Liberal Arts students travel to Todi, Italy, on faculty-led study abroad program
This summer, 15 students from the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts traveled to Todi, Italy, as part of the “Italian Language, Art History and Culture” faculty-led course, which allowed them to immerse themselves in a new culture while gaining real-world experience. The program, led by Giuseppe Bruno-Chomin, assistant teaching professor of Ita...
Columbus Video Series Resets Tangled Historical Narratives
In preparation of Italian and Hispanic American Heritage Months in October, would you like educators in your school district to receive a new, innovative tool to stimulate critical and analytical thinking about complex issues in society? If so, the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) is pleased to offer its “An Italian’s Dream: Leads to...
West Orange UNICO Supports Scholarships, Cancer Research, Italian Studies, Mental Health & More
The local Orange/West Orange UNICO Chapter was founded in 1957 originally, and the West Orange and Orange chapters merged in 1968. UNICO’s objective is to encourage the ideal of “service about self.” According to the Orange/West Orange UNICO president, Frank Gonnella, the five main focuses of UNICO are Scholarships, Cancer Research & Prevention, Co...
Italian-American Heritage Club of Sussex County awards scholarships
The Italian-American Heritage Club of Sussex County recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to Tyler James Belson and Anna Maria Fantoli. Mr. Belson was an honor roll student and a member of the National Honor Society and his high school’s Game Club. He received recognition for passing the Advanced Placement exam and will be attending Wilmington Unive...
Passerini named interim president at Seton Hall
Katia Passerini, a top leader at Seton Hall since 2020, was named interim president of Seton Hall University by the school’s board of Regents, effective immediately. Passerini, who was serving as provost and executive vice president, replaces Joseph Nyre, who announced Monday morning that he would be taking a sabbatical instead of fulfilling the fi...
Sister Rose DiFluri retires after decades in Catholic education
For nearly 30 years, Sister Rose DiFluri has had her finger stalwartly on the pulse of the Catholic school landscape. Now, as the Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary retires from her role as assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Camden, friends and colleagues are recalling an intellectually gifted, straightforward, fun...
Livingston Chapter of UNICO National Announces 2023 Scholarship Winners, Fall Golf Outing and More
Throughout the year, the Livingston chapter of UNICO National, an Italian-American service organization whose motto is “service above self” and whose mission is to make a difference in the lives of others through community service, cultural events and fundraising initiatives, makes continuous efforts to support various local charities, first respon...
2023 -2024 AMHS Scholarship Winners Announced
The AMHS Scholarship Committee has reviewed and selected scholarship recipients for both the AMHS Scholarship and the newly created Angela Lastrico Raish Music Scholarship. The Society has been awarding the AMHS scholarships to deserving young students for over twenty years. Applicants must be exceptionally strong academic performers whose major or...
Coccia Institute: “Teaching Italian Workshops” Registration Now Open
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for “Teaching Italian Symposium/Workshops XVI: Activating SDGs in the Italian Classroom”– the 16th annual professional development program organized by the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America and Prof.ssa Enza Antenos, Dept. of World Languages & Cultures, at Montclair State University. This year’s event w...
Carrie Malanga G’05 Creates Scholarship in Honor of her Late Husband
June 2023 – In many ways, the Italian language has helped shape who Carrie Malanga G’05 is today. Her journey started, quite literally, with a honeymoon to Italy over 30 years ago to meet the family of her husband, Gerard. “I spoke no Italian at the time, but his family embraced me with a love that needed no words,” she said during a speech at the...
Why You Can't Be Healthy Without Social Connections: Findings From Roseto
If you've ever watched The Godfather, or other movies or shows like it, you might have noticed that popular culture has a definite take on Italian immigrants: barrel-chested men with gargantuan bellies; rotund grandmothers carrying overflowing pots of pasta; and chain-smoking, hard-drinking people for whom a party is not complete without thick slab...
Andrea Bocelli receives honorary degree at Thomas Jefferson University’s 199th commencement
Thomas Jefferson University’s Class of 2023 comprises doctors, medical practitioners — and a legendary Italian tenor. Andrea Bocelli was awarded an honorary degree at the university’s 199th commencement ceremony on Wednesday in the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall. The ceremony felicitated newly minted graduates from the Jefferson College of Life Scien...