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January 29, 2019: Gerrita Postlewait, Superintendent of Charleston County Schools, was the speaker at today’s meeting. Dr. Postlewait became 
Charleston County’s Superintendent of Schools on July 9, 2015. She brings with her a wealth of experiences as an education practitioner and leader at the district, state, and national levels, and as an executive in the private sector. Continue reading “1/29: Dr. Gerrita Postlewait: Charleston County School District”
January 22, 2019: This week, the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston was pleased to welcome Dr. Edward O’Bryan, Chief of MUSC’s Division of Global Health and Telemedicine. The focus of Dr. O’Bryan’s presentation was Telehealth, also referred to as Virtual Care. Continue reading “1/22: Dr. Edward O’Bryan: MUSC Virtual Urgent Care”
January 15, 2019: Mayor John Tecklenburg was the speaker at today’s meeting. He provided an update on the State of the City, with a focus on the Flooding and Sea Level Rise Strategy.
Mayor Tecklenburg noted that every day he gets excited about serving the citizens of Charleston. He noted there are four major areas he is focusing on: Roads (even though the city has no funding for roads, and has to work with county/state partners on this), Low-Country Rapid Transit, Affordable Housing, and Flooding. Continue reading “1/15: Mayor John Tecklenburg: State of the City”
January 8, 2019: Alison Lee, the Championship Organizer for the 74th U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship spoke to us about their upcoming event. Female golfers representing over 150 countries will compete at the Country Club of Charleston: May 30- June 2nd. Ms. Lee attended Winthrop obtaining a degree in Sports Management and received a Master’s Degree at University St. Andrews, UK. As part of her job she helps coordinate host site, accommodations, overseeing public safety plan, etc. Continue reading “1/8: Alison Lee: 74th U.S. Women’s Open Gold Championship”
FEB, 27, 2018: On February 27th, our club learned fascinating details about the Charleston Metro Areas Workforce Story, thanks to Jacki Reneger and Robin Willis with the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce. We learned that our current workforce has three major strengths: Strong growth, with 34 people moving to the area every day; Hidden talent niches, particularly the Military, underemployed, and Unemployed; and Workforce Training/Alignment, provided by Ready SC, Higher Education, Career Academies, and Apprentice-
ships. Charleston Metro’s current labor pool is highly diversified. There are 380,000 in the Charleston Labor Pool, with 14,000 of those being unemployed.
The Charleston Labor Pool is growing 4 times faster than the rest of the U.S. The Charleston Labor Force is overall educated and young, with 65% having at least some college, 25% being age 19 and younger, and 50% being ages 20-54. Interestingly enough, our unemployed also are overall educated and young, with 86% having a High School Diploma, 50% some college or greater, and 83% being ages 18-55. In fact, Charleston is the number one Mid-sized town for Millennials ages 25-34.
— Lisa Van Bergen, Keyway Committee