Following our usual Club meeting today, fellow Rotarian Steve White invited a few members for a pontoon boat ride around Great Salt Pond. The weather was great, the waters were calm and the fellowship was priceless!

The URI Rotaract Club held its first meeting on Tuesday September 14 at the Memorial Student Union with Gabryana Williams (4th from left) as President. Not pictured (because he is taking the photo) is Kevin Almond, Rotary Club of Wakefield's Youth Services Director. We look forward to collaborating on community service projects through the academic year!

URI freshman students descended on the Quad today to learn about a multitude of clubs & organizations that they can participate in as they start a new & exiting chapter in their lives! Thousands of new students visited dozens of booths on the URI Quad as part of their orientation week to learn about opportunities to get involved in extracurricular clubs and activities.

Our guest speaker today was Nick Russo, meteorologist with Channel 10 News, who was invited by our own Valerie Szlateny!

Nick gave us a highly informative and relevant explanation of the El Nino climate pattern along with how and why this year's event proves to be a “Super El Nino”.

Our guest speaker today was Rick Lawrence, member of the Rotary Club of Manchester, CT and founder of the Guatemala Water, Sanitation andHygiene (WASH) Project, in partnership with the Rotary Club of la Antigua.

Our guest speaker today was Kate Brewster, Executive Director for Jonnycake Center for Hope in Wakefield.