Blogs – Daytona/Palm Coast Penn State Alumni

A Daytona Tradition – Baseball!

If you don’t know the story of Jackie Robinson stadium in Daytona, you’re missing an important part of baseball history. In 1946, Jackie Robinson, banned from playing a game in Sanford for the Triple A club of the Brooklyn Dodgers, played in City Island Ballpark, the city ignoring Jim-Crow segregation laws. The stadium was renamedContinue reading “A Daytona Tradition – Baseball!”

Football’s Back and So Are We!

It was so great to see everyone at the first game of the 2021 season against Wisconsin. And what a game! We had quite a crowd at our traditional spot, The Oyster Pub in Daytona Beach. VP John Wilson played the lion roar when appropriate and his son Austin did the push-ups. We plan toContinue reading “Football’s Back and So Are We!”

How About a Virtual Annual Banquet?

We were heartbroken to have to cancel the 18th Annual Banquet just weeks before its scheduled date. No good food, great speaker, or hanging out with PSU friends, new and old. But wait! That’s what we did every year for the past 17 years! And while I have never been able to attend a banquet,Continue reading “How About a Virtual Annual Banquet?”