Dan Romanchik

Recently highlighted in Washtenaw Community College’s newspaper “On The Record” are three WCC students who are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, worth up to $120,000. One of the students, Abdu Kizito — we knew him as “AK” — was a member of the Huron Interact Club and was very involved […]

Seated: Ken Fischer, Tom Millard. Back row (L to R): Dan Romanchik, Don Deatrick, Barbara Bach, FanFan Zhang, Marlena Studer, Greg Campau, Betsy Hammond, Agnes Reading. Credit: Fred Beutler.   Eleven Rotarians enjoyed the beautiful County Farm Park this Saturday as well as some tasty treats: Dan Romanchik brought some home-made snickerdoodles, made using his […]

In the fall of 1920, the Principal of Perry School, Miss Carrie Dicken, sponsored continuing work to assimilate non-English speaking women of the city into local culture. That year, long walks to the school and weather conditions had been affecting attendance. This “Americanization Work” was made easier when Ann Arbor Rotary members put service above […]

The May 12, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time. Past President Rosemarie Rowney was sporting her virtual Rosie the Riveter gear online. Lori Walters opened the meeting and reminded members to make sure that their name is shown accurately in Zoom so attendance can be recorded correctly and to sign in using the […]

Fellow Rotarian, Mousumi Banerjee, and Professor at the UM School of Public Health was recently featured in their newsletter. The article “Where Science Meets Humanity: A Story of Suffering and Love in India” is a beautiful and poignant account of  Mousumi’s recent return to her home in Kolkata, India to help her mother get vaccinated […]

“Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net.” NYT May 11, 2021 Today in India the coronavirus crisis is engulfing the healthcare system. The country has been disastrously overwhelmed and on Tuesday India was […]

Part of the Object of Rotary is the “development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.” And while we have been keeping in touch via Zoom and email over the past 15 months, there’s nothing like a face-to-face meeting. With that in mind, Dan Romanchik and Mary Avrakatos decided that it was time to start […]

The April 28, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  There were questions about when in-person Rotary meetings may resume.  September 1 is the possible resumption date but is dependent upon U-M.  There is research and ongoing discussions of incorporating a meeting hybrid option (zoom/filming of meetings) and how this would work. Lori Walters […]

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 […]

In July of 1918, the Club voted unanimously by secret ballot to show its spirited sentiment in support of national prohibition during WWI. A determined faction in Michigan unsuccessfully attempted to nullify the Eighteenth Amendment with an amendment to the State Constitution permitting wine and beer. In February of 1919, a Club meeting theme, “The […]