{"id":35085,"date":"2017-10-02T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=35085"},"modified":"2017-10-04T08:08:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:08:25","slug":"rotary-international-welcomes-new-emu-chapter-rotaract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/rotary-international-welcomes-new-emu-chapter-rotaract\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary International welcomes new EMU chapter of Rotaract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following its inaugural reception and ceremonial launch last week, a club at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is now poised to offer students new opportunities for service, leadership training, and making local and international connections.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new chapter of <\/span>Rotaract<\/span><\/a>, Rotary International\u2019s college-campus iteration, joins more than 9,500 other clubs \u2014 with more than 291,000 members ages 18-30 in 177 countries \u2014 in \u201cdeveloping innovative solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing challenges.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jeremy Spilman, of the Harrisonburg Massanutten Rotary Club, is assistant governor for Area 3 of Rotary International District 7570.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the EMU launch on Thursday, Sept. 28, club co-sponsor and EMU associate director of development <\/span>Braydon Hoover<\/span><\/a> said that the university and Rotary were \u201cnatural partners, as each of us is concerned with social justice, the well being of our communities both locally and abroad, and truly living into the Rotary motto, \u2018Service above self.\u2019\u201d Hoover is a member of the <\/span>Rotary Club of Harrisonburg<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

An early goal will be to let other students know about the club and \u201chow good it is to be with such wonderful people,\u201d said student president Linda Ouedraogo. One emerging interest among the club\u2019s first members is serving homeless people, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Founding club president from Burkina Faso
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Hoover described Ouedraogo as \u201cone of the most tenacious and compassionate students I have ever met. She almost single-handedly brought Rotaract at EMU into being. All acclamation should go to this bright, up-and-coming, future community leader.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ouedraogo joined Rotaract in her home country of Burkina Faso after an older brother invited her to an annual three-days-long event during which free dental care was provided to more than 500 people in a rural community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was only there for a day, but it was enough to impress and inspire me to get involved,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

With the help of Hoover and James Madison University Rotaract sponsor <\/span>Keston Fulcher<\/span><\/a>, Ouedraogo, a junior biology major, worked \u201ctirelessly\u201d to \u201cbring Rotaract to fruition,\u201d said Hoover.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to work with you all on these good things,\u201d Ouedraogo said to those gathered for the launch, \u201cnot only for EMU, but for the Harrisonburg community, too. And hopefully someday we will hear that the Rotaract club of EMU did something great in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Present and past presidential support<\/b><\/h3>\n

In prepared remarks, EMU president <\/span>Susan Schultz Huxman<\/span><\/a> commended Rotarians for their work and welcomed the Rotaract presence on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMore than ever,\u201d she said, \u201cour world, our nation, our state, our cities, and our campuses need Rotarians. We need Rotarians who believe that giving back to our communities and forming meaningful, lifelong friendships are two of the most simple and yet most profound ways that we unify, not divide, that we congregate, not segregate, that we help, and not harm, our social fabric here at home and around the globe. More than ever, we need Rotarians to help us aim high at what we can accomplish to serve our communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

President emeritus Myron Augsburger, too, lauded the addition at EMU. He first joined Rotary International in 1965, when, as the college\u2019s new leader, he wanted contact with the wider community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUp to that point, the Mennonite community was pretty separate, so I needed contact with a broader area, and Rotary was a good way to engage that,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important for students as they are developing to move out, to associate with others. We need to be able to hear each other, or how in the world can we share what we have to offer?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Making concrete differences<\/b><\/h3>\n

At the launch, Jeremy Spilman of the Harrisonburg Massanutten Rotary Club and assistant governor for Area 3 of Rotary International District 7570, highlighted Rotary’s efforts, which range from hosting local soap box derbies to eradicating polio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also present was 30-year Rotarian <\/span>Glen Kauffman<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> 1<\/span>9<\/span>8<\/span>2<\/span> g<\/span>r<\/span>a<\/span>d<\/span>u<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e<\/span> o<\/span>f<\/span> E<\/span>M<\/span>U and a financial advisor at Everence<\/span>. The first person he sponsored to join the Harrisonburg club was Hoover, also an EMU alumnus. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really impressed with what Rotary does both in our communities and around the world,\u201d Kauffman said at the launch. \u201cPeace is one of those key things, and that fits so well with what EMU does.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Having a Rotaract club on campus, he said, will allow students to \u201cdevelop leadership skills, do service projects, and to network with local business and professional persons \u2014 and hopefully get a taste of Rotary so that when they begin their careers, they will think that it would be a good place to make connections.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

JMU Rotaract sponsor Fulcher sees the club as a way for students to think beyond their campus borders and serve others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this whole group of amazing students who just have the right passion and energy to do good,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat Rotaract does is provide channels for those students to take that passion and energy and actually make concrete differences locally in the community and internationally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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