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SENIOR SCHOLARS
Current Events
January 19-
January 26, 2024
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Dear Subscriber Member Until: |
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From Jane Howard, 2024 President …
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This Friday, I hope to greet you at our meeting. Please look for me in the front of Wolfe Hall near the podium. Arrive by 9:30 to share coffee, hot tea and doughnut holes while getting to know other members, guests and officers. If you are a new member, please consider volunteering in order to get to know more of our members. That’s what I did after I retired the end of 2018. Now my husband and I have an additional circle of interesting friends we have met through Senior Scholars.
Membership renewals for 2024 are well underway. If you are one of the 410
2023 members who have still not yet renewed, please do so now. Renewing
online on our website is quick and easy with a credit card, or you may mail in a
check to our Queens University address.
RENEW NOW
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January 19
Dmitry Volchuk
On January 19, we will host a Great Decisions Speaker, Dmitry Vovchuk, a
Professor at Queens University and a Vice President with The Cohen Group. He joined after serving in numerous key roles at the US Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He also has held several leadership positions in financial services and management consulting. His topic for us will be NATO. This presentation will provide an overview of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as we approach the Alliance's 75th Anniversary. Professor Vovchuk’s discussion will cover NATO's mission, capabilities, relevance, potential enlargement, and future.
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January 26
Tate Nurkin
Our final January speaker on January 26 will be another Great Decisions Speaker, Tate Nurkin, who was originally scheduled to present to us last fall. His topic is AI and National Security, a compounded matter that is often before us in the news. Nurkin is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. He is also the founder of OTH Intelligence Group. |
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February 2
Gene Stowe
Our February 2 speaker on will be Author, Gene Stowe. He graduated from UNC in 1975, graduated from Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1983, reported for the Charlotte Observer from 1981-93, was head of the writing and religion program for Trinity Schools in South Bend, IN from 1993-2012, and became a free-lance writer in 2013. His topic is based upon his book: Inherit the Land with Gene Stowe: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie’s Will Two antebellum white spinster sisters in Marvin, NC, raised a Black man and then his daughter as their own beginning in Reconstruction. The women left them their 800-acre homeplace, a will upheld against all odds by two White juries in Monroe in the 1920’s. The personal relationships and
economic empowerment left Marvin untouched by Jim Crow to this day.
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New Member Orientation
Friday, January 19, at 9:00 am - 9:45 am
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Join the Lunch Bunch
Watch weekly emails for announcements
of future Lunch Bunch events.
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FIELD TRIP
Our first Field Trip of 2024 will be February 20. We will visit the Catawba Cultural Center in Rock Hill, SC to follow-up on last November’s program about the Catawba Nation’s history. The cost is $10 per person, and carpooling will be available from the parking lot of the Queens Sports Complex on Tyvola Road.
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Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. Senior Scholars prides itself on offering lectures from topics identified by the Foreign Policy Association annually. The 2024 book with articles on the these topics can be pre-ordered using this link. For more information see Great Decisions.
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2024 Membership Renewals
Go Online - Save Time
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Wildacres Retreat
Save the dates! The ever-popular Wildacres retreat in the beautiful North Carolina mountains is scheduled for April 22 – 25, 2024. Dates were assigned to us by Wildacres management. Speakers this year are Associate Justice Anita Earls, NC Supreme Court, and Dr. Chelsea Kaufman, Assistant Professor, Wingate University. See future emails for more information. On Jan. 19, we will begin accepting registrations and checks at our weekly meetings. Talk with your friends now to arrange a roommate for the retreat.
More Information
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Help needed! Senior Scholars has immediate needs for volunteers to help with the following committees: Social (lunch bunch and field trips), Technical
(weekly meeting presentations and Zoom broadcasts) and Wildacres (organizing and helping at our 3-day spring retreat).
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Use this link to view a short video about volunteer opportunities.
If you are interested, please complete the volunteer form using the Volunteer info button on the website. Volunteering is a great way to meet other members. |
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2024 Officers and Board Members |
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President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
Technical Vice President
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Secretary
Past Presidents:
At-Large Directors:
Term Expires 2024
Term Expires 2025
Term Expires 2026
Retiring 2023 Officers and Members:
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Jane Howard
Steve Lauer
Kathy Gray
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Glenn Paton
David Collins
Ruth McDevitt
Len Norman, Steve Gilbert
Carlos Glender
Carol Kesmodel
Alan Matthews
David Collins
Aimee Hite
Pam Nemecek
Ollie Frazier
John Koch
Kristan Smith
Don Campbell
Gordon Haymond
Sara Haymond
Bill Thomas |
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Database Updated January 14, 2024 |
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