Italian exchange students are a part of Garrett County families
During this school year, two exchange students from Italy are living with families on each end of Garrett County and attending high school as seniors. They are each hosted through a different organization, and the fact that they are both here from Italy is coincidental. Once they learned of the connection, the families met each other and have gotte...
Italian Club hopes to bring awareness of Italian heritage to the college
As Italian-Americans and part of the Italian Studies program at Lafayette, Marissa Bocchiaro ’20 and Adrianna DiMarco ’20 founded the Italian club to bring the richness of Italian culture to campus. Music professor and Italian Studies program coordinator Anthony Cummings is the official faculty adviser for the club. Cummings said that there are a l...
Modern Languages Professor Invited to Present a Workshop at Princeton University
Dr. Enza Antenos, Assistant Professor of Italian, will lead a workshop at Princeton University Tuesday, March 27th at 2:00 PM entitled, "Made in…: Exploring Contemporary Narratives in the Teaching of Foreign Languages." Making languages relevant to higher education is key. A paradigm shift is needed in our foreign language curricula to meet the con...
Keep Italian in Montclair (NJ) Schools
We must not lose Italian in Montclair High School! Sign this petition to tell Montclair Public Schools to keep Italian language and culture in our schools. A recent report by a World Languages consultant to the Montclair Schools recommended "decreasing the number of sections in these [Latin, Italian, German] languages at the least or eliminating La...
AP: a Washington un giornata di formazione per gli insegnanti di italiano organizzata dall’Ambasciata
L’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington ha organizzato sabato scorso, 24 febbraio, una giornata di formazione per i docenti di italiano dell’area metropolitana di Washington sul tema: “AP Italian Language and Culture”. Il seminario, tenuto da Ida Wilder, College Board Consultant, docente di italiano presso la Greece Athena H.S. e Adjunct teacher presso...
Italian Professor Talks Art Restoration With Kean Students
From Kean University: Professor and researcher in geological studies at the University of Siena in Italy Marco Giamello shared insights on the science of art with Kean University's Fine Arts Conservatory students. In a guest lecture, he presented observations from his studies of the masterpieces of Tuscan sculptors, including Michelangelo's David a...
Franca Marini's Transnational Migration and Immigration Exhibit
Italian artist Franca Marini exhibits her work titled Transnational Migration and Immigration at Kean University's Human Rights Institute from Feb. 1, 2018 to June 20, 2018. This specific work was inspired by the refugee crisis in Italy. It challenges attendees to rethink how they judge and accept others by symbolically showing both the outer and...
Pietro Distravolo Advances Italian Studies in Reading PA
Professor Pietro DiStravolo remembers the first time he stepped onto Alvernia’s campus. “The atmosphere was beautiful and peaceful, and the approach — the friendship and love that the sisters gave their students — was so special,” he recalls. “I decided (if the sisters would keep me) it would be my place for life.” They decided to keep him, and DiS...
Concorso Fulbright-NIAF-Georgetown University: domande entro il 16 febbraio
Scade il 16 febbraio il termine per partecipare al concorso Fulbright-NIAF-Georgetown University Research Lectureship in Education nato per offrire a insegnanti di scuola elementare e media e ricercatori/assegnisti di ricerca italiani l’opportunità di attuare progetti ricerca e insegnamento in alcuni ambiti delle Scienze dell’educazione presso il C...
Teresa Fiore: “Credere in un’Italia come laboratorio d’immagi-nazione”
Lo scorso dicembre ho avuto la fortuna di partecipare alla presentazione di Pre-Occupied Spaces. Remapping Italy’s Transnational Migrations and Colonial Legacies, l’ultima fatica critica di Teresa Fiore uscita per la Fordham Univeristy Press. I lettori de La Voce di New York non sono nuovi al nome della studiosa — le sue interviste per la nostra te...
$12,000 to be awarded in scholarships
In 2018, Little Italy Lodge La Famiglia Scholarship program will be awarding four scholarships totaling $12,000: two $4,000 and two $2,000 awards. Eligible members of Little Italy Lodge and their families are encouraged to apply. The scholarship program benefits those desiring to continue their education at an accredited college or university. Appl...
Mrs. Bonanno receives $4,500 grant for Italian language instruction
The Becton faculty and staff is continually being recognized with many outstanding rewards, the latest one being for the high school’s very own Italian teacher, Mrs. Bonanno. Although it is only her second year teaching at Becton, Mrs. Bonanno completed the process of applying for a grant for $4,500 through the IACE (Italian American Committee on E...