Events

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UT Project for Underserved Community (PUC) - Building a Classroom in Jamaica

Nov 18, 2024 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

This event is free and open to the public!

On Monday, November 18th at 6:30 PM, we will hold an in person club meeting, with student speakers from Team Jamaica of UT's Projects with Underserved Communities (PUC) program.

The PUC combines rigorous coursework with hands-on, practical experience. Engineering and Social Work students participate in a year-long course while researching and designing projects in response to community needs. They collaborate with a local partner and travel to the community to implement a community based service project during the summer following the completion of the academic course.

The mission of Team Jamaica is to transform a kitchen into a classroom and retrofit an e-learning space at Mount Hermon Primary and Infant School in Riversdale, Jamaica. The project will help reduce overcrowding and meet educational standards set by the Early Childhood Commission in Jamaica. 📚The students will be on-site in May 2025 to bring this project to life. The local partners in this project are the United Way of Jamaica and the Rotary Club of St. Catherine in Jamaica.

To learn more about the project and donate: https://lnkd.in/gdJCFfsf

Our meeting will be held at Shoal Creek Saloon, located at 909 N. Lamar Blvd. This will be a very interesting program, we encourage you to invite family, friends, and colleagues to join us.

About PUC Team Jamaica

Team Jamaica is an interdisciplary team of undergraduates at UT who own almost all of the project. The team members include

Project Manager: Jared Holt, Mechanical Engineering Major
Assistant Project Manager: Brianna Hernandez, Petroleum Engineering Major
Communications Lead: Macy Nguyen, Social Work Major
Engineering Co-Lead: Kahiso Erickson, Mechanical Engineering Major
Engineering Co-Lead: Diya Nair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Major
Finance/Fundraising Lead: Laurenz Quinto, Biomedical Engineering Major
Travel & Logistics Lead: Lianna Dauz, Physics Major

Project Site - Mount Herman Primary and Infant School

About Rotary Club of Austin University Area:

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. The Rotary Club of Austin University Area has a special focus on education - thru providing books, tutoring and scholarships for those kids who need a helping hand. You can find out more about us at https://austinuniversityrotary.org/

Nov

No Club Meeting - Thanksgiving

Nov 25, 2024 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

We don't have a meeting this week - Happy Thanksgiving!

Monthly Board Meeting

Dec 02, 2024 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

We will have our monthly board meeting at Shoal Creek at 5:15 PM

Board Minutes and Meeting Agendas can be found on Club Runner in the

Documents section of ClubRunner

Documents -> Board Minutes and Agenda -> 2024 - 2025

We will also have a Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

#1DistrictStrong #PeopleofAction #ServiceAboveSelf #RotaryConnectsTheWorld

All things AI - Dr. Scott Aaronson

Dec 02, 2024 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

On Monday, December 2nd at 6:30 PM, we will hold an in person club meeting, our speaker will be Dr. Scott Aaronson. He will speak on all things AI and the implications of quantum computing now and, perhaps more importantly, in the future.

Our meeting will be held at Shoal Creek Saloon, located at 909 N. Lamar Blvd. This will be a very interesting program, we encourage you to invite family, friends, and colleagues to join us.

About Dr. Scott Aaronson,

He is a theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary areas of research are computational complexity theory and quantum computing. He was awarded the 2020 ACM Prize in Computing "for groundbreaking contributions to quantum computing". Dr. Aaronson is also a founder of the Complexity Zoo wiki, which catalogs all classes of computational complexity.

About Rotary Club of Austin University Area:

Special Board Meeting on Grant Spending

Dec 09, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Based on my projection, we are on a trajectory to spend more in grants than we are bringing in

from the parking project. Facts are:

We have approved $25,000 in bespoke grants so far

We are spending more per grant on newer grants ($5000)

We typically spend $35,000 on recurring grants (back of the envelope calculation).

we have requests in for another $25,000 and we usually see more grants in January thru June

our parking project revenue is higher this year (increase in amount we charge) but we have lost Medical Arts Square starting on the Kentucky game and moving forwards

We have a large amount of money in our CDs

We have had discussions in the past about drawing down the CDs so we can give out more grants, but I don't

believe we have had an actionable and approved plan to do so.

This merits a greater discussion beyond what we can have at the our regular board meeting. I plan on freezing review of all of the new grant requests except for the nursing one until we have a special board meeting on grants.

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Harris Elementary - Thursday, December 19th

Dec 19, 2024 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Harris Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Harris - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

Jan

Monthly Board Meeting

Jan 06, 2025 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

We will have our monthly board meeting at Shoal Creek at 5:15 PM

Board Minutes and Meeting Agendas can be found on Club Runner in the

Documents section of ClubRunner

Documents -> Board Minutes and Agenda -> 2024 - 2025

We will also have a Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

Jan

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Pecan Springs Elem.

Jan 10, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Pecan Springs Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Pecan Springs - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

Feb

Monthly Board Meeting

Feb 03, 2025 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

We will have our monthly board meeting at Shoal Creek at 5:15 PM

Board Minutes and Meeting Agendas can be found on Club Runner in the

Documents section of ClubRunner

Documents -> Board Minutes and Agenda -> 2024 - 2025

We will also have a Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

Feb

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Harris Elementary - Thursday, February 13, 2025

Feb 13, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Harris Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Harris - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

Feb

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Pecan Springs Elem

Feb 21, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Pecan Springs Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Pecan Springs - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

Mar

Monthly Board Meeting

Mar 03, 2025 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

We will have our monthly board meeting at Shoal Creek at 5:15 PM

Board Minutes and Meeting Agendas can be found on Club Runner in the

Documents section of ClubRunner

Documents -> Board Minutes and Agenda -> 2024 - 2025

We will also have a Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

Apr

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Harris Elementary - Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Apr 03, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Harris Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Harris - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

Apr

Monthly Board Meeting

Apr 07, 2025 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

We will have our monthly board meeting at Shoal Creek at 5:15 PM

Board Minutes and Meeting Agendas can be found on Club Runner in the

Documents section of ClubRunner

Documents -> Board Minutes and Agenda -> 2024 - 2025

We will also have a Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

Apr

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Pecan Springs Elem

Apr 11, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Pecan Springs Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Pecan Springs - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

May

Monthly Board Meeting

May 05, 2025 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

We will have our monthly board meeting at Shoal Creek at 5:15 PM

Board Minutes and Meeting Agendas can be found on Club Runner in the

Documents section of ClubRunner

Documents -> Board Minutes and Agenda -> 2024 - 2025

We will also have a Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

May

EAFK Knighting Ceremony at Harris Elementary - Thursday, May 8th, 2025

May 08, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Our club supports the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) program at Harris Elementary.
For those of you not familiar with the program, you can learn more at EAFK

Staff at Pecan Springs Elementary have shown us the reduction in disciplinary
incidents since the EAFK program was rolled out at Pecan Springs.

This ceremony is a Knighting for each class at Harris - the teacher picks
out the student who best exemplifies the characteristics of the Rotary 4 Way Test.

It is an amazing event and I encourage all to attend. The ceremony starts
at 8:30 but you need to check in at the front office.

May