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June 5, 2001 |
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| Club members gathered Tuesday afternoon at SMS Catering
in east Charlotte to hear the course for next year under the helmsmanship of UNCC
Chancellor Jim Woodward. In addition to a feast of barbecue pork and all the trimmings, prepared by members Bob and Robert Freeman, members enjoyed fellowship with iced tea, lemonade and a few brews thrown in for good measure. President-elect Jim announced that Rotary International President Richard King's theme for the year is "Mankind Is Our Business." "We can all certainly relate to that," Jim said. He announced that Bobby Smith of the Shelby club is District 7680 Governor this year. Our own Jim Barnhardt. one of the assistant lieutenant governors, will ably assist him. Key officers of the Club this year will be David Anderson. president-elect; Erskine Harkey, secretary; and Catherine Browning, treasurer. The four avenues of service chairs will be John Tabor, Club Services; Theresa Evans, Vocational Services; David Zimmerman, International Services; and Jeannie Falknor, Community Services. Rex Welton, who has done a superb job as membership chair this year, will again head that important committee in the coming year. He plans a big push early in the fall. Tony Zeiss, program chair, said the Club will again have top-notch programs. First-quarter chair Marilynn Bowler said she has already scheduled several excellent speakers for the first three months. Zeiss asked that those with ideas give them to him or quarterly chairs: Bowler; Darrell Stephens, second quarter; Bob Barber, third quarter; and Edgar Love, fourth quarter. Evans announced that Erv Jackson would head the Excellence in Management award program this year. The program, she said, has garnered praise throughout Rotary circles. David Zimmerman announced that Leland Park would join Don Haack as co-chair of the Rotary Foundation Committee. "Don has done such a great job in the past several years," David said, "that no one wants to follow him." The goal will still be to have a Paul Harris Club, one with all members at least Paul Harris Sustainers. Reporting for Falknor, who could not be at the meeting, president-elect Jim said the Community Services committee would again be pushing the English as a Second Language program at the charter school on North Tryon Street near Sugar Creek Road. More than 125 students were served through the Central Piedmont Community College program there this year. Several Rotarians were involved. Jim also offered special thanks to all the committee chairs for the coming year. "I didn't get a single turn-down," he said. "I think that's a clear indication of the superb group that this is." He also noted that the Habitat project would become a regular part of the Club's budget that will top $325,000. He said he will also be working to assure that the Club has the technology and staff necessary to support its work. He praised the work Club secretary Claire Erb is doing. "I thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve," Woodward said. "This is a wonderful group of Rotarians. I am especially pleased to be following my predecessor at UNCC, E. K. Fretwell. He set high standards." President Don called the meeting to order and led the pledge of allegiance. Mary-Stuart Brooks gave the invocation. When he was introduced. President Jim said with a laugh of President Don, who is walking with the assistance of a cane, "Don had a good back when his year began. I hope this Club and its members are not that big a burden." * * * |
New Member
Joined 1996 Rejoined 2001 Higher Education, International Business McColl School of Business at Queens Bijoy Sahoo recently joined the faculty of Queens College and the McColl School of Business as the Holland Chair in International Business. He is a 1983 Rotary Scholar from India. Recently he represented the Carolinas as Rotary Teacher in District 3260 in India. He was a tenured faculty at South Carolina State University and served as the president-elect of Orangeburg (Morning) Rotary Club before he moved with his family to Charlotte. In 1999, he was a Visiting Professor at Xavier Institute of Management in India. Before coming to the United States in 1983, Bijoy taught Literature at Ravenshaw College, India, for four years. Bijoy received his B.A. (Hons.) from Ravenshaw College and his M.A. from Utkal University, India. He received his MBA and his Ph.D from the University of South Carolina (USC). He was a Nissan Fellow in Entrepreneurship Studies in 1995 and later received the Rotary Grant for Teachers Fellowship in 1999. Before joining the Ph.D program at USC he worked for Marriott Corporation as a business analyst. Bijoy has won several teaching awards and has been recognized for his scholarly activities. His primary teaching and research interests are in finance and international business, more specifically in the areas of corporate combinations and executive compensation. Bijoy has trained senior Egyptian managers on behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Between 1994-96, he conducted seven Entrepreneurship Development Seminars for Westinghouse Corporation. In 1998 Bijoy represented a consortium of U.S. educational institutions to help the Cape Verde Islands develop a "financing infrastructure" to spur new business and economic development. Recently he trained the managers of Clariant Corporation. He has received several grants from the federal government and local institutions either to engage in instructional innovation or to engage in research. Bijoy is married to Ratna Jena (MBA, LISC) and they have a ten-year-old son, Mohit, and a five-year-old daughter, Lara. Welcome to Charlotte Rotary, Bijoy. * * * |
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