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SUMMARY:Staff Sgt Ryan Pitts\, Medal of Honor Recipient
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Pitts is a former United States Army soldier and the ninth living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the War in Afghanistan. \nStaff Sgt. Ryan Pitts joined the Army in 2003\, at the age of 17 under the delayed entry program. He attended basic training and advanced individual training at Ft. Sill\, Oklahoma. \nPitts then went to the U.S. Army Airborne School at Fort Benning\, Ga.\, before being assigned as a radio telephone operator for the 4th Battalion\, 319th Field Artillery Regiment and 173rd Airborne Brigade at Camp Ederle\, Italy from 2004-2005. He remained headquartered at Camp Ederle as part of the 2nd Battalion\, 503rd Infantry Regiment\, 173rd Abn. Bde. from 2006 to 2009. \nWhile assigned to the 173rd\, Pitts deployed twice to Afghanistan. His first deployment in 2005 lasted 12 months. His final deployment spanned 15 months beginning in 2007. Pitts departed the active-duty Army in 2009. \nHis civilian education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. He currently resides in Nashua\, New Hampshire where he is in business development for the computer software industry. \nHis military education includes the U.S. Army Airborne School\, U.S. Army Pathfinder Course\, and the Warrior Leader Course. \nStaff Sergeant Pitts’ awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal w/ “V” Device\, Purple Heart\, Meritorious Service Medal\, Army Commendation Medal w/ “V” Device and three Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters\, Army Achievement Medal\, Army Good Conduct Medal with Bronze Clasp and two Loops\, National Defense Service Medal\, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Two Campaign Stars\, Global War on Terrorism Medal\, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon\, Army Service Ribbon\, Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral “4”\, NATO Medal\, Presidential Unit Citation\, Valorous Unit Award\, Combat Action Badge\, Pathfinder Badge and Parachutist Badge. \n  \nCONTACT US
URL:https://www.aikenrotary.com/event/staff-sgt-ryan-pitts-medal-of-honor/
LOCATION:Newberry Hall\, 117 Newberry St SW\, Aiken\, SC\, 29801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Aiken Rotary Scholarship Program\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:For many years\, the Rotary Club of Aiken has awarded scholarships to worthy students. We awarded a $7\,500 scholarship to 23 students from the Class of 2023 for a total of $172\,500. \nThis scholarship is open to all 2024 graduating high school students who live in Area 1 or attend an Area 1 school\, including homeschool students. Each of this year’s scholarship winners will receive $7500. \n  \nCONTACT US
URL:https://www.aikenrotary.com/event/aiken-rotary-scholarship-program-2024/
LOCATION:Newberry Hall\, 117 Newberry St SW\, Aiken\, SC\, 29801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cub Business
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SUMMARY:Tim Hardee\, President of the South Carolina Technical College System
DESCRIPTION:Hardee has served over 30 years in education in South Carolina\, including 15 at Central Carolina Technical College. He has been honored by Coastal Carolina University with the Outstanding Alumni award as well as the Sumter Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Achievement Award. Prior to entering higher education administration 15 years ago\, he served as a teacher\, coach\, counselor\, principal and administrator on the K-12 level. \nWith a B.S. in Psychology from Coastal Carolina University\, Hardee also holds an M.Ed. in Counselor Education and an Ed.D. in Educational Administration from the University of South Carolina. He currently serves as a member of the South Carolina Workforce Development Board and is a graduate of the South Carolina Economic Development Institute\, the Furman Diversity Leaders Institute\, and Leadership South Carolina. \nLast year\, Governor McMaster invested $12 million in South Carolina’s technical college system to train residents in the Palmetto State for high-demand jobs. \nAfter seeing more than 6\,000 students trained through this program\, the governor says technical jobs will play a large part in the state’s future economic success. \n“South Carolina has the best technical college of any state in the country\,” said Gov. Henry McMaster. “It’s getting better and it’s getting stronger.” \nThe Palmetto State is home to 16 technical colleges including Midlands Technical College which currently has around 9\,000 students enrolled. \n“Our 16 colleges educate and train more than 134 thousand South Carolinians each year\,” said Roger Schrum of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. “Our ‘Ready SC’ program trained more than 5\,300 people for new and expanding companies in our state. Our ‘Apprenticeship Carolina’ program has just over 42\,000 employed apprentices across the state this year.” \nTo help South Carolinians find high paying jobs in technical fields and to develop the state’s workforce\, the governor announced a $25 million investment into ‘Workforce Scholarships for the Future’ program. The program helps technical college students afford the training or degree necessary. \n“It is our job to see that this enormous talent pool we have in our state is prepared\, educated and ready to do the work\,” McMaster said. “Businesses of all kinds\, from manufacturing to life sciences\, are looking to come here.” \nCoupled with $39 million allocated by the General Assembly in this year’s state budget\, the program expects to train or retrain approximately 40\,000 South Carolinians. \n“This will bring forth an opportunity for people to gain a skill\, get a good job and work here in the state of South Carolina\,” said Dr. Tim Hardee\, president of the South Carolina Technical College System. “That’s what it means on an individual basis.” \nOne technical college president spoke about the difference scholarships make in individual students’ lives. She uses student Lynn Rogers as an example of someone who made a career move. \n“Like many of our students\, Lynn could not have pursued this change in her career if it had not been for the ‘Workforce Scholarships for the Future’ program\,” said Dr. Hope Rivers\, Piedmont Technical College president. “On behalf of the presidents of the 16 technical colleges around the state\, we thank you.” \n  \nCONTACT US
