Thursdays at the U to feature writer Patti See

See will present “‘Here on Lake Hallie’: Writing About Where You Live” from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall in Ritzinger Hall. The presentation also will be livestreamed at ricelaketv.com.

See’s essay collection, “Here on Lake Hallie: In Praise of Barflies, Fix-It Guys, and Other Folks from Our Hometown,” was published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in 2022. She will share some of her “Here on Lake Hallie” stories about living in a small lake community and writing about quirky neighbors.

See’s award-winning blog, “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease,” has been read in over 100 countries. She also is a frequent contributor to “Wisconsin Life” on Wisconsin Public Radio and currently writes a monthly column, “Sawdust Stories,” for the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.

See is the lead advisor in UW-Eau Claire’s Advising, Retention and Career Center and serves as an instructor in women’s, gender and sexuality studies and the Honors Program. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from UW-Eau Claire.

The Thursdays at the U weekly series is free and open to the public thanks to support from the UW-Eau Claire – Barron County Foundation. Neither seating reservations nor parking permits are needed for in-person attendees.

Although in-person attendance is encouraged, most talks in the series are livestreamed. They also are archived and can be watched later on the Thursdays at the U webpage.

The next lecture in the series will be Oct. 31, with Jonathan Fritz presenting “Ghosts, Monsters and Ghouls.”

For more information, contact Laura Holden at 715-788-6207 or holdenlk@uwec.edu.