Aug 8, 2024 | Club Meeting
Rotarian Sandy Martin introduced speaker for the week, RCK Member and 26th President of the University of Tennessee System, Randy Boyd. Randy founded Radio Systems Corporation in 1991. He currently owns Boyd Sports, LLC. He was a Special Advisor on Higher Education...
Jul 24, 2024 | Club Meeting
Rotarian Gay Lyons introduced Sherry Jenkins, the executive director of Dogwood Arts, noting that Sherry has a BFA and an MFA from UT and has led Dogwood since 2017. Sherry began by noting that 2025 will be the 70th anniversary of the Dogwood Trail,...
Jul 19, 2024 | Club Meeting
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the RCK Board of Directors met for the first Board Meeting for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. Pictured left to right. Front Row: Secretary Andrew Murr, District 6780 Governor Rob Dansereau, Vice President Jennifer Sepaniak, President Chris...
Jul 11, 2024 | Club Meeting
Immediate Past RCK President Jim Alexander introduced Becky Duncan Massey, State Senator for the Sixth District of Tennessee, which includes part of Knox County. Jim pointed out that he and Senator Massey have known each other since they were children, living in the...
Jun 28, 2024 | Announcement, Club Meeting
Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Knoxville’s 2023-2024 Rotarian of the Year, Erin Vanderveldt! The objective of the Four-Way Test Rotarian of the Year Award is to give recognition and encouragement to the newer members of our club who have shown exemplary...
Jun 20, 2024 | Club Meeting
RCK Member Brooks Clark introduced Aime Alley Card. Ms. Card is an editor at a literary magazine in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is also the author of a book about the famous Tennessee State University women’s track team from the 1950s through the early 1980s...
Jun 12, 2024 | Club Meeting
Melissa Knight, the executive director of the Interfaith Health Center since 1994, gave us an overview of the great work done at the Center. The IHC has delivered comprehensive, affordable care to more than 300,000 patients since it opened in 1991. She noted the...
Jun 6, 2024 | Club Meeting
The program for the day was the Rotary Foundation of Knoxville Scholarship Awards Committee presentation of college scholarships to two area high school graduates. RCK Member Jennifer Sepaniak, Chair of the Scholarship Awards Committee, presented the program. ...
May 30, 2024 | Club Meeting
Susana Navarro and Lina Shatara talked about their site visit to the Orbit Village Project in Nairobi, Kenya, which was founded by Sevierville native Cyndy Waters, who has talked to our club about her many activities, including photography, in Kenya. Susana...
May 29, 2024 | Announcement, Club Meeting
The Rotary International Service Above Self Award is the most honored and respected award that Rotary International awards each year. There are 534 Rotary Districts in the world and only up to 150 are awarded in any given year. This year, only 151 Districts submitted...
