Sep 19, 2024 | Club Meeting
This week’s speaker was Dr. Theotis Robinson, Jr. Dr. Robinson was the first African American undergraduate student admitted to the University of Tennessee in 1961. Eight years later, he made history again as the first African American elected to the Knoxville City...
Sep 5, 2024 | Club Meeting
The Rotary Club of Knoxville turned 109 years old on September 1, 2024, so we celebrated at today’s meeting with the traditional birthday cake served by past presidents along with the introduction of Paul Harris fellows and a preview of the 2025 Rotary International...
Aug 28, 2024 | Club Meeting
RCK President Chris Lambert introduced Jason Browne, who presented the first part of our program. Jason is a public speaker and social media influencer who is on a cross country trip to raise awareness about millions of people displaced by disasters worldwide. He is...
Aug 8, 2024 | Club Meeting
Rotarian Sandy Martin introduced speaker for the week, RCK Member and 26th President of the University of Tennessee System, Randy Boyd. Randy founded Radio Systems Corporation in 1991. He currently owns Boyd Sports, LLC. He was a Special Advisor on Higher Education...
Jul 24, 2024 | Club Meeting
Rotarian Gay Lyons introduced Sherry Jenkins, the executive director of Dogwood Arts, noting that Sherry has a BFA and an MFA from UT and has led Dogwood since 2017. Sherry began by noting that 2025 will be the 70th anniversary of the Dogwood Trail,...
Jul 19, 2024 | Club Meeting
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the RCK Board of Directors met for the first Board Meeting for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. Pictured left to right. Front Row: Secretary Andrew Murr, District 6780 Governor Rob Dansereau, Vice President Jennifer Sepaniak, President Chris...
