Category: Programs

  • Annie Burnett with the “The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM”

    Annie Burnett with the “The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM”

    Annie BurnettAnnie Burnett (daughter of Rotary Club of Indianapolis President, Matt Burnett) with the book The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM, written by our speaker for the July 29, 2014 program, Dr. Erin Albert.

    Dr. Erin Albert is an entrepreneur, writer, pharmacist, attorney, and associate professor. She is the founder of two companies (Pharm, LLC and Yuspie, LLC), and currently is the Director of Continuing Education & Preceptor Development, and Director of the Ribordy Center for Community Practice Pharmacy at Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

    Erin has developed and written several books on pharmacy practice, entrepreneurship, law, regional community development for central Indiana, and most recently, a children’s book on STEM. After launching a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in the fall of 2013, Dr. Albert donated 440 copies of her new STEM children’s book, The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM to the Indiana State Public Library System. Her books have been featured in The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and The New York Times. She blogs at her website, erinalbert.com.

    A native Hoosier, she attended Butler University, Concordia University Wisconsin for her MBA, Shenandoah University for her doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree, and the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law for her JD.

    The title of her presentation for the July 29 program: Why We Should All Be STEAMED About Education in Indiana.
    STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education is in the media everywhere. It has been estimated Indiana alone will have 123,000 STEM jobs available in 2018. However, is the emphasis on STEM education enough to set Indiana apart from the rest of the global workforce? Sixty five percent of grade school children today may have jobs that don’t even yet exist. In this presentation, Dr. Albert will argue and advocate not only for STEM education in Indiana, but STEAMED education, which integrates the arts, entrepreneurship and design thinking into the STEM curriculum, which will better prepare the future Indiana workforce.

  • Angela Buchman with the Rotary Club of Indianapolis (Audio)

    Did you miss this week’s program with Angela Buchman? No worries, we have the audio here!

    buchmanMeteorologist Angela Buchman joined the SkyTrak 13 Weather Team in September 2013.

    She is a 1990 graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School. From Hamilton County, she went to Indiana University to pursue a degree in Business. This wasn’t her passion. The weather is her passion. At the urging of her parents, she called Chuck Lofton who advised her to change her major. She did and graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Atmospheric Science.

    While in college, Angela worked at the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. Her first TV assignment was at WLFI-TV 18 in West Lafayette, Indiana. From there, she spent 4 years forecasting the weather in Sacramento, California.

    She returned home to central Indiana in 2001 and her forecasting has earned her 5 Emmy awards.

    Angela and her husband Mark have 2 children Luke and Grace. She loves them, central Indiana and the weather.

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  • Audio of Congresswoman Susan Brooks Posted

    Audio of Congresswoman Susan Brooks Posted

    Did you miss the program for Tuesday, June 3? The Rotary Club of Indianapolis welcomed Congresswoman Susan Brooks. That’s ok, we’ve just posted the audio and you can listen to the entire program, here.

  • Orangutan at the Zoo

    The International Orangutan Center was designed with the orangutans in mind every step of the way. While it may not look like a traditional forest, the International Orangutan Center acts like the home territory of orangutans in the wild. This spectacular addition to the Zoo and to the Indianapolis community will be home to a fascinating group of these endangered great apes, offering them a special facility designed and built especially to meet their physical, social, and intellectual needs.

    Our new habitat will allow the orangutans to engage in their natural behaviors, while also challenging their curiosity and creativity. It will:

    • Accommodate the orangutans’ arboreal lifestyle.
    • Stimulate and engage their remarkable intelligence.
    • Support their unique social structure.

    Orangutan at the Zoo Facility

    The habitat also will create a visitor experience like no other. Zoo guests will enjoy diverse viewing opportunities, ranging from intimate encounters at ground level to spectacular aerial rides above. A soaring Beacon of Hope will draw people into the Zoo while enhancing the Indianapolis downtown skyline. With its unique design, it will become an icon for the Zoo and a beacon for the city and for wild orangutans. Location: Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222

  • Who Would you Like to See at a Tuesday Program?

    It’s no secret that the Rotary Club of Indianapolis provides some of the best speakers available. Most would agree the ability to promote and program 50 weeks of programs per year is enough – but we want more! If you have an idea and would like to suggest a program, PLEASE call the Rotary office at 317-631-3733!

  • Rotary Speaker to be Inducted into Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame

    Rotary Speaker to be Inducted into Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame

    On January 28, 2014 Rotary Club of Indianapolis welcomes Bille Dragoo to the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Dragoo is an award-winning and nationally recognized entrepreneur. Ms. Dragoo is CEO of RepuCare and a lifelong resident of Indiana with 23 years of innovative executive experience in the medical staffing industry. Please join us (public welcome) at Noon on Tuesday, January 28!