URL:https://www.aikenrotary.com/event/tim-hardee-president-of-the-south-carolina-technical-college-system/
LOCATION:Newberry Hall\, 117 Newberry St SW\, Aiken\, SC\, 29801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Dr. Robert Bank\, Director\, SC Dept. of Mental Health Agency
DESCRIPTION:Robert Bank\, MD\, was appointed acting director of the South Carolina of Mental Health by the South Carolina Mental Health Commission in September of 2022. \nDr. Bank\, who began his career at SCDMH as Chief of Outpatient Services and Psychiatric Training director at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute in 1982\, has served the Agency in multiple leadership positions throughout his tenure. \nDr. Bank received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago\, Illinois\, and completed his internship\, psychiatric residency\, and research fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He served nine years of active duty in the Army Medical Corps\, as Chief of Outpatient Services at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center while stationed at Fort Gordon\, Georgia\, and Chief of Community Mental Health Activity at Fort Knox\, Kentucky. \nIn subsequent years\, he served as medical director for programs at Palmetto Richland Hospital\, Three Rivers Behavioral Health\, and United Behavioral Health; in addition\, he maintained a general psychiatry private practice for 22 years. \nDr. Bank became executive director of the Columbia Area Mental Health Center in 2006 and assumed a dual role as deputy director of Medical Affairs of the SCDMH in 2008. He left his role as center director in 2018 and continued to serve as deputy director of Medical Affairs; at present\, he maintains this position as well as his role as acting state director. \nHe has served as a clinical professor for the USC School of Medicine Department of Neuropsychiatry since 1984. In addition\, he has served as President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is Board Certified in adult psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. \nDr. Bank has authored and co-authored numerous publications\, most recently on the treatment of schizophrenia. He has been recognized by multiple organizations for his work\, receiving the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Chapter of NAMI\, the Outstanding Partner Award from the University of South Carolina Medical School Department of Neuropsychiatry\, and the South Carolina Psychiatrist of the Year from NAMI-South Carolina\, among others. \n  \nCONTACT US
URL:https://www.aikenrotary.com/event/dr-robert-bank-director-sc-dept-of-mental-health-agency/
LOCATION:Newberry Hall\, 117 Newberry St SW\, Aiken\, SC\, 29801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:John Boyette - Aiken Standard Executive Editor\,  History of The Masters
DESCRIPTION:John Boyette picked a heck of a time to step away from the sports desk. After serving as sports editor at The Augusta Chronicle in Augusta\, Georgia\, for almost 20 years\, Boyette took over in late 2019 as executive editor of his hometown newspaper\, The Aiken Standard\, in neighboring Aiken\, South Carolina. But in Augusta and the surrounding region\, the Masters blurs the lines between sports and news. And now\, so does the coronavirus pandemic that’s postponed the tournament indefinitely. So although Boyette will continue covering the Masters — the next edition\, whenever it goes down\, will be Boyette’s 33rd — his new position charges him with looking at the tournament’s postponement both as sports news and regional economic news. “I’ve been telling people that have asked me that it’s like a 13th month or a second Christmas for the economy of Augusta\, for a lot of people\,” Boyette explained. “It’s a situation where people take on second jobs\, or they take a vacation and rent their house out\, or all kinds of stuff like that.” And now\, with golf’s annual rite of spring up in the air\, the region Boyette serves is waiting to learn when the tournament’s spectacle — and its companion economic boon — will arrive. \nCONTACT US
URL:https://www.aikenrotary.com/event/john-boyette-aiken-standard-executive-editor-history-of-the-masters/
LOCATION:Newberry Hall\, 117 Newberry St SW\, Aiken\, SC\, 29801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Polo in Aiken - Tiger Kneece\, Aiken Polo Club manager
DESCRIPTION:Polo first arrived in Aiken in 1882\, just six years after the game was introduced to this side of the Atlantic. Over the next years\, the sport became an integral part of Winter Colony society\, attracting many of the best players in the country and the world. By World War II\, Aiken was the acknowledged center of America’s polo world during the winter months. Over its 134-year history\, Aiken has been home to many famous players\, horses and tournaments\, including seven of the 21 American born players who have achieved a 10-goal rating. \nToday\, Aiken has an international reputation as a place to play\, as well as a place to breed and train polo ponies. Players come to Aiken for the spring season on their way north from Florida\, or for the fall season on their way south from points north and west. A growing number of players stay and play year round\, and Aiken now has both summer and winter polo\, as well as several arenas that hold matches. \nPolo is an essential part of the city because\, as 10-goaler Devereux Milburn remarked many years ago\, “so many people who love horses naturally are attracted to Aiken.” This attraction is still as great as it was in Milburn’s day. The polo community here is still growing and more polo players are buying property in the area every year. With its distinguished history and its current popularity\, Aiken Polo’s future is bright\, and Whitney Field\, the oldest polo field in continuous use in the United States\, promises to hold its place as the focal point of Aiken’s Sunday afternoons for many years to come. \nCONTACT US
URL:https://www.aikenrotary.com/event/polo-in-aiken-tiger-kneece-aiken-polo-club-manager/
LOCATION:Newberry Hall\, 117 Newberry St SW\, Aiken\, SC\, 29801\, United States
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