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Nov 03, 2018 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
If you are a UT Football fan, you can go to the game AND help out with great charities. The Austin University Area Rotary Club
has 5 parking lots available just north of DKR Stadium near E. Dean Keeton St and Medical Arts Parkway.
Spaces are $20 each and lots open 6 hours before game time. Your parking goes to help charities supported by Austin University
Area Rotary Club. Lots are at:
If you need information, please reach out to Fred Hansen - fredhansen@hotmail.com or 512-659-6019 |
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Nov 10, 2018 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Nov 11, 2018 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
One of the towering figures of classical guitar is coming to Austin all the way from Japan to perform in Austin Classical Guitar's International Concert Series on Sunday, November 11 at 4:00 pm at the Blanton Auditorium (200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd). And all University Area Rotary Club members are invited to enjoy a 25% discount on tickets!
The featured guitarist - Kazuhito Yamashita - is really incredible. He rarely performs in the U.S. and first rose to stardom performing entire symphonic works on one guitar!
You can reserve your tickets by calling 512-300-2247 or go to this link and use the coupon code "rotary" for the discount. If you have a conflict with the November 11th date, please be aware that the same artist will also be performing on Saturday night, November 10, at 8:00 p.m. Although discounted tickets are not available to us for the Saturday performance, you may purchase tickets by calling 512-300-2247.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Ian at ian@austinclassicalguitar.org or give him a call at 269-223-2531. |
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Nov 16, 2018 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
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Nov 17, 2018 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
If you are a UT Football fan, you can go to the game AND help out with great charities. The Austin University Area Rotary Club
has 5 parking lots available just north of DKR Stadium near E. Dean Keeton St and Medical Arts Parkway.
Spaces are $20 each and lots open 6 hours before game time. Your parking goes to help charities supported by Austin University
Area Rotary Club. Lots are at:
If you need information, please reach out to Fred Hansen - fredhansen@hotmail.com or 512-659-6019 |
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Nov 19, 2018 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Jill Gonzalez, the Executive Director of the StoryBook Project will be speaking to us. Jill was formerly with Bookspring and is friends with a several of our members. For more about StoryBook, see https://storybookproject.org/ |
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Dec 10, 2018 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Martin Frey is an Ambassador with PACT - Partners Against Child Trafficking: https://pact.city/ He was recently called to this work when he came to understand the magnitude and horrific nature of the crimes against children that is occurring all around us every day. Martin focuses his efforts on trafficking research and coordinating the development of technology tools to aid in the prevention and disruption of trafficking.
Martin is a member of Lakeway Lake Travis Rotary Club.
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Dec 17, 2018 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Dr. Athira Unnikrishnan is a hematologist and medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Austin Midtown. Her expertise includes benign and malignant hematology, and solid tumors and it is related to multiple myeloma, lung cancer and thrombotic microangiopathy. She has published clinical research in several journals.
Dr. Unnikrishnan has been recognized by the University of Florida for her leadership, research and clinical excellence. She is also a member of several medical organizations including the American Medical Association, American Society of Hematology and American Society of Clinical Oncology. She will speak on new developments in cancer treatment.
We will meet at Mimi's located at 10515 North Mopac, Austin, Texas 78758.
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Jan 17, 2019 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Recent surveys indicate that a majority of Americans are woefully ignorant of the vital role Rotary plays in meeting the needs of their communities. This lack of understanding is almost certainly why Rotary US membership has declined by nearly 60,000 during the past 10 years even as the organization grows throughout the rest of the world. And although our club has grown recently, we need to continue to work hard to continue to grow despite this national trend. As a result, this year we want to do something different with our annual post-holiday party. In addition to bringing your spouse or guest, the Austin University Area Rotary Club wants you to bring a prospective new member to the annual post-holiday party. The party will be held this year on January 17, 2019, at the Brewtorium (http://thebrewtorium.com/), at 6015 Dillard Circle (Suite A) in Austin (off Airport Rd). See https://goo.gl/maps/U8s3qAgek2u for directions To showcase the good work we do in the community, we also are inviting representatives from the many community organizations that we sponsor, to explain directly to party goers how Rotary makes a difference in their work. In keeping with the party atmosphere, these explanations will not be formal presentations but only opportunities for conversations. The community organizations will be provided space and a table on which they may place literature about their organizations.
