Aug 17, 2023 | Club Meeting
RCK member Joe Stabb introduced speaker Hakim Sohail, presently a visiting scholar at the University of Tennessee College of Law. His work there includes researching strategies to improve the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons...
Aug 9, 2023 | Club Meeting
Kim Isenberg introduced Carol Evans, executive director of the Legacy Parks Foundation, saying that Carol’s work is all about outdoor space, and that Carol is a weaver of people in the fabric of collaboration. Legacy Parks Foundation is an East Tennessee nonprofit...
Aug 1, 2023 | Club Meeting
Dr. Warren Dockter from the East Tennessee Historical Society was this weeks guest speaker. The East Tennessee Historical Society maintains historical records, artifacts and stories of the 35 county Grand Division of East Tennessee. It’s both a museum, and a place of...
Jul 26, 2023 | Club Meeting
Rotary has had an interest in increasing global understanding, and Pat’s Cookeville club started a World Affairs Council. They wanted to increase American’s understanding of the rest of the world. The council was started in 2007 after we’d been in Iraq/Afghanistan for...
Jul 20, 2023 | Club Meeting
Kim Isenberg Introduced this week’s speaker, Rotarian Tory Kinson from the Farragut Club who spoke about the Rotary Youth Exchange Program and Walk for Water. Tory Kinson is a lecturer for UT’s Department of Management & Entrepreneurship, teaching courses in...
Jul 14, 2023 | Club Meeting
Kim Isenberg introduced Jonathan Scoonover as a Knoxville native and product not only of Fountain City schools but also of UT – with a BS in mechanical engineering and a master’s in public health. Scoonover is senior vice president of strategic practice for the...
Jul 11, 2023 | Announcement
The Rotary Club of Knoxville has honored two members as the 2022-2023 Rotarians of the Year. Margo Hughes, Director of Ops Services, Bluemont Group, Inc., and Joe Stabb, Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Tennessee Knoxville have been co-honored for their...
Jun 29, 2023 | Club Meeting
The program consisted of several presentations, most having to do with the conclusion of President Bill MacGrath’s term of office and the beginning of incoming President Jim Alexander’s term. The program began, however, with a presentation by Rotarian Brent Midyett...
Jun 27, 2023 | Announcement
At its June 27 meeting, the Rotary Club of Knoxville installed its 2023-24 board of directors, to be led by Jim Alexander, director at Acosta Sales and Marketing. The board’s term begins on July 1. Andrew Murr, vice president at Barge Design Solutions, will...
Jun 22, 2023 | 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. RFK Member Ray Mowery presented the program on behalf of the Committee. Ray noted the hard work and...
