Dennis Powers

Courtney McClellan, our now cancelled speaker for May 6, was to tell us about her installation “Witness Lab” at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. This courtroom setting was envisioned by her as a lens through which to examine what it means in today’s society to bear witness to the truth. On Thursday, January […]

Once we resume weekly luncheon meetings, the Program Committee will need to reschedule the speakers listed for all the cancelled meetings. It also has a queue of approved but as yet unscheduled speakers. For these reasons, the Program Committee decided at its March 18 meeting that it WILL NOT accept additional speaker nominations until such […]

President Schlissel’s decision to cancel all large gatherings on campus led the University Musical Society, and the School of Music Theatre & Dance, to cancel performances through the end of the spring semester. However, if you are a fan of classical music, all is not lost. Try out the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall: full […]

Perry Sampson, our now-cancelled speaker on March 25, has come up with a substitute for the NCAA Tournament to stoke your competitive urges: THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN “WEATHERDANCE” OFFERS A REPLACEMENT FOR “THE DANCE” Sadly, the NCAA has canceled the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. Nonetheless, thanks to the Department of Climate and Space […]

Theme Semesters have been an integral part of the teaching and learning experience at the University of Michigan for more than two decades. They provide intellectual and cultural immersion in a particular topic across the University. The Winter 2020 Semester is focused on the Great Lakes. English Department Chair David Porter, director of the Great […]

Our speaker on February 12, Mark Clague, Editor-in-Chief of the Gershwin Initiative at the School of Music Theatre & Dance, will tell us about the current staging of Porgy & Bess at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. That staging utilizes the new critical edition of the score that was given a “test reading” […]

Last fall, the Rotaractors raised more than $3000 from Rent-A-Rotaractor to support their spring trip to Honduras and their other service projects. Fall cleanup projects are now a distant memory as winter settles in. But are you having a party or reception that needs staffing? Do you need house-sitting or pet-sitting while you head out […]

Your Program Committee has been working hard to schedule a diverse slate of speakers for 2020. Thanks to the excellent nominations that you submitted this fall, the available slots through Tax Day (a.k.a. April 15) are filled. We therefore are pausing scheduling additional speakers. We encourage and welcome speaker nominations at anytime. But we likely […]

Your Program Committee has been working hard to schedule a diverse slate of speakers for 2020. Thanks to the excellent nominations that you have submitted this fall, more than half the available slots through the end of March are already filled. We therefore are pausing scheduling additional speakers. We encourage and welcome speaker nominations at […]

Our own Ken Fischer will be awarded a honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts during the University’s winter commencement on December 15 at Crisler Arena. His service as President of the University Musical Society from from 1987 to 2017 garnered him widespread recognition as a national leader in the arts. In 2015, President Obama […]