Welcome Bobcats!

Hello OU Alumni,

Welcome to the Jacksonville, FL area alumni site. We are a group organized early in 2008 and are working to build a strong Ohio University Alumni group here in the Northeast Florida area. We have adopted the name Bobcats of Jax and are striving to be active in the community and develop more relationships with alumni in the area. There are over 600 Ohio U alums in the Northeast Florida area currently.

Our group has taken part in a wide array of activites including game watches, wine tastings, food drives, pro sporting events, and more. Our current mission is to grow our database and become one of the strongest college alumni groups in the Jacksonville area. We find most people in the area are unaware of Ohio University and by growing we can help expose this great university we know as Ohio University to people in the Southeast.

Please take a minute to look around and if you haven't been in touch with me, please do so. You can be added to our contacts and be invited to all of the great events we have coming up this year. Thank you for your interest and Go Bobcats!

Sincerely,

A.J. Vaughan
B.S. Communications '03

1st Bobcats of Jax Event
The first event for the Bobcats of Jax was held at Chicago Pizza & Sports Grille in Jax Beach. Area alumni got together to watch the Ohio-Ohio State football game on Sept. 6th and got to see some pretty exciting action out of the Bobcats. Great turnout for the first event. about 15-20 alumni and their families attended our first event. Hope to see you at the next event.

2nd Bobcats of Jax Event
The second event for our North Florida group was another game watch for the Buffalo vs. Ohio football game on Tuesday 10/28 at Times Grill at the intersection of Hodges Blvd and Beach Blvd. It looks as if this will be our new home for game watch events. Great food and drink specials and good atomosphere. The Bobcats lost and the turnout was not quite as good as our first event, but decent for a Tuesday evening. Congrats to Jim Andrason and his wife and Hope Kinchen for being our only 2 time event goers.

Happy Hour Food Drive
I am happy to report we donated an entire barrel of food (actually it was overflowing) to the Second Harvest Food Bank here in Northeast Florida and had a great time doing so. Special thanks to the Times Grill for hosting us and giving us a great drink special. The timing was perfect for the food bank who was in desperate need of donations.