2025 Meetings

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

PRIOR PRESENTATIONS

• January 8th, 2025 January

  "Lafayette"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Richard Arthur, MA

  Topic Summary:
  

  Richard will speak on the life and times of Marquis de Lafayette.

  
  

• February 5th, 2025 February

  "The Mercy Center for Women"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Jennie Hagerty

  Topic Summary:
  

  Jennie will speak on the The Mercy Center for Women.
  

• March 5th, 2025 March

  "German Immigration to Erie"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Martin E Senger, BA, Assistant Director of the Office of English Language and Global Training

  Topic Summary:
  

  Having been born into a German family with roots in Erie going back almost 200 years Martin became interested in what brought his and other families of German descent to Erie. His talk tells their story.
  

• April 2nd, 2025 April

  "Role of Intelligence in Revolutionary War"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Mike Ganske

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  Role of Intelligence in Revolutionary War
  

• May 7th, 2025 May

  "A History of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' & Sailors' Home"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Ken Vyrbal, BA in Communications from Edinboro University

  Topic Summary:
  

  Ken Vybiral, Volunteer Resources Coordinator, at the PA Soldiers' & Sailors' Home will offer an overall historical synopsis of the oldest state veteran's home in the Commonwealth to include a video presentation that chronicles the homes' evolution through the decades up to current operations.
  

• June 4th, 2025 June

  "100 Years of Torch"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Joseph Zawicki, Ph.D., Learning & Instruction, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Secretary & Region 10 Director

  Topic Summary:
  

  100 Years of Torch
  

• July 2nd, 2025 July

  "Electric Vehicles"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Victoria and Richard Brogdan

  Topic Summary:
  

  Victoria and Richard Brogdon will be offering our July Torch Club talk on the subject of electric vehicles.
  

• September 3rd, 2025 September

  "Sea Shanties"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  Irene Fiala, M.B.A., Ph.D., Full Professor PennWest University Edinboro

  Topic Summary:
  

  Irene will speak on Sea Shanties, a traditional genre of folk music, specifically work songs sung by sailors aboard ships.
  

• October 1st, 2025 October

  "Discussion of the Millcreek Government Study Commission"

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  Our Guest Speaker[s]:
  RJ Zonna

  Topic Summary:
  

  RJ will speak on the Millcreek Government Study, an initiative that aims to investigate, research, and compare Millcreek's current structure with others to ensure we are leading efficiently, transparently, and effectively.