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Texas Eta Alumni Dinner & Awards Night
Friday, October 31st – 6:00 PM
Rusk Banquet Room, Fredonia Hotel (adjacent to the Republic Steakhouse)

We are excited to announce plans for this year’s Alumni Dinner and Awards Night

Through special arrangements with Morgan Rogers, Events Planner at the Fredonia Hotel, we will have the Rusk Banquet Room for the evening at no cost to the Alumni Fund. This private room comfortably seats 40–50 guests, ensuring an intimate and enjoyable gathering.

Dinner will be a step above anything we’ve had before—each guest will order directly from the Republic Steakhouse menu, with full Republic Steakhouse table service provided by their waitstaff. This means no bland buffets—just outstanding food, drinks, and service. Each person will pay for their own meal, beverages, and gratuity at the end of the evening.

The evening program will include:

• Master of Ceremonies: Tom Mason

• Alumni Awards: 25, 50, 55, and 60-year Alumni Pins, plus the 2025 Alumnus of the Year Rosewood Plaque and other Alumni recognitions

• Chapter & Alumni Updates:

  • Tom Mason – current status of SFASU

  • Chris Leonard – State of the Alumni Association

  • Brent Wilshire & Tristen Benningfield (Chapter Adviser) – State of the Active Chapter

This promises to be the best Alumni Dinner yet—private space, excellent food, meaningful awards, and fellowship—all without any cost or bookkeeping to the Texas Eta Alumni Association.

📍 Details at a Glance

• Date: Friday, October 31st

• Time: Seating begins at 6:00 PM

• Venue: Rusk Banquet Room, Fredonia Hotel (adjacent to Republic Steakhouse)

• Food & Drink: Order from the Republic Steakhouse menu, individual checks

We look forward to a memorable evening of celebration, recognition, and brotherhood. 

Please register by clicking on the 2025 Alumni Dinner & Tailgate tab at the top of this page.

YITB,

Marty Thurman #214

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Registration is Open (This helps with our headcount and planning).  Gather up your Pledge Brothers and register for what is setting up to be a fantastic weekend. 

Friday 10/31/2025 - Dinner at Republic Steakhouse - Fredonia Hotel  6:30 PM - Dutch Style

Saturday 11/1/2025 - Brotherhood and Tailgate - Free

We’ve reserved two tents in the end zone, with food and drinks provided. Thanks to some of our more well-connected alumni, we’re able to secure several of these end-zone tents for our Texas Eta brothers and their guests.

We’ll likely continue the celebration at Fredonia Brewery afterward, carrying the fun into the evening. There’s also a chance we’ll gather at the Fredonia Hotel pool area, where we can catch the other games on the big screen with a cash bar.

This is a Brotherhood Event open to the whole family—a perfect chance to show the younger guys how tailgating was done “back in the day.” These end-zone tents weren’t around when many of us were in school, so it’ll be a first-time experience for most, but from what we’ve heard, it’s an incredible atmosphere being so close to the action.

A block of rooms has also been reserved at the Fredonia Hotel.

Each tent includes (and we have 2)

25 Game Tickets (up to 15 additional tickets per game available)

Tables and chairs for 25

Catered meal from CC’s Smokehouse

Soft drinks, water and beer will be provided.

We can bring in Beverages to be staged in the tent area before the gates open. Don't hesitate to get in touch with Chris Leonard at 713-303-1390.

As a reminder, this event is paid for by Alumni Association dues.  If you haven't set up an account with Vanco and made it recurring yearly for $100.00, please do so.  Stop what you are doing and take a picture of the QR code below.  It only takes a few moments.  Vanco is what we use for Alumni Dues.  Paypal is specific to events.

The Texas Eta Alumni Association