Club News

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 […]

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  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 […]

Attention all Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Members, we need your help!!! Give us your feedback and more importantly we need you as volunteers for our 17th Annual Event on September 9, 2019. We have scheduled a meeting for our annual Golf and Tennis outing Debrief at Weber’s on November 14th at 10:30 a.m. prior […]

President Greg struck the Rotary bell as only a Nebraska man can…no, he didn’t miss it. Its clarion tones circled the Weber’s ballroom as Deanna Relyea quickly launched into “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Toni Gupta, her eyes intent on the flag, came up after a moment and delivered a heartfelt Inspiration. “These are the 7 Rules […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 106 members welcomed incoming Executive Director Lori Walters and five of our seven new members (Brendan Chard, Barb Mulay, Beth Nissen, Ron Slagell, and Irem Yoruk). Naren Bhatia and Reed Vander Slik, the remaining two, will be inducted later. We also had two Visiting Rotarians (former club member Doug […]

The Star Spangled Banner opened our meeting. Dennis Powers inspired us with readings from an essay about educating children in poverty by Cynthia “Mama J” Johnson, the lead middle school principal in the Kansas City Public Schools. Parts of that inspiration: “Children who come from generations of poverty or those who find themselves there because […]

The Executive Director Search Committee is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Lori Walters, who will over the next few months be transitioning into the roles fulfilled by  John White, Administrator, and David Keosaian, Controller. Lori has served the nonprofit community since 1988, most recently as Executive Director of the Ballet Chelsea […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics A total of 94 members learned about the Peace Neighborhood Center from Bonnie Billups. Included were four members-elect (Brendan Chard, Ron Slagell, Beth Nissen and Irem Yoruk). We also had one Visiting Rotarian (Bill Knox from Macomb Centennial Morning) and one U-M Rotaractor (Peter Chen). We were also joined by four guests. […]