Migration to the Midwest
May 16, 2024
6:30–9:00 p.m.
Curious about UO’s move to the B1G and all things LA Ducks? Join the UO Alumni Association in LA, along with our panel of speakers, as we prepare to migrate to the Midwest!
You’ll get to enjoy light bites and drinks as you interact with and learn from our featured speakers, Spencer Paysinger and Melanie Batiste. We’ll cover topics about UO’s move to the B1G, the nation's preeminent academic-athletic conference, and ways to support the LA Ducks chapter. You’ll also get a front row seat as we plan our upcoming LA Ducks events for the year, including cheering on the Ducks at the Oregon vs. UCLA game this fall. Ready for more? Your registration also enters you into a raffle to win custom UO swag! Must be present to win.
PLUS: this event takes place on the same day as Ducks Give: THE day to donate to regional chapter scholarship funds through the UOAA. You’ll have the opportunity to making a gift online to the LA Ducks Academic Scholarship fund, ensuring more students from LA have better access to education and less student debt!
Register now to solidify your spot while you can. Registration includes a raffle ticket, passed appetizers, and two drinks. Get excited to learn more about the LA Ducks and UO’s move to the B1G. Space is limited. Please register by May 15, 2024.
Registration
Registration for this event has closed and space for walk-ups is extremely limited. Please email gibbsw@uoregon.edu if you are interested in attending.
$15 members
$20 nonmembers
Register online or call 800-245-ALUM by May 15, 2024.
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Location
Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
310-558-9400
In an effort to keep everyone healthy, if you're feeling ill, please consider staying home.
Questions?
Email Gibbs Won or call 541-346-5656.
Event speakers include
Spencer Paysinger, BS ’10
Paysinger grew up in South Central, Los Angeles, yet attended Beverly Hills High School, where he excelled at football. That led Paysinger to the University of Oregon on a full athletic scholarship, where he graduated with a Bachelor's in Economics before entering the NFL. His personal story inspired the CW hit drama "All American."
After going unselected in the 2011 NFL Draft, Paysinger made the final cut with the New York Giants, and he eventually won Super Bowl XLVI in his rookie season. Paysinger played seven seasons in the NFL before retiring to pursue his new dream of developing television and film concepts of unique experiences worldwide.
Aside from producing "All American," the WGA and SAG-AFTRA member has written and produced various concepts for notable companies such as Imagine Entertainment, Disney, Hartbeat Productions, Wilson Sports, SMAC, HyperObject, Macro, HBO, and Uninterrupted.
Outside of entertainment, Paysinger is a co-owner of Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen, a fast-casual eatery with allegiance to underserved communities. He serves on the KIPP Public Schools Leadership Committee and the Living Through Giving Foundation board.
Paysinger lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Blair, and two children, Cairo and Madden.
Melanie Batiste, BA ’81
Melanie Batiste was the first big winner in the history of women’s track and field at the University of Oregon, helping to propel what has become one of the most successful programs in the school’s repertoire. She overcame a broken foot as a junior and numerous injuries during her senior season to be acclaimed as one of the Ducks’ top sprinters ever, regardless of her early chronology in the evolution of women’s intercollegiate sports.
Batiste contributed to Oregon’s first-ever national individual championship in the sport, earned four all-America certificates and captured thirteen regional crowns during an illustrious four-year career. In 1980, she won four NCWSA events for the second straight year, ran the opening leg on the Ducks’ victorious AIAW mile relay unit, and advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic Trials in the 200. She held the school record in the 200 (:23.66) for nine years.