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notes/updates Example: 07/16/08 The Children's International Summer Village program visited and received a Nationality Rooms tour, a scavenger hunt, international cookies (baked by members of Nationality Room committees), an exhibition of textiles and hats from the NRIEP collection, and a drawing activity in the Commons Room, Cathedral of Learning. Forty seven children from twelve countries attended. They were from the USA, Canada, Brazil, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Costa Rica, Jordan, and Egypt. Click here for pictures from the event. 06/19/08 Indian Independence Day Celebration information is now available. 06/01/08 Welsh Room Announcement: 05/28/08 The Welsh Room received some pre-dedication attention in the newspaper. 05/12/08 The African Heritage Classroom has been updated with some additional information. 05/06/08 New Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director, Manfred Honeck, visited the Austrian Nationality Room. Maestro Honeck was hosted by the Austrian Nationality Room Committee and the Austrian American Cultural Society. Pictures of his visit can be seen on the AACS website. 12/01/07 The Nationality Rooms Fall 2007 newsletter is available for viewing by clicking here. It is in PDF format. 06/01/07 The Nationality Rooms Spring 2007 newsletter is available for viewing by clicking here. It is in PDF format. 12/01/06 The Nationality Rooms Fall 2006 newsletter,with excerpts and updates from past scholarship winners,is available for viewing by clicking here. It is in PDF format. 06/21/06 Just in time for the room’s 65th dedication anniversary date (which is this June 28th), the Syria-Lebanon Room has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. The "closer look" feature appears throughout the detail pages for this room. Enjoy! 06/12/06 E. Maxine Bruhns is featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Nationality Rooms Program. 12/01/05 The Nationality Rooms Fall 2005 newsletter is available for viewing by clicking here. It is in PDF format. 09/19/05 The The English Classroom has been updated with information about an up-and-coming live theatre performance! 08/24/05 The address/location and holiday information pages have been updated. 05/17/05 An enhanced Chinese Room has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. This room includes the "closer look" feature for most of details. 03/28/05
An enhanced Italian Room has
been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. This room includes
the "closer look" feature for some of the details as
well as a new section called "desktops."
Look for the desktops icon 1/12/05 The African Heritage Classroom web page (created & designed by Larry Glasco) has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. 12/17/04 Links to The Finnish Nationality Room Committee have been added to the rooms in planning and additional links pages. 11/15/04 A new section has been added to the Nationality Rooms homepage entitled holiday info. 08/25/04 Two more links have been added to the rooms in planning page and a link has been added to the additional links page. Favicons have been added to each Nationality Room page (with exception of the standard pages). Also, a date has been added on the homepage to clarify when this site was updated. 08/19/04 Two links have been added to the rooms in planning page and a Nationality Rooms favicon has been added to the homepage. 03/02/04
Another link has been added to the additional
links page. 12/18/03 The Nationality Rooms web site has been redesigned. Enjoy! 08/28/03
An enhanced Romanian Room has
been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. This room includes the
"closer look" feature for the large Byzantine mosaic and
the pink marble floor. 07/28/03 An enhanced Lithuanian Room has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. It includes the "a closer look" feature and, for the first time on this site, customized audio buttons. Some of the highlights of this room include a large fresco, a small wood carving and a chair made of rare bog oak. 07/08/03 An updated Example has been added to this page (under the Notes section). 06/12/03 An enhanced Czechoslovak Room has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. Because of the extensive details in this room, it also has "a closer look" feature (described below). Have fun exploring this room! 05/22/03
An enhanced German Classroom
has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. This room has "a
closer look" feature. When you see a small magnifying glass symbol
04/23/03 An enhanced Hungarian Room has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. This colorful room features beautiful stained glass windows, wood carvings, a painted ceiling and more! Remember to check this page for further updates. 04/04/03 An audio guide has been added to the standard Syria-Lebanon Room. 09/10/02 An enhanced English Classroom has been added to the Nationality Rooms web site. The page features the most details (10 in all) devoted to a single enhanced Nationality Room thus far! 08/08/02 An enhanced Swedish Room was added to the Nationality Rooms web site. Also, a special game section (called Brain Teasers) can also be found within the Swedish Room web page. Check it out! 06/07/02 An enhanced French Classroom was added to the Nationality Rooms web site. 04/29/02 A counter was added to the homepage. Also, for your convenience, further detailed info on the Nationality Rooms location, hours and fees now appears on the homepage.
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