Students

The Tulsa County Chapter of the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association is planning its Seventh Annual Vintage O-State Wine Tasting and Scholarship Fundraiser.  

The wine tasting and silent auction will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 at OSU-Tulsa from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will benefit Tulsa-area high school students that plan to attend OSU.

“Over the past eleven years, we have given away over $140,000 in scholarships to local high school students,” says Dustin Holder, Tulsa’s OSU Alumni Association Board of Directors President.

For the second straight year, the event will take place at OSU-Tulsa this year.  OSU-Tulsa President Gary Trennepohl shared, “We are pleased to once again host the event at OSU-Tulsa and partner with our alumni in Tulsa. We plan to hold more alumni events on campus to offer our students the opportunity to network and make connections with OSU alumni.”

We would like to thank our sponsors for making this event possible. The Presenting Sponsor for the event is OSU-Tulsa and the Corporate Sponsor for all alumni events in Tulsa is Williams.

This year’s Vintage O-State is also sponsored by Allegra Printing, Arvest Bank, Bank of Oklahoma Foundation, Barrow Grimm, Flintco, Grand Bank, Green Country Interiors, Leaders Life Insurance Company, Mid First Bank, NGL Supply, Inc.,  Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, Spirit Bank Business Resource Center, TMA Systems, Tullius, Taylor, Sartain & Sartain, LLP,  and United States Beef Corporation/Arby’s.

Corporate Sponsorships are available from $1,500 to $5,000 and include special recognition during the program and tickets to Vintage O-State. The cost for individuals or couples to sponsor the event is $250 to $500, which includes a program listing.

Individual tickets are $65 per person for all OSU Alumni Association Members and $75 per person for all non-OSU Alumni Members.  Each ticket includes a Vintage O-State commemorative wine glass.

Wes Holmes is chair of Vintage O-State with support from his committee chairs Sonya Widowski, Dave Kollmann, Nichole Trantham, Whit and Tiffany Culver, Dr. Ron Bussert, Ken Smith, Dr. Mary Bea Drummond, and Ben Leslie.

For reservations, call Ben Leslie at 918-594-8438, visit www.tulsaosualum.org or register online at http://www.orangeconnection.org/ng/spanclassmenuCEventRegistrationspan/tabid/952/Default.aspx.

About Tulsa OSU Alumni Association
The vision of the Tulsa County Chapter of the OSU Alumni Association is to enhance and promote the value of the OSU connection by advocating our vision through networking, involvement, financial support and volunteerism for the OSU family in the Tulsa area. The Board of Directors of 35 alumni and OSU campus representatives meets the third Tuesday of each month from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the OSU-Tulsa Board Room. All alumni are welcome to attend.

About OSU and OSU-Tulsa
Oklahoma State University is the flagship land-grant institution of Oklahoma with a world-wide reach. The OSU System has five campuses, including OSU-Stillwater, OSU-Tulsa, OSU-Oklahoma City, OSU-Okmulgee and the OSU Center for Health Sciences, with a total enrollment of about 32,400 students. OSU has been recognized as one of America's Best College Buys in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. OSU-Tulsa, the newest campus in the OSU System, was created in 1999 to bring OSU degrees and research initiatives to the Tulsa area.

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