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Founder and CEO of Snopes.com
Feb. 28, 2019
Tacoma resident David Mikkelson is the founder and CEO of Snopes.com, the oldest and most respected fact-checking site online. In his visit to Tacoma Rotary Club #8, he will speak about the company he founded and his daily work fighting "fake news." Mikkelson founded the site in 1994 and today the site receives over 20 million unique monthly visitors. He speaks worldwide about combating “fake news” and the rise of the digital age and its impact on investigative journalism and is excited to bring this conversation to his own community. Managing everything from researching and writing articles about urban legends to overseeing the site’s technical infrastructure, David made Snopes.com the go-to place for Internet users to query the veracity of anything questionable they encountered online. www.davidmikkelson.com |
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PEACE QUEEN TALKS
Mar. 07, 2019
A Conversation with Melannie Denise Cunningham 2018 Greater Tacoma Peace Laureate Melannie recently returned from a 10-day adventure in Norway representing the South Sound as the Greater Tacoma Peace Prize winner. She will chat with us about her experiences shooting a television documentary of her adventures and attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies. |
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Advocates for Immigrants in Detention
Mar. 21, 2019
Dorothy is retired from government service and is currently a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Encorps program working social justice issues. She began volunteering with AIDNW in 2017 as part of a grad school project and remains committed to supporting the legal immigrants who are released from the NW Detention Center. Shauna is a stormwater engineer and has worked for the City of Tacoma Environmental Services Department since 2002. She is the mother of three boys ages 5, 8 and 10, and recently became interested in volunteering for AIDNW when she learned about the Northwest Immigrant Detention Center operating down the street from her office at the Center for Urban Waters.
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RAIN
Mar. 28, 2019
David L Hirschberg is an Affiliate Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Urban Waters. He also has appointments in School of Engineering and School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, at the University of Washington, Tacoma (UWT). He is a Science and Technology advisor supporting the Joint Program Executive Office and Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC, US Army RDECOM). At ECBC, Dr. Hirschberg has been working with ECBC leadership to develop long term research programs in biosecurity that leverage technologies being developed in the commercial sector. At UWT, Dr. Hirschberg trains students in critical thinking and to foster careers in biotechnology. He founded and directs the RAIN Incubator, an entity focused on exposing students, colleagues and community members to molecular tools for biomarker discovery in environmental surveillance and medical diagnostics. Dr. Hirschberg’s current projects center on developing accessible technologies that can rapidly detect microbial threats, and on assessing and optimizing devices for commercial, community and military applications. Dr. Hirschberg earned his BS degree in Cell Biology from Washington State University, and MS and PhD degrees in Neuroimmunology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University and is the founder and board member of several biotechnology companies focused on biomarker discovery and measurement. He was part of a collaborative multidisciplinary research group in industry for several years before returning to Stanford to form the Human Immune Monitoring Center, a core facility dedicated to facilitating collaborations in clinical research and development between academia and industry. He was invited to develop a similar core at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University where, as Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, he developed and adapted technology for the rapid identification and characterization of pathogens. |
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Mar. 30, 2019 5:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
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Apr. 11, 2019 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Apr. 13, 2019
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Tacoma City Manager - Collaborating with Community Leaders
Apr. 18, 2019
Elizabeth Pauli is Tacoma's first female City Manager. As City Manager, Ms. Pauli is the Chief Executive Officer for the City of Tacoma government, overseeing a staff of more than 2,000 and a biennial General Government budget of over $1.9 billion, which includes a General Fund budget of $460 million. The City Manager will talk about what she has learned in her first two years as City Manager, as well as what to look for in the next two years, and where there is the greatest need for collaboration with community leaders. |
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Apr. 18, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Apr. 25, 2019
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Apr. 25, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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May 02, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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May 04, 2019 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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May 09, 2019 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Five years Legal. The State of Cannabis in 2019
May 16, 2019
Rick Garza is director of the state agency that regulates the cannabis industry. He has been with the WSLCB since 1997, and spent the 13 years prior to that in various staff roles with the Washington State Legislature. Fun fact: in 2016 Rick was inducted into the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators Hall of Fame. |
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May 16, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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May 21, 2019 6:00 p.m.
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May 23, 2019 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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May 30, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Jun. 04, 2019 5:00 p.m.
