Speakers

Please welcome fellow Rotarian, Dr. Tugba Sevin from the Weatherford Rotary Club! Her presentation will focus on the global grant project the Weatherford Rotary Club is undertaking in partnership with two Italian Rotary clubs.

Bio:

Dr. Tugba Sevin is a full tenured Professor and the World Languages Coordinator at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where she teaches Spanish and Italian language and literature courses. With more than 25 years of teaching experience, she holds a Doctorate from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Arts in Teaching Spanish from Florida Atlantic University.

Dr. Sevin currently serves as the Regional Vice President of Alpha Mu Gamma, the National Foreign Language Honor Society, and as the Southwest Regional Representative for Gamma Kappa Alpha, the National Italian Honor Society.

She has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences and has published extensively. Among her recent recognitions are her selection as a Da Vinci Fellow and her receipt of the Oklahoma Online Excellence Award for Teaching by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

Beyond her academic work, Dr. Sevin has been an active member of the Weatherford Rotary Club for almost ten years, where she serves as the Chair of the International Relations Committee. Over the years, she has volunteered as the club’s International Liaison, giving presentations, and fostering connections with Rotary Clubs across Europe by creating sister club partnerships and collaborating on humanitarian projects.

Dr. Sevin comes from a multicultural family with roots in Greece. A fun fact about her—she speaks five languages and is currently working on improving her sixth!

 

Our Rotarian of the Day: Blake Billings

Enjoy your Family. There should be some Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and all the sides.  Let's not forget Football and/or the Macy;sThanksgiving Parade. Make a wish with the Turkey wishbone if you like, but most importantly try to give Thanks for all that you have and those you have in your life. Blessings to you and your family this holiday season. Gobble gobble!

The Board Meeting has been rescheduled to (to be announced) after our normal meeting.

Come one Come all.  All hands on deck.  If you have family or friends visiting you for the Holiday, send them over for a helpful hand at smoking, injecting and deep frying Turkeys at Paul Brockhaus's home.  There is also help needed wrapping and placing them in coolers in addition to distributing them to people who have purchased these most delicious birds.  This community service event helps out the North Winds Living Center, Aid's patients who would not have Christmas other wise a very worthy cause. If you cannot attend please sign up to purchase one as the proceeds help those in need!

Blaine T. Browne is emeritus professor of history at Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he taught American history, Western Civilization and modern world history. Most recently he has taught as an adjunct instructor at Oklahoma City University and as a lecturer at the University of Oklahoma, where he taught a course on the Vietnam War. He is a long-time member and three-time president of the Florida Conference of Historians, in which he is still active. He currently resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with his wife, two dogs and five cats. In November 2023 he shared with us his book,  Dazed and Confused: America Confronts the 1970s, published by Rowman & Littlefield. He will share with us his most recent work, The Genesis of an American Superpower : Nation and Society, 1945-1952. This book covers all aspects of postwar America in those years ( foreign policy, politics, culture, music, film, etc). Nominated for the Harry Truman Library Award. Let's welcome Blaine Brown!

We are celebrating our annual Christmas Party at Senator Mark Mann's home: From 6:00pm to 8:30pm, you will receive an email with his address. Remember to bring your spouse or guest. We will have gift exchange bring wrapped gift under $30 if you wish to participate. Merry Christmas!!

In honor of the Christmas holiday we will not meet. Please enjoy your family and friends. May your season be blessed. Please enjoy this holiday break!!

Sleigh Bells Ring are you listening? HO Ho Ho Merry Christmas!!