    Recently, Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, Inc. has announced the 2014 Laureates for the 26th Annual Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame Event, presented by Crowe Horwath LLP, which will take place on Thursday, February 20, 2014. This year’s Laureates are Billie Dragoo, Founder, President and CEO of RepuCare; Dave P. Lindsey, Founder, President and CEO of DEFENDER Direct; David E. Simon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Simon Property Group, Inc. and Michael Smith, Retired EVP/CFO of Anthem.

    The 2014 Laureates will be honored at a black tie event to be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. A VIP reception will kick off the event, followed by a dinner and awards ceremony at 7:00 pm.

    Sponsorship opportunities are currently available; please contact Tabitha Williams at 252-5900 ext. 8 or visit www.jaindy.org for more information.

    Download the full press release.

    Listen to the program from January 28, 2014: 

  • January 21, Derek Daly at Rotary!

    January 21, Derek Daly at Rotary!

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    Derek DalyMark your calendars! Race car driving Legend Derek Daly is coming to Rotary on January 21! From Victory Circle to the Announcer’s Desk, Hall of Fame Race Car Driver and Network Television Color Analyst Daly has spent nearly three decades as the face of the motorsport world.

    Derek Daly’s professional racing career spanned 17 years, and his experiences are nothing short of breathtaking. Daly’s story is one that precious few have lived to tell. In 1984, Derek suffered one of the hardest crash impacts that a driver had ever survived when he hit the wall at Michigan International Speedway at 212 MPH. After fourteen surgeries and three years in therapy, he returned to full-time racing. He competed in the 12 Hours of Sebring – one of the premier motorsport endurance races in the US – and won the race two years in a row.

    Born in Dublin, Ireland to a middle class working family, Derek’s career path was set at the age of twelve when he attended his first auto race. From that moment, his commitment to the dream of being a professional driver was unshakeable. On the way to his dream he worked as a laborer in the iron ore mines of Australia and, while travelling the race tracks of England, even took up residence in a school bus.

    Race to WinHis dreams became reality when he won Irish, British and European championship events. In 1978, he competed in the highest class of auto racing at the Formula One World Championship, and two short years later Derek was ranked 10th in the world. In 1983 he made his first of six starts in the Indianapolis 500.

    In 1985 Derek started a 10 year association with ESPN as a motor sport color analyst. Since then he’s become the face of motor sports, seen on NBC, CBS, Fox and Speed Channel. USA Today highlighted Derek as “the best new face on sports television” and IndyCar Racing magazine voted Derek “the most popular motor sports television announcer.”

    Moet & Chandon champagne awarded Derek the Joules Goux Award for his outstanding contributions to motor sports television. He was later nominated for ESPN’s Ace Award, and Derek received the 2000 Hall of Fame Award from “Motor Sport Ireland” for his leadership of Irish motor sport.

    Derek became the ‘voice’ of motor sports when Electronic Arts signed him to be the voice of the Andretti Racing high-tech video game. MotorTrend Magazine voted the Derek Daly Performance Driving Academy as “the best driving school in America”. The school boasts title of the most advanced driver training / racing school in the USA, and even hit the big screen when Sylvester Stallone chose Derek’s program for his own race driving preparation for the film “Driven”. Robin Yount, Pete Sampras, Aerosmith, John Oates and Vin Diesel have also have attended the academy’s world-class driving programs.

    Derek Daly is CEO and founder of MotorVation, a unique provider of consulting and experiential learning solutions.

    Derek literally wrote the book on how to become a ‘complete champion’. Race To Win: How to Become a Complete Champion was heralded a “future classic” by the Irish Times. Friend, former race competitor and international auto racing superstar Mario Andretti contributed the foreword: “Derek’s book teaches lessons it took guys like me years to learn. Quite honestly, I believe the advice in this book resonates far beyond the racing industry.”

    Using his hallmark “Complete Champion” presentations, Derek has taught the timeless principles of SAFE – Speed, Agility & Flawless Execution to companies like , Pepsico, Goldman Sachs, Xerox, Bayer, Deloitte, Growmark, Pioneer, Roche, Abbott Labs, US Govt Department of Defense, USDA and Gallo wines.

    Derek, his wife Rhonda and three sons reside outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. Derek became an American Citizen on September 28, 1993, but retains his wonderful Irish accent.

