Dr. Maria Johnson Narveson, a licensed acupuncturist and owner of Point of Renewal Integrated Health in Rice Lake, is the featured speaker for the Thursdays at the U series Oct. 23 at the University of Wisconsin – Barron County.

Dr. Maria Johnson Narveson
She will present “Acupuncture: To the Point” 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.
What is acupuncture all about? Narveson will discuss how she has helped people through acupuncture over the years. She started Point of Renewal Acupuncture 11 years ago and added other providers to create Point of Renewal Integrated Health four years ago.
Narveson is a community care provider for the Veterans Administration, along with many other insurance companies, and understands the billing and logistics of working with them.
She received a doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese medicine from Pacific College of Health and Science, a master’s degree in Oriental medicine from Northwestern Health Sciences University and a bachelor’s degree in international business and marketing from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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. 30, with Neal Rosenberg presenting “Monsters of the Lakes.”
For more information, contact Laura Holden at 715-788-6207 or holdenlk@uwec.edu.