Membership

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Membership

Membership in the Alumni Club is open to alumni AND friends of Ohio State.

Alumni Club membership benefits include the following:

  • Eligibility to purchase football tickets through the Alumni Club (usually one game per year – must also be OSUAA member) where all the Club members sit together
  • Membership discounts and incentives at Club events throughout the year that we will be expanding this year to include a variety of interests
  • Email notifications of events and special programs
  • Our Buckeye Battle Cry newsletter
  • Members-only networking on LinkedIn
  • Members who have OSU tickets to sell may request that an email be sent out to the Club’s ListServ
  • Coming soon – discounts with local and national businesses

Your membership helps the Club do the following:

  • Award scholarships to students from the Chicagoland area, in fact, almost all of the funds raised go towards scholarships to students in the Chicagoland area. 
  • Meet local OSU-bound students at college fairs & the annual student send-off picnic, and help them learn about the many opportunities at Ohio State
  • Socialize together every fall for football Saturday for game watches to cheer on the Buckeyes to victory, as well as throughout the year for other Club events
  • Contribute to Ohio State’s positive image in the Chicagoland area by helping with service projects supporting worthy organizations

If you are wondering what is the difference between being a member of the OSUAA and the Club, the Alumni Club is a chartered organization of the OSUAA, we are distinct organizations, each with its own membership. The Alumni Club is an organization for alumni and friends of Ohio State in Chicagoland area. We host sports, social, service, networking, and cultural events year-round for Buckeyes in our area. We also help OSU with its student recruitment efforts and distribute scholarship money annually to local students attending Ohio State