BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20221110T183000Z DTEND:20221110T193000Z LOCATION:UW-Eau Claire – Barron County GEO:45.483277;-91.746547 SUMMARY:The Refugee Experience in Western Wisconsin DESCRIPTION:When you picture a refugee\, what comes to mind? You may have a specific image\, or you may have difficulty thinking of refugees witho ut additional context. Chris Jones has recently had the pleasure of worki ng with Afghan refugees through a UW-Eau Claire immersion experience and hopes to shed additional light on the refugee experience. A brief history and context of the Afghan people\, experiences while sharing time with t he refugees and future considerations to support those from Afghanistan w ill be discussed in his lecture "The Refugee Experience in Western Wiscon sin." His talk will be Nov. 10 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Blue Hills Lec ture Hall (Ritzinger 234)\, as part of the "Thursdays at the U" lecture s eries. This and other presentations are on the UWEC-Barron County Campus\ , located at 1800 College Drive in Rice Lake. Jones is a lecturer in kin esiology\, teaching at both the UWEC- Barron County and Eau Claire Campus es. Having bachelor's and master's degrees in exercise and sport science\ , he's shared his passion for helping others through human movement as a personal trainer\, corporate health advocate\, strength and conditioning coach and athletic director prior to his teaching career. In his free tim e\, he enjoys various outdoor pursuits\, reading and traveling. Each ses sion of the lecture series is free and open to the public\, thanks to fin ancial support from the campus foundation. Neither parking permits nor se ating reservations are required. For more information\, call 715-788-6244 or email tollefla@uwec.edu (mailto:tollefla@uwec.edu). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
When you picture a refugee\, what comes to mind? You may have a specific image\, or you may have difficulty thin king of refugees without additional context. Chris Jones has recently had the pleasure of working with Afghan refugees through a UW-Eau Claire imm ersion experience and hopes to shed additional light on the refugee exper ience. A brief history and context of the Afghan people\, experiences whi le sharing time with the refugees and future considerations to support th ose from Afghanistan will be discussed in his lecture "The Refugee Experi ence in Western Wisconsin." His talk will be Nov. 10 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall (Ritzinger 234)\, as part of the "Thursda ys at the U" lecture series. This and other presentations are on the UWEC -Barron County Campus\, located at 1800 College Drive in Rice Lake.
Jones is a lecturer in kinesiology\, teaching at both the UWEC- Barron County and Eau Claire Campuses. Having bachelor's and master's degrees i n exercise and sport science\, he's shared his passion for helping others through human movement as a personal trainer\, corporate health advocate \, strength and conditioning coach and athletic director prior to his tea ching career. In his free time\, he enjoys various outdoor pursuits\, rea ding and traveling.
Each session of the lecture series is free an d open to the public\, thanks to financial support from the campus founda tion. Neither parking permits nor seating reservations are required. For more information\, call 715-788-6244 or email tollefla@uwec.edu.
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