Friday’s meeting, themed “Summer fun and joy” was opened
on-time by presiding officer Jag. He
then introduced the Toastmaster for the evening, Marcia, who rolled out the
carpet for the first to two speakers, Zhufeng.
Those of us who have never been to Yellowstone National Park
were treated to a full-blown tour of the highlights complete with a white-board
diagram. Zhufeng’s speech was informative and detailed as he explained the
layout of the park. No one would have guessed that he also had not yet visited,
but was planning on doing so later this summer.
Our second speaker, Vema, shook up toastmaster methodology a
bit by giving a purposely impromto speech on Online vs. Traditional University
education. He presented several strong points as to why online classes will
never take over, citing specifically the importance of community and in person
networking in relationship building.
Thejas next introduced the Summer fun and joy themed topic
session. Many of the grad student members described their favorite part of
summer with one word: work. We were excited to hear from our guest for the
evening, Dr. Khaled. He spoke on the relaxation of growing up by the sea. The
session took a unique turn as Thejas prompted the group to use three words he
gave them during their 1-2 minutes to tell a story. We all thoroughly enjoyed
Sophia’s masterly-crafted tale about a botched wedding while using the three
words: renunciation, watermelon, and ocean. She succeeded Kristen’s two-week
reign as the table topics winner.
General Evaluator Kalen led the feedback for the meeting
with Jag evaluating Zhufeng and Thomas evaluating Vema. The meeting ended on
time.
After the meeting, a few members continued the
post-meeting-dinner tradition and found themselves eating meaty/veggie brats at
a gathering of food trailers near campus.
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