Events Calendar
November 2008 Speaker Series
November 5
Speaker: Don Devine and Friends
Topic: Gilbert and Sullivan at U-M . . . and today only, at Rotary!
The University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society, in its 61st year the oldest student-run G&S Society in the world, is known throughout the world-wide G&S community for first class productions. Learn more about the society and G&S - but mostly, enjoy a special performance by the UMGASS repertory group featuring some of Gilbert & Sullivan's best material. Host/introducer: Pat Pooley.
November 12
Speakers: Various Ann Arbor Rotarians
Topic: A Sparkling Class of Brand-New Ann Arbor Rotarians
Once again it's time for our club's unique and ever-popular version of "show and tell, Ann Arbor Rotary style." Club members who have nominated and sponsored this fall's new member class will tell us all we need to know about our new fellow-Rotarians (in three minutes apiece!) and we will extend the hand of warm Rotary fellowship to them all. Host/introducers: Co-chairs Agnes Reading and Tim Marshall, Membership Development Committee.
November 19
Speaker: Will Hathaway, Education Consultant
Topic: The Turbulent Years: How U-M & Ann Arbor Survived 60s Student Protests
Violent confrontations occurred on campuses all around the country in the late Sixties, and key ingredients that caused them were present here - militant demonstrations against the Vietnam War and other hot issues, and a Sheriff eager to crack down on them. But despite these conflicts major violence did not occur. Will Hathaway will examine the factors that enabled the University and the City to come through that turbulent period without the long-term damage inflicted upon other college communities. Host/introducer: Sam Offen.
November 26
Speaker: Rob Van Der Voo, U-M Professor of Geology
Topic: Geology for Rotarians - the Continuing Birth of the Himalayas
Journey across the ages, beginning 100 million years ago when the Indian subcontinent separated from a larger land mass and drifted northward for 50 million years until it collided with Asia, producing the Himalayan mountain belt and "the roof of the world," the Tibetan Plateau. Prof. Van Der Voo will discuss this ancient (and more recent) geological history plus current evidence of earthquake activity and GPS measurements showing that the Indian-Asian convergence is still in progress. Host/introducer: Ingrid Deininger