Capital Rotary Club

Dr. Cedric Adderley serves as the fourth president of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. With over twenty-five years of experience in the field of education, he has taught on all levels and served in roles of increasing leadership from elementary through the collegiate level and has an impressive record of innovative leadership and scholarship in the arts and education. He most recently served as Dean of the College at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to that appointment, he served as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His resume includes additional faculty and administrative appointments at Benedict College and North Carolina A&T State University. He began his career as a music educator in the South Carolina Public Schools, teaching both instrumental and choral music.

Dr. Adderley has an extensive background in accreditation, curriculum and instruction, faculty development, and general education reform. He has served as an accreditation evaluator for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (HLC), and the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Throughout his career, he has restructured music programs and academic units with cutting-edge strategies that have increased enrollment, improved learning outcomes, and brought them back to positions of stability while, at the same time, aggressively pursuing new degree programs and partnerships.

An accomplished composer and music educator, Dr. Adderley enjoys a multifaceted career and maintains an active schedule of artistic engagements throughout the United States and abroad. He has earned numerous accolades including winning the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s annual composer search for his Symphony no.1 and being selected as Composer of the Year by the South Carolina Music Teachers Association for his Suite for Young Voices. His compositions for various musical media include works in virtually every idiom and include a considerable amount of commissioned works. His original music is published by Grand Mesa and TRN Music Publishers.

Ensembles throughout the United States and abroad have performed the music of Cedric Adderley including the South Carolina Philharmonic, the Augusta Symphony, the Rutgers Philharmonia, the University of Miami Wind Ensemble, the Moravian Philharmonic, and the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony. As a trumpeter and vocalist, he has performed with many legendary recording artists including Ray Charles, Olivia Newton-John, and Louie Bellson. He has also toured the southeastern United States with several variety bands.

A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Dr. Adderley earned a Bachelor’s degree in music education from East Carolina University and both the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in composition from the University of South Carolina.

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Merrill Lynch financial advisor Bill Beers (center) is welcomed to Capital Rotary by his membership sponsor, David Boucher (left) and club president Tommy Gibbons.  Beers, a native of Philadelphia, is a University of South Carolina alumnus and has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He’s a former financial analyst for Staples, Inc. and AgFirst Farm Credit Bank.  Beers and his wife, Kristi, also own Palmetto Performing Arts dance studio in Columbia.

Our speaker will be John Wilkinson, board president for Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands. This service is incredibly important to victims of sexual assault as well as their family. Many of us have been impacted by this already and many of you may not realize someone in your family has been a victim of sexual assault. This can be an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life.

John is an entrepreneur and COO of USA eShop – an export management and global e-commerce business that helps US manufacturers reach European and international markets. The company was awarded the 2016 Small Business Exporter of the Year Award for South Carolina by the US Small Business Administration. Wilkinson received an International MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He serves as the board president for Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands and is a cofounder of 1 Million Cups-Columbia SC. He is also a member of the Leadership South Carolina Class of 2017.

At the annual club assembly to review Capital Rotary’s accomplishments for 2015-16, president David Boucher lauded the team effort that led to what he described as “a tremendous year.”  The highlights included:

• Earning first runner-up status for “Club of the Year’ among medium-sized clubs in District 7770, which includes 80 clubs in 25 eastern counties.
• Raising over $13,000 for the CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) Fund that seeks prevention of or a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.
• Working with other clubs to donate $12,000 for disaster relief after local flooding in October 2015, plus taking part in rebuilding a home damaged by heavy rains.
• Inducting nine new members and getting them involved and engaged early in club activities.
• Sound fiscal management that resulted in a net gain of almost $9,000 above budget for the year.
• Donations of $12,400 to The Rotary Foundation, the international charitable arm that funds programs for world understanding and peace. Foundation giving amounts to $220 per capita for the club.
• $1,500 in support for PolioPlus, a worldwide initiative to eradicate polio with the backing of more than 1 million Rotarians here and overseas.
• Delivery of 637 dinners as part of the Meals on Wheels program that delivers hot food to the elderly and home-bound in Richland County.
• Scholarships totaling $17,000 to four exemplary college students from the Columbia area. The club raises some $20,000 in scholarship money by selling Christmas wreaths annually.
• Holding a summer blood drive that exceeded goals by attracting 71 potential donors with 67 pints collected.
• There have been 5,985 visitors to the club’s website. Of these, just over 78% were new visitors.
• The website has featured 65 stories including club and member accomplishments, community service acknowledgements, and notable speakers at club meetings.
• 149 people currently “Like” or “Follow” our Capital Rotary Facebook page.

Our speaker at our meeting Wednesday, June 1^st was Ms. Kelly Moore, Account Manager with the American Red Cross.  Prior to joining the ARC, Kelly served for nearly 3 years as the Director of Business Development with MedCare and for almost 4 years as the Development Officer with Columbia’s Ronald McDonald House.   Kelly earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration from the University of South Carolina.