ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes courteous of the erudite Mary Hodson)
Rachel Miller invited members to attend the U of I Rotaract picnic from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Sept.17. Bring your own meet to grill. Cups, drinks, napkins and condiments will be provided.   Proceeds from the picnic will go to the Crisis Nursery.
Ruben is selling tickets at $20 apiece for a $4,000 Suzi Davis gift certificate.   Proceeds go to CASA.
President Chuck welcomed new member Robert La Charite to the club.  Bob is sponsored by Allan Penwell.
Bucket money for September will go to The March of Dimes.
PROGRAM
Phyllis introduced Dr. Peter Schiffer, Vice Chancellor of Research at the University of Illinois.   Dr. Shiffer came from Penn State one year ago. He pointed out that the University of Illinois is consistently among the top universities in NSF funded research and development activities.   The Research Park operations annually contribute $1.3 million in tax revenues to Champaign County and $4.1 million to the State of Illinois.
The Vice Chancellor for Research provides leadership and oversight to ensure the productive, safe and ethical conduct of research at the University.   His office oversees four big institutes on campus.
At the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, interdisciplinary research is done in the areas of physical science, computation, engineering, biology, behavior, cognition and neuroscience.
The Prairie Research Institute includes the former State Surveys, Natural History, Archaeology and the Water Surveys as well as Sustainable Technology.  The Prairie Research Institute has a separate budget from the main budget of the University.
The Institute for Genomic Biology hosts integrated genomics based research in energy use and production.   They have large grant funding from NASA and BP.
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications enables scientists to develop simulations and study models that cannot be physically created in labs. They developed Mosaic, the first web browser, in 1983.  NCSA is home to Blue Waters, which employs 250.
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President Chuck Reifsteck, aka Chuck the Terrible, presents member Phyllis Mischo with her Paul Harris Fellow pin and certificate.  Congratulations and thank you, Phyllis.

 

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Sept 19th Sept 26th Oct 3rd Oct 10th
Introductions Eric Batsie Alan Chalifoux Neal Chamberlain Reuben Chambers
Invocation Ben Mast John McDaniel Phyllis Mischo Penn Nelson
Greeters Eric Batsie Alan Chalifoux Neal Chamberlain Reuben Chambers
Barb Lintner BJ Lytle Ben Mast John McDaniel
Song Leader Mary Hodson Phillip Holthaus Larry Johnson Andrew Kerins
Notetaker Perry Penwell Hodson Lintner

 

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Upcoming Schedule

September 19th – Julie Melton, Director of Marketing & Development, Eastern Illinois Foodbank

September 26th – Steve Willette, owner of the Living Yoga Center in Urbana

October 3rd – TBD

October 10th – TBD

October 17th – TBD

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

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