Salem Rotary - The Spoke - Archive (Sep 15, 2009)

Jake Segal and Rob Luttz were both fined $50.00 each for their new positions with Salem State College. Jake is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Rob is the President of the foundation. President John also fined Julie Lederhaus for the Hawthorne Hotel being named in this weeks prayer.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rotarian of the month is Ken Rothwell. Thanks Kenny for spearheading the return of the poker tournament and for donating and cooking the food for the children at the Mary Jane Lee Park. President John provided him the award.

Our third monthly Salem Mission Dinner will be held on Thursday October 1, 2009 at 5:00pm. Kathie Strout will be the team leader and we need four additional volunteers to help with the meal.

New member: Dick Moore introduced Rev. Steve Bascom and provided him with his autograph book. Welcome Rev. Steve.

Please see Upcoming Events/Save the Date for information about the Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament. If interested in attending, please see Frank Campbell.

Brenda Smith is making her way across the country as we speak. Her and Hank are having a blast as they always do. If you are interested in following her journey to the west coast, she provided her blog information for people to see.

http://brenda-undertheradar.blogspot.com/

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEM ROTARIANS

Rinus Oosthoek - September 15th

Sandra Heaphy - September 18th

SPEAKER/PRESENTER OF THE WEEK

Dr. Patricia Maguire, President

Salem State College

Salem State College began classes on September 2nd. The weather on the first day of the fall semester was great. Bright sunshine and warm weather. The college has approximately 6,100 full-time undergraduate students so far this year with 1,254 part-time students enrolled. The freshman class is slightly smaller this year with a higher number of transfer students enrolled. This is partly due to the economy and mostly because the college has such a great reputation. The economy plays a role because students who started out at more expensive schools are finding themselves transferring to Salem State for financial purposes. Graduate students are up 5% for a total of 2,500. The College also has approximately 500 international students from India, Africa China and Japan. The school provides graduate students with 50 degree programs to choose from. Salem State College takes pride in their sports teams. As a division 3 school, they compete very well with other schools within their conference. In fact, the Men's Basketball team made it to the Sweet 16 tournament for division 3. These sporting events are great for kids. In addition to sports, Salem State offers theatre arts and creative writing. For instance, they two plays coming up this fall.

Last Sunday Salem State rededicated their school of business in efforts to raise their goal amount of 7.5 million dollars. The dedication was a tremendous success. A former student and her husband donated 1 million dollars. Salem State College is currently building a new residents hall which will hold 525 students on their central campus. They also have plans to build a new library adjacent to their existing library and will be similar in size. The college recently purchased the Wear Valves and Controls building on Loring Avenue. A portion of the property will be the new home of the Rehearsal Hall for Music and the IT Department. Most of the construction work will done to the interior with a little work scheduled for the exterior.

Salem State is in the process of becoming Salem State University. Although this process is very difficult it will take time in order to be labeled a University. Along with heavy political and legislative requirements, the college must provide two doctorate programs. As a University, Salem State will attract strong faculty members and help their students and alumni with future possibilities. Salem State College is pleased to be a contributor to not just Salem but the entire North Shore.

UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE

Please visit the calendar section of our web site

for additional important dates.

Salem Rotary Poker Tournament

Thursday September 17, 2009

Ward II Social Club, 1 E. Collins Street, Salem

6:00pm

$100.00 Buy-In (Includes Dinner and Drinks)

Proceeds to benefit the Salem Scholarship Fund & Polio Plus

(PLEASE SEE FRANK CAMPBELL FOR SIGN-UP)

Spaghetti Dinner at the Salem Boy's and Girl's Club

Thursday September 24, 2009

4:30pm

"QUOTE OF THE WEEK"

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

--Tom Brokaw

STUMPER OF THE WEEK

Name the Rotarian who's first name matches their street address?

LAST WEEKS STUMPER

If a farmer raises wheat in dry weather, what does he raise in wet weather?

ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS STUMPER

An umbrella...

Please email all announcements to be added to the Spoke and/or feedback to salem_rotary@yahoo.com by Noon on Wednesday. Also, feel free to contact any of the committee members listed below.

Committee Chairman: Bob Dionne

Newsletter Editor: Bob Dionne

Photographer: John Quinn & Juli Lederhaus

Graphics and Photo Editing: Rich Eisner

Committee Members: Denise Flynn, Jim Haskell and Sandy Heaphy

Salem Rotary Club

PO Box 608

Salem, MA 01970

(978) 744-9070