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Roane State lectures to address differences between Islam, Islamic State (ISIS)

Posted at 9:58 pm March 22, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 3 Comments

Rihab Sawah

Rihab Sawah

Scholar Rihab Sawah from St. Louis Community College will discuss differences between Islam and the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, on Thursday, March 31, at Roane State Community College’s Roane and Oak Ridge campuses.

The Roane County lecture will be held at 11:30 a.m. in room 101 in the O’Brien Humanities Building on the main campus in Harriman, 276 Patton Lane. The Oak Ridge lecture will be held at 3 p.m. in the City Room at the Oak Ridge campus, 701 Briarcliff Ave.

The lectures, presented by Roane State’s International Education Department and the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, or ORICL, are free and open to the public.

The presentations will define Islam and the Islamic State and will contrast 12 main points that highlight the diverging point of view of ISIS in relation to Islam. Sawah will also present the historical roots of a movement such as ISIS and explain why the movement misuses Islamic ideology and how it serves ISIS leaders’ aim to establish their influence in the region. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Faith, Front Page News, Meetings and Events Tagged With: Adolf King, City Room, International Education Department, Islam, Islamic State, Middle East, O'Brien Humanities Building, Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, ORICL, Rihab Sawah, Roane State Community College, St. Louis Community College, Syria

Oak Ridge Rotary Club helps hometown, the world

Posted at 9:58 pm August 17, 2015
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Elaine Bunick and Adolf King and Ghanaians

Elaine Bunick and Adolf King, members of Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, are pictured with Ghanaians in the village where they led the medical and educational missions. (Submitted photo)

 

The Rotary Club of Oak Ridge is helping its hometown and communities in the world.

The club contributed $2,500, which was matched by a Rotary District 6780 grant, yielding $5,000 that financed the renovation of a room in the Oak Ridge Boys and Girls Club building. Anne Dunthorn, the club secretary and grant writer, helped Jennifer Pettyjohn, the chief and special officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Clinch Valley, identify a District 6780 matching grant and prepare and submit the winning application.

Elaine Bunick, club member and endocrinologist in Oak Ridge, spearheaded the successful medical and educational mission in late July in the eastern African nation of Ghana. More than 1,800 patients in the village of Nkonya-Wurupong received medical treatment and used, or will use when needed, $250,000 worth of anti-malarial and other medications. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: Adolf King, Anne Dunthorn, Boys and Girls Club, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Clinch Valley, Carol King, Darrell Akins, David Bradshaw, Devrin Kuipers, Elaine Burnick, Ghana, grant, Jennifer Pettyjohn, Jerry Wear, medical clinic, medical treatment, Renee King, Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, Rotary District 6780, Rotary Foundation Global Grant

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