ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the unconventional and unorthodox Paul Conforti)

 

Jack Reminder #1: For anyone who had their portrait photo taken by Benny Lapid please remember the $10 donation to the CU Sunrise Foundation.

Jack Reminder #2: An email was sent out to everyone who ordered a C-U Sunrise Rotary polo shirt.  Please confirm with Jack on the quantity, color and size of the shirt(s) you desire.  If you don’t respond Jack will order what you indicated on the list – so best to check.

Tod is requesting more CU Sunrisers contact him regarding potential service on the newly formed Cashiers Committee.  Rumor has it that there are only four spots left.  Act now!

Rod noted that Habitat for Humanity will have a dedication ceremony at 6pm on Thursday, 10/24/13, for their new house at 1504 W Williams Street, Champaign. CU Sunrise has donated labor and funds for this project.  Please talk to Rod if you’re interested in attending the dedication.

 

 

PROGRAM

 

The speaker for the day was Jody Littleton, Communications and Public Speaking instructor at Parkland College.  Jody’s presentation was about Parkland College’s involvement in the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP) and her 5 month semester “Study Abroad” trip with a Parkland student group to County Carlow, Ireland.

Founded in 1986, the ICISP is currently composed of 34 institutions.  Membership in this consortium is open to all Illinois public and private two-year colleges, and by invitation to four year colleges and universities in Illinois, as well as two and four year institutions and consortia in contiguous states.

Membership in ICISP enables its member colleges to offer students and faculty international opportunities. Some of ICISP’s accomplishments over the past years include:

-Participation of almost 2000 Illinois students in study abroad programs in 6 countries (Austria, Costa Rica, England, France, Ireland, & Spain)

-Participation of nearly 650 Illinois faculty and administrators in professional 2-week exchanges abroad in 4 countries (China, Finland, Netherlands, & Switzerland)

-Participation of approximately 140 Illinois faculty and staff in visiting faculty, academic escort or assistant director positions for summer and semester study abroad programs

-Recipient of a $70,000 Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) Grant

-Prestigious national grants awarded to approximately one-third of our members

 

Jody presented a travel slide show of the trip (January through May 2013) which depicted the historic aspects of Carlow County as well as side trips County Kerry, Galway and Belfast. The student group attended school at Carlow College which is the oldest college in Ireland. Carlow College has an enrollment of about 1,000.

 

Several of the many highlights Jody showed:

-Duckett’s Grove Castle (where a banshee is said to reside)

-New Ross, Wexford – origins of the John F. Kennedy clan

-Smithwicks brewery

-The Cliffs of Mohr – location of a Harry Potter movie scene

-New Grange passage tombs featuring astronomically aligned windows pre-dating the Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge

-Nationalist murals in Ulster memorializing Ulster Defence (sic) Association including the 1972 incident known as ‘The Troubles”

 

 

Oct 24th Oct 31st Nov 7th Nov 14th
Introductions Molly Delaney Ata Durukan Jim Gould Patrice Grant
Invocation Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell Ed Perry
Greeters Molly Delaney Ata Durukan Jim Gould Patrice Grant
Penn Nelson Gary Olsen Scott Paceley Robb Patton
Song Leader Barb Lintner BJ Lytle Ben Mast John McDaniel
Notetaker Chamberlain Perry Penwell Hodson

 

Upcoming Schedule

October 24th – Rebecca Ginsburg, Director, Education Justice Project, UIUC

October 31st – Kate Morgan Olsen will talk about her former work with No More Deaths

November 7th – Mary and Tom Hodson, Taking a World War II Veteran to Europe

November 14th – John Colombo, The Carle Problem

November 21st – Matt Bollant, head coach of women’s basketball at UIUC

December 5th – TBD

December 12th – C-U Sunrise Rotary Holiday program, featuring The Other Guys

Postponed due to relationship difficulties – Cary Woolard and Donna Giertz will discuss their new book, Friendship: The Art of Getting Along with Difficult People