LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR A KOREAN HERITAGE ROOM

Issue Date: 
September 9, 2009

A delegation from Seoul’s Arumjigi, or Culture Keepers, came July 6 to view the University of Pittsburgh’s Nationality Rooms before creating a concept design for the Korean Heritage Room. From left, Kenneth K. Lee, a Pittsburgh architect; Hyo Eun Kim, Arumjigi project manager; Wook Choi, a Korean architect; Injoon Chung, a Pittsburgh architect; Minah Lee, a Korean architect; G. Reynolds (“Renny”) Clark, Pitt’s vice chancellor for community initiatives and chief of staff for Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg; E. Maxine Bruhns, director of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Program; Kwan Il Lee, chair of the Korean Heritage Room Committee; and Young Suk Jang, CEO of the  Korean Culture Keepers.