WPI’s Rotaract Club Holds Official Inauguration Ceremony on February 4, 2015 at WPI
Channel: Rotary District 7910 - Suburban Boston/Central Mass
Date: 14/02/2015

The newly formed Rotaract Club of Worcester Polytechnic Institute held its official Inauguration Ceremony on February 4, 2015 at WPI. The purpose of the ceremony was to install the WPI club’s new officers and welcome its more than one dozen new members.

The four WPI club officers installed during the ceremony were:
• Katie Picchione, WPI undergraduate class of 2016, as president
• Michael Figueroa, WPI graduate class of 2016, as vice president
• Jasmine Feliciano, WPI undergraduate class of 2018, as interim treasurer
• Katie Candiloro, WPI undergraduate class of 2016, as secretary

The Inauguration Ceremony featured speakers from both the WPI club and the club's sponsor, the Rotary Club of Worcester. Each Rotaract club member received a pin that represents his or her commitment to Rotary International's "service above self" mission and core values.

Representatives of the WPI club also presented the club's mission and vision statements. Club members developed those statements during a recent set of visioning workshops facilitated by volunteer members of the Rotary Clubs of Fitchburg, Nashoba Valley, Northborough, and Westborough. Members of WPI club’s Executive Board introduced each club member and welcomed them as strong contributors to society.

Immediately following the formal ceremony, attendees had opportunity to socialize with WPI club officers and members as well as other guests. They included Val Callahan of the Rotary Club of Worcester, who is 2014-’15 governor of Rotary District 7910, and Carol Toomey of the Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley and a past governor D7910. Carol, who, was this event's featured speaker, coordinated D7910 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards’ 2014 New Generations Meeting, held on December 13 in Boxborough.

For photos of the WPI club's Inauguration Ceremony, visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/125487447@N04/sets/72157650271180079/

For more information on the Rotaract Club of WPI, contact President Katie Picchione at (518) 727-8024 or krpicchione@wpi.edu. Visit and like the club's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotaract-Club-of-Worcester-Polytechnic-Institute/831250296918099

For more information on Rotary District 7910, contact Governor Val Callahan at 774-239-8866 or valentine.callahan@gmail.com. Visit the district's website at http://www.rotary7910.org. Visit and like the district's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RotaryDistrict7910

For more information on the Rotary Club of Worcester, contact President Dave Frazier at 508-753-7300 or dfrazier@worcesteradvisors.com. Visit the club's website at http://www.worcrotaryusa.org. Visit and like the club's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubOfWorcester?fref=ts

Video and photos: Rich Prager, Rotary Club of Worcester.