FDU Hosts Fifth Summer Trip to Italy
This summer, Professor Gloria Pastorino, who teaches French and Spanish on the Florham Campus, will be hosting a trip to Bergamo, Italy. This will be Fairleigh Dickinson University’s fifth trip to Italy, although only the third to Bergamo. Pastorino started the program in 2008, when she first began teaching at FDU. She said that she noticed a need...
2017 Coccia-Inserra Teaching Award
The Director of the Coccia Institute is delighted to announce the 2017 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12). Recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have established this significant award. Our donor...
Paterson to name School 16 media center after founder of ‘Italian Voice’ newspaper
The city’s school district may soon name the School 16 media center after the founder of the “Italian Voice” newspaper following repeated lobbying by the founder’s daughter. Cesairna Augusto Earl, the daughter, made the case to name the school or media center after her mother, Mary Augusto, yet again on Wednesday night. School board president Chris...
Save the Date: Italy and the Euro-Mediterranean Migrant Crisis (April 26 and 27, 2017)
Italy and the Euro-Mediterranean Migrant Crisis: National Reception, Lived Experiences, E.U. Pressures. Columbia University, Wednesday, April 26, 2017; Montclair State University, Thursday, April 27, 2017 The Euro-Mediterranean migrant crisis prompted by the turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East continues to be discussed with increasing frequ...
Applications Now Open for Fulbright-NIAF-Georgetown Research and Lectureship Grant
The Fulbright Program in Italy, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and