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Opportunities and Challenges in the Peruvian Amazon in the time of Covid
Oct. 05, 2020
Devon Graham is a tropical biologist who works primarily in the Peruvian Amazon with Project Amazonas, a Peruvian-American non-profit organization dedicated to conservation, sustainable development, and the improvement of human and environmental health in rural areas of the rainforest state of Loreto, Peru. After completing a masters degree in marine biology in Washington State, he went on to complete a PhD in tropical ecology at the University of Miami, doing his field work in Costa Rica. It was as he was finishing his dissertation, that he visited the Amazon for the first time in 1994 and got hooked. Graham’s interests include sustainable development, conservation, botany, agriculture and gardening, public health and tropical medicine, ichthyology, ornithology, herpetology, languages and biogeography. He taught Everglades and Amazon field courses for Florida International University for 20 years, and has led or co-led student courses and faculty seminars for the National Collegiate Honors Council and the Organization for Tropical Studies, as well as hosting numerous academic groups in the Peruvian Amazon. He is an avid traveler and has lived and/or worked in the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Rwanda, Kenya, Niger, Costa Rica and Peru, where pre-covid, he was spending about 6 months out of each year. |
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Brown Bag Tailgate at the Ames Miracle Park
Oct. 19, 2020
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Oct. 24, 2020
World Polio Day is a time for Rotarians and Rotaractors across the globe to raise awareness about our work to eradicate polio for good. If we stay committed to making progress, polio will be the second human disease ever to be eradicated. |
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The Jack Trice Story
Oct. 26, 2020
Steven L. Jones is the author of of "Football's Fallen Hero: The Jack Trice Story" and a Jack Trice biographer and historian. |
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Dean, College of Human Sciences
Nov. 02, 2020
Laura Dunn Jolly has served as dean and Dean’s Chair of the College of Human Sciences at Iowa State University since July 5, 2016. She is working with faculty, staff, and alumni to help the College of Human Sciences reach new heights and equip students with skills and cultural literacy necessary to improve the human condition. The College of Human Sciences includes the departments of apparel, events and hospitality management; food science and human nutrition; human development and family studies; kinesiology; and the School of Education. The college serves Iowans in all 99 counties through Human Sciences Extension and Outreach, and operates several clinics and research centers, as well as a Child Development Laboratory School on the Iowa State campus. |
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Polio and the Iron Lung
Nov. 09, 2020 1:00 p.m.
Paul Alexander contracted Polio at the age of six and was paralyzed for life. He is now 74 years old and one of only a handful still living in an iron lung. Here is the YouTube link for the Rotary Club of Ames YouTube channel: Paul learned to breathe on his own for short periods of time (by gulping air), which allowed him to attend college at SMU and then law school at the University of Texas. He was an attorney for 35 years before he retired. Paul learned about Rotary and it's promise to eradicate Polio worldwide late in the game. He is a member of an E-Club which allows him to attend club meetings.
Paul has written a book titled "Three Minutes for a Dog" which is available on Amazon or an E-book is $4.99. He is in the process of writing a second book.
Please note that Paul has to speak on the exhale. He also bit his tongue a few days ago and is dealing with a swollen tongue, so it is difficult to understand him at times.
He would like to thank all who attended today to hear his story. We Thank Paul for his talk and Kent Frankenfeld for arranging this program focused on Polio for Rotary Foundation month.
