Other Nationality Rooms in the works; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/17/15

Caelin Miltko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Other Nationality Rooms in the works:

"The completion of the Korean Heritage Classroom will come just over eight years after planning started. There are three other rooms in progress, and several others under discussion for the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus.

The first 19 Nationality Rooms were completed between 1938 and 1957. The Early American, German, Russian, Scottish and Swedish Rooms were all presented in 1938, 12 years after construction began on the Cathedral of Learning.

Ms. Bruhns approves all rooms before they go to the Center for International Studies, and her primary rule is that groups must have an established community in the area. Groups are expected to provide a summer scholarship for study in the region and to participate in the Holiday Open House on the first Sunday in December.

A Nationality Room usually takes eight to 10 years and at least $500,000 to complete, Ms. Bruhns said."