https://www.wetheitalians.com/default https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/order-sons-italy-lodge-1309-offering-500-scholarship-salida-high-school-seniors https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/order-sons-italy-lodge-1309-offering-500-scholarship-salida-high-school-seniors Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 If you’re Italian and graduating from Salida High School this spring, listen up — there’s a scholarship for you. The Sons Of Italy offers a scholarship every spring to graduates of Salida High School or Horizons Exploratory Academy, to be used towards College or a Trade/Vocational School. Students must be graduating this May 2023 and must be of Italian heritage.  They are being asked to complete a personal statement, giving a brief history of their Italian heritage, why they are proud to be Italian-Americans, and why they deserve the scholarship.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-researchers-saint-louis-university-help-launch-new-institute-advance-neuroscience-research https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-researchers-saint-louis-university-help-launch-new-institute-advance-neuroscience-research Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Saint Louis University announced the launch of the Institute for Translational Neuroscience (ITN). The new Institute brings together experts in biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacology, social justice, and community outreach under a shared research umbrella in order to study the physiology and diseases of the brain and central nervous system and thereby ease human suffering.Under the direction of Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at SLU, and growing out of the Henry and Amelia Nasrallah Center for Neuroscience, ITN aims to impro...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/two-part-series-pueblo-union-depot-explores-centuries-italian-american-history https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/two-part-series-pueblo-union-depot-explores-centuries-italian-american-history Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 "Topics in Italian American Studies," a free two-night seminar series at Pueblo Union Depot, 132 W. B St., will explore the Italian-American experience from periods of mass emigration to the present. Marianna Gatto, executive director and cofounder of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will lead the series in partnership with Colorado State University Pueblo on Tuesday, Nov. 15 and Thursday, Nov. 17. Both seminars are open to the general public and CSU Pueblo students — who may receive credit for attendance by providing their student ID number. From 6:30-9 p.m. both nights, lectures a...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dipersio-recognized-key-discoveries-cancer-biology-treatment https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dipersio-recognized-key-discoveries-cancer-biology-treatment Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Endowed Professor of Oncology and director of the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is being recognized by the American Italian Cancer Foundation with the 2022 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine. DiPersio, who also serves as deputy director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, is one of two award recipients this year and will be recognized Nov. 9 in New York, along with Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, PhD, of MD Anderson Cance...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-professor-uses-horses-help-students-focus https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-professor-uses-horses-help-students-focus Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 When Amanda Minervini, assistant professor and director of the Italian Program, was planning her First-Year Program class on the rise of fascism last year, she had an idea that would inspire and teach her students more than just the history of fascism: Equine-Guided Learning and Healing Experience. “EGLHE inspires students to look for communication in places they are not used to, for instance, in the very subtle ways an equine face and whole body change to signal relaxation, pleasure, discomfort, satisfaction, or wanting a carrot,” says Minervini. “[Horses] are the masters of embodied emotions...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/what-highest-iq-ever-recorded-marilyn-vos-savant-daughter-italian-german-immigrant-st-louis-missouri https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/what-highest-iq-ever-recorded-marilyn-vos-savant-daughter-italian-german-immigrant-st-louis-missouri Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Intellectual Quotient (IQ) is a score that is obtained through a test designed to measure or assess intelligence, that is, an individual's cognitive development. Obviously this is not an absolute indicator of intelligence, but a high IQ is linked to many genius minds. That of an average individual is between 85 and 115; a score above 130 indicates exceptional intelligence, and above 160 points there is a high probability of being a genius. The late Stephen Hawking, for example, had an IQ of 160, the same as Albert Einstein. This little girl who at only 9 years old is attending college, on the...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-language-summer-camp-kids https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-language-summer-camp-kids Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 The St. Louis Italian Language Program’s Summer Camp for Kids is a full-immersion program designed around a variety of activities that will encourage you and your children to learn and speak Italian through singing, cooking, completing art projects, Italian movies/cartoons screenings, playing indoor and outdoor Italian games. In the first part of the day (from 10am to 12:30pm), there will be daily experiential fieldtrips and visits to public venues such as the St Louis Zoo, the St Louis Science Museum, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and more.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-american-women-iowa-scholarship-fund https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-american-women-iowa-scholarship-fund Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 The deadline for scholarship (unless otherwise noted) is February 15, 2022. All requirements for a given scholarship must be met or the application will not be considered. All scholarship materials and completed applications must be submitted to iawofiowa@gmail.com or mailed to Italian American Women of Iowa - PO BOX 21116 Des Moines, IA 50312 by February 15, 2022. APPLY NOW! The following eligibility for scholarship entrants apply: Must be a female. Must be a senior in high school or older. Be an active IAWI member in good standing, or a daughter/granddaughter of an active member in good stan...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kansas-university-scholar-edward-bowen-talks-about-ettore-scolas-reception-us https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kansas-university-scholar-edward-bowen-talks-about-ettore-scolas-reception-us Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 I am glad that the Criterion Channel features two masterpieces by Ettore Scola, A Special Day and La nuit de Varennes and they also have a couple of films that he wrote.  But it would be great if streaming sites could make more of his films available to audiences in the US,”  Edward Bowen, Assistant Teaching Professor of Italian at the University of Kansas, says. Bowen dedicated some of his recent research to Scola’s cinematic career. Through his research and teaching, he hopes to contribute to a revival in interest in the director’s work. Last year, a volume of 14 essays that Bowen co-edited...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/cristoforo-columbo-fellowship https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/cristoforo-columbo-fellowship Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 The Cristoforo Columbo Fellowship is gifted to graduate students, faculty, and/or independent scholars pursuing research on Italian people and their communities of Butte, Montana. Fellowship awards of $500 -$3,000 s. Award funds are to be used for research support, including travel and lodging expenses, but not as salary. Awards are to be used for scholarly projects including preparation of seminar papers, theses, dissertations, monographs, and book length projects. Each recipient is expected to be in residence conducting research for the equivalent of three weeks between May 1 and October 31....
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/assumption-parish-and-school-marks-century-faith-and-catholic-education https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/assumption-parish-and-school-marks-century-faith-and-catholic-education Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 For the past 100 years, Assumption Catholic Parish and School has been a staple of the small yet faithful community in Welby. A humble church that sprouted from the hard work of Italian immigrants in 1912 has marked a milestone anniversary thanks to the dedication of parishioners and the grace of God. In the 1920s, Father John Giambastiani launched a religious education program for the young parishioners, creating the foundation for what would be 100 years of education. Assumption Parish and School, a landmark of Welby which has celebrated many sacraments and graduations, has been hosting even...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italy-montana-it-didnt-take-sofia-bertei-long-fit https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italy-montana-it-didnt-take-sofia-bertei-long-fit Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 For Sofia Bertei, the only home she has known until just a few months ago, was in Genoa, Italy. But Sofia wanted to be a foreign exchange student and that meant leaving home in Italy for a year. “I decided to be a foreign exchange student because I’ve always been curious about other cultures and also because I think the experience is going to make me more mature and independent,” she offered. “It helps you go outside your comfort zone.” And then she added, “Also, coming to the U.S. has been one of my biggest dreams since when I was a child and getting to live here and experience the American l...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-cultural-center-minneapolis-were-hiring-youth-school-director https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-cultural-center-minneapolis-were-hiring-youth-school-director Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 The ICC is looking for a part-time Director of the Youth School. The program offers Italian language courses to children from 3 to 17 years. Requirements: University degree in Language Education, native speaker of Italian or equivalent (C1-CEFR), experience in teaching Italian as L2 to children and teenagers. Please send your resume to info@theitalianculturalcenter.org.  ICC cerca un Direttore/Direttrice part-time per la Scuola dei Ragazzi. Il programma offre corsi di lingua italiana a bambini e ragazzi dai 3 ai 17 anni. Requisiti: laurea in scienze dell’educazione o titolo di studio equipolle...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/scholar-helps-bring-renewed-focus-italian-filmmaker https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/scholar-helps-bring-renewed-focus-italian-filmmaker Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Five years after the death of renowned screenwriter and filmmaker Ettore Scola, a scholar of Italian culture at the University of Kansas is contributing to a renewal of interest in Scola’s cinematic career. Edward Bowen, assistant teaching professor of Italian at KU, has contributed an article on the critical reception of Scola’s films in the United States during the prime of the filmmaker's career (1970-87) to a special edition of Italy’s oldest film journal, Bianco e Nero, or Black & White. 
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-cultural-center-minneapolis-hiring-we-want-you-our-team https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-cultural-center-minneapolis-hiring-we-want-you-our-team Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 We're Hiring! Youth School Director. The ICC is looking for a part-time Director of the Youth School. The program offers Italian language courses to children from 3 to 17 years. Requirements: University degree in Language Education, native speaker of Italian or equivalent (C1-CEFR), experience in teaching Italian as L2 to children and teenagers. Please send your resume to info@theitalianculturalcenter.org.  ICC cerca un Direttore/Direttrice part-time per la Scuola dei Ragazzi. Il programma offre corsi di lingua italiana a bambini e ragazzi dai 3 ai 17 anni. Requisiti: laurea in scienze dell’ed...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/order-sons-italy-offers-500-scholarship https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/order-sons-italy-offers-500-scholarship Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 The Order of the Sons of Italy Lodge #1309 is offering a $500 Scholarship available to a Salida High School Senior. The organization offers the scholarship every spring to graduates of Salida High School or Horizons Exploratory Academy, to be used towards college or a trade/vocational school.  Students must be graduating this May 2021 and must be of Italian heritage. Students applying are asked to complete a personal statement, giving a brief history of their Italian heritage, why they are proud to be Italian Americans and why they deserve the scholarship. Students should include their name, a...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/trentini-club-names-2021-scholarship-recipient https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/trentini-club-names-2021-scholarship-recipient Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 The Trentini Tirolesi del Minnesota club has selected Elizabeth Corradi as its 2021 scholarship recipient. She was chosen for her commitment to the community, her academic achievements, and her personal knowledge of her Trentini heritage. Elizabeth graduated from Bemidji High School and is attending Concordia College in Moorhead to pursue a degree in mathematics and elementary education. The Trentini Tirolesi del Minnesota Club was established in 1995 by the Province of Trento, located in northern Italy, to re-establish ties to the descendants of the thousands of emigrants who left that area s...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/mona-presents-margaret-bohls-italian-studies https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/mona-presents-margaret-bohls-italian-studies Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Ceramic artist Margaret Bohls has an abiding interest in historical vessel forms, and their social context. Nebraska Now: Margaret Bohls, Italian Studies, consists of three large groupings of vessels based primarily on those produced by the Etruscan civilization. The exhibit is on display at the Museum of Nebraska Art at the University of Nebraska at Kearney through June 6, according to a press release from the museum. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday at 2401 Central Ave. in Kearney.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dr-rebecca-messbarger-art-pandemics-brief-commentary https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dr-rebecca-messbarger-art-pandemics-brief-commentary Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Art—literary, visual, performative—has served throughout history to translate the suffering experienced by individuals and societies during a catastrophic pandemic, as well to conceive and, indeed, to spur renewal of the individual and of the social order. The Medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio sets his masterwork, the Decameron (1351), in the midst of the mass mortality of the 1348 Bubonic Plague, which the author witnessed first-hand in his city of Florence. More than half of the citizenry, including Boccaccio’s father and stepmother, died of the contagion, which would extinguish the lives o...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sons-and-daughters-italy-announces-2020-scholarship-recipients https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sons-and-daughters-italy-announces-2020-scholarship-recipients Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 The Royal Gorge Lodge #2866 Sons and Daughters of Italy are proud to announce the recipients of their 2020 Scholarships. These awards for $1,000 each are based on heritage essays, letters of recommendation and scholastic work. The recipients for this year are Haley Meigs-Sanders, Laiken O’Rourke and Joseph Carochi of Cañon City, and Katie Madic of Pueblo. Each of these outstanding young people has been a community volunteer, achieved high grade point averages, and participated in the community, lodge and school activities.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-freestyler-ilaria-murzilli-commits-nebraska https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-freestyler-ilaria-murzilli-commits-nebraska Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Italian swimmer Ilaria Murzilli from Rome, Italy has verbally committed to Nebraska. She is expected to join the Cornhuskers in the fall of 2021. I am very happy to be able to announce my commitment to swimming and studying at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I chose this university because I am sure it can give me great opportunities for sports growth, as they have excellent programs for my swimming specialties. I also chose it for the excellent academic qualities. 
