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Searching for Virginia Dare Author To Speak at WCC

Author Marjorie Hudson will speak Monday
Author Marjorie Hudson will speak Monday

The Foundation of Wayne Community College will continue its “Tar Heel Sampler” lecture series with a talk by author Marjorie Hudson.

Ms. Hudson will discuss her book Searching for Virginia Dare and the process of creating it at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 20. The presentation will be held in Room 101 of the Walnut Building on Wayne Community College’s main campus in Goldsboro. It is free and open to the public.

Ms. Hudson’s works includes poetry, essays and stories, including the collection that became her second book, Accidental Birds of the Carolinas published in 2011.

She launched her book-writing career with the creative nonfiction Searching for Virginia Dare: A Fool’s Errand in 2002. It was re-released last year as Searching for Virginia Dare: On the Trail of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island with an additional 33-page essay on her continued research of the topic and travels to Rome, London, and the Outer Banks. Both books earned Ms. Hudson literary honors.

She lectures and teaches at libraries, festivals, her own Kitchen Table Writers Workshops, and colleges, including serving as an instructor in Central Carolina Community College’s Certificate in Creative Writing Program.

Ms. Hudson promises to tell “fascinating tales of the fate of the mysterious Lost Colony, weaving new research, pop culture, and her adventures” into the presentation at WCC.

Her talk is made possible by a grant from the N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The “Tar Heel Sampler” series will wrap up with prolific and lauded writer Jim Dodson presenting “Golf: For the Love of the Game” on Oct. 27.

Golf will be center stage again on Nov. 3. Tripp Bowden will discuss his book Freddie and Me: Life Lessons from Freddie Bennett, Augusta National’s Legendary Caddie Master.

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 368 scholarships worth more than $243,000 in the 2013-14 academic year and funded innovative campus projects and employee recognition opportunities.

Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution 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.

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