See below the remarks by Past President Rosemarie Rowney and Director of Youth Achievement John Sepp as they presented Collyer Smith with his Distinguished Service Award.   Distinguished Service Award to Collyer A. Smith October 6, 2021   The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor annually recognizes members with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA).  The DSA is the Club’s […]

Hopefully you still have your copy of the Rotary International magazine for September, as one of our former members and former Club Presidents was mentioned in that issue. John Ackenhusen was our President from 2017-2018. He now lives in the State of Washington with his wife, Ruthie. Mention of John was made on p. 64 […]

Former Ann Arbor Mayor, Ingrid Sheldon, was interviewed at the recent Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Centennial Picnic, staged on the 100th anniversary to the day that the club was chartered, Sunday, June 13, 2021 (chartering in 1921).  Rotarian Sheldon complimented both service organizations for their joint cooperation and their dedication to public service.  A […]

Past President Ashish Sarkar, along with our club and District 6380, were featured in the July issue of the Rotary Magazine for the incredible work on the Pandemic Relief for Detroit Global Grant that he spearheaded last year. Check it out on page 14 under “Friends in Need.”

Greg Stejskal has spent the pandemic writing a book that summarizes many of his cases as an FBI agent in Southeast Michigan. Rotarians familiar with his stories presented through the Golf and Tennis outing fundraiser will no doubt enjoy reading more of them. The book will be released on June 21 and can be pre-ordered […]

Juneteenth is a day celebrating Black freedom from slavery in the United States and emphasizing education and achievement.  Now, thanks to the efforts of many including Rotary Club of Ann Arbor member Yolanda Whiten, it will be recognized as an official holiday by the city of Ann Arbor.  City leaders and staff will observe 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]