New Golden Z Club @ Denison
University Chartered
A new service club for youth dedicated to provide career guidance and to
promote leadership skills, international fellowship, and the ideal of service
was chartered on April 30, 2011 at Denison University. Patricia Roby,
Zonta International District 5 Governor presented the Charter and Gavel to the
new club. Golden Z is one of the youth groups of Zonta International, the
worldwide service organization of executives in business and the professions
working together to advance the status of women. Currently, there are
approximately 32,000 Zontians in more than 1,250 clubs in approximately 69
countries.
Golden Z Club members undertake service projects benefiting their school,
community and the world. They promote the development of leadership
ability and good character, and they strive for scholastic achievement and the
improvement of international understanding through service.
Kristi Bryant, District Golden Z Club Chari and Donna Buchanan of the Newark
Zonta Club installed eight new officers and inducted nine new members during
the ceremony. The President of the new Golden Z Club at Denison is Umeshi
Rajeendra.
The Zonta Club of Newark will act in an advisory capacity for the Golden Z Club. Members of Zonta International support international service projects intended to advance the status of women, particularly in developing nations, and they fund the Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awards given annually to women pursuing graduate study in aerospace-related sciences and engineering. Zonta International enjoys Non-Governmental Organization status with the United Nations and consultative status with several of its agencies.
Press Release May 3, 2011