Doctorate Degree Requirements

For a Doctorate Degree, there are three main requirements: Attendance, Acquaintances, and Activities.

I.   ATTENDANCE- Maintain 100% attendance consecutively for 6 months.

   *Note: Make-ups do count toward your 100% attendance.

II.   ACQUAINTANCES- Make new Rotary relationships in ONE of the following ways:

• a. Make 50 new acquaintances or the number equal to 40% of the club's membership whichever is the lesser, but not fewer than 15
• b. Interview in depth three Rotarians and present the stories of their lives and work by either a written summary the the President or an oral presentation at a club meeting
• c. One half of a and two stories in b

III.   ACTIVITIES- 20 instances of the following list, but must include at least two visits to another club or district meetings, bringing in at least two prospective new members to a club meeting, and at least two volunteer activities:

• Be a greeter
• Participate in putting on a meeting(meeting duties)
• Attend a committee meeting
• Attend a club function other than the regular meeting
• Visit another club
• Attend a District Meeting
• Bring a prospective new member to a Rotary Meeting
• Volunteer for a club function or event
• Volunteer for a fund raiser
• Donate at least $100 to the Rotary Foundation
• Mentor a student or serve in other club outreach projects to the community
• Other activities as determined by the President of your club

All degree requirements must be met before you may receive your blue badge. Please fax, email, or bring in your completed paperwork* so that we can process it for your badge.

If you have any questions, you may call or email the Rotary Office.

*You can find a copy of the Rotary University packet to the left. Click the link and you will be able to read and print the RU information.