University of Pittsburgh dedicates Philippine Nationality Room

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University of Pittsburgh dedicates Philippine Nationality Room

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop | Tuesday, June 11, 2019 11:54 a.m.

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Dedication ceremony for the Philippine Nationality Room held at Heinz Chapel and processing to the celebration an the Cathedral of Learning, June 9, 2019. Members of a local Filipino dance troupe perform dinagyang , an energetic street dance, before an enthusias tic crowd in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room. The afternoon of colorful music, dance and Filipino food was a celebration of Sunday’s dedication of Pitt’s new Philippine Nationality Room.

The University of Pittsburgh dedicated its 31st Nationality Room on Sunday –the Philippine Room – inside the Cathedral of Learning.

The events included a procession from the Cathedral of Learning to nearby Heinz Chapel, where the dedication took place. Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher was presented a room key.

Twenty years in the making, the room is the first to be dedicated since 2015. Pitt’s Nationality Rooms, established in 1926, pay tribute to various cultural groups that settled in Allegheny County. The classrooms are located on the first and third floors of the Cathedral of Learning and are used as functioning classrooms. They are maintained and supported through a partnership between the local populations of these cultural groups and the University of Pittsburgh.

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