Events Calendar
October 2007 Speaker Series
October 3
Ray Rabidoux, President & CEO, Glacier Hills, Inc.
Topic: Aging: Everybody's Doing It!
Ray will bring us his uniquely well informed perspective on aging population trends and projections, Medicare and Medicaid funding issues, national program and service trends, and how industry leaders and Boards balance fiscal responsibility and strategies to prepare for increasing demand for older adult services as Baby Boomers “age in.” Host/introducer: Steve Dobson.
October 10
John Beilein, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, The University of Michigan
Title: Hoops Time! Perspectives on Michigan Basketball, 2007-08
We welcome Coach Beilein for a candid discussion of the Men’s Basketball program under his leadership. He will preview this season’s team position-by-position, discuss his game & coaching philosophies, and candidly forecast what’s ahead in the Big 10 schedule and beyond. Let's give a rousing "Go Blue” welcome to U-M’s new chief hoopster. Host/introducer: Bob Bolak.
October 17
Melissa Kesterson, Executive Director, Project Grow Community Gardens
Title: Project Grow – Growing Community
Project Grow has promoted and managed community gardens in Ann Arbor for over 35 years. Melissa Kesterson will speak about the challenges Project Grow faces due to development in the Ann Arbor area, even as interest in organic and local food production is increasing. In addition we will learn about the idea of the Pilot Project in City Parks. Host/introducer: Bob Dascola.
October 24
Speaker: Audrey Chevalier, District Governor, Rotary District 6380
Topic: Challenges & Opportunities in Rotary Year 2007-08
Meet our dynamic and charming new District Governor from Chatham , Ontario . Since being Group Study Exchange co-chair when we hosted the GSE Team from Peru , she has ascended through the leadership ranks and now devotes herself full time to service above self as DG. An engaging speaker with an important message, let’s give her a warm and well-attended Ann Arbor Rotary welcome. Host/introducer: ADG Manish Mehta.
October 31
Speaker: Jochen Schacht, Director of U-M Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Topic: "Can You Hear Me?"
Our precious auditory sense and how we can lose it. Dr. Schacht conducts research in China and Georgia on noise-induced hearing loss. In addition to being Kresge Director, he is Professor of Biological Chemistry in Otolaryngology, and conducts research with the Institute of Gerontology about the "aging-ear." Learn all about your hearing and how you can lose it. Host/introducer: Ingrid Deininger.