The State of Higher Education in Oregon. Di Saunders is the Associate Vice President for Communications for the Oregon Institute of Technology in Wilsonville. She joined Oregon Tech in July of 2014. She manages the university’s external and internal communications strategy and implementation efforts, with a particular focus on OIT’s mission, programs, and new ventures. […]
Frauds, Swindles, and Thefts: Postal Inspector Tips For Staying Safe. Brendan Soenneckan, Postal Inspector, US Postal Service. Mr. Soenneckan was appointed to a position with the US Postal Inspection Service in 2012, with the added bonus of being asked to move his family from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to Portland. Since arriving in Portland, Mr. […]
Classification Talks, Student Recognition, and Committee Reports.
Dr. Dan Nebert will be on hand to address the topic: Everything You Wanted To Know About Evolution But Were Afraid To Ask. DANIEL W. NEBERT, BA, MS, MD, completed pediatrics training at UCLA Medical Center and then postdoctoral fellowship in the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, MD). For the past four decades, he has studied evolutionary […]
Medical Teams International: Who They Are and What They Do. Mr. Duane Younger, himself a volunteer with Medical Teams International, will explain what the organization is and what types of things it involves itself in around the world. Typically, those are natural disasters, conflicts, and responses to extreme poverty. Mr. Younger will discuss some of […]
Through A Child’s Eyes: Does It Work? Why Does Wilsonville Rotary Support It? Heidi Steward, Superintendent, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Heidi Steward has been with the Dept. of Corrections for 18 years. Previous to coming to CCCF, she was administrator of the Government Efficiencies and Communications Office. Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is a 1,672-bed […]
Our meeting will be a Club Assembly, where we take care of club training and business. This will include classification talks, which are an opportunity for members to talk about themselves and their professions, and tell their personal stories.
Oregonʼs forests are vast — and so too are the issues and challenges that impact their continued health and productivity. In 1991, the Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) to enhance collaboration among forest scientists, public agencies, community organizations, conservation groups and forest landowners; to provide objective information about responsible forest management; […]
This will be an opportunity for club members, particularly newer members, to learn about Rotary’s student exchange program, what is entails and what it costs, and to discuss whether the Wilsonville club might want to consider participating in the program during the 2016-17 Rotary year.
The Glacial Missoula Floods And Their Effect On Our Backyard. A native Oregonian, Mr. Thompson loves to share the beauty and natural history of the great Northwest. Being intrigued by the land formations, huge boulders and glacial erratics in this area he embarked on a 20-year study of the effects in NW Oregon and SW […]