The Foundation of WCC’s fall Arts and Humanities schedule is full to the brim with literature, history, and art offerings.
There’s a western N.C. arts and literature trip that will take participants to Asheville and Flat Rock for a long weekend, Sept. 5-7.
Bill Brettmann will lead a five-part course on “The Story of the Jews” the evenings of Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29 and Oct. 6.
Brettmann will also lead a tour of the Rauschenberg Collectivity and Connectivity exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University on Nov. 13.
Readers and writers alike will get their fill this season.
The “Tar Heel Sampler Lecture Series” will bring “characters who put N.C. on the map” to Goldsboro. Cecilia Budd Grimes will lecture on “The Southern Identity” over lunch on Oct. 9. Attorney Gene Boyce will share stories from his time as an investigator for the Senate Watergate Committee on Oct. 13. Author Marjorie Hudson will talk about “The Virginia Dare Mystery” on Oct. 20, an event made possible by a grant from the N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The series will wrap up with prolific writer Jim Dodson presenting “Golf: For the Love of the Game” on Oct. 27.
WCC Continuing Education Services is sponsoring a writers workshop by Ms. Hudson on Oct. 19, the evening prior to her lecture.
And for another perspective on golf and life, Tripp Bowden will talk on Nov. 3 about lessons he learned from Freddie Bennett, August National’s legendary caddy master that inspired him to write “Freddie & Me.”
The Civil War Battles Lecture Series will continue to highlight a battle a month: August – Battle of the Crater, September – Jubal Early’s Attack on Washington, D.C., October – Sherman’s March to the Sea, November – Battle of Franklin, TN, and December – First and Second Battle of Fort Fisher.
For details on these events and other Foundation activities, go to www.waynecc.edu/foundation/arts-and-humanities/.
The college encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodation or having questions about access, please contact the Foundation at (919) 739-7007 or awnorthington@waynecc.edu. Allow sufficient time to arrange accommodations.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College is a non-profit organization that works to broaden the base of community support for educational opportunities at the college. In addition to providing cultural activities such as those in its Arts and Humanities Program, the Foundation assisted students with scholarships worth more than $236,000 in the 2013-14 academic year and funded innovative campus projects and employee recognition opportunities.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.