National security and foreign policy challenges of 2021: Chuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense, serving from February 2013 to February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense. Hagel served two terms in the United States Senate (1997-2009) representing the state of Nebraska.
Shari Veil is dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Shari came to Nebraska from the University of Kentucky, where she was associate dean and department chair in the College of Communication and Information. Prior to Kentucky, she taught strategic communication and served as the director of the Center for Risk and Crisis Management at the University of Oklahoma. Shari and her husband, Nick, are originally from North Dakota and have two teenage kids, Carson and Hailey. Thank you, Past President, Randy Bretz, for sponsoring Shari to Rotary! Welcome, Shari!
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Last week at Rotary, President Eric Drumheller presided the meeting with Secretary Morrie Enders. Virtual Meeting Host was Trip Snyder. PDG Sharon Wherry hosted World Fellowship and Community Service program. Highlights from the meeting: Encourage high school sophomores or juniors you know to apply for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) by March 1, Submit Club 14 Foundation board member nominations to Jim Griesen by March 20. Ways to support our community: Complete this short survey (if you did not complete it at the meeting) to share your thoughts on Rotary #14’s international programming. Chris Whitney paid a fun fine to announce that he is participating in MS Run the US Relay. Congratulations, to Brad Bryan, on passing his Series Finance Test. Secretary Morrie Enders brought out the ‘frozen home edition’ of the Wheel of Misfortune, and the following “lucky” Rotarians were included: Rotarians for being in the Lincoln Journal Star: Regina Werum, Roger Lempke, Morrie Enders, and Randy Bretz. Brad Bryan for passing his Series Finance test. Anyone whose pipes did not freeze. It landed on Randy Bretz, who agreed to pay $10.
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233 S. 13th, 20th Floor
Lincoln, NE 68508 United States of America
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