Tartan Community Day - October 28, 2022
Join us for a day of community and transformation.
Tartan Community Day is a day for students, faculty, staff and alumni to take a break from the daily norm and to connect, restore and play, in ways that are most meaningful to you. There are no classes and everyone is encouraged to participate as they are able.
This year’s theme focuses on transformation. Transformation can place each of us on a unique path toward new beginnings, brave decisions and an ever-changing future. We all encounter endless doorways in our lives — and not everyone walks through the same series of doors. Through self-exploration and community connection, we can examine tools to start our journey of transformation. Join us to celebrate and explore the power of transformation together.
Tartan Community Day is an outcome of the Task Force on the CMU Experience, which aimed to prioritize and enhance a community experience where all members can engage, build resilience and thrive. It is also a part of CMU's Homecoming Weekend, welcoming alumni, families, students, faculty and staff to campus for festivities and fun.
For questions contact us at tartancommunityday@andrew.cmu.edu.
Schedule of Events
Choose Your Own Tartan Adventure
This is your day to use how you need it most, so choose your own adventure! Whether you’re a thrill seeker, yogi or artist, there will be something for everyone.
Registration is NOT required and there is no fee for the following events.
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Light of Life Service Project in Peter, McKenna, Wright, Cohon University Center
Light of Life Rescue Mission offers a wide range of services to the hungry and homeless in the Northside of Pittsburgh, providing food, shelter and hope to their clients. Help make and package meals for the Bagged Lunch Project and hygiene kits for those utilizing the emergency overnight shelter.
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Zip-Line on the Mall
Show off your adventurous side and take a quick ride on the zip-line across The Mall!
11 a.m. - 3 pm. Petting Zoo on CFA Lawn
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fire Pits near the Fence and on the Mall
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fall Bar in Kirr Commons
Come enjoy our traditional fall bar in Kirr Commons with specialty hot chocolate, coffee, tea and popcorn to go!
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Outdoor Games
Come out and play! Friendly and competitive games will be set up in The Cut. Perfect for engaging with friends and hanging with the athletics staff while playing cornhole, can jam, spike ball and volleyball with athletic staff.
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Meet & Greet with the Beep-Boop Legacy Plaza
The audible crosswalk annunciator that protected our community at Forbes and Morewood is back! First-years: Meet the campus legend. Veteran Boopers: Rekindle your love with a beep-boop selfie. Hear the tone and feel a missing part of you return once more.
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Inflatable Escape Rooms at CFA Lawn
Work together as part of a group of up to 8 people to solve challenging and unique clues, puzzles, and codes. Escape rooms to include a Fallout Bunker and a Castle of Horrors.
11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. Tech Spark Guided Tours in TechSpark Maker Space, ANSYS Hall
The TechSpark Makerspace team invites you to tour our most recent maker space.
12- 2 p.m. Jam at Fifth Avenue Commons at 4735 Fifth Avenue
Grab some great food from the food trucks parked behind the Fifth & Clyde Residence Hall and come listen to musicians from CMU's Independent Musicians Organization (IMO) as they jam in the courtyard. While you are there, come inside and check out all that the Fifth Avenue Commons has to offer including music practice rooms, a wellness/dance studio, study spaces, a multipurpose room, and more. Open to the entire campus community!!
1 - 3 p.m. Hunt Library Open House: Archives and Crafts in Hunt Library
Stop by the Library on Tartan Community Day for two floors of fun. Get crafty with our Librarians at our arts and crafts table in the first floor lobby. Then venture to the second floor where our Archivists will be hosting an open house in the University Archives. We'll have some of our coolest stuff related to the history of CMU on display.
1 - 2 p.m. Bystander CPR with CMU EMS on the Cut
This session will be an interactive, educational event. The purpose of the event will be to train community members in hands-only CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). There will be several stations set up within the single event site, each staffed by a member of CMU EMS who is a certified CPR Instructor. Participants will learn the 2 steps of hands-only CPR, practice their skills on feedback manikins, and have the opportunity to learn about more in-depth CPR/First Aid certification classes.
Group X Samplers
Group X Samplers in CUC Exercise Studios
Check out the many Group X-ercise classes offered: Yoga, Indoor Cycling, Total Body, Barre, West African Dance and Kickboxing.
