If you’ve been following our club’s social media accounts, notably Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you may have noticed lately that our posts have been extra vibrant, interesting, and useful. Our new Social Media Lead, University of Michigan Rotaract member Trevor Soranno, has been behind these wonderful changes. Trevor is a rising senior at the University […]
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On January 6, Heather Eckner, Julie Picknell and Kate VanHorn were inducted into the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Each of these new members brings experience, skills and enthusiasm to RCAA. Click on their names to read their profiles and be sure to introduce yourself when you see them at a ZOOM meeting, or send […]
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Dave McDowell was born and raised in a small city in upstate New York in the “foothills of the Adirondacks.” Among his childhood memories is snow, a lot of it. He notes that since everyone lived within walking distance of the schools, there were no snow days, although he does remember piles at the end […]
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“Service Above Self” would be a cumbersome middle name but Yolanda Whiten is one Rotarian who can handle it with aplomb. Already, she is both the President and CEO of the Ann Arbor Community Center (AACC) and the Pastor at St. James AME Church in Brighton. Now, she has been tapped to serve a two-year term […]
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Most of us know Jim Egerdal as one of our tech guys, but did you know that he raced catamarans most of his adult life, and only recently decided that catamaran racing is a younger man’s sport? He traded his catamaran for a 38-foot sailboat and now spends much of his summers exploring the Great […]
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…that Mary Avrakotos was born in Egypt and has lived in Syria, South Africa, Burma (Myanmar), and what was Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia? The daughter of a Foreign Service Officer, she attended high school in Paris for three years and Holland for one year. After graduating from NYU, she worked at the Museum of African Art […]
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Our very own Past President Collyer Smith was selected to be District Governor for District 6380 for the 2023-24 Rotary year. We cannot imagine a better person for the job. Congratulations! Collyer will be the first DG from our club since since Brymer Williams (Dave William’s father) in 1990-1992. Wyeth Allen, in 1965-1966, was our […]
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Welcoming new and returning members Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, Fall Class of Incoming Members 2020 On Wednesday, November 4, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor will welcome five new members and 2 returning members to the Club. The induction and introduction will take place during the program portion of the meeting. As we greet […]
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Past President Greg Stejskal, a retired FBI agent, was interviewed for Michigan Radio’s “Stateside” program on October 20th, 2020. He discussed the FBI investigation of Michigan Militia, and cleared up some related questions. You can listen to the program by clicking here.
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Congratulations to our esteemed member Marsha Chamberlin on being chosen as one of the Washtenaw Community College 2020 Women’s Council Leadership Honorees. If you would like to attend the event in which Marsha will be honored (A Virtual Celebration of Women’s Leadership), click here. The event, which replaces this year’s Women’s Council Luncheon, will recognize the […]
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