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Lisa Alzo speaks at the “Gateway to Opportunity” event in the Cathedral of Learning on Sunday afternoon.

Pitt’s Slovak language department hosts their 36th annual Thomas Kukučka Memorial lecture

By Emma Hannan, Staff Writer • March 25, 2024

As someone with Slovak heritage, freelance writer Lisa Alzo said she shares interests with former Pittsburgh Press reporter Thomas Kukučka. Kukučka has a scholarship in his name at the University of...

Ambassador Radovan Javorcik (left) and Michal Fedák (right) the Slovak Republic’s state secretary in the ministry of education, science, research and sport, talk about a small box of rocks and minerals in the Czechoslovakian nationality room in the Cathedral of Learning on Thursday.

‘Truly magnificent’: Slovakian Ambassador to the United States tours Czechoslovak Nationality Room

By Adrienne Cahillane, Staff Writer • June 6, 2023
The Slovakian Ambassador to the United States toured Pitt’s Nationality Rooms the day after the 105th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Agreement.
Dancers perform during the Slovak Festival in the Cathedral of Learning on Sunday.

‘I felt like I was at my grandma’s house’: Pitt’s Slovak Heritage Festival honors traditions for a new generation

By Trinity Foster, Staff Writer • November 7, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning Common Room was alive with folk music, dancing and laughter during Pitt’s 32nd annual Slovak Heritage Festival on Sunday.
Vendors sell Christmas ornaments and other knickknacks in the Cathedral of Learning during the 29th annual Slovak Festival on Sunday.

Slovak heritage festival celebrates 29th anniversary

By Diana Velasquez, Staff Writer • November 4, 2019
The Pitt Slovak Studies Program and the Pitt Student Slovak Club celebrated their 29th annual Slovak Festival on Sunday.
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