Please join District Governor Janice Kurth as she visits with 30 of our Club committees during our annual Committee Showcase.  This is your opportunity to learn more about the various committees our club has to offer and learn about the many projects that are the substance of Rotary.  The showcase begins at 11:15. Our regular…

San Diego Humane Society: Inspiring Compassion Since 1880 Since 1880, San Diego Humane Society has inspired compassion by helping people and animals. Originally founded to protect children and horses, the organization has expanded to meet the needs of the region by rescuing animals in distress; saving companion pets, farm animals and wildlife; and, providing resources…

Betty Peabody The Past Presidents of San Diego Rotary have proudly selected Mrs. Betty Peabody as this year’s recipient of the 2015 Mrs. San Diego Award. Please join us on September 24th at the Liberty Station Conference Center to honor Betty for her leadership and contributions to the City of San Diego. Betty Peabody’s interests,…

Dr. James T. Harris, III, is the fourth president of the University of San Diego, which is a nationally preeminent Catholic university known for educating students who are globally competent, ethical leaders committed to the common good and empowered to engage a diverse and changing world. Before coming to USD, Dr. Harris served as president…

You may not know that the check you just deposited with your smartphone camera was enabled by Mitek's industry leading mobile imaging software. You can also use Mitek's secure mobile capture technology to read and authenticate your driver’s license, all with the snap of a smartphone photo. Today more than half of all the banks…

Building the galleon San Salvador: an American Origin Story After more than a century of imagining the galleon of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo as the iconic repository of San Diego’s origin story, the people of San Diego were recently able to see the nearly complete full-scale reproduction of this legendary ship operate on the waters of…

Future Vision for San Diego Opera After a tumultuous year of near-operatic proportions, San Diego Opera is, happily, alive and well. David Bennett, San Diego Opera’s newly appointed General Director, will report on the Opera’s current status, including a re-energized mission, vision statement, and core values, and share the company’s exciting plans to evolve into…

Flying Thru Life: Global Service on a Wing and a Prayer (and a Malibu Mirage) Flying around the world in a single piston plane on a record setting flight to 23 countries and five continents in 98 days in a plane called the “Spirit of San Diego” isn't what you think of as the typical…

This September, the University of San Diego welcomed the 2015 Women PeaceMakers. Beginning their two-month residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, these four peacemakers were chosen from more than one hundred applicants. The Women PeaceMakers Program, which began in 2003, is an annual campus initiative aimed at bringing together women…

On November 21, 2014, Captain Derek Herrera medically retired from Active Duty in the US Marine Corps after 8.5 years of service as an Infantry and Special Operations Officer. After graduating from the US Naval Academy in 2006, he has spent his first six years in the Marine Corps building and leading teams of Marines,…