Speaker: Michael Hanes, President and CEO Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts Greeter: Guy Patterson Invocation: Howard Ammons Club Singing: Anne Alsedek Mini-Classification Talk: Bob Chamberlain Rotary Minute: Rich Moultrie Publications: Steve Baloga Placing Rotary Roundup: Bob Craumer Dr. Michael Hanes, President and CEO Whitaker Center speaks on the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts with a brief review of the past and present work. Michael Hanes, President and CEO, brings many years of successful organizational leadership and fundraising experience to his new position at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts. Dr. Hanes has more than three decades of experience in higher education as a professor, researcher, and administrator. From 1996 to 2007, he served as the president of Georgia Southwestern State University, where he was responsible for more than $100 million in campus expansion, new construction, facilities renovations and historic restorations. As a result, the total value of the campus physical plant doubled during his tenure. He provided leadership to the institution’s first successful major gifts campaign raising 125 percent of the campaign goal. Prior to his appointment at Georgia Southwestern State University, Dr. Hanes was Dean of the School of Education at West Chester University from 1987 to 1996. From 1980 to 1987 he taught undergraduate and graduate courses as a tenured Full Professor in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina, while concurrently maintaining several administrative posts. Previously, Dr. Hanes served as a faculty member and administrator at the University of Florida. Dr. Hanes has published five books in the areas of language development and acquisition, early intervention programs for parents and young children, program evaluation and educational change. In addition, Dr. Hanes has many years of grants and contract management experience and has administered a range of research and technical assistance projects funded by local, state, and federal agencies. Dr. Hanes has also served as a program development and evaluation consultant to public agencies in a number of international locations and throughout the United States. Dr. Hanes has been recognized for his professional and community contributions a number of times in recent years. He has been named to Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. He was recognized by the State of Georgia with the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation Stewardship. He was the first recipient of the University System of Georgia Cornerstone Award for his leadership in campus planning and redevelopment. Recently, Indiana University selected Dr. Hanes to receive the title of Distinguished Alumnus. Dr. Hanes and his wife, Madlyn, have three adult children and two grandchildren. Dr. Madlyn Hanes has served as the Chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg since 2000.