CLUB SERVICE

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

COMMUNITY SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEES

Rotary's fourth Avenue of Service covers all of the things that a Rotarian can do to increase international understanding, goodwill, and peace.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that funds humanitarian and educational programs that are implemented by individual Rotary clubs and Rotary districts.  The mission of The Rotary Foundation is "to support

the efforts of Rotary International in the fulfillment of the Object of Rotary, Rotary's Mission, and the achievement

of world understanding and peace through local, national, and international humanitarian, educational and cultural programs."

The following are committees supported by the Rotary Foundation:

AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE

Ambassadorial Scholarships are awarded for graduate study in another country where Rotary clubs are located. 

During the study period, the Rotary Scholars are ambassadors of goodwill to people of the host country.  The club's Ambassadorial Scholarships Committee is responsible for receiving and reviewing scholarship applications,

interviewing applicants and presenting the applications to the Board of Directors for approval of club sponsorship. 

The approved application is then forwarded to the district level Ambassadorial Scholarship Committee for approval

to forward to The Rotary Foundation.  For more information, visit www.rotary.org/

Chairperson: Mehmet Kocakulah, Ph.D.   mkocakul@usi.edu   464-1730 (B)

Scholarship Application for 2004-05   www.rotary.org/

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE (GSE) TEAM COMMITTEE

The Group Study Exchange (GSE) is an opportunity for international understanding of cultures and vocations which

promotes international understanding through this organized travel and personal contacts.  Each team is lead by a Rotarian, while the remainder of the team members are not Rotarians.  The Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team Committee is responsible for working with the district's GSE Team Committee to coordinate the logistics of the incoming team visit.  The committee is also responsible for advertising, receiving and reviewing outbound GSE Team applications, interviewing applicants and presenting the applications to the Board of Directors for approval of club sponsorship.  The approved applications are forwarded to the district level GSE Team Committee for approval to forward to The Rotary Foundation.  For more information, visit www.rotary.org/

Chairperson: Mark E. Miller   425-1490 (B)

Outbound Application for 2004-05   www.rotary.org/

ROTARY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES COMMITTEE

The Rotary Center for International Studies Committee

Chairperson: Jeff Lantz  attylantz@aol.com   464-0044 (B)

ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Nancy Koehler  nancy_koehler@deaconess.com   450-7421 (B)

YOUTH EXCHANGE COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Andrew Alexander   474-4753 (B)

The Object of Rotary  is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

First.

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

Second.

High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

Third.

The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life;

Fourth.

The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.