For Immediate Release

Sept. 19, 2005

Contact:  Pam Joseph at (419) 995-8284

Ohio State Lima hosts Alumni Homecoming with Archie Griffin

Event is open to all OSU alumni

The Ohio State University at Lima will host its first ever Alumni Homecoming Reunion for alumni of The Ohio State University beginning at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. Alumni Association President and two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin will be on hand to kick off the picnic.

Ohio State Lima is partnering with ArtSpace Lima and the University Alumni Association to welcome the former students to campus. Alumni who RSVP to (419) 995-8260 will receive free admission to Once Upon a Sunday and the alumni picnic. Metaphor and Irony 2, a exhibit of contemporary Czech theatre design from curator Professor Joseph Brandesky, will also open on Sept. 25 in Stage 2 of the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts. It is also free and open to the public and will run through Oct. 7.

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Editors’ Note:  Archie Griffin will be available for media questions at around 4 p.m. in the Alumni Picnic tent in the northwest student parking lot between the Agricultural Services Center and central campus.