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/elvis-themed-italian-scholarship-gala-sees-21-students-awarded https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/elvis-themed-italian-scholarship-gala-sees-21-students-awarded Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Elvis, or at least a very reasonable facsimile, was in the house, as were 21 high-achieving students of Italian heritage who received a leg up on their higher education journey. In its 21st year, the Sons of Italy Lodge 2738 Scholarship and Citizen of the Year Gala once again a drew a capacity gallery of 450 to the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center for a celebration of the accomplishments of young men and women as well as a longtime champion of the community. Themed “A Touch of Elvis” in honor of the marquee act, Saturday’s high-class pageant saw each recipient endowed with a $750 sc...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/montessori-style-education-comes-mandan-catholic-school https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/montessori-style-education-comes-mandan-catholic-school Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Leaders at St. Joseph School in Mandan hope that starting a Montessori program to offer a more hands-on approach to education will boost student enrollment, just as it did for Christ the King School across town. “For decades, we just haven’t really seen an influx in our school,” said the Rev. Josh Waltz of St. Joseph Catholic Church, which is connected with the school. The school started a Montessori program last fall for its youngest children, ages 3-6, and it plans to expand the effort to cover all grades next school year. It also will add an “adolescent” program covering traditional junior...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/citing-st-gianna-mollas-loving-example-university-mary-names-health-sciences-school https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/citing-st-gianna-mollas-loving-example-university-mary-names-health-sciences-school Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The University of Mary’s School of Health Sciences will be named for St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a pediatrician and a mother who died after declining cancer treatment that could have harmed her unborn daughter. “How fitting it will be to have St. Gianna the namesake of our School of Health Sciences, a saint who lived out this value in her medical practice and personal life,” Jodi Roller, dean of the North Dakota-based university’s School of Health Sciences, said Nov. 1.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/team-means-everything-maggiolo https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/team-means-everything-maggiolo Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Leaving home is not something that is easy to do for the average college student, but imagine leaving family and being immersed in a whole new culture. Junior Anna Maggiolo is an international student hailing originally from Venice, Italy. She transferred from Cowley College in Kansas. Before Maggiolo found her passion in volleyball, she was a swimmer. She swam for many years, but she swam alone and was unable to be in a team-like atmosphere. She soon joined volleyball to play on a team and be with her friends. Maggiolo’s uncle was a professional volleyball coach in Italy, and she was able to...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/writing-new-chapter-stlouis-italian-language-program https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/writing-new-chapter-stlouis-italian-language-program Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 This year I was honored to assist in the founding a new Italian language program in St Louis with friends and supporters at the Italian Community of St Louis (Comunità degli Italiani - St Louis). It would not have been possible without having met Dr. Antonio DiTucci of Gateway Science Academy, a public charter highschool in St Louis He was instrumental in obtaining a home for our classes. As the director of the program, I'm pleased with the response of so many new students and former students who have signed up for the classes. Along with my colleagues, Concetta Lo Iacono Gabriele and Federica...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/university-minnesota-scholarship-winner-blog-2019-aarilee-lorenzen https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/university-minnesota-scholarship-winner-blog-2019-aarilee-lorenzen Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 My name is Aarilee Lorenzen and I am thankful for receiving the ICC Massimo Bonavita Memorial scholarship this year. I took my first Italian course Spring semester of my freshman year at the University of Minnesota; at that time, I was just adding an extra course and Italian was something I had never had the opportunity to study before. Of course, the language has been fun to learn but what has really captivated me are some of the cultural topics introduced in classes, some of which have inspired some of the research I have done in my anthropology classes. Right now, I am talking a documentary...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/celebrating-leonardo-da-vinci-upcoming-lecture-minnesota-institute-astrophysics https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/celebrating-leonardo-da-vinci-upcoming-lecture-minnesota-institute-astrophysics Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 “The end of the Dark Ages”, Claudia Scarlata. Thursday, October 3, 2019. 6:30 – 8:00 pm, The University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics (room B50): 116 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Co-presented with the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota. This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged to help us plan the event. Click here to register. Leonardo created artworks that showed knowledge of aerodynamics, optics, physics, astronomy, and mechanical drawings for futuristic technology, including the first premodern...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italiano-piacere-come-si-insegnano-le-lingue-con-i-videogiochi https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italiano-piacere-come-si-insegnano-le-lingue-con-i-videogiochi Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Ciao a tutti! Spero che tutti si siano divertiti quest’estate. Alcuni di noi hanno avuto il piacere di vedere alcuni di voi a vari eventi come la festa di Ferragosto e The Festival of Nations mentre per altri la riunione di Ottobre rappresenterà la prima opportunità di riunirsi con altri appassionati della lingua e cultura italiana da mesi. Per la nostra riunione di Italiano per Piacere a Ottobre, avremo un’opportunità speciale. Sebbene spesso ascoltiamo discorsi che parlano di un tema storico, con il nostro prossimo incontro, avremo la possibilità di ascoltare un tema all’avanguardia. Lo stim...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/memory-late-father-family-gives-2000-kids-iowa-state-fair-5-time https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/memory-late-father-family-gives-2000-kids-iowa-state-fair-5-time Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Five dollars at the Iowa State Fair goes further than you think. Know the right stand and a snow cone, some cotton candy, a strawberry shake, a ride down the big slide or even an order of X-Treme Balls (pork tenderloin balled up on a kebob with pickles and onions) will only cost you a Lincoln. But all the Scarpino family wanted for their $5 was a smile. And that was exactly what they got — 400 times over. Walking nearly every inch of the fairgrounds, Steve Scarpino and Janel Marcovis handed out $2,000, $5 at a time, to kids, all of whom were complete strangers. They approached each family with...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/new-italian-exchange-students-arrive-st-louis https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/new-italian-exchange-students-arrive-st-louis Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The first batch of Italian exchange students arrived on Friday, August 1st at St Louis Lambert International Airport. Bianca, Chiara, Samantha, and Luna were all smiles as they met their host families for the very first time. The Italian Community of St Louis (Comunitá degli Italiani - St Louis), along with the St Louis-Bologna Sister Cities Organization, operate an Italian exchange student program. Families around the St Louis metro area volunteer to host these highschool students for one school year, i.e., 10 months. Celia Balint, the director of the program and a former teacher, is enthusia...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kids-need-foundation-partners-carrabbas-italian-grill-host-back-school-fundraiser https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kids-need-foundation-partners-carrabbas-italian-grill-host-back-school-fundraiser Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The Kids In Need Foundation (KINF), a national non-profit dedicated to providing free school supplies to students most in need, will partner with Carrabba's Italian Grill to host a Back-to-School Wine Pairing Dinner at over 200 Carrabba's Italian Grill locations throughout the U.S on August 14. For thirty years, Carrabba's Italian Grill has been committed to supporting local communities. The Carrabba's Cares program allows restaurants to raise funds for local non-profit organizations, making an impact in their immediate community. There are several ways diners can get involved to help:
