(GDN) – Graeme Robertson will speak on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in Goldsboro.  The Foundation of Wayne Community College will host a talk on the topic by an expert on both countries on Thursday, March 31.  Robertson, a political science professor and the director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will discuss the history behind the invasion of Ukraine, the dramatic growth and resilience of Ukrainian civil society and resistance to Russian aggression, and the politics of war on the Russian side of the border.

The session is set for 5:30 p.m. in the Moffatt Auditorium, in the Wayne Learning Center on the college’s main campus. It will also be streamed live at www.waynecc.edu/foundation and can be viewed after the event at the same site.  Participants who attend in person will be able to ask questions after Robertson’s presentation.  This event is open to the public. No registration is required and there is no charge. Masks are optional on the WCC campus.