BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:348@usrotary.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T083000 DTSTAMP:20251224T000752Z URL:https://usrotary.org/events/program-lincoln-ferris-the-seattle-chinese -garden-january-22-2026/ SUMMARY:Program: Lincoln Ferris\, "The Seattle Chinese Garden\," January 2 2\, 2026 DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the \;University Sunrise Rotary Club \;for a pro gram featuring our member\, Lincoln Ferris\, President of the Board of Dir ectors of the Seattle Chinese Garden.\n\n\n\nThe \;program will be pre sented in-person and on Zoom on Thursday morning. \; The formal meetin g including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. \; \;No registrat ion is required\, and the program is free.\n\n\n\n\nThe in-person meeting will be at the North Seattle Church (2150 N 122nd St\, Seattle). \; Do ors open at 7:00 a.m. and the program begins at 7:30 a.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to join the meeting on Zoom. \; The line will open shortly after 7:00 a.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFormer University Sunrise Rotary Club Presiden t Lincoln Ferris presents the Rotarian of the Year Award to now incoming P resident Victoria Wenick.\n\n\nThe City of Seattle and the mountainous Chi nese Municipality of Chongqing became sister cities in 1983.  In their fi rst agreement\, they undertook to create a Sichuan-style Chinese Garden in Seattle. A citizen’s committee chose a site at the north end of South S eattle College\, high on a plateau overlooking the Seattle harbor. The Sea ttle Chinese Garden Society was formed in 1989 to lead the effort to build the Garden as Seattle’s symbolic bridge of friendship to Chongqing and China.Since its beginning in 1999\, the garden has seen the completion of many key projects\, including the Song Mei Pavilion and bamboo grove\, the Chan Education Center\, the Knowing the Spring Courtyard and Chongqing En try Gatehouse\, and the Luoyang Peony Garden.\nLincoln Ferris is the Presi dent of the Board of the Seattle Chinese Garden and a senior administrator at Seattle Colleges\, actively involved in promoting Chinese culture and guiding fundraising initiatives for the Garden.  In this role\, he plays a leading part in strategic planning\, governance\, and oversight of the G arden’s operations. He has been publicly involved in significant fundrai sing campaigns\, including a $30 million capital campaign to expand and bu ild out the Central Garden with new facilities such as a teahouse\, tower\ , scholar’s studio\, ponds\, and Mirror Lake.\nOutside of the Garden\, L incoln Ferris holds a prominent position in higher education. He is Vice P resident of Administrative Services at Seattle Central College\, part of t he Seattle Colleges District\, and has also served as a Consultant to the President of the college. His responsibilities involve executive administr ative functions\, advising on institutional operations\, and participating in governance through the President’s Cabinet.\nUnder Ferris’s guidan ce\, the Seattle Chinese Garden has celebrated milestones such as its 35th anniversary\, hosted community events like the Peony Festival\, and stren gthened ties between Seattle and Chongqing through collaborative projects. His role underscores the Garden’s mission to serve as a living bridge o f friendship and cultural exchange\, while promoting public awareness and appreciation of Chinese culture in the region. CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR