{"id":1117,"date":"2024-09-13T18:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T18:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills-new\/?page_id=1117"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:02:16","slug":"dinner-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/dinner-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"\" class=\"esu-basic-full-width\">\n\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\n            \n                            <div class=\"title heading-2\">\n                    Educational and Entertaining Speakers                <\/div>\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"content\">\n                    <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1281 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC4597-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC4597-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC4597-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC4597-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC4597.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The ESU Sandhills Branch&nbsp;hosts prominent authors, scholars, and entertainers during the season. These renowned speakers present programs on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to, current events, history, language, literature, art, architecture, and travel.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1283 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/Napoleon-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/Napoleon-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/Napoleon.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1280 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC3603-300x263.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC3603-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC3603-768x674.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/DSC3603.jpeg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The 2025-2026 Speaker series will consist of a combination of dinners and luncheons (please see the schedule below). We end the season in May with a Garden Party.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1282 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/IMG_1843-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/IMG_1843-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/IMG_1843-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/IMG_1843-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/IMG_1843-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/IMG_1843.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>2025 &#8211; 2026 Schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h3>September 17 &#8211; Dr. Catherine Loomis, Evelyn Wrench Lecture<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>October 22 &#8211; Dr. Robert Watson, Distinguished Professor of American History<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>November 19 &#8211; Dr. Andrew Liu, Professor of Neurology and Pathology<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>January 18 &#8211; Sunday afternoon at the Movies<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>February 8 &#8211; Member Luncheon and Shakespeare Competition<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>March 15 &#8211; Audrey Moriarty<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>April 15 &#8211; Sandra Dales<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>May 17 &#8211; Sandhills Branch Business Meeting and Garden Party<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">(Event details are available in the calendar listing)<\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n\n                            <div class=\"buttons\">\n                                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/\" class=\"btn btn-solid btn-small\" target=\"\">Return to Home<\/a>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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