  • Rotary and Riley – Working Together for the Next Generation

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis played an integral role in the opening of Riley Hospital for Children in 1924 and formed a partnership that has changed the lives of Indiana children and their families over the past 90 years. Given the dramatic changes in the current health care market, we will discuss how Riley is preparing to meet the needs of the next generation of children and how our partnership will be more critical than ever.

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    Click icon to listen to the presentation from Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

    As president and chief executive officer, Dr. Sperring is responsible for providing overall strategic direction and leadership for pediatric services throughout IU Health, which includes direct operational and strategic oversight of pediatric programs, services and facilities at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, along with shared program oversight for pediatric programs based in the community hospitals. Dr. Sperring will serve on the senior executive team for IU Health.

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    Dr. Sperring is a national leader in the development of the field of pediatric hospital medicine, and presents at national meetings for pediatric hospitalists. In addition to his clinical work, he has received several teaching awards including the Morris Green Faculty Teaching Award after his first year on faculty and a Trustee Teaching Award in 2006. He currently serves on the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) Council for Child Health Quality and formerly served as a national co-chair for the Academic Pediatric Association’s Hospital Medicine SIG, a member of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Roundtable. Dr. Sperring is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a member of the Academic Pediatric Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, American College of Physician Executives and Society of Hospital Medicine.

    Dr. Sperring is a graduate of Emory University and received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1995. He completed his pediatric residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and served as an officer in the United States Navy Medical Corps from 1995 – 2001. Prior to joining the faculty at Riley at IU Health in 2002, Dr. Sperring was a community pediatrician at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms in California and New Castle Pediatrics in New Castle, Indiana.

  • December 5, Tree Trimming Party with Riley Kids

    December 5, Tree Trimming Party with Riley Kids

    It is time again to kick-off our Community Service Project, Rotary Christmas with Riley Kids. Our project consists of two wonderful opportunities to bring a touch of joy to Riley Kids and families who will be spending their holiday season at Riley Hospital. We will, once again, place our Plea Tree at the weekly luncheons through December 10th. We will also host Rotary Christmas with Riley Kids Party (Riley’s Tree Trimming Party.)

    It is estimated that 200 children and their families will wake up Christmas morning in their hospital bed and room rather than nestled together in their own homes. The generosity of treasure and time that we can give this season may bring a smile to a child, but will also provide a touch of warmth in the heart of the giver.

    Rotarians and Friends at Riley

    Holiday Cards On Sale NOW!
    Purchase your Riley Holiday Cards at Tuesday meetings (by the Plea Tree table). Proceeds to go to Riley and the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. Packs of 10 are @20.00 each.

    Plea Tree (Gift Donation):
    The tree will be displayed at the weekly luncheons each Tuesday from November 12 – December 10th. We are asking for two volunteers to host the Plea Tree each week. Ornaments will adorn the tree displaying gifts for Riley kids selected from a Riley Gift wish list. You may pull off an ornament displaying the gift you would like to purchase or there will be a gift guide available at the table. Please bring the gift unwrapped to the Plea Tree table on or before December 10th. If you would like to contribute money, rather than purchase a gift, please feel free to do so and we will purchase the gift on your behalf. (Checks may be made out to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis. Please write, “Riley Project,” in the memo line).

    The gifts will be presented at a formal presentation to the Riley Foundation Director along with Riley Kids on Thursday, December 12th by President Scott Armstrong and Executive Director, Susie Harmless.

    Tree Trimming Party:
    This is a party held for all Riley patients and their families in the Atrium of Riley Hospital. We host the party with our Rotarian volunteers. All of the Riley patients who are physically able to come out of their rooms and beds along with their loved ones join in the festivities of holiday music, ornament making and trimming of the tree. This is an experience that I assure you the treasure is not what you receive, but what you give.

    We need 25 volunteers for the Tree Trimming Riley Christmas Party on December 5th from 5:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. held at the Riley Hospital Atrium. Please contact Jessica Bex for additional information or to volunteer; jessicab[at]mhcc-indy.com or 317-860-1556

  • Prominent Arts Panel Speaks at Rotary!

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis presented a panel discussion on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 with the CEOs of three of Central Indiana’s most important arts and cultural organizations:

    All three organizations have faced major challenges and have undergone significant changes in the last year, which also involved the hiring of these three individuals as CEO. The moderator was Frank Basile, long time arts philanthropist and volunteer. In our panel discussion, they talked about the challenges and opportunities they have been dealing with in the past year and their visions for the future for their organization and the arts and cultural community in general.

    The arts panel discussion was presented at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis in the Scottish Rite Cathedral Ballroom, 650 North Meridian Street and was open to the public.

    Download the Press Release.

    We  also had a special “Guest Day” that began just before the program.