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Feb 02, 2019 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Foundation GalaHilton Downtown, AustinFebruary 2, 2019Guest Speaker R. I. President - Barry Rassin Ticket Pricing
Foundation Gala - $80 Register Event
Dress: Business Attire - Black Tie Optional 6pm to 7pm All Rotarian Social Hour
7pm to 10pm Dinner
Hilton Downtown Austin Hotel Parking
Valet $15
Self-Parking $7
Table Reservation Policy
Club members and guests register and pay online for the event one or two at a time following the normal online registration process. When the tenth member or guest is registered and paid, the Registrar will assign a Table to the club.
Reserved tables will be given preferred placement central and nearer the head tables and speaker's podium. Cancellation Policy Online registration for the 2019 Foundation Gala will close at midnight CST on January 27, 2019.
To cancel a reservation prior to January 28, 2019, send an email message to District Registrar Doug Lowe at dougmarcylowe@aol.com and include your reservation confirmation number. You paid online by credit card, and you will receive a refund in the amount you paid.
For cancellations after January 27, 2019, call Doug Lowe at (940) 368-8611 or send email to dougmarcylowe@aol.com and include the reservation confirmation number. There will be no refund. Paid registrations are not transferrable to anyone else. Cancellations due to medical emergencies will be considered.
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Feb 04, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
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Feb 11, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Deepak Burman, former club president, will give a talk on Hinduism. Deepak currently owns a small manufacturing and engineering company here in Austin. Current : Owner of a small Manufacturing & Engineering
company in Austin
ï‚· Previous : Worked in Hi-Tech company for 25+ year in
Silicon Valley, CA & Austin , TX
ï‚· Traveled all over the world for Business
ï‚· Resident of Austin from last 25 years
ï‚· Professional Organization : Member of Rotary club of
Austin University area; President & Board member of Global
Austin; Board member of Austin Regional Manufacturing
Association; Mentor at SCORE
Current : Owner of a small Manufacturing & Engineering
company in Austin
ï‚· Previous : Worked in Hi-Tech company for 25+ year in
Silicon Valley, CA & Austin , TX
ï‚· Traveled all over the world for Business
ï‚· Resident of Austin from last 25 years
ï‚· Professional Organization : Member of Rotary club of
Austin University area; President & Board member of Global
Austin; Board member of Austin Regional Manufacturing
Association; Mentor at SCORE
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Feb 18, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Jim Maxwell and Michele Cooper will talk to us about the close relationship between Rotary and the Peace Corps, including the work of Partnering for Peace which bridges the two organizations. Jim Maxwell was a Peace Corps Volunteer in India from 1969 to 1971. Jim served as a hydro-geologist in the North Indian state of Haryana, helping them establish a data collection system to monitor ground water changes throughout the state. Jim has a bachelors degree in Geology and a masters degree in Anthropology. He is also licensed as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and worked for 28 years at Texas NeuroRehab Center as a vocational counselor. Jim is currently retired.
#Rotary #1DistrictStrong #PeopleOfAction Rotary District 5870 Central Texas
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Feb 25, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Nefertitti Jackmon, Executive Director of Six Square: Austin’s Black Cultural District, will talk to us about Six Square's history, goals and progress. Six Square’s major accomplishments include:
Nefertitti Jackmon has served as the executive director of Six Square: Austin’s Black Cultural District since 2017. She completed Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Social Entrepreneurship which focuses on human centered design. Her greatest desire for her work in Austin is to dispel myths surrounding black people and black culture and to help develop a sense of pride in the black community by producing culturally relevant programming that preserves and celebrates black art and culture in an intentional way. |
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Feb 26, 2019 8:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Every day, the teachers at Pecan Springs Elementary work hard to inspire students to stay in school and set their goals high. They are looking for Rotarians and friends of Rotarians to help them out by speaking at Career Day. |
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Mar 04, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Doctor Norman Chenven, the founder of Austin Regional Clinic, will speak to us on the Challenges of Modern Medicine. Norman H. Chenven, MD, is the Founding CEO of Austin Regional Clinic (ARC), a 350-physician multispecialty medical group that serves the greater Austin, Texas metropolitan area with 21 clinic locations. ARC provides care to approximately 430,000 Central Texans in seven cities. He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Covenant Management Systems (CMS), an Austin-based third party administrator and medical management organization that provides technical support and services to governmental and employer-based health plans. In addition, he is President of Austin Regional Independent Associates (ARIA), a local independent practice association that develops and provides physician networks for partially self-insured ERISA plans. EducationDr. Chenven received his undergraduate degree in physics from Brown University, medical degree from the State University of New York Medical Science Center in Brooklyn, and post-graduate training at Bexar County Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Awards
Professional MembershipDr. Chenven is involved with the local medical community and holds positions at the national level as well including:
Community Leadership & VolunteeringDr. Chenven is a Family Practitioner who spent two years in the U.S. Indian Health Service on the western Navajo Reservation before moving to Austin in 1973 to begin his medical practice. His board and commitee participation, and honors include:
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Mar 11, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
This week, instead of contending with SXSW, we are having a social at Pinthouse Pizza. It will be $10/person, which will be used to buy some pizzas for the group.