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The Action Mapping Project (AMP): Collaborating with youth to improve livability in Tacoma
Jun. 06, 2019
Dr. Matthew Kelley is a member of the Urban Studies faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma where he spends his time researching how maps, spatial data, and new information technologies can be leveraged to improve or augment the ways that we approach community development – the ways, in other words, we work to make our neighborhoods more livable. For the past several years he has been building the Action Mapping Project (AMP), which is a youth-centered community mapping and neighborhood improvement initiative that is empowering thousands of Tacoma’s middle school and high school aged youth to be a part of the urban planning and community development process in their own neighborhoods. |
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Jun. 06, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Jun. 07, 2019 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Jun. 13, 2019
Welcome TACOMA Rotary 8 to the Sprague Home Office on Thursday June 13th at 5:00 pm. We are delighted to open our doors to all of you to better explain some of the “inner workings “ of this TACOMA based firm that started in a Garage and now has expanded throughout the western States. We will explain how this 4th generation- family owned business continues to grow and why millions of people live and work and live in healthier because of the work that we do. We will also tour one of or Branch Offices and view and sit in our Dad’s actual service vehicle - a 1948 Plymouth wagon - which was completely restored nd is preserved as part of our legacy. Put this on your schedule and join us for a great evening and to look behind the scenes at a 93 year old TACOMA based firm. 2725 Pacific Ave. Be there or be square! |
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Jun. 13, 2019 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park
Jun. 20, 2019
Roger has spent the past few years serving as Metro Parks Tacoma’s project manager on the huge project to convert the contaminated Asarco slag heap into a world-class waterfront park. Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance opens to the public on July 6th. The project also includes the Wilson Way bridge that finally provides a way for pedestrians and cyclists to connect between Point Defiance Park and the Ruston Way waterfront without crossing a major traffic route. After the meeting, attendees will be allowed inside the construction fence for a sneak peek of Dune Peninsula. |
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Jun. 20, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Jun. 23, 2019 11:00 a.m.
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Jun. 27, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Jun. 27, 2019 1:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Jul. 11, 2019 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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It Matters
Jul. 18, 2019
John Gaines aka “John PUSH Gaines” is a former at-risk foster kid turned youth advocate. John has spoken at universities, nonprofit organizations, youth conferences, NBA skill camps, churches, and schools. He has worked with groups of parents, civic groups, educators, coaches & mental health professionals. His ultimate goal is to inspire young people with his life and to help them realize regardless of the adversity or obstacles they may face; they can still PUSH to be the great human being that they were created to be. He attended Bellarmine and then moved on to East Central University where he graduated Outstanding Student in Business and won a football championship as captain of the football team! He graduated from Liberty University with a Master degree in Business Leadership, and in 2019 he graduated with his Doctorate in Business Administration. John currently is working at his dream job as the Community Relations Manager for Tacoma Public Utilities. In his free time, he spends time mentoring and inspiring youth through the PUSH for Dreams Leadership Academy, a small nonprofit he founded. He lives in Tacoma with his wife Emily, newborn baby Anorah and dog Lola. |
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Jul. 18, 2019 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Jul. 18, 2019 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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What's Happening with Cancer Research and Treatment
Jul. 25, 2019
Dr. Frank Senecal has practiced oncology in the South Sound for more than 30 years. He is the founder of Northwest Medical Specialties and serves as St. Joseph Hospital’s Director of Oncology. Dr. Senecal is also the Medical Director of Hospice of Tacoma, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Chief of Staff at St. Francis Hospital, and is a Fellow of American College of Physicians. Dr. Senecal graduated with high honors from Indiana University for both undergraduate and Medical School and continued his post-graduate medical training at the University of Washington. He completed his fellowship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and is also Board certified in Internal Medicine and Hematology & Oncology. Passionate about cancer research, Dr. Senecal founded the South Sound Cancer Awareness Research Expansion (CARE) Foundation in 2008 to help bring top research trials to the South Sound and has published several scientific research articles. He firmly believes that research is the path to the cure and making research available locally to advanced stage patients – so that they may receive treatment close to home surrounded by family and friends – is a top priority. |
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Jul. 25, 2019 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Honoring Tacoma’s Women of Destiny
