Hey, that’s me! A group of international alumni living in Istanbul, Turkey, got together Dec. 11 for some camaraderie and traditional “Buffalo wings.” Holding the UB flag (from left) are Erhan Igdemir, BA ’86; Basak Kusefoglu Kizildemir, MA ’88; Zeynep Atac Anisoglu, BFA ’85, who hosted the event; Billur Ozsoy, BA ’83; and Murat Atac, BA ’87. (Inset) Igdemir shows off his batch of tasty Buffalo wings.
And in chapter news… The Albany chapter hosted its third annual UB Day at the Races at Saratoga Race Course on opening day, July 23. Among the crowd of 93 were 39 who traveled by bus from UB’s North Campus for the event. A second straight sellout gathering of 30 watched the Buffalo Sabres face off against the Bruins in Boston on Nov. 12. The NHL fans viewed the matchup from a suite in TD Garden. Hamburger University in Chicago was the venue for speakers Rich Floersch, MBA ’80 & BS ’80, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for McDonald’s Corporation, and Jerry Newman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the School of Management. Thirty attended the Sept. 28 event. A pregame tailgate party and tour of the new $1.3 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, were
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bright spots for 45 UB alumni and friends in the Dallas area who attended the Bills-Cowboys game on Nov. 13. The fourth annual pregame party at Lodo’s Bar and Grill in Denver, followed by a Colorado Rockies baseball game and fireworks choreographed to music, sold out once again with 65 attending the festivities in Coors Field on July 1. A game between the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones, Class A farm teams for the New York Yankees and Mets, respectively, was the setting for an Aug. 5 New York City chapter event. The family-themed, all-you-can-eat event sold out at 66. On Nov. 9, the chapter brought 75 alumni and friends together at Blondie’s Sports in Manhattan for its annual wings night. In addition, the UB men’s basketball team traveled to New Jersey on Nov. 19
to play Princeton; 62 UB alumni and friends from the chapter attended to cheer them on. Twenty-seven San Diego chapter alumni enjoyed a limousine bus tour of five breweries on June 4. On Dec. 11, 91 diehard fans of the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers enjoyed a tailgate party on the Chargers’ practice field in Qualcomm Sta-
Bulls road games draw UB alumni UB Bulls road games proved to be a popular way for UB alumni to gather in non-chapter cities. Pregame tailgate parties were held at the University of Pittsburgh (Sept. 3); University of Tennessee in Knoxville, the first stop on UB 2020 Presidential Alumni Tour (Oct. 1); and Temple University in Philadelphia (Oct. 15). These events attracted a total of 336 attendees.
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