The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Tuscarawas County is pleased to host “An Evening with Jim Tressel” on Tuesday, November 14^th at 6 pm.  The event will be held at the Rustic Ridge Wedding Barn.

Tressel, who recently retired as the President of Youngstown State University, is a former head football coach at Ohio State and Youngstown State.  He will speak about his time at OSU and YSU.

Tickets for the event are $25 each and include dinner. Reservations are required by November 7^th and can be made at https://tuscarawas.alumni.osu.edu/ by scrolling down to “Upcoming Events” and click on “An Evening with Jim Tressel.”  Payment can be made at the door.  A cash bar will be available.

The event will also feature a silent auction and raffle benefiting scholarships for Tuscarawas County students attending The Ohio State University.

Attendees are also encouraged to participate in our annual “Can the Wolverines” event by bringing donations of canned goods, personal hygiene items or cash for our local food banks.  Each person who participates in “Can the Wolverines” will have their name entered into a special drawing.

“We are so excited to provide an opportunity to have people from our area to meet and hear from Jim Tressel,” state Martha Campbell, President of the Ohio State University Alumni Club of Tuscarawas County.  “Jim is well-respected by his former players and others across the nation for teaching, coaching, leadership and commitment to serving others.  I am humbled and honored that he agreed to come to Tuscarawas County to speak.”

Sponsors for this event are: Factory Street Pub & Grill, Allied Machine Engineering, Hanhart Agency, Tucson, Inc. and Bob and Wendy Brick.

Rustic Ridge Wedding Barn is located at 1101 Dawn Drive NE, New Philadelphia.