Scott Grover and Kurt Steinberg had the tickets, but there was no winner this week.
CALENDAR RAFFLE
SOLD BY: Bob Anthony
SOLD TO: Tammy Harrington
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Jo Broderick was visiting from the Beverly Club.
John Keenan was a guest of Adria.
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
John Keenan said it was 15 years ago that he was elected to the State House.
Leslie Levesque announced their would be a wine tasting at Adriatic hosted by the Phoenix School on December 4th.
Kristen Armstrong said they took 3 4th grade boys on a trip to Great Wolf Lodge.
Bob Conley took a trip to Miami and Key West.
Gerrit went with his wife, and Rich Eisner and his wife to a Division 1 hockey game at Merrimack College.
Pilar Garro said The House of the Seven Gables had a very successful October!
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
Starting this week, every Friday we will volunteer on the food project at the Horace Mann School at 8am. This week, Ryan Guilmartin and Kristen Armstrong will be the first 2 volunteers. Please consider signing up for this very worthy project!
Please advertise in the calendar! See Gerrit or Victoria Davis to secure your spot.
The holiday party will be on Friday, December 6th at Mike McLaughlin's home.
The DCF party will be on Saturday, December 7th.
Please remember to "Like" us and follow Salem, MA Rotary Club on Facebook!!
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to the following November birthdays!
David Wescott - November 10th
Rob Lutts - November 16th
Bill Henning - November 23rd
Charity Lezama - November 24th
Marie Cardillo - November 25th
Chris Casey - November 27th
SPEAKER OF THE WEEK
Dr. Kurt Steinberg, the President of Montserrat College in Beverly was our speaker this week.
Montserrat was founded in 1970 by a group of artists, teachers and professors with an enrollment of about 400 students. The college has a $27.5 million impact on Beverly and the surrounding towns.
Some fields of study are Media Art Education, Animation, Graphic Design, Painting, Illustration, Photo & Film, Printmaking, and Sculpture. There are 4 professional galleries and one student run gallery. 2/3 of the students study studio art, and the remaining 1/3 study liberal arts. The focus is to teach the students to understand the evolution of their crafts, and to understand the history of the art.
The student ratio is 12:1 female to male. The faculty are artists engaged in their different disciplines. The employment ability of the students is a major focus of the staff. 50% of the students receive offers from the required 120 hour internship in which they are enrolled. 85% of the alumni are still employed in their concentration they had at Montserrat.
100% of the BFA students receive merit scholarships. They are dedicated to be affordable for the students with talent.
UPCOMING SPEAKERS:
11/12: Friends Forever will be visiting from Belfast with a group of 30-40 year old women instead of the usual teenagers.
11/19: Beth Debski, Executive Director of The Salem Partnership
Please email all announcements to be added to The Spoke to SalemRotaryClub@yahoo.com by noon on Wednesday. Also, feel free to contact any of the committee members listed below.
Committee Chairperson and Editor: Dave Wescott
Committee Members: Gerrit Bradley,Scott Grover, Rick Jakious, and Patty Pace
