ESU Programs 2025-2026

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September 21, 2025 4-6 pm
Garden Party Kickoff at the Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs at 3640 Colonial Avenue. Hors d'oeuvres, wine, and soft drinks will be provided. Guests are most welcome and are free.

November 6, 2025 6-8 pm
Cocktails and dinner at the Shenandoah Club to hear Attorney Eric Monday speak on "The Fincastle Resolutions": the first adopted statement by the American colonists promising resistance to the death to the British crown to preserve political liberties.

December 14, 2025 Noon to 2 pm.
Our annual Holiday Luncheon at the Shenandoah Club. Holiday attire is suggested. February 19, 2026 3-5 pm.
Afternoon tea and finger foods at the Shenandoah Club to hear Ahoo Salem, Ph.D. from the Blue Ridge Literacy, speak on "Three Journeys to Learning English" as she presents a few of her students to share their journeys to the U.S. and their path to learning English.

March 26. 2026 6-8 pm.
Cocktails and dinner at the Shenandoah Club to hear Jeffrey Vick, a career foreign service officer and currently a political science professor at Roanoke College, speak on "My Love for Language".

April 30, 2026 6-8 pm.
Cocktails and dinner at the Shenandoah Club along with our Annual Meeting , followed by a presentation by Dr. Paul Knox, a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and the author of several books, who will talk about "A Social History of London in Two Old Buildings".

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