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/two-cu-boulder-educators-join-ranks-presidents-teaching-scholars https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/two-cu-boulder-educators-join-ranks-presidents-teaching-scholars Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Two University of Colorado faculty members have been named President’s Teaching Scholars, who are recognized for expertly performing teaching and research work. The title signifies recognition of excellence in and commitment to learning and teaching, as well as active, substantial contributions to scholarly work. CU President Bruce D. Benson solicited annual nominations of faculty across the four campuses for the designation, which is a lifetime appointment. The 2019 President’s Teaching Scholar designees are:  Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Archite...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/20th-anniversary-club-italiano-piacere-honors-franco-giannotti https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/20th-anniversary-club-italiano-piacere-honors-franco-giannotti Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 A culture dies when its language dies. Any linguist or anthropologist can testify to this fact. When Franco Giannotti, a native of Trieste, founded Italiano Per Piacere (IPP) in 1999, he understood this very well. He was part of an Italian club in St. Louis which didn't want to have anything to do with the Italian language. It didn't make any sense to him why an "Italian" club didn't want to speak Italian. I completely agree with this sentiment. A culture and its language are inseparable. There can be no Italian culture without the Italian language just like there can be no French culture with...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/joseph-carochi-named-canon-city-noon-lions https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/joseph-carochi-named-canon-city-noon-lions Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Joseph Carochi, who recently graduated from Cañon City High School and was the battalion commander for the JROTC program, was named the Cañon City Noon Lions Student of the Month. The son of Joe and Audra Carochi, his recent grade point average was 4.29. He took Spanish, AP Calculus, Honors European Literature and  LETV III. Carochi has received many JROTC awards and the ADDA Presidential award, he was named on the honor roll and was a member of the National Honor Society. Carochi also played football four years and was a member of the Raider Platoon, Color Guard, Drill Team, JLAB, NHS and stu...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/slu-students-level-language-skills-video-game-based-italian-class https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/slu-students-level-language-skills-video-game-based-italian-class Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 It’s an all-too-familiar battle for some parents — getting their kids to stop playing video games and do their homework. But in one classroom at St. Louis University, video games are just another learning tool, like textbooks or worksheets. The course, Intensive Italian for Gamers, is a hybrid of traditional instruction and in-class video gaming. The preliminary results are promising, with students in the class scoring higher on their finals than those in traditional Italian classes at SLU. The course, now in its second year, is the brainchild of SLU Professor Simone Bregni. Bregni’s love for...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sons-italy-roll-out-red-carpet-students https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sons-italy-roll-out-red-carpet-students Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Dean, Sammy and Frank or, more accurately, uncanny facsimiles of the famed Rat Pack, helped the Sons of Italy celebrate 20 years of advancing the educational aspirations of deserving students. Saturday at a Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center ballroom appropriately decked out to the nines in a Las Vegas motif, the Order of Sons of Italy Lodge #2738 gifted 21 young men and women with more than $26,000 in scholarships and gift bags through its annual Scholarship and Citizen of the Year Awards Gala. This latest round of generosity brings the two-decade tally to more than $370,000 in schol...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/fabiola-gianotti-wins-2018-tate-award-international-leadership-physics https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/fabiola-gianotti-wins-2018-tate-award-international-leadership-physics Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced today that it has awarded the 2018 John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics to Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti. Named after the celebrated American physicist John Torrence Tate, the Tate medal was established in 1959 and is awarded every two years to non-U.S. citizens for their leadership, research contributions, and service to the international physics community. The award consists of a certificate of recognition, a bronze medal and a $10,000 prize. Previous winners include Edoardo Amaldi, Yu Lu, Jean Trân Thanh Vân...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/unl-history-harvest-explores-italian-american-culture https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/unl-history-harvest-explores-italian-american-culture Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 University of Nebraska-Lincoln history professors will continue their History Harvest project by collecting stories from Italian-Americans about their culture and experience during a “harvest” at Omaha’s Santa Lucia Hall on Sunday, Oct. 28. The project, which is part of the class titled “History 396: Special Problems: The History Harvest,” allows students to dive into the history and culture of Italian-Americans. Paige McCoy, a senior history and classics and religious studies double major said the project will involve going into the community at the Santa Lucia Festival, where they have invit...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/2018-scholarship-university-minnesota-student-elena-cattaneo https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/2018-scholarship-university-minnesota-student-elena-cattaneo Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 For the fourth year, the ICC is supporting an outstanding student from the University of Minnesota, Department of French & Italian who is spending one semester in Italy. This scholarship continues to fulfill our mission to promote Italian language and culture to all people of Minnesota. The Massimo Bonavita Memorial Scholarship honors the memory of our co-founder and allows deserving recipients to offset expenses for classes, housing and airfare for their studies in Italy. Read here about Elena's adventures in Italia!
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-classes-children-expanding-st-ambrose-parish-st-louis https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-classes-children-expanding-st-ambrose-parish-st-louis Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Imparare L'Italiano Giocando is an initiative of the Italian Community of St Louis (Comunita' degli Italiani - St Louis). It's meaning "learning Italian while playing or having fun" is a key message that Giovanna Leopardi gives to parents who would like their children to learn Italian. These classes, for kids ages 2 - 12, are not your regular sit down classes. Kids are able to draw on the blackboard, paint, color, or make necklaces with pasta, all while in an Italian-speaking setting. The children who come to the classes have varying knowledge of Italian. Some have Italian speaking parents whi...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/slu-professor-teaches-italian-videogames https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/slu-professor-teaches-italian-videogames Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Ciao! Mi chiamo Simone Bregni! I was born and raised in Italy. I lived most of my life in Asti, a Medieval town renowned for its good wines. I have been at SLU for 18 years, and I have been teaching in the US college classroom since 1994. My areas of specialization are in Medieval & Renaissance Italian literature & Culture and in foreign language acquisition. Currently, my focus is on the applications of technology and digital media to language acquisition, in particular video game-based learning (VGBL). In fall 2016, as a recipient of the Saint Louis University (SLU) Reinert Center for Innova...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/saint-louis-university-study-abroad-highlight-sorrento-italy https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/saint-louis-university-study-abroad-highlight-sorrento-italy Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 La Comunita' degli Italiani - St Louis, which represents around 1500 Italians in the St Louis metropolitan region has partnered with Saint Louis University's Italian Club and Italian Studies program led by Professor Simone Bregni. Saint Louis University has a very large study abroad program in Italy and Club Italiano Per Piacere as well as the St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities Organization are now involved in sponsoring these programs as well as creating events for SLU students. Below is an interview with Gabrielle, a senior at Saint Louis University who recently studied in Sorrento, Italy. Her...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/comunita-degli-italiani-st-louis-partners-slu-italian-club-and-italian-studies-program https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/comunita-degli-italiani-st-louis-partners-slu-italian-club-and-italian-studies-program Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Jenna Sommer doesn't have an ounce of Italian blood. At face-value, she seems like a typical mid-western girl with blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. Yet on a hot summer's day at the Italian community's celebration of Ferragosto in St Louis, she's speaking Italian. Fluent Italian. And many more college students who have no ancestors from the old country are doing the same. They are students from Saint Louis University's Italian Studies program directed by Prof. Simone Bregni who has been teaching at SLU for over 17 years and developed a course entitled Intensive Italian for Gamers. Imagine that....
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-student-exchange-program-begins-st-louis https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-student-exchange-program-begins-st-louis Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 La Comunita' degli Italiani - St Louis, the central organization which represents Italians in the St Louis metropolitan region, has partnered with the CIEE Study Abroad program to initiate a high-school exchange for Italian students. Lucrezia Leandri and Sara Vanetti, the very first Italian students, arrived excitedly on Friday, July 27th. Their host families Riccardo and Jessica Hayes and Jeremy and Katrina Bass greeted the girls with a warm welcome at St Louis Lambert International Airport.   The two exchange students will stay with their host families for nine months and attend local high s...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/four-decades-montessori https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/four-decades-montessori Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 In the early 1970s, Montessori education was largely unheard of in Montana and completely nonexistent in institutional form. But a group of parents in the Flathead Valley had come across the educational method elsewhere and wondered whether they could bring it to Northwest Montana. Not much pointed to Kalispell as an obvious launching point for this pedagogical movement, but the parents banded together and worked with community leaders to launch the Flathead Montessori Society in 1972, long believed to be Montana’s first Montessori school, although an educator in Billings has said she started...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dante-alighieri-society-pueblo-38th-annual-scholarship-awards-celebration https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dante-alighieri-society-pueblo-38th-annual-scholarship-awards-celebration Sun, 27 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 The Dante Alighieri Society of Pueblo held its 38th annual Scholarship Awards Celebration, featuring presentations in Italian by each scholarship winner followed by the Little Italy Buffet and an array of Italian-themed desserts. Alegria Ribadeneira was honored as Person of the Year for her outstanding leadership in foreign language education. Eight high school seniors received $1,000 scholarships: Toni Catulli, Central High School; Ryan Madic, South High School; Sierra Boerhave, James Gavato and Isabel Lopez, Centennial High School; Mariyah Summers, Pueblo County High School; and Keely Ann Fi...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/il-genio-italiano-si-afferma-allestero https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/il-genio-italiano-si-afferma-allestero Sat, 12 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Si legge e si sente spesso parlare del successo degli Italiani all'estero nei campi del design, della moda, della enogastronomia, ma tanti sono anche fuori dall'Italia per motivi di studio e di ricerca. Per la riunione del 6 giugno del Club Italiano Per Piacere abbiamo qualcosa di veramente nuovo per voi: intervisteremo quattro italiani che sono a St. Louis per avanzare le loro specialità e ricerche nel mondo scientifico. In questa riunione avremo il piacere di conversare con: Giovanni Aiello - PhD student in Economics at Washington University under the direction of Prof. Michele Boldrin; Luig...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/modern-languages-department-cuts-italian-language-courses https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/modern-languages-department-cuts-italian-language-courses Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 As a result of the university-wide budget recalls in October, the Department of Modern Languages will offer only one Italian course in fall 2018. Courses typically scheduled for the fall semester like Italian I and Italian III have been canceled. The discontinuation of Italian courses will cause the loss of one faculty member: Alessia Salamina, a visiting assistant professor. Salamina was not available for comment. The department will only offer Italian for Travelers in the fall. Derek Hillard, head of the Department of Modern Languages, said the department relies on instructors in the area to...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/students-slu-are-learning-italian-playing-assassins-creed-ii https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/students-slu-are-learning-italian-playing-assassins-creed-ii Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 A professor at Saint Louis University is using video games to teach language skills to students. Simone Bregni, Ph.D., started playing games in 1975 when he was 12, according to a press release. During the mid-’80s, he realized playing text adventures helped him learn English. That revelation inspired his research and teaching methods, along with work he did for a leading Italian video game publication in the 1990s. He recently received a fellowship grant from SLU’s Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning to develop a language course based entirely on gaming. The class, called...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/lingua-italiana-come-ho-triplicato-il-numero-degli-studenti-al-colorado-college https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/lingua-italiana-come-ho-triplicato-il-numero-degli-studenti-al-colorado-college Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 La lingua Italiana sta perdendo studenti. Il 20% in meno, stando al rapporto stilato dalla Modern Languages Association. La colpa è sempre ed esclusivamente degli insegnanti? O, più realisticamente, è cambiata la situazione globale e nuovi concorrenti si sono affacciati nelle aule delle università americane (nello stesso documento della MLA,infatti, notiamo come la lingua giapponese sia cresciuta del 3,1%)? A queste domande sta cercando di rispondere il dibattito scaturito dai vari interventi apparsi ne La Voce di New York (l’ultimo apporto, a firma di Enza Antenos). Permettetemi questa metáfo...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sons-italy-scholarships https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sons-italy-scholarships Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Sons of Italy Lodge 2738’s 19th scholarship and Italian Citizen of the Year dinner will be held at 6 p.m. March 3 at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center. Nineteen students of Italian heritage will be awarded scholarship and a gift bag. The theme of the event is “2 Divas and Piano,” as the entertainment lineup features celebrity tributes to Elton John and Cher. A family style meal will be complemented by antipasto trays and wine. Tickets are $75. Call 671-0205 for more information.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/2018-scholarship-university-minnesota-students https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/2018-scholarship-university-minnesota-students Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 For the fourth year, the ICC will fund one $3,000 scholarship for an outstanding student who will spend one semester in Italy. Working in partnership with the University of Minnesota, Department of French & Italian, this scholarship continues to fulfill our mission to promote Italian language and culture to all people of Minnesota. The Massimo Bonavita Memorial Scholarship honors the memory of our co-founder and allows deserving recipients to offset expenses for classes, housing and airfare for their studies in Italy. Specifically created for students majoring or minoring in Italian at the Uni...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/position-opening-visiting-assistant-professor-italian https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/position-opening-visiting-assistant-professor-italian Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 The Department of French and Italian in the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at The University of Iowa seeks a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian for the 2018-19 academic year. The successful candidate will be prepared to teach introductory and intermediate language courses as well as literary and cultural surveys. The teaching load, contingent upon enrollments, is six courses per year (24 s.h.). Required qualifications: Ph.D. with a specialization in a relevant area of Italian studies; native or near-native fluency in Italian and English; and record of exc...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/postdoc-brings-fresh-perspective-and-new-model-organism-institute https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/postdoc-brings-fresh-perspective-and-new-model-organism-institute Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 When Alice Accorsi, PhD, first encountered the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata, it was as an invasive pest of crops and the intermediate host of a parasitic roundworm that can cause human encephalitis. Accorsi, then a graduate student at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Modena, Italy, was searching for vulnerabilities in the snail’s immune system that could be targeted to eradicate the pest.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-student-experiences-life-us-through-exchange-program https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-student-experiences-life-us-through-exchange-program Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 For 18-year-old Angelica Dore, 2017-18 is turning out to be a year of first-time experiences: Studying anatomy at the high-school level and playing on a basketball team. Sampling new foods, such as peanut butter paired with jelly. Watching with wonder as grown-ups, not just children, wear costumes for Halloween. “I do recommend it,” the young woman from Italy said, explaining she’s enjoying her year as an exchange student at Wyoming Area High School and would like to see others take advantage of similar opportunities. Actually, there’s no shortage of honor students from Europe and Asia who are...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/colazione-allitaliana-saturday https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/colazione-allitaliana-saturday Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 On Saturday, October 21, from 9:00 am until 10:30 a.m., Elisabetta Re, Italian native, will lead a small group in a casual conversation format. Participants will enjoy traditional Italian coffee, Italian breakfast staples – pane, burro e marmellata – along with some dolcetti. This is intended to be a very informal class aimed at Italian students of all proficiency levels. This class will offer the opportunity to practice the Italian phrases you know, learn new ones and improve your comprehension skills – all in a laid back atmosphere. We will meet at the Italian Cultural Center, 528 Hennepin A...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/honoring-their-mothers-italian-scholars-fund-scholarship-and-say-ciao https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/honoring-their-mothers-italian-scholars-fund-scholarship-and-say-ciao Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Outgoing Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, Valerio Ferme, and his spouse, Giorgio Corda, a professor of Italian at the University of Colorado Boulder, have established the Andermarch Cicogna Endowed Scholarship Fund. In alternating years, the scholarship will support high-achieving students in either the Italian or Women & Gender Studies departments. To those on campus and in the College of Arts and Sciences who worked with Ferme throughout his 19 years at CU Boulder, the scholarship presents an unexpected but not quite shocking gesture from a vene...