11:45 am-12:15 pm Indoor Cycling Dee in the Indoor Cycling Studio
12:00 pm-12:45 pm Yoga with Nate in Studio A. Kenner
12:15 pm-1:00 pm Strictly Strength with Randy in Noll Studio in the Tepper Fitness Center
12:30 pm-1:15 pm Power Yoga with Dee in Keeler
1:00 pm-1:30 pm Indoor Cycling with Nate in the Indoor Cycling Studio
1:30 pm-2:30 pm West African Dance with Dolores in Keeler
3:00 pm-3:30 pm Kickboxing with Karen in Studio A. Kenner
Registration is required for these events, but onsite walk-in capacity may be available
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. I'm Fine Project, Hands-On Mask- Making Workshop in Connan Room, CUC
"I'm Fine," a phrase we often say when we are not fine, is a statewide community project dedicated to sculpting mental health awareness, conversations and support through art. Initiated by co-curators Maureen Joyce and Carrie Breschi in 2019, this thought-provoking I’m fine. experience will encourage each participant to create a ceramic mask that represents their own stories, struggles and hopes. By coming together to articulate our stories through the creative process, we can transform the stigma surrounding mental health. No artistic experience is necessary. Beverages and snacks included.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Yoga with Live Music in Studio Theatre, CUC
Breathe, stretch and flow with live music, or simply relax on your mat and enjoy the music. Mats provided or bring your own.
12- 1 p.m. 36 Questions for Civic Love in Activities Room, CUC
This activity is designed by the National Public Housing Museum and is a social experiment meant to connect strangers and, in the spirit of activist Grace Lee Boggs, attempt to help “bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each other. More information may can be found here.
12 - 12:45 p.m. Yoga with Live Music in Studio Theatre, CUC
Breathe, stretch and flow with live music, or simply relax on your mat and enjoy the music. Mats provided or bring your own.
1-3 p.m. I'm Fine Project, Hands-On Mask- Making Workshop in Connan Room, CUC
"I'm Fine," a phrase we often say when we are not fine, is a statewide community project dedicated to sculpting mental health awareness, conversations and support through art. Initiated by co-curators Maureen Joyce and Carrie Breschi in 2019, this thought-provoking I’m fine. experience will encourage each participant to create a ceramic mask that represents their own stories, struggles and hopes. By coming together to articulate our stories through the creative process, we can transform the stigma surrounding mental health. No artistic experience is necessary. Beverages and snacks included.
1:45- 2:30 p.m. Yoga with Live Music in Studio Theatre, CUC
Breathe, stretch and flow with live music, or simply relax on your mat and enjoy the music. Mats provided or bring your own.
Tartan Food Truck Fest
Various Locations across Campus
11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Please stop by the Ticket Tent at Walking to the Sky to receive your food truck ticket prior to getting in line for the food trucks.
FOOD TRUCKS, MENUS AND LOCATIONS
Tartan Community Day once again returns with our official food truck fest. Grab your complimentary lunch outside of the Cohon University Center, Tepper Business School or 5th and Clyde Neighborhood Commons and head to one of the various outdoor tents to enjoy!
Community Conversation: Finding Your Family
In partnership with the Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling and the CMU Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion
11a.m. - 3 p.m.: Community PhotoShare
Rangos Ballroom, Cohon University Center
Registration is required. Limited onsite walk-in capacity may be available.
Register here
Family Pictures USA, in partnership with the Heinz History Center and foundations across Pittsburgh, invite you to contribute to an upcoming archival exhibit entitled "Our Pittsburgh." Family Pictures USA is a national PBS series and community engagement project which was broadcast to over 5.3 million viewers and takes a radical look at neighborhoods and cities of the United States through the lens of family photographs, collaborative performances, and personal testimony sourced from communities.
3:30 - 5 p.m.: Community Conversation: Finding your Family
Rangos Ballroom, Cohon University Center
Join us for a conversation with the Family Pictures USA project, and members of our CMU community. During this session we will discuss what it means to be part of a community and how, together, we can reimagine CMU’s future.
Cheer on your Tartan Teams
CMU Soccer Field and Wiegand Gym
1 - 3 p.m. - Men's Soccer
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Women's Soccer
7 - 9 p.m. - Women's Volleyball
Show your Tartan spirit! Support our women and men’s soccer teams as they face off against Emory and our volleyball team as they take on the Hiram College Terriers. Attendees will be registered for a surprise giveaway.
Something Rotten
McConomy Auditorium, Cohon University Center
7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Tickets are available online at https://tinyurl.com/sr2022shows and at the door. Something Rotten is a musical comedy telling the story of brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom as they try to come up with the next big thing in theater. Constantly overshadowed by the rockstar of the English Renaissance, William Shakespeare, Nick resorts to increasingly desperate measures and hilarity ensues. Enjoy a celebration of musical theater full of song, dance, and sweet romance as the Bottom Brothers set out to write the world’s first musical!
Tartan Turn Up takes over the CUC
Concert featuring JORDY with support from THE BRUMMIES
Rangos Ballroom and McKenna, Peter, Wright
8 - 11 p.m.
Student Tickets Alumni Tickets (limited)
Celebrate Tartan Community Day with a concert with headliner JORDY with support from THE BRUMMIES, with CMU's own Independent Musicians Organization kicking off the show!
Whether you want to dance the night away or prefer to hang out with friends, there is something for everyone: great music in Rangos Ballroom, a screening of Ghostbusters from AB Films in Studio Theatre, Glow-in-the-Dark Mini Golf from the Activities Board & Undergraduate Senate in McKenna Peter Wright, and more to be announced!