If you would like to read more about Paul, here are a few recent articles:
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Past, Present and Future Global Grants
Nov. 23, 2020
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Cultivating Hope Farms
Nov. 30, 2020
Our mission is to grow and support the health and well-being of persons with different abilities through care farming practices. We will cultivate growth through the planting of knowledge and skills that are transferrable to everyday life through the incorporation of animals, agriculture, and recreation. Our familycentered program will provide a unique learning environment for participants to work on their individual goals and guide them towards a successful future. |
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ISU Memorial Union Workspace
Dec. 07, 2020
Nestled down a winding staircase in the basement of the ISU Memorial Union is the Workspace, which offers arts and crafts to the public. Letitia Kenemer has served as the Workspace’s coordinator for the past 18 years. Its biannual Art Mart sale started Nov. 18. Letitia Kenemer is the art lady at the Memorial Union, managing the exhibits, permanent art collection and the Workspace art studios. She plans art events from classes and workshops to walk-in crafts, and now, due to the pandemic, Art-2-Go Kits. Through the MU she has introduced programming that bring awareness to and celebrates LGBTQIA+, survivors of human trafficking, under-represented groups, and women. |
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Rotary Grant Scholar, London
Dec. 14, 2020
Speaking from Los Angeles, the district’s recipient of a $30,000 Global Scholarship, Simone expresses her gratitude to the district and TRF for sponsoring her Graduate Program in Global Mental Health, Public Health and Psychiatry at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & King’s College, London. Simone Renault is a creator, psychiatrist- and activist- in training, and proud Iowan, who works tirelessly in pursuit of the Beloved Community and to align wellbeing with wholeness alongside marginalized peoples and in low-resourced regions of the world. Currently, she is on hiatus from her 4th year of medical school under a full scholarship at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA where she is Medical Coordinator of The Mobile Clinic Project and Director of Companion Care, which provides direct service and accompaniment to persons experiencing homelessness in West Hollywood. She graduated from The University of Iowa in 2014 with degrees in biology and international studies.
She has spent her time in quarantine organizing COVID supplies and funds for The Mobile Clinic Project’s community partners, crocheting stuffed animals, and learning how to become a more present and persistent member of her community. She is thrilled to be selected as this year’s Rotary Global Grant Scholar as she acquires her Masters degree from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and King’s College London in Global Mental Health. She is pleased to say that after many months of delays and restrictions, she will take flight for London on January 8th.
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Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau
Jan. 04, 2021
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Breaking Prairie Sod
Jan. 11, 2021
When Tillage Begins, the Other Arts Follow: a video of Lynette Pohlman helping us “ read” at Grant Wood mural at the Parks Library. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZViEJIiy8S8&list=PL6jNOboNWZ_cAgxwC2d5snU9C9B7-nrJa&index=18 Brunnier Museum: International Rotary President ( 1952) Henry Brunnier and the Visual Arts at Iowa State University |
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So God Made a Farmer:
Jan. 18, 2021
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COVID Vaccine Update
Jan. 25, 2021
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Story County Sheriff's Department
Feb. 08, 2021
Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald and staff talk about the department and current happenings. |
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Bird City and Ames, Iowa
Feb. 15, 2021
Ann Buckardt, Iowa DNR discusses ways each of us can help our feathered firends. |
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Foster Care in Iowa
Mar. 01, 2021
Andrew Allen, YSS President and CEO, and Sarah Wiedenhoeft, YSS Family Connections Coordinator/Stability Coach, will present “Foster Care in Iowa” |
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Land Use Plan and Zoning Issues
Mar. 08, 2021
Ames 2040 Land Use Plan |
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Des Moines Area Community College
Mar. 15, 2021
DMACC and Trades Programs |
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Meskwaki Nation
Mar. 22, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Today we hosted Jonathan Buffalo, Historic Preservation Director for the Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museum. Jonathan provided an interesting summary of how the Meskwaki Tribe moved from the Pennsylvania area and expanded west, finally settling in Iowa and the Midwest.
The name Meskwaki means Red Earth People. The Meskwaki are part of the Sac and Fox Tribes of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the only federally recognized Indian tribe in Iowa.
Chief Officer for the Nation: Lawrence SpottedBird. Lawrence.SpottedBird@meskwaki-
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CY Stephens and Live Performances Update
Mar. 29, 2021
Monday, we had our first hybrid meeting, with members able to attend in person on stage at CY Stephens Auditorium or tune in via ZOOM. Tammy Koolbeck, General Manager for VenuWorks, provided a history of CY Stephens, discussed the trials for the art and entertainment industry this past year, along with a glimpse into the 2021-2022 Series at Stephens.
* Please forgive the first 30 minutes or so. It only shows the set up for the meeting.
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