Friday, February 16, 2007 - Randy Phillips to address Rotary on Union University

Randy Phillips with Union University Report for Rotary

      Today, Union City Rotarians welcome home former Rotarian Randy Phillips, Senior Associate Vice President and Director of Research at Union University in Jackson, where 3,000 students from 44 states and 36 nations, are enrolled.
     “A vision for excellence” will be the subject of Randy’s talk today.
     Randy, who is in charge of supervising and advancing undergraduate and graduate research initiatives at Union, also teaches graduate research methods and serves on Union’s Institutional Review Board.
     Randy’s career boasts of twenty-five years of professional demonstrated in human service, business, higher education, community involvement and professional associations. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy-Rehabilitation from SIU-Carbondale, a Masters of Arts in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy and a B.S. Degree in Psychology from Union. 
     Welcome Randy!

2007 Farm Day Program Features Dr. Jim Byford

     Next week, Rotarians will stage their annual Farm Day Program—saluting area farmers and ag-related businessmen who make farming and agriculture one of Obion County’s top industries.
     Dr. Jim Byford, Professor and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences at UT-Martin, will be our guest speaker.  Dr. Byford received his B.S. degree from UTM in 1966. He received a Ph. D. from Auburn in 1970, majoring in wildlife biology with minors in forest ecology and fisheries biology. He has served as Dean at UTM for the past 17 years and has been with the UT system for 33 years.  His scholarly interests include natural resource conservation and management, conservation and education, deer management, wildlife biology and biofuel technology development.
     In 2002, there were 700 farms in Obion County producing $62 million in crops and livestock!

Wilkes Tells Rotarians About Workplace Personalities

     Last week, Rotarians heard from motivational speaker and nursing home consultant Kay Wilkes on the many issues at play in the workplace—especially as they relate between the sexes and among peers.
     “It’s all about the people.” Kay started. “The fact is, we will pay more for something from someone we like than we will from someone we don’t like.  Success in the workplace is all about effective communications.”
     Kay boiled her arguments down to a few basic truths.
    “History is the best predictor of the future and it seems only logical that if you are in a position to hire, you should do whatever it takes to know the personalities of the people you hire,” she said. “When we take a personality test ourselves, we usually do a poor job of defining our own strengths while we are pretty good at picking out our weaknesses.”
     Kay said you should be aware that workplace personalities are affected by many things, including you sex, your birth order, you school encounters, and yes, even you job impacts how you will react to workplace issues.
     Some of the adjectives used to describe various types of workplace personalities included persuasive, confident, abrasive, organized, fair, sensitive, caring, by the book, arrogant, perfectionist, exacting, helpful and cooperative.
     Kay, who lives in Union City with her husband, Ben, is the mother of Abbey, Benjamin, Bonnie and Peter Wilkes.  She has over 30 years of clinical and professional consulting experience in both acute and long-term health care industries.
     Thanks Kay for an entertaining program.
      

Coming Attractions

3/2      Joe Antal-LennoxHearth Update
3/9      Ron Green with update on Boys & Girls Club plus visit by B&G Club Choir
3/16    TBA
3/23     Paul Tinkle-Thunderbolt Broadcasting--Technological Advances in Communications
3/30     Gary Roach—UTM Rodeo
4/6        Mike Rinker-Airport Improvements
4/12     (Thursday)—DSA Banquet
4/13     No Meeting Today
4/20     Virginia Betts—TN Commission of Mental Health
4/27      Rotary Relays

Happy Birthdays

2/17     Jim Glasgow, Sr.
2/19     Bob Kirkland
2/21     Bob Stephens
2/22     Fred Wilkinson

Rotary Theme Chosen for 2007-08

   Meeting in San Diego earlier this month, delegates to the Rotary International Assembly chose the 2007-08 RI Theme, “Rotary Shares.”
   RI President William Boyd told the 532 incoming district governors, “we lead you, so you can lead others,” echoing the current RI Theme, “Lead the Way.”
   Wilfrid J. Wilkinson is RI President-nominee for 2007-08.

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