Club News

The Peace Piece will now appear regularly in the Harpoon, with news from our own RCAA Peace Committee. You may recall that after the successful 2017 Peace Conference, organizers wanted to keep the momentum going, and so formed this committee. The exercise Bev Siefert led us all in soon after the Peace Conference generated a […]

The Rotary Foundation again receives the highest rating from Charity Navigator: For the 11th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation (TRF) has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the United States. TRF earned the recognition for demonstrating both strong financial health and commitment to accountability […]

Honoring Arlington National Cemetery and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Dawn Johnson opened the November 7 Meeting with an Inspiration about the message of Arlington National Cemetery: “The men and women laid to rest here have laid the foundation for the next generation and the generations after that – they have given us the power […]

Happy Halloween!!! Dennis Powers opened the meeting with a very thoughtful Inspiration that foreshadowed President Schlissel’s talk: “Harvard – The Michigan of the East” the t-shirt sold by Moe Sports Shop proudly used to proclaim. Harvard’s motto is “Veritas” — Truth. But truth is an end result, the synthesis of a diligent search for objective […]

Harpoon for the week of November 5 Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 121 members were captivated by the presentation from U-M President Mark Schlissel. This turnout was our second highest since moving to Weber’s (the highest was our first meeting there). We did not have any Visiting Rotarians but were joined by 13 guests, […]

PINKIES UP FOR WORLD POLIO DAY Purple Pinkies were the order of the day for our meeting on World Polio Day, October 24, 2018. We were greeted by the hard working Purple Pinkie Committee which painted our pinkies purple in exchange for a donation to Polio Plus. The fun had a serious side – children […]

Actually, “South” in this context is only as far as Toledo. The headline was a teaser to get you to read further. John White is organizing a delegation to visit the Toledo Rotary Club for their regular luncheon meeting on Monday, November 19. The program that day includes speakers from the Ohio State Police. Based […]

Photos of Rotarians at Work (and Play): We know that visual images add a lot of information and interest to a Harpoon article or website post. Accompanying photos of good quality and relevance are always welcome by our hard-working and dedicated volunteers. Click here for a current article by Alyce Henson, RI staff photographer. She shares […]

  From the Desk of Harpoon News Reporter, Ed Hoffman   President Greg rang the Rotary bell; members and guests rose in unison to sing a spirited “Star-Spangled Banner.” As Tom Strode’s regal piano began to fade, Katie Bauer came to the podium for the Inspiration. And what an Inspiration! Clearly tailoring her words to […]

Biostatistics professor Mousumi Banerjee has made significant contributions to statistical methodology in the areas of machine learning, correlated data, survival analysis and competing risks. She also is a highly respected team scientist who collaborates with multiple clinical research groups to improve human health. Banerjee earned a Bachelor of Statistics degree and a master’s degree in […]