Gwen Meister Meister

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Residing In Lincoln, NE USA
Spouse/Partner Bill Behmer
Homepage www.nebraskafolklife.org
Occupation Interim Director of Non-profit Organization
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I earned three degrees at UNL, a bachelors in English, an MBA and a masters in Cultural Anthropology with a concentration in Nebraska Folklore. For more than 20 years I've directed Nebraska Folklife , a 501c3 non-profit that functions as the state folklife program for Nebraska. We hold performances of traditional arts by Nebraska ethnic and other folk groups, create materials on Nebraska folk traditions for use in schools, and conduct research on Nebraska cultural traditions. We work closely with Humanities Nebraska and other partner organizations to do this work and are also funded by donations from the public and by grants from foundations and from the National Endowment for the Arts. My husband retired after 40+ years as Operations Manager of the City Campus Student Union at UNL Now we can spend more time traveling in our small RV with our two little dogs Abbie and Zeke. We also play folk music at venues around Lincoln and do programs around the state on American folk music for Humanities Nebraska.

One of my other hobbies is genealogy. I'd love to hear from other classmates who have traced their ancestors!
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Gwen was just a lovely person and we shared a love of Cultural Antropology and supporting diversity. RIP. 

 

 

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Have a great birthday Pam! Hope to see you soon.

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Francine just passed away this month. Her obituary was in the Journal Star. Rest in peace dear friend.

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Hi Connie, Happy Birthday! I didn't know where you live or the fact that you taught elementary school before retirement. I've worked in government or nonprofits my whole career and I am the founder of a small nonprofit called Nebraska Folklife Network that makdes educational materials about the different cultural groups that live in NE, Check it our at nebraskafolklife.org If you are Lincoln sometime, give me a call at (402) 416-8807. Best, Gwen

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Hi Michael. My husband and I recently got an RV to travel in retirement like you've been doing. What locations in the US and Canada are in your top 5?

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Hope you have a wonderful birthday Francine! Looking forward to seeing you at the reunion!

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