Michele West, PhD, is an epidemiolgist in the UI College of Public Health. She will present on the studies concluding that Iowa has the highest cancer rates in the country and what is being done.

Margaret Reese will introduce the speaker.

 

Caleb Rainey is Director of the IC Speaks youth poetry program that involves students at all four high schools in the ICCSD. He will tell us about the program and their SLAM competitions locally and beyond. More details to follow.

Club member and fellow Rotarian Andre Perry will give a preview of the 2026-27 Hancher and UI Performing Arts season, and talk about the successes and community engagement of the the 2025-26 season.

Margaret Reese will introduce Andre.

Dimy will introduce the African Startup Accelerator program and participants which is in lieu of the Mandela Fellows program we are familiar with. 

Joe Parker is Deputy Director of Athletics and Deputy Director of Athletics for Strategic Initiatives and Chief Operating Officer for the UI who will talk about UI Athletics.

Kelley Krueger will intoduce the speaker.

The final title and speaker will be finalized and updated to this page. 

 

Horaleo Ukpan is the P&G Operations and Business Director for the expanding Iowa City facility. He will talk about the company, its expansion, product lines, community engagement and more.

President Kelley Krueger will introduce the speaker.

Rotary will have a program and tour the new ICCSD Junior Achievement campus to learn about what it offers youth in the district. Speaker name is Nick (need more info here). Details of the event TBD.

Club Member Haley Rosendahl will introduce the speaker.

This will be our annual meeting with the students who attended either RYLA or WAS during the summer and share some of their thoughts about the experience.

Linda Farkas will introduce the program.

Anna and Charlie will host and record a mini Downtown Dish podcast at our Rotary Club meeting. They will also talk about the podcast, its history, audience, goals, guests and more.

Currently we are planning to have Anna introduce the program.

Dr. Fisher will kick off the academic year with an update on Kirkwood Community College.

Eric Weiler will introduce Dr. Fisher.