The Italian American Society of Peoria will hold its 83rd Annual Italian Summer Festa on Sunday August 12, from 12:00 noon to 7:00pm at Hickory Grove Park inNorth Peoria. (Hickory Grove Road off Knoxville Ave, follow signs). The Summer Festa Picnic is a long-standing family event held by the Society every year since its founding in 1929 as a time...

The Italian Business and Professional Association will honor five successful Kenosha residents of Italian descent at its annual banquet this month. Rose Marie "Cookie" DelConte, Louise Mattioli, Dr. John Rende and Dr. James and Geraldine "Geri" Santarelli will be honored at the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Italian American Club...

Stefanie DeSimone has gained recognition for an act of heroism she did last summer in which she helped save a man’s life on a plane. DeSimone was traveling home from Italy with her cousin when a man suddenly collapsed in the aisle without a pulse to be detected. Using basic instincts, quick thinking and skills learned in the Seton Hall nursing prog...

NIAF will make 30 scholarships available to students for the 2013-2014 academic year, and its Voyage of Discovery program will take about 20 U.S. students on an expense-paid trip to Italy this summer. NIAF scholarship applications and information is now available online at www.niaf.org/scholarships. Deadline to apply is March 1, 2013. NIAF Voyage...

Our Scholarship Program is now a fifty-three year tradition in the Italian community, carrying on the program ORIGINALLY established by the United Italian Societies and Clubs of Greater Springfield. These scholarships represent the value and importance we place on the education of our young people and our commitment to help make it possible. These...

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 ul...

The Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 awards scholarships at the end of each school year to students in Rockland County who have excelled in a particular area and demonstrate a strong ability to continue on to a successful college career.   On May 18th they presented the following awards: Charter Member Award for Academic Excellence: Jo...

The Italian American Studies Association-Western Regional Chapter (IASA-WRC) is pleased to offer a one-time award of $500 for a graduate student or recent graduate-degree recipient whose research focuses in a significant way on the history and culture of Italian Americans in the West.   We welcome all disciplinary approaches to the field of...

The Italian Heritage Month Committee and the Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge #2183, Sons of Italy of Wilmington are proud to announce the Sixth Annual Italian Heritage Golf Classic in celebration of October as Italian Heritage Month on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the Merrimack Valley Golf Club in Methuen. The committee invites you to participate in...

La Gallaudet University è l'unica università al mondo pienamente accessibile agli studenti sordi, e quest'anno la Fulbright Commission Italy mette a disposizione una borsa di studio per trascorrere un anno accademico in questa università per frequentare corsi di Educazione, Psicologia e Counseling. E' una opportunità unica che la direttrice della C...