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...

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...

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...

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...

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.   https://youtu.be/4qdIcrrESaE   Sherry began by noting that 2025 will be the 70th...

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...

Immediate Past RCK President Jim Alexander introduced Becky Duncan Massey, State Senator for the Sixth District of Tennessee, which includes part of Knox County.  Jim pointed out that he and Senator Massey have known each other since they were children, living in the...

RCK Member Brooks Clark introduced Aime Alley Card.  Ms. Card is an editor at a literary magazine in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  She is also the author of a book about the famous Tennessee State University women’s track team from the 1950s through the early 1980s...