Lucie Kay lead our club in reciting the four-way test
Joe Bassett - invocation
Guests:
Visiting Rotarian- Paul Smith
Dr. James Herbert
Mitchell Brown
Our weekly meeting to take place at the Biddeford middle school has been rescheduled for the 27th.
Joe relayed a message from Jean Saunders of Age Friendly Saco: there will be a meeting at Old Orchard Beach Town Hall on 12 March at 4:00. Members from local Rotary clubs will meet to discuss volunteer efforts in the community.
Mark won the 50/50.
Heather, Sargent at Arms:
Happy dollars came from Sabine who was happy that her 5 month tenure as scribe is almost over, Dr Joe was happy to see foxes in his backyard, Conrad is looking forward to a visit from his granddaughter, Joe Bassett is happy that his great granddaughter will be performing with the traveling drama group, Roland is happy that Ron Drouin shared a website with him, Bill Kany is happy that his daughter is engaged, James Hebert is happy that he recently adopted a Maine coon cat.
Fines:
Don Pilon for standing Heather up, Conrad for not giving chocolates to his wife and for asking the club to expose themselves, Joe for Not being able to pronounce Alicia, and Lucie for sporting a Trump-like tan.
Guest Speaker: Dr. James Herbert, President of UNE
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Dr. Herbert spoke of his great love for the area and discovering all things Francophile, la Kermesse festival, kayaking, and local area restaurants like Yeto’s.
Originally from corpus Christie Texas he came from a working family who ran a shrimp boat and was the first generation in his family to attend and graduate from college.
He spoke of the history of UNE as it merged three schools over the years, Westbrook Seminary, St. Francis College, and the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. It has become Maine‘s largest private university and the only medical school in the state.
UNE has become more than a place to get an education, but its mission is to help students transform their lives.
While working on the university’s strategic plan, Dr. Hebert is also focusing the school on the health of individuals and also the broader community.
The school has placed a new emphasis on Marine sciences and is currently ranked the number seven school in the nation in that discipline. They are working on developing a healthy aquaculture business and also researching kelp farming.
The school’s enrollment has grown to 14,000 students with approximately half of them pursuing a degree online.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:30
