These days can be isolating for many of us. Our club’s leadership is working on sharing meetings and information using Zoom but ClubRunner and My Rotary are two resources available to you, right now and personally. ClubRunner is our cloud-based membership management software. Its directory functions on your computer, tablet or smartphone will facilitate your connections with […]

… as being a club for old men? Surely, it was made up solely of men until the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987. Did you know, however, that the term “Rotary Ann” was coined in 1914 as a reference to the wives of Rotarians? In 1928, the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City […]

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 […]

See below the “meeting” that we had on Wednesday. March 18th, 2020. Check your inbox for the full interactive version!

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 […]

Dear Fellow Rotarian,The COVID-19 coronavirus is affecting every aspect of our lives in real time, and this puts Rotarians in an unfamiliar place. As People of Action, we are most comfortable when we are fully engaged in the world – moving freely, meeting openly, and offering helping hands. These are very difficult times for people […]

Rotary: we need your help! Due to the closing of schools, the suspension of our Rotary lunch meetings, and general social distancing recommendations, we will not have the opportunity to make in-person contributions to the Rotary Fighting Hunger Drive nor to drop off food donations at local schools. But this drive is critical to feeding […]

Len Stenger, Past President 2012-13, passed March 14, 2020 at home. He was 76. Len was a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and received the Club’s highest honor, a Distinguished Service Award. Len and his wife, Lois, often spoke of taking part in National Immunization Day (NID) trip – recalling how they gave two drops of […]