Pinthouse Pizza is at 4729 North Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78756 - see https://goo.gl/maps/Z3t7kiGEUS32 Parking options include:
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Mar 18, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Dick Pyle, Ph.D.,will talk to us about the close relationship between Rotary and the Peace Corps, including the work of Partnering for Peace which bridges the two organizations. Dick was instrumental in the creation of Partnering for Peace. Since serving as a 60’s Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica, Dick Pyle has worked to establish connections with Rotary and Peace Corps. Because of his work in academia as a Dean of Students, Director of Counseling and faculty member coupled with his 40 years of Rotary membership he has either personally developed or inspired numerous short term service programs to his Peace Corps village. Consequently, over a 1000 students have had a one to two-week cross-cultural learning experience modeled after the Peace Corps and under the joint sponsorship of Rotary in the US and Jamaica. Most of this took place during his time at The University of Texas and his membership and presidency of the NW Austin Rotary Club. Dick left Austin in 2002 to go to work at Peace Corps headquarters as a psychologist supporting PCV’s in the field with their emotional and trauma challenges. His membership with Rotary continued with the D.C. Rotary Club and with his Peace Corps agency connection he was instrumental in developing a recently signed partnership with Rotary International and Peace Corps. Today we will have an opportunity to gain greater understanding of the Peace Corps while learning about this partnership with Rotary. Dick has a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and an undergraduate degree from William Jewell College. He has worked in several colleges and universities with the most recent being at UT. Besides his PCV experience he directed the Peace Corps Latin America Training Center in Puerto Rico in the early 70’s, directed Peace Corps operations in the Eastern Caribbean while living in St. Lucia in the early 90’s and served as the chairman of the board of the Peace Corps Alumni association in the late 90’s. Dick and his wife Betty served together as Peace Corps Volunteers. Betty is with us today. They have 4 children and 4 grandchildren and maintain a condo here in Austin to be close to their son and his family during the winter months. And to get out of the cold of the D.C. area to play tennis outdoors!! #Rotary #1DistrictStrong #PeopleOfAction Rotary District 5870 Central Texas
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Mar 25, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Our speaker is Francesca Fowler. She was born and raised in Austin, attended Sacred Heart Elementary, Pearce Junior High, LBJ high school, and UT Austin, where she earned a Bachelors In Education and a Masters in Education in five years as a single parent of one child. She just renewed her national board certification as a generalist in early childhood education for an additional ten years. She has taught pre-kindergarten for twenty eight years in Austin, with the last twenty at Pecan Springs Elementary. She will be speaking on her experiences and the changes in public education at Pecan Springs. |
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Apr 01, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Bob Garrett will speak to us on the current Texas legislative session . He is currently the Austin Bureau Chief of the Dallas Morning News. As a reporter in the Austin Bureau of The Dallas Morning News he has covered Democratic statewide candidates, the House, the state budget and Texas’ social services and health care programs. A native of Fort Worth and a fifth generation Texan he earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. He worked for the old Dallas Times Herald and then covered politics in Kentucky, Washington, D.C., and California before returning to Texas in 2002. He was awarded the John S. Knight Fellowship from Stanford University in 1993-1994. He has won numerous awards for his journalism. He is a friend of our club and has spoken to us before. |
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Apr 05, 2019 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
On Friday, April 5th, Pickle Elementary School is hosting a Learning Walk for parents and other community members. This will be an opportunity for adults to come and walk around a classroom and see what our Pickle teachers are doing everyday. If anyone in Rotary would like to come out for a visit and see the great work that our Pickle teachers are doing - come and join us on Friday - April 5th - starting at 8 AM and ending at 9:30 AM. As you know, Austin University Area Rotary Club supports Pickle with Bookspring and tutoring. Pickle Elementary is at 1101 Wheatley Ave, Austin, TX 78752 or see the link below |
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Apr 08, 2019 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
We do not have a club meeting today - instead we are going to the UT Softball game |
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Apr 10, 2019 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Our club will eschew our normal Monday meeting for an evening at the ballpark! Come join us as we watch the Lady Longhorns vs. the Houston Cougars at McCombs Field Parking .. McCombs Field is at 2001 Comal St, Austin, TX 78722 or see |
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Apr 13, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Please mark your calendars and hold the morning of Saturday, April 13, open to join your fellow club members and pick up some trash.
We will conduct a trash pick up on April 13 at our club's adopted street, which is Lamar Blvd for a long block north of 45th St. We need a crew of 8-10 volunteers.
We will meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Chili's parking lot at the southwest corner of 45th & Lamar. We should be finished by 10:30.
Please RSVP via a reply email letting me know you plan to come.
Charles Smaistrla
512-461-4636 cell CJS@LawEconomics.com |
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Apr 15, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Ellen Bettis, Fundraising Program Manager, at Whole Planet Foundation, will present on the Whole Planet Foundation. See https://www.wholeplanetfoundation.org/ for more information about this organization. About our speaker: Ellen Bettis joined Whole Planet Foundation in 2018 as the Fundraising Program Manager. In this role she empowers people to impact communities through philanthropy by investing in the transformational power of microcredit. A firm believer in compassion and human potential, she spent five years prior to joining the Foundation advancing workforce and education programs in Austin and Fort Worth, Texas. She holds a BA in English from the University of North Texas. In her free time she enjoys arts and entertainment, volunteering as a member of the Junior League of Austin, and exploring the great outdoors.
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Apr 16, 2019 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Cheer on the students of Pecan Springs elementary as they are knighted for their exemplary character by a knight in full regalia! This is a part of the EarlyAct FirstKnight® (or EAFK) character education program from Knights of the Guild. Sponsored by Rotary Clubs, EAFK motivates and teaches children of all backgrounds to become civil, service-oriented people during their most formative years. . Together with the Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club, we provide 100% financial support for the program and volunteer at the Knighting Ceremonies at the end of each six week grading period. EAFK has provided us with a way to be involved with elementary aged students on a regular basis and really witness the difference this character education program is making on the individual students, and the school as a whole. |
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Apr 22, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Our speaker is Meredith Norris of Generation Citizen. Generation Citizen works to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective action civics education, which provides them with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in our democracy as active citizens. Meredith came to Generation Citizen straight from the classrooms it serves. For four years, she worked as a middle and high school history teacher in San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA. Her passion for student-driven learning brought her back to her hometown of Austin,Texas, where she now serves as the Executive Director for Generation Citizen Central Texas. Meredith received her BA in International Studies from from American University and a M.Ed. in Urban Education: Policy and Administration from Loyola Marymount University. |
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Apr 29, 2019 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Adrian Farrell, the Consul General of the Consulate General of Ireland | Austin, will be speaking to us on Ireland today, it's economic profile, Brexit/EU and Ireland's relations with Texas. Mr. Farrell was appointed as Ireland's Consul General in Austin in September 2014. The Consulate is Ireland's first in Texas and the U.S. Southwest. Consul General Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland and has a twenty year diplomatic career with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. He previously served on the team that opened Ireland’s Embassy in Ankara, Turkey in 1999. He was posted as Press and Information Officer at the Irish Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 2005-2010. Between postings abroad he worked on the EU policy team in Dublin at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Taoiseach, including during Ireland’s Presidencies of the EU in 2004 and 2013. He was also seconded to the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec) in 2014.
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