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Tartan Day

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This traditional celebration has a special meaning here at Edinboro University as it helps us honor our Scottish founders and so many other Scottish-Americans’ contributions to our country in nearly every field of human endeavor.

More than two centuries ago, the Scottish families from the “original” Edinburgh – the Culbertsons, Reeders, Galloways, Dunns, Campbells, McWilliamses, McLenathams and others – settled the rich, fertile farmland of northwestern Pennsylvania.  Some 60 years later, their descendants founded the Edinboro Academy – forerunner to what would become the region’s largest and most comprehensive institution of higher education.

Observing Tartan Day is not only a great way to pay tribute to our Scottish founders, but also a great way to celebrate our University’s long-standing traditions.

In the United States, it’s estimated that more than six million people claim Scottish descent. But on November 30, the more than 9,000 diverse individuals who make up our campus community and our more than 55,000 alumni will indeed be Scottish for the day.

For starters, it’s a day when we show off our Royal Stewart tartan!  No tartan yet? No problem!  On Tartan Day, the Book Store will offer a 20 percent discount on all things tartan to help you add to your Scottish wardrobe.

Here’s what’s happening on Tartan Day:

8:00 – 9:30 am Scottish Breakfast, Pogue Center Prefunction Lounge
8:00 - 10:00 am Purchase Plaid!  Tables full o’ tartan available for purchase, Pogue Center Lobby
9:30 - 10:00 am “Scotland's Clash of Contrasts” considers Scotland through narrative, pictures and poems.  Ruggedly beautiful and obediently independent – Scotland is a land of many contrasts. Presented by Dr. Tim Thompson, Pogue Center Multipurpose Room A
10:00 am Tartan Day “Can We Do It, Yes we CAN” begins, Pogue Center Multipurpose Room B
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11:30 am - 1:30 pm Eat Like our Ancestors , Van Houten North and Student Dining Hall
Noon Tartan Tater Off, Van Houten Student Dining Hall
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
 “Sneak Peek” of the new Human Services Building
4:00 pm Judging:  “Can We Do It, Yes we CAN”, Pogue Center Multipurpose Room
5:30 - 8:30 pm Tartan Bistro Night, Van Houten North
All Day Chartwells:  20% off all dining hall retail locations for those wearing Tartan
Bookstore:  20% off Edinboro/tartan imprinted insignia

Can you name this famous
Scottish American?
Try to name all of them located in this

Leave a comment with your guess.
It may not be as easy as you think.

Tater Tot Eating Contest

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Van Houten Marketplace at Noon. 

Sign up in the Edinboro Dining Marketing Office in the Van Houten Lobby by Monday, November 29.  (Participation limited! Sign up early!)

 

 

GROUPS WILL COME TOGETHER COMPETING TO BUILD THE BEST STRUCTURES OUT OF CANNED GOODS

Begins: 10 AM
Judging at 4 PM

Tartan Day Photos

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If you would like to share your photos of you decked out in tartan please email them here

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