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Upcoming Events and
Announcements for 2010:
Sunday, March 21: The
Scandinavian Society regular meeting will be held in room 1228 in
the Cathedral of Learning at 3:00pm. The program this month is
titled "Finland Today." Two Finnish postdoctoral fellows from CMU
will present a view of everyday life and advanced scientific
development in Finland. Minna Lind from the Department of Material
Science and Engineering will discuss steel making and the steel
inclusion modification on the field that she is studying, and her
family's hobby of boating on the Baltic Sea. Janne Lindqvist who is
from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute will discuss privacy
and computers. Each of the talks will be about 20 minutes. Members
are requested to bring a dish/dessert for the pot luck dinner that
will follow.
Tuesday, March 23: Finn
Hall, the Finlandia Foundation Performers of the Year, will be
performing a concert in the Frick Fine Art Auditorium starting at
7:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reservations
may be made in advance. Click
this link to view the program flyer.
To read more about the Finn Hall musicians visit this website:
www.finnhall.com.
Finnish Nationality Classroom
T-Shirts for Sale.
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here for more information.
Meetings: The Finlandia Foundation, Pittsburgh Chapter meets
on Thursdays. To
find out the next time and location or to learn more about
any of the groups events, please contact Seija Cohen (412) 372-6876 or
SeijaC@aol.com.
Other Activities: Members
of the Finnish group attend events of the
Scandinavian Society
of South Western PA and events of the Sons of Norway, Pittsburgh
district.
Language Instruction and Translations:
Finnish language lessons and assistance translating letters or other
memorabilia are offered to our members and supporters. Any fees
collected will be contributed the
Finnish Nationality Classroom Fund.
Private Finnish language lessons are
offered either formally (using a text book) or informally (discussing
materials of particular interest). The cost of each lesson is
$5.00/hour. The text books used are Mastering Finnish by Borje
Vahamaki and Finnish for Foreigners by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio.
However, other text books familiar to the student may be substituted.
Additionally Seija Cohen is offering a
course that follows the material in her book titled: Song of Väinämöinen:
An Introduction to Finnish Language. This course meets three times
and each session is 3 hours. The cost is $45.00 and $15.00 for a
booklet. This course will be offered every two months or when a
suitable group is formed. The fees will support the Finnish Room Fund
as well as cover the printing costs of the booklet.
To sign-up for language lessons
or translation services contact Seija Cohen (412) 372-6876 or
SeijaC@aol.com. | 
