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Welcome to Wyoming

The Wyoming Humanities Council launches “Welcome to Wyoming, A Guide for Newcomers” with a program and panel discussion at 1 p.m. on Friday, February 22, at the Rendezvous Pointe Senior Center in Pinedale. Folklorist and University of Wyoming American Studies professor John Dorst will moderate a panel featuring long-time Pinedale area residents Monte Skinner and Suzy Michnevich along with newcomer residents Ryan and Adrienne Lewis. Panelists will review the new “Welcome to Wyoming” publication and discuss ways that long-time residents may welcome newcomers, and that new residents can better learn and understand ways of life in Wyoming. The program is free and open to the public and is cosponsored with Serve Wyoming.

Copies of the new publication will be available at the program and later at public libraries and chambers of commerce.

Nearly 60% of today’s Wyoming residents were born elsewhere. This statement applies equally to the Wyoming of 1970, 1920, or 1890. Topics covered in the booklet are “Learning the Place,” “Learning the People,” and “Practical Advice for Wyoming Living.” Created by the Wyoming Humanities Council staff in consultation with University of Wyoming American Studies Professor John Dorst and with the assistance of Anne Hatch, Folk and Traditional Arts Specialist at the Wyoming Arts Council, the project was funded by the Wyoming Cultural Trust and the We the People initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.