Campus & Community Collaboration:
A Confluence of Commitment

Saturday - Tuesday, October 14 - 17, 2000

Pittsburgh Links

		Find out what's happening In Pittsburgh the week of the National Meeting.  Day and Night listings, Arts and Entertainment, Movies, News and Columns, Restaurants...It's all here!
		Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1895. It includes Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. As one of America's great cultural centers, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh serves residents of the region, as well as national and international audiences.
		Southwestern Pennsylvania is blessed with 32 colleges & universities and over 130,000 students seeking higher education.
		Pittsburgh's NHL franchise, the Penguins, joined the NHL in 1967.  The team won back to back Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and 1992.  The team was recently purchased by and is seeing a successful resurgence under former Penguins NHL All-Star Mario Lemieux.
		Now in their 113th National League season, the Pirates own a history filled with World Championships, legendary players and some of baseball's most dramatic moments and memories.  Naturally, they hope to still be playing during this year's National Meeting.
		The fifth-oldest franchise in the NFL, the Steelers were founded on July 8, 1933 by Arthur Joseph Rooney. Originally named the Pittsburgh Pirates, they were a member of the Eastern Division of the 10-team NFL. The other four current NFL teams in existence at that time were the Chicago (Arizona) Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears and New York Giants.
		The Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center makes its home is the former Chautauqua Lake Ice Company building. The History Center is a 160,000-square foot museum and research facility devoted to the history and heritage of the Western Pennsylvania region. On display in The Great Hall are a 1949 restored trolley, a Conestoga wagon and the massive Pittsburgh city fire bell that was cast after the Great Fire of 1845. Also on the first floor is “The Visible City,” the astonishing mural by Douglas Cooper, and the Museum Shop and Great Hall cafe. A stairway leads directly to the History Center's second floor permanent exhibition, "Points in Time: Building a Life in Western Pennsylvania, 1750 - Today," featuring life-sized reconstructions of three homes with meaningful places in Western Pennsylvania history. A log home, an immigrant worker courtyard house and a suburban ranch home provide the framework for presenting the history of the region. Other floors of the History Center contain a children's Discovery Place, changing exhibit galleries, the extensive Historical Society Library and Archives and the offices of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.
		Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

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