Last Wednesday's meeting featured Fr. James Greenfield, OSFS from DeSales University as our speaker. Fr. Jim is the 4th president of DeSales and a 1984 graduate of the University. He became president in 2018. He shared DeSales University's relatively brief history, having opened in 1965. Its first class was 156 graduates, all male. It began with a $2 million gift from the Diocese of Allentown.
Today DeSales has 3080 students and a $91 million endowment. Most students come from a 80-mile radius and 20% from NJ. Fr. Jim shared the challenges of staying relevant including higher costs of education over inflation, declining enrollment, and online colleges. He's adopted the mantra...go online or get our of business.
Fr. Jim addresses Rotarians
Rotarians Diane Donaher, Cindy Glick and Chris Nelson attended the Foundation seminar and grant training this past weekend. Thank you all for your dedication to out club!
Rotarian Hopeton Clennon and his wife attended Rotary UN Day Saturday which was focused on the refugee crisis. Over 470 participants attended from 22 countries.
This week our speaker will be Dean Donaher, husband of Diane who will speak to his experience as a member of the Bethlehem School Board.
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