Celebrate
Slovakia
Below,
are photos from the event on June 17, 2004.
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Professor
Meredith used an overhead projector and numerous
handouts to help tell the story of Slovakia's
past, present and future. |
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UW-Green
Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard offers words of welcome
to the audience attending "UWGB Downtown:
Connecting for Lunch." Shepard said the luncheon
series connects UW-Green Bay with the community
it serves. |
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Professor
Meredith is joined at the luncheon by others with
ties to Slovakia. Pictured here are, from left,
Meredith, Joel Blahnik, Johanna Hinke, a UW-Green
Bay student who served as Miss Czech-Slovak in
Wisconsin during 2003-04, and Simona Beskova,
a resident of Slovakia who is visiting Wisconsin
this summer. |
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Dressed
in traditional Slovakian attire, Joel Blahnik
signals Professor Meredith's arrival by playing
a cowhorn, an instrument still common in the folk
culture of Slovakian villages. |
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