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/new-higher-education-comparative-analysis https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/new-higher-education-comparative-analysis Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Save the date, and don’t miss a wonderful educational opportunity!  St Cloud State University professors, Christine Imbra and Steven McCullar, will join ICC scholarship award recipient, Jessica Gehrke, as they compare Italian higher education to our system in the United States! The SCSU team has a long term relationship with the University of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy.  Join us to learn how the Italian system compares and contrasts to higher education and university life in the United States. The FREE event will be held in suite 502, 528 Hennepin Avenue, on Wednesday, September 6...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kansas-state-university-italy-office-celebrates-its-grand-opening-orvieto-italy https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kansas-state-university-italy-office-celebrates-its-grand-opening-orvieto-italy Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Kansas State University in Italy celebrated its grand opening May 29 in Orvieto, Italy, as the inaugural session of Kansas State University in Italy summer program commenced. The Orvieto mayor's office hosted a joint news conference with the university to celebrate the partnership, confirming the relationship between Kansas State University, Kansas State University in Italy, the city and the Centro Studi Città di Orvieto, where Kansas State University in Italy is housed. This is the first year of a multidiscipline K-State Education Abroad initiative in Orvieto, where the College of Architectur...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/spotlight-italian-american-philosopher-umsl https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/spotlight-italian-american-philosopher-umsl Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Gualtiero Piccinini says he was “a thoughtful kid.” His parents advised him to think for himself, and he “took that seriously.” He’s been a philosophy professor at UMSL since 2005 and works primarily in philosophy of mind with an eye toward psychology, neuroscience and computer science. Almost an engineer. Piccinini’s father was a research engineer, so Piccinini thought he would follow in his father’s footsteps. “I was going to do environmental engineering and solve the world’s environmental problems. “Foucault’s Pendulum.” The summer after high school, Piccinini picked up “Foucault’s Pendulum...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/ciao-st-louis-presenta-una-nuova-iniziativa-imparare-litaliano-giocando https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/ciao-st-louis-presenta-una-nuova-iniziativa-imparare-litaliano-giocando Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 L’organizzazione no profit, Ciao St Louis, ha una nuova iniziativa che si chiama Imparare L’Italiano Giocando. Questa iniziativa è stata pensata per i bambini per farli crescere in un ambiente dove possono imparare la lingua. Ogni mese, ci sarà un meet-up dove i genitori di bambini dai dodici anni in giù, possono partecipare in varie attività ludiche. È un meet-up molto informale dove i bambini possono interagire tra di loro e dove possono parlare in italiano insieme. Ovviamente molti di questi genitori sono italiani ma i loro bambini sono nati qui negli Stati Uniti. Speriamo che ci sono anche...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/johnston-high-school-sends-stutents-italy https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/johnston-high-school-sends-stutents-italy Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Although the Pannese Society of Rhode Island is small in numbers, the Johnston-based Italian-American non-profit is now the state’s leader in International Student Cultural Exchanges. That became fact Tuesday when four Johnston High School students, who were armed with knowledge of the Italian language and customs, boarded a Peter Pan Bus Company motor coach in Providence and headed for Logan International Airport in Boston where they began a once-in-a-lifetime journey. JHS students Allison Vessella, Sara Echeverria, Miguel Azanon and Mark Cruz were bursting with excitement as they arrived at...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/scholarship-opportunity-italian-cultural-center https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/scholarship-opportunity-italian-cultural-center Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:36:42 +0000 Massimo Bonavita Memorial Scholarship 2017. In honor of our co-founder, Massimo Bonavita, and in keeping with our mission to promote Italian language and culture, the Italian Cultural Center will offer a scholarship designed for students majoring/minoring in Italian. Specifically created for Minnesota residents/students in partnership with the University of Minnesota, Department of French and Italian, our $3,000 scholarship offers its worthy recipient a way to offset expenses for spending one semester in Italy. The winner of this year’s scholarship will be announced in April. Please refer to t...
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/the-university-of-kansas-job-details https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/the-university-of-kansas-job-details Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:57:10 +0000 The University of Kansas seeks to fill a visiting assistant professor position (renewable to three semesters, subject to performance review), expected to begin as early as January 1, 2014 in the area of 20th/21st century Italian language, literature, culture, film or related field. This appointment is a non-tenure track, term appointment initially for the spring 2014 semester (136 days) and renewable for one additional academic year, subject to satisfactory performance.   Duties will include teaching three courses per semester at the undergraduate level (B.A Option in Italian, and Italian minor), plus some advising and committee work in the Department of French & Italian. In addition, the successful applicant should be willing to direct or co-direct the Italian program?s summer Language Institute in Florence, Italy. Candidates will be expected to maintain the development of their active research program.   Read more   Source: https://sjobs.brassring.com/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-president-sergio-mattarella-at-the-johnson-space-center-a-source-pride-for-italy https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-president-sergio-mattarella-at-the-johnson-space-center-a-source-pride-for-italy Sat, 13 Feb 2016 19:01:49 +0000 The President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, was in Houston, the last leg of his visit in the USA, and visited the Johnson Space Center where NASA has its Mission Control Center and from where all space voyages are directed. President Mattarella was welcomed upon arrival by Susan Anderson, Head of Protocol of NASA, and visited the Center accompanied by Italian astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti, Roberto Vittori, Paolo Nespoli, Luca Parmitano and Walter Villadei, and by representatives from the Sonny Carter Training Facility, the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility and the Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. Mission Control Centers.   Read more   Source: http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/order-sons-of-italy-in-america-cabrini-lodge-2826-eighth-annual-scholarship-awards-presentation https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/order-sons-of-italy-in-america-cabrini-lodge-2826-eighth-annual-scholarship-awards-presentation Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:20:15 +0000 Who: Order Sons of Italy in America, Cabrini Lodge 2826What: Eighth annual scholarship awards presentation When: April 15 Where: Our Lady of the Meadows Church Hall   Highlights/honorees: Scholarship recipients were Jonathan Gutierrez, Central High; Mark Madic, South; and Giavanna Zupancic, East. The awards presentation included a light supper, dessert and refreshments.   Read more   Source: http://www.chieftain.com    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/college-of-design-rome-show https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/college-of-design-rome-show Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:21:41 +0000 The past 10 days have been busy for Iowa State University College of Design students. Since March 2, these students have been hosting an exhibition in the Design Building called “The Rome Show.” The Rome Show has been displaying projects of the 66 ISU students who studied abroad in Italy this last fall semester. The artwork featured in this show was created by 33 graphic design students, 27 interior design students and six integrated studio arts students.   While in Italy, the students were separated into groups by their majors and each group of students took classes that would help them with their major.   Read more   Source: http://www.iowastatedaily.com/  
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/professor-studies-influential-american-authors-in-italy https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/professor-studies-influential-american-authors-in-italy Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:34:09 +0000 The precedents of women in public relations, international news, and multicultural relations are unfortunately not household names—yet. Missouri State University faculty Dr. Etta Madden uncovers three remarkable women and their work to connect the United States with Italy and the globe in general. Madden's book in progress, "Engaging Italy," will show the parallel of human need for connection in the 19th and 21st centuries.   "People think of our age, connected with the internet, as one where we all want to be socially engaged, but that's not so different from the 19th century. We had press in other countries way before planes even existed," Madden said.   Read more   Source: http://www.the-standard.org/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/presenting-our-2016-u-of-m-scholarship-winner https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/presenting-our-2016-u-of-m-scholarship-winner Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:05:15 +0000 The winner of the $3,000 ICC Study Abroad Program scholarship is Magdalena (Lena) Schroeder, a sophomore majoring in Mathematics and Italian Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Lena's first experience with Italian culture and language occurred early in life when she lived in Austria with her family. Later exposures to Italy ultimately led to her decision to study Italian at the U of M. There, she has actively worked to improve her skills, going to conversation hours, skyping with a native Italian through the Tandem program, and listening to Italian music.   She also hopes to work at Concordia's Lago del Bosco Italian immersion camp this summer. She sings with an a cappella group on campus and serves as an officer. In her free time, she loves playing soccer and is an avid fan of Arsenal FC. She is thrilled to be going back to Europe, where soccer is a big deal. Lena will be studying at the University of Bologna for the 2016-17 academic year. She is planning to take courses in math history, linguistics, and political science. We congratulate Lena and look forward to reading about her learning adventures in Italy that will be posted regularly on our website! Bravissima!   Source: Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis  
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/translators-make-foreign-literature-accessible-to-readers https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/translators-make-foreign-literature-accessible-to-readers Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:24:11 +0000 By Tu-Uyen Tran   "Gentile signorina," the purse-snatcher wrote to his victim at the beginning of a short story that University of North Dakota professor Elizabeth Harris has translated. He had been examining the contents of the purse, imagining what his victim is like and coming to realize he had fallen in love, she said.   "Gentile signorina" literally means "Dear Miss" in Italian and it has the impersonal feel of "Dear Sir or Madam" in English. But "Dear Miss" just isn't used in English. So, after some agonizing, including a small debate with author Giulio Mozzi, Harris decided on "Dear signorina."   Read more   Source: http://www.jamestownsun.com/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sacco-and-vanzetti-book-collection-nabs-national-honor-for-ku-grad-student https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/sacco-and-vanzetti-book-collection-nabs-national-honor-for-ku-grad-student Thu, 05 Jan 2017 19:53:01 +0000 By Sara Shepherd Megan Jones first saw a picture of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in a high school history textbook, but moved on after being told they wouldn't be on the test. As a sophomore at Indiana University, assigned to write about something in the university's rare book library, she came across the intriguing figures again. This time she dug in, calling up the holding and writing about the library's collection of letters the two men wrote from prison before being executed.   Now, Jones has her own collection of about 40 books about Sacco and Vanzetti, for which she recently won second place in this year's National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. She traveled to Washington, D.C., in October to receive her award at the Library of Congress, which included a $1,000 cash prize for herself and $500 for KU Libraries.   Read more   Source: http://www2.ljworld.com/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/embracing-the-roma-experience https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/embracing-the-roma-experience Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:28:00 +0000 If education is all about breaking boundaries and surpassing limits, studying abroad may be one of the most effective and enjoyable ways to learn, at least according to Davide Bolognesi, former visiting professor of Italian.   "I was particularly impressed by the students," he says of his time teaching at CC during the Spring 2014 semester. "They all were eager, talented, and curious about Italian culture. We conducted excellent projects together." Though he'd taught in the U.S. previously, this was his first experience on the Block Plan. Bolognesi says the format lends itself specifically to foreign languages by providing students with an immersive experience, citing the "transformational power of travel."   Read more   Source: http://sites.coloradocollege.edu/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/visiting-assistant-professor-of-italian-position-ks-state-univ https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/visiting-assistant-professor-of-italian-position-ks-state-univ Sat, 18 Apr 2015 05:38:50 +0000 The Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, term position, for the 2015-2016 academic year, with an option to be renewed. Completed PhD by August 2015 preferred, ABD considered.   Native or near-native proficiency in Italian required. Generalist with ability to teach introductory and intermediate language courses. Candidate will teach 5 courses annually, supervise one graduate teaching assistant, and coordinate offerings in Italian. Undergraduate teaching experience and experience with coordination, including graduate student teacher supervision, are assets.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/il-giudice-massaro-dona-il-suo-tesoro-storico-all-universita-del-minnesota https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/il-giudice-massaro-dona-il-suo-tesoro-storico-all-universita-del-minnesota Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:30:34 +0000 Il tesoro storico del giudice della Corte Suprema Dominic Massaro contenente oltre mezzo secolo di esperienza italiamericana, donato al Immigration History Research Center della University of Minnesota adesso può essere consultato da studiosi e studenti con un semplice click.   Il giudice Massaro, uno di una dozzina di americani di discendenza italiana ad essere stato insignito dell'onorificenza di Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica, da decenni è al centro dell'associazionismo italoamericano.   Read more   Fonte: America Oggi  
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/professors-detail-study-abroad-program-dedicated-to-preparing-better-american-teachers-see-more-at-http-news-ku-edu-2016-01-15-education-professors-publish-chapters-detailing-study-abroad-program-dedicated-preparing-sthash-rnfxq9pb-dpuf https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/professors-detail-study-abroad-program-dedicated-to-preparing-better-american-teachers-see-more-at-http-news-ku-edu-2016-01-15-education-professors-publish-chapters-detailing-study-abroad-program-dedicated-preparing-sthash-rnfxq9pb-dpuf Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:13:44 +0000 Crossing the ocean can be an important step in the journey to creating American teachers who engage in culturally responsive teaching. University of Kansas educators have published writing detailing a program that takes future educators to Italy to participate in a full-immersion study abroad program that results in a better understanding of the challenges culturally and linguistically diverse students encounter in schools.   Barbara Bradley, associate professor, and Diane Nielsen, professor of curriculum and teaching at KU, have authored a pair of chapters detailing a study abroad program that takes pre-service teachers to Carpi, Italy, to provide them with a cultural experience that prepares them to be effective teachers.   Read more   Source: http://news.ku.edu/ 
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-decendent-turns-family-tragedies-into-triumph-through-american-education https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-decendent-turns-family-tragedies-into-triumph-through-american-education Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:00:22 +0000 The massive immigration of European settlers to the United States in the late 18th century included a large number of Italians who settled in southeast Kansas to take jobs as deep-shaft coal miners. Two of these families who followed the dream, the Battitori family and the Iager family, merged a generation later. Dr. John Battitori, who addressed an audience at Corley auditorium Wednesday, Oct. 30 is a product of this merger. He is one of the featured themed semester speakers arranged by the Institute of International Studies for the Italian semester. Battitori is a second generation Italian-American and one of the first of his generation not working as a coal miner.   Read more   Source: http://www.thechartonline.com    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dante-alighieri-society-of-pueblo-36th-annual-scholarship-awards-celebration https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/dante-alighieri-society-of-pueblo-36th-annual-scholarship-awards-celebration Mon, 30 May 2016 10:54:48 +0000 The Dante Alighieri Society of Pueblo's 36th annual scholarship awards celebration featured presentations in Italian by each scholarship winner, followed by the Little Italy Buffet and an array of Italian-themed desserts.   Richard and Helen Harris were honored as Persons of the Year for their dedication to the organization. Six high school seniors received $1,000 scholarships: Bailey Trevithick and Julio Gonzalez, Central; Keila Estrada Guirant, South; Joseph Gavato and Lluvia Rodriguez, Centennial; and Blair Little, East. Oriana Tagliabue from Como, Italy, addressed the group and described her study abroad experience at Central High School.   Read more   Source: http://www.chieftain.com    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/cfp-aais-2015-university-of-colorado-boulder-italy-between-the-two-world-wars-literature-culture-society https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/cfp-aais-2015-university-of-colorado-boulder-italy-between-the-two-world-wars-literature-culture-society Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:34:17 +0000 Dear Colleagues, Please find below a CfP for AAIS 2015 at the University of Colorado, Boulder, 26-29 March. CfP AAIS 2015, University of Colorado, Boulder "Italy between the two World Wars: literature, culture, society".    This session focuses on the examination of the Italian cultural context between the two World Wars; analyzed from a literary point of view, artistic and social. In particular, we welcome proposals that focus on topics such as the social changes that followed the First World War I (including the advent of mass sport and new formsof association), cultural policy during the Fascist period, the role of Italian intellectuals (inside and outside Italy) and their relationship with the Fascist regime, the national artistic and literary scene at the time and its influence on the European stage.   Please e-mail abstracts of 150 words (English or Italian), a short biography and specific anticipated A/V requirements to Marco Marino, marco.marino@santannainstitute.com  and Brian J. Gilley bjgilley@indiana.edu by Sunday, 14 December 2014
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/opera-for-intermediates https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/opera-for-intermediates Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:10:12 +0000 Are you an intermediate speaker of Italian who loves opera? Have you always wanted to have a better understanding of the words? Now is your opportunity to discover more of Verdi's "Rigoletto"!   Join ICC's native Italian instructor, Mirella Heimpel, as she uncovers the famous opera. You will listen to the music, pause to learn new language phrases, and become familiar with the arias. This will be a 5 week course, beginning on Thursday, February 19th, at 5:30 p.m. During the last class session, you will view a video of the entire opera.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/fvcc-goes-italian-for-big-night-5 https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/fvcc-goes-italian-for-big-night-5 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:17:11 +0000 By Ryan Murray Flathead Valley Community College invites lovers of Italian cuisine and world travel to its Big Night 5, a fundraising event to help pay for student scholarships for the annual Semester in Venice program. The event has raised more than $66,000 for 18 Semester in Venice students since its inception. The Venice trip, an immersive arts and language program in the city of canals, is entering its eighth year. Flathead Valley Community College art professor John Rawlings leads the trips. The Big Night 5 event will take place June 5 at 6 p.m. in the Arts and Technology Building on the college campus.   Read more   Source: http://www.dailyinterlake.com/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/ph-d-in-hand-postdocs-explore-their-futures https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/ph-d-in-hand-postdocs-explore-their-futures Mon, 13 Jun 2016 09:41:22 +0000 Of all the people found at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), about 85 occupy the unique role of postdoctoral researcher.   The postdocs, as they're known, contribute to the wealth of research capabilities at NREL as they work alongside established scientists. The recently minted Ph.D graduates are hired to work at the Colorado lab for one to three years, on a professional path toward either full-time research or an academic career.   Read more   Source: http://www.nrel.gov/    
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/students-faculty-collaborate-to-improve-concrete-structures https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/students-faculty-collaborate-to-improve-concrete-structures Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:37:01 +0000 By Kelly Schiro  The future where people can monitor the structural status of bridges, buildings and roads is coming to life through a collaborative research effort between professors at Iowa State and the University of Perugia in Italy. Using nanotechnology, the students and faculty working on the project are developing materials that sense the stresses, strains, deformations or displacements of structures. These structures include buildings, bridges, roads and even airplane wings. University of Perugia's assistant professor, Filippo Ubertini, said, "The next step is full-scale application."   Read more   Source:   
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kansas-state-university-vap-in-italian https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/kansas-state-university-vap-in-italian Tue, 14 Jun 2016 04:53:05 +0000 General Description of Position: The Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, term position, for the 2016-2017 academic year, with an option to be renewed. Generalist with ability to teach introductory and intermediate language courses as well as literary and cultural surveys. Candidate will teach 3 courses per semester. Undergraduate teaching experience is an asset.   Job Description: http://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/493552/visiting-assistant-professor Required Minimum Qualifications: Completed PhD by August 2016 preferred, ABD considered. Native or near-native proficiency in Italian required.  
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/teaching-assistant-professor-of-italian-univ-of-denver https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/teaching-assistant-professor-of-italian-univ-of-denver Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:35:47 +0000 The Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Denver will hire a Teaching Assistant Professor of Italian for appointment to begin September 1, 2016. This is a non-tenure track position, with full benefits and a 3-year contract, renewable; promotion possible. Salary is competitive. The annual teaching load is eight classes on a quarter calendar.   The person appointed will teach all levels of Italian, though mainly beginning, 1st-year classes. She or he will also serve as coordinator of a multi-section beginning Italian sequence: duties include the development of rigorous and stimulating beginning language curriculum, the hiring and training of adjunct faculty, and annual assessment of the basic language program. We will conduct semifinalist interviews at the MLA Convention in Austin early January. Deadline for applications is October 15, 2015.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/ku-hosts-italian-social-welfare-students-for-unique-study-abroad-experience https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/ku-hosts-italian-social-welfare-students-for-unique-study-abroad-experience Fri, 04 Sep 2015 07:59:07 +0000 New social workers will work increasingly with people from diverse immigrant groups who are often marginalized. The University of Kansas is working to increase study abroad experiences in a field that is growing its emphasis on international or global practice, including a current visit by students, faculty and staff from Milan, Italy.   Seventeen visitors from the Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy, are on campus for two weeks to take part in classes and observe several aspects of social work in the United States. The trip is part of an ongoing exchange between KU and the Italian university.    Read more   Source: http://news.ku.edu/  
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-american-society-offers-1000-scholarship https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/italian-american-society-offers-1000-scholarship Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:51:33 +0000 The Society of Italian-Americans will award a $1000 scholarship to a high school senior who is enrolling in a college or university this fall. Any high school senior with at least one Italian ancestor is eligible to apply, according to a news release. The winner will be selected based on grade point average and two required essays. Applications are available from the Italian-American Scholarship Committee. Contact Jennifer Alongi, jennifer.alongi.richmond@gmail.com or Toni Gasper, tgasper@choosethechief.com, (309) 781-0514. The deadline for applications is May 1.
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/vittoria-lodge-auxiliary-scholarship https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/vittoria-lodge-auxiliary-scholarship Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:50:12 +0000 The Lodge and the Auxiliary will award scholarships at the June dinner. The Auxiliary voted to give out 4 scholarships this year (2 girls/2 boys) – this is in addition to what the Men's Lodge will give away.   Any member, son, daughter, and/or grandchild of a Lodge or an Auxiliary member who will be attending a college, community college, or trade school are eligible to apply. Please click here for the scholarship application. Copies may be made if you have more than one applicant. Applications can be mailed to: Vittoria Lodge, P.O. Box 1212, Ankeny, IA 50021-0975
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/visiting-assistant-professor-of-italian-at-k-state https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/visiting-assistant-professor-of-italian-at-k-state Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:17:59 +0000 Modern Languages: Visiting Assistant Professor- Ph. D. required, ABD considered; native or near-native proficiency in Italian, generalist with ability to teach introductory and intermediate language courses, ability to teach 5 courses annually, supervise one graduate teaching assistant and coordinate offers in Italian required.   Undergraduate teaching experience and experience with coordination, including graduate student teacher supervision preferred. Term position. Screening of applications begins April 27, 2015 and continues until the position is filled. Contact Melinda Cro, (785) 532-1925. http://www.k-state.edu/affact/opportunities/unclass.html#faculty Kansas State University - Department of Modern Languages Eisenhower Hall 308 - Manhattan, Kansas 66506  
]]> https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/university-of-kansas-advanced-italian-lecturer https://www.wetheitalians.com/default/university-of-kansas-advanced-italian-lecturer Wed, 13 May 2015 07:13:35 +0000 The KU French & Italian Department is seeking an Advanced Italian Lecturer to join their team. An M.A. plus additional graduate study in Italian (or foreign equivalent), with Ph.D. preferred; demonstrated excellence in teaching as evidenced by evaluations and/or letters of recommendation; and near-native or native command of Italian are required. Salary is commensurate with qualification and experience. Review of applications begins on 25 May 2015 and continues as needed to collect a pool of qualified applicants.     To ensure consideration, apply before the application review date. For more information and to apply please visit http://employment.ku.edu/academic/331BR. Search chair: Caroline Jewers, cjewers@ku.edu. KU is an EO/AAE. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status. Marina de Fazio, Italian Program DirectorFrench & Italian | University of Kansas  
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