BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For those of you who heard our speaker previously\, you know ho w engaging and knowledgeable he is about the world of AI. His presentation is new and reflects current highlights and cautions. What an educational treat!!  Note to District 5890 Rotarians: If you missed the District Conf erence\, this is your opportunity to hear this amazing speaker. Dr. Vincen t R. Solis\, President of Brazosport College Dr. Vincent R. Solis is a lif e-long educator with almost three decades of service in higher education.   He previously served as the President for Western Nevada College locate d in the state capital of Nevada.  More than half of the years he has in higher education have been in senior or executive roles.  He has served a s Chief Academic Officer\, Chief Enrollment Officer\, and Chief Student Su ccess Officer.  During his tenures in various roles\, Dr. Solis has had t he privilege of providing leadership for many other essential campus opera tions such as community outreach services\, athletics\, dual enrollment in itiatives\, auxiliary business services\, special projects\, construction\ , facilities management\, and student success/engagement/graduation progra ms.  Dr. Solis began his post-secondary education at Chemeketa Community College and later transitioned to Texas A&M-Kingsville where he received h is Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Sociology (graduated with honors)\, his Master of Science in Psychology\, and his Doctorate in Bilingual Educ ation. The units he has helped lead over the last three decades have recei ved numerous achievement awards that include the Commitment to Excellence Award\, the Innovation Award in Student Success\, and the Team Effort Awar d.  Dr. Solis is a recipient of the National Institute for Staff and Orga nizational Development Excellence Award\, and in 2014 he was selected to p articipate in and successfully completed the State of Texas Governors Exec utive Development Program (Class XXXIII).  At that time\, he was only one of a handful of community college representatives to complete this presti gious leadership development program in the State of Texas.  Dr. Solis al so served as co-chair when working with the Foundations of Excellence Inst itute which was a campus wide student success program.  Dr. Solis was sel ected to participate as one of 30 chief academic officers from across the country in the Digital Fellows Program sponsored by the Association of Chi ef Academic Officers.         Dr. Solis is not only committed to hi s professional endeavors in higher education\, he has also served his loca l communities in various service roles including the serving as Vice Presi dent and later President of the Community Boxing Club of Brownsville\, Vic e President of the Police Athletic League of Brownsville\, volunteer instr uctor for Sexual Assault Prevention\, Chair of the United Way State Employ ee Campaign\, and has served as proud member of Rotary International where he was has received the distinctions of having been awarded the Paul Harr is award\, selected as Rotarian of the month twice\, and was selected as t he 2016 Ignite Member of the Year for his work in outreach for Rotary.  H e also serves as a mentor in with the Big Brother/Sister organization in R eno\, Nevada.  He also enjoys teaching and serves a volunteer adjunct psy chology instructor for the Latino Leadership Academic at Western Nevada Co llege.    Dr. Solis frequently has roles as keynote speakers for various events.  Some of these include the Department of Education on the Impact of Executive Leadership on Student Success.  He also served as the keyno te speaker for South Texas Hispanic Male Leadership Summit\, guest speaker for the 2016 regional Rotary Conference\, and keynote speaker on Student Services for Latino Millennial Students with the National Community Colleg e Hispanic Council.  He has also served as a keynote speaker and pod cast presenter for Workforce Solutions of South Texas.  Dr. Solis has also be en honored to share his own experiences and educational journey with many different audiences.  As the youngest of eleven children of migrant worke rs and a high school dropout\, Dr. Solis shares his story of the transform ative power that education can have on an individual.  He has been privil eged to share his story and experience with different audiences that inclu de the 2019 Graduating class of Great Basin College\, TEDx Carson City\, a nd for Regional Adult Educators in Las Vegas\, and most recently was able to share his story with incoming freshman students at the University of Ne vada Las Vegas.    DTEND:20260806T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261023T115847Z DTSTART:20260806T163000Z LOCATION:Tony’s Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Dr. Vincent Solis: AI: Promise and Peril UID:bc168997-e7e4-46eb-8208-434ed0f3afa2 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

For those of you who heard our speaker previously\, you know how engaging and knowledgeable he is about t he world of AI. His presentation is new and reflects current highlights an d cautions. What an educational treat!! \;

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Note to District 5890 Rotarians: If you missed the District Confe rence\, this is your opportunity to hear this amazing speaker.

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Dr. Vincent R. Solis\, President of Brazosport Colle ge

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Dr. Vincent R. Solis is a life-long educator with a lmost three decades of service in higher education. \; He previously s erved as the President for Western Nevada College located in the state cap ital of Nevada. \; More than half of the years he has in higher educat ion have been in senior or executive roles. \; He has served as Chief Academic Officer\, Chief Enrollment Officer\, and Chief Student Success Of ficer. \; During his tenures in various roles\, Dr. Solis has had the privilege of providing leadership for many other essential campus operatio ns such as community outreach services\, athletics\, dual enrollment initi atives\, auxiliary business services\, special projects\, construction\, f acilities management\, and student success/engagement/graduation programs.  \;

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Dr. Solis began his post-secondary education at Chemeket a Community College and later transitioned to Texas A&\;M-Kingsville wh ere he received his Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Sociology (graduat ed with honors)\, his Master of Science in Psychology\, and his Doctorate in Bilingual Education.

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The units he has helped lead over the la st three decades have received numerous achievement awards that include th e Commitment to Excellence Award\, the Innovation Award in Student Success \, and the Team Effort Award. \; Dr. Solis is a recipient of the Natio nal Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award\, and in 2014 he was selected to participate in and successfully completed t he State of Texas Governors Executive Development Program (Class XXXIII).& nbsp\; At that time\, he was only one of a handful of community college re presentatives to complete this prestigious leadership development program in the State of Texas.  \;Dr. Solis also served as co-chair when worki ng with the Foundations of Excellence Institute which was a campus wide st udent success program. \; Dr. Solis was selected to participate as one of 30 chief academic officers from across the country in the Digital Fell ows Program sponsored by the Association of Chief Academic Officers. \ ; \; \; \;  \; \; \;

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Dr. Solis is not on ly committed to his professional endeavors in higher education\, he has al so served his local communities in various service roles including the ser ving as Vice President and later President of the Community Boxing Club of Brownsville\, Vice President of the Police Athletic League of Brownsville \, volunteer instructor for Sexual Assault Prevention\, Chair of the Unite d Way State Employee Campaign\, and has served as proud member of Rotary I nternational where he was has received the distinctions of having been awa rded the Paul Harris award\, selected as Rotarian of the month twice\, and was selected as the 2016 Ignite Member of the Year for his work in outrea ch for Rotary.  \;He also serves as a mentor in with the Big Brother/S ister organization in Reno\, Nevada. \; He also enjoys teaching and se rves a volunteer adjunct psychology instructor for the Latino Leadership A cademic at Western Nevada College. \;  \;

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Dr. Solis freq uently has roles as keynote speakers for various events. \; Some of th ese include the Department of Education on the Impact of Executive Leaders hip on Student Success. \; He also served as the keynote speaker for S outh Texas Hispanic Male Leadership Summit\, guest speaker for the 2016 re gional Rotary Conference\, and keynote speaker on Student Services for Lat ino Millennial Students with the National Community College Hispanic Counc il. \; He has also served as a keynote speaker and pod cast presenter for Workforce Solutions of South Texas. \;

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Dr. Solis has als o been honored to share his own experiences and educational journey with m any different audiences. \; As the youngest of eleven children of migr ant workers and a high school dropout\, Dr. Solis shares his story of the transformative power that education can have on an individual. \; He h as been privileged to share his story and experience with different audien ces that include the 2019 Graduating class of Great Basin College\, TEDx C arson City\, and for Regional Adult Educators in Las Vegas\, and most rece ntly was able to share his story with incoming freshman students at the Un iversity of Nevada Las Vegas. \;  \;

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