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260 S. Church Avenue
Tucson, AZ  85701 (USA)
Rotary Office:  520-623-2281
 
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Events Around Town (EATS) - June 10th
Posted by Rotary Club of Tucson on Jun 04, 2026
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, share stories, and build friendships in a relaxed and casual setting.
 
Sign up on the website under "Upcoming Events".
 

June 10th EAT Locations & Hosts:

  • Forbes Meat Company - 747 S. 6th Avenue  
    Hosts: Mark Irvin & David Lovitt
  • Locale - 60 N. Alvernon  
    Hosts: Glenn Ewing, Chuck Sawyer & Bobby Larson
  • The Hills (New Concept by El Charro) - 6960 E. Sunrise
    Host: Bruce Jacobs & Kurtis Dawson
  • Bubbaques - 5005 S. Campbell Avenue  
    Hosts:  Dan Kalm, Elena Ha, Roger LaFaye, Luis Hernandez
  • Trident II (Women) - 2900 N. Swan  
    Hosts:  Vickie Jacobs & Marcia Krumwiede 

Want to Host?

If you’re interested in hosting an EAT lunch, please reach out to the Rotary Office.
 
Take this chance to get to know fellow members, share great food, and celebrate the camaraderie that makes our club so special.
 
Remember, no lunch meeting on June 10th.
 
We look forward to seeing you around town.
Climate & The Deep Blue Sea: Improving Prediction
Posted by Mark Stegeman on May 28, 2026
Prof. Joellen Russell is an oceanographer, a Distinguished Professor, and the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrative Science in the Department of Geosciences at UA.
 
Her research uses robot floats, supercomputers and satellites to observe and predict the ocean’s role in climate and the carbon cycle.
 
Dr. Russell is the modeling lead for the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling project (SOCCOM), the current US Representative to the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), and one of the founding members of Science Moms (sciencemoms.com), a “group of nonpartisan climate scientists and mothers, working to give our children the planet they deserve.”
 
Joellen received her PhD in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, her A.B. in Environmental Geoscience from Harvard, and has been here at UA in Tucson for 20 years.
 
Blurb for “Climate and the Deep Blue Sea: Improving Predictions”:
 
If you appreciate your weather forecasts, you should thank an oceanographer because the US National Weather Service has been using an ocean and atmosphere-based climate model to make more accurate forecasts of tomorrow’s weather for over 5 years. Here at UA, we measure the heat and carbon in the ocean directly, in near real time, with a global array of floating robots, improving prediction of our weather, climate and earth system.
 
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Home Hospitality Week is Here! May 23rd - June 1st
Posted by Dorinna York on May 21, 2026
Our Home Hospitality events are this week, May 23rd through June 1st. These social events will replace our Wednesday, May 27th lunch meeting. We want to thank all the members who have graciously volunteered to open up their homes and host an event. This is a wonderful way to relax, meet fellow Rotarians outside of the lunch meeting and have some fun. If you have any questions or need assistance in registering on the website, please call the Rotary office - (520) 623-2281. Again, these events take the place of our lunch meeting on May 27th. 
 
Our next regular lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday, 6/3/26 at the TCC. Our speaker for this meeting will be UA Professor, Joellen Russell with the Department of Geosciences.
 
Enjoy the holiday weekend.   The Rotary office will be closed Friday 5/22 and Monday 5/25.
University of Arizona Women's Basketball
Posted by Nina Trasoff on May 14, 2026
Becky Burke enters her second season as head coach of the University of Arizona Women’s Basketball program after being named the Wildcats’ 10th head coach in 2025.
 
Widely regarded as one of the rising stars in collegiate basketball, Burke recently secured the No. 17-ranked recruiting class in the nation according to ESPN and the top-ranked recruiting class in the Big 12 Conference.
 
Prior to Arizona, Burke led the University at Buffalo to a historic 30-win season and the 2025 WNIT Championship in just her third year as head coach. She has built a reputation for transforming programs, including successful head coaching stops at USC Upstate, the University of Charleston, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.
 
Burke was named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s prestigious “30 Under 30” list in 2019 as the only head coach recognized that year.
 
A former standout player at the University of Louisville, Burke helped lead the Cardinals to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2009 NCAA Championship game. She remains a member of Louisville’s 1,000-point club and was runner-up in the 2012 State Farm College 3-Point Championship.
 
Originally from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Burke and her wife, Savannah, have one son, Banks, and are proud to call Tucson home.
 
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Events Around Town (EATS) - May 13th
Posted by Rotary Club of Tucson on May 07, 2026
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, share stories, and build friendships in a relaxed and casual setting.
 
Sign up on the website under "Upcoming Events".

May 13th EAT Locations & Hosts:

  • Corbetts - 340 N. 6th Avenue  
    Hosts: Mark Irvin, John Duval & David Lovitt
  • Redbird Scratch Kitchen - 2513 E. 6th Street  
    Hosts: Glenn Ewing, Chuck Sawyer & Bobby Larson
  • Doughbird - 2960 N. Campbell Avenue
    Host: Bruce Jacobs
  • Sonoran Moonshine Co. - 124 E. Broadway Blvd.  
    Hosts:  Matt Sinclair, Bob Morken, Matt Blair
  • Sonora House - 2513 E. 6th Street  
    Hosts:  Dan Kalm, Elena Ha, Roger LaFaye, Luis Hernandez
  • Holy Smokin Butts BBQ - 6940 E. Broadway Blvd.  
    Hosts:  Gordy Siewert, Cary Benjamin 

Want to Host?

If you’re interested in hosting an EAT lunch, please reach out to the Rotary Office.
 
Take this chance to get to know fellow members, share great food, and celebrate the camaraderie that makes our club so special.
 
Remember, no lunch meeting on May 13th.
 
We look forward to seeing you around town.
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