Preserving Family Stories

Are you looking for a creative way to connect with your family history? Through writing prompts and education of family story preservation, participants will explore their family’s stories to build connection during a time of isolation.

Schedule

This class meets online Wednesday evenings 6:30 - 8:00 pm for four weeks - February 3, 10, 17, and 24.

Connect with your family through story

As we navigate living through a historic time, finding ways to connect with family members is essential. Exploring family stories and documenting them for future generations can help us feel connected when we can not physically be together. We all have stories to tell whether they seem insignificant or monumental. This program is for writers of all skill levels who are interested in documenting their own family stories. Learn how to identify memories, explore ways to tell stories, and practice writing through guided assignments. At the end of this program, you will have a draft of your own family story.

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Who should attend

Anyone interested in connecting with their family story through writing.

Instructors

  • Patti See, Academic Skills Center

    Patti See has facilitated over 100 presentations and workshops to teenage through senior audiences on topics as varied as leadership and emotional intelligence, creative non-fiction writing, contemporary films, fostering grit, everyday feminism, keeping men in college, Alzheimer’s Disease, kidney & bone marrow donation, and equity-diversity-inclusion. 

    She is an award-winning author whose work has appeared in Brevity, Salon Magazine, The Wisconsin Academy Review, The Southwest Review, HipMama, Inside HigherEd and many other magazines, journals and anthologies. Her essay collection about life in the Chippewa Valley, Here on Lake Hallie: In Praise of Barflies, Fix-it-Guys, and Other Folks in Our Hometown, was published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in 2022. She also wrote the blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” which has been read in over 100 countries.  She is a frequent contributor to Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Radio.

    Patti recently retired from UWEC after 31 years in a variety of roles.

Disability Accommodations

UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education encourages individuals with disabilities or other special needs to participate in our programs whenever possible. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please notify us at least two weeks in advance of the program so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Contact Continuing Education at 715-836-3636 / toll-free 866-893-2423, or use the Wisconsin Relay System (711). All requests are kept confidential.

An EEO/Affirmative Action employer, University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and ADA requirements.

Cancellation Policy

We understand life happens. Should you need to cancel your registration, you may substitute someone to take your place, at any time, at no cost to you. If we cancel a program, we’ll give you your money back.

If your program is 14 or more days away:
You may transfer once to any currently available program – no charge!
If you have to cancel, you will receive a refund, minus a 20% administrative fee.

If your program is less than 14 days away:
You may transfer once to any currently available program, plus a 20% transfer fee.
If you cancel, you will not receive a refund.

If you are registered and do not attend the program, you are responsible for the full fee.

Substitution, refund or transfer requests must be submitted via email or phone call to UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education.

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