Rotaryminder for the Rotary Club of Kent Special meeting at the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
July 29, 2025
President Amanda, called the meeting to order at 12:16
Our patriotic song was the National Anthem led by David Dix on piano.
It was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation by Denise Baba.
Dominique Bollenbacher led us in singing the KSU Fight Song
VISITORS
There were no visiting Rotarians.
Guests: Rick Dostal from PCB
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Nelson Burns- raising money for a 75 mile bike ride for MS. John Flynn is back in the hospital too. Reach out if you can.
- Nythia-End Polio Now guardians game August 15th
- Bill Childers- Salvation Army food distribution next Monday and Wed agust 6th the Ravenna Cruise in is looking for volunteers.
- Khalena- Habitat is looking for someone for the construction team.
- Ben Tipton- want to show more info on the impact of Rotarians in the community!
HAPPY BUCKS
$5 from Doug Fuller needed to share how happy that Laing Kennedy was at the Tap Talk with Antonio Gates and he helped make it more impactful.
TODAY’S SPEAKER/PROGRAM
Deborah Spake- Dean
Carlos Ledet
Tom Hoffman
Designed by Parkinson Will architecture and the Collabrative. This took years in the making, back in 2013 she was tasked to raise $20 million. Ambassador Edward F, Crawford was the ambassador between the USA and Ireland, and is a first generation college student. He helped close the gap on funding, and wanted a statue and a replica of an Irish fountain.
This building is the largest academic building on campus, can accommodate 1500 seats 2,818 building capacity and 55 named spaces. 65 feet of exterior glass walls and there is lots of steel too. It is a modern building, and got lots of feedback and ideas from other business colleges. Steve Dennis has a cool class room that looks like a trading room, a Bloomberg Tunnel- updated info on bonds. A student managed investment fund Golden Flash Asset Management , and they are the most winnings in the nation.
There is also a Commerce Café that serves healthy options. They have a collaboration sphere. The classrooms are able to be rearranged, there is a lot of flexibility. There is a cool classroom that can hold 400 students and only has 8 rows.
There are a lot of creative rooms that have different purposes that give students different experiences and opportunities.
There are lots of opportunities for the students to be recruited here.
RESPONDER- Steve Dennis
Respectfully submitted,
Dominique Bollenbacher