Aug. 01, 2019
In the Centennial Year of the Congressional Passage of the 19th Amendment.” Bill will share stories of some of Tacoma’s most notable “Woman of Destiny” from Thea Foss--to arguably the most improbable Olympic gold medalist in modern history—Tacoma’s own Gretchen Kunigk Fraser. Some remarkable stories of personal achievements and how that defined our City. Bill was born and raised in Tacoma, graduated from Stadium and attended the University of Puget Sound where he received a BA degree in political science in 1964. After graduation, he became the first Tacoma student to receive a Scottish Rite Masonic Fellowship for graduate study at George Washington University in Washington D.C. In 1968, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Puget Sound where he taught courses in political science, business management, public administration and urban studies. In 1991, he was elected to the Tacoma Council as an at-large council member. Since the council position was part-time, he continued his career at UPS where he established the public administration program. In 2001, Bill retired from UPS upon being elected Tacoma’s 37th mayor. During Bill’s terms as council member and mayor, Tacoma participated in the successful completion of the Museum of Glass, the Tacoma Art Museum, the restoration of Union Station, the Murray Morgan Bridge, the Seaport Museum, the Albers Mill and the environmental cleanup of the Foss Waterway. The University of Washington -Tacoma became a four-year undergraduate institution during his tenure as mayor. Tacoma also constructed the largest municipally owned telecommunications system in North America (Click network). Bill is now retired and volunteers as the president of the Tacoma Historical Society and as a board member for several non-profits. He and his wife Carol live in Tacoma’s North End. He has a son, Bill, a daughter, Katya, and three grandchildren. |
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Aug. 03, 2019 5:30 p.m.
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Aug. 10, 2019
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Evergreen Now
Aug. 15, 2019
George Bridges came to Evergreen after serving for ten years as president of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He previously served as Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at the University of Washington, where he also served as Professor of Sociology. After earning his undergraduate degree in 1972 from the University of Washington, Dr. Bridges pursued his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. There he earned his M.A. in criminology and Ph.D. in sociology. Prior to pursuing an academic career full time, Dr. Bridges worked as a social scientist in the staff office of the Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity he assisted in the design and implementation of research programs on federal law and justice policy. Over the course of his career Dr. Bridges has taught and lectured at many universities, holding faculty appointments at American University, University of Maryland, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Washington. He has testified numerous times before legislative bodies, including the U.S. Congress, the Washington State Legislature, and the U. S. Civil Rights Commission, primarily on subjects pertaining to legal policy and treatment of racial and ethnic minorities in the administration of criminal justice. The Evergreen State College, a nationally recognized public liberal arts and sciences college with campuses in Olympia and Tacoma, has produced outstanding alumni such as Macklemore, “Simpsons” creator Matt Groenig, Lynda.com founder Lynda Weinman and U.S. Congressman Denny Heck. A recent economic impact study found that that for every state dollar spent, Evergreen returns $4.68 in economic activity to the state of Washington. George will talk about the renewal work we are doing to better serve the future entrepreneurs, teachers, artists and leaders currently studying at Evergreen. |
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Aug. 15, 2019 5:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Aug. 16, 2019 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Aug. 18, 2019 6:00 p.m.
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District Governor visit
Aug. 22, 2019
Mo is the practice manager for two law offices on Vancouver Island. In the past she and husband Dale have owned and operated a general insurance office with five locations employing astaff of 45. She sits on the Asset Management committee of Strathcona Community Futures, a Federal program for providing loans to unique or.start up businesses. A member of the Rotary Club of Comox, Mo was Club President in 2009-10, but before that she was the District Membership Chair in 2005-2009. At the start of her year as club president she was responsible for introducing the Visioning program to district 5020. She has many years of Rotary training experience and has served at; Multi-District PETS, Rotary Leadership Institute, presenter at one of seven international membership summits in 2007, and most recently as chair of the Board of Directors for the 2019 President Elect Training in Seattle. During Mo’s tenure as a Rotarian she has participated in many initiatives including three national immunization trips to Ethiopia and raising the funds for creation of a micro finance bank. Dale, and her husband of 44 years, Dale, are Paul Harris Fellows, Bequest Society members and Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation. They have two children and their lives are further enhanced with the joy of being grandparents to five wonderful grandchildren. Bringing up the rear is their 10 year old Labradoodle Molly. |
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Aug. 24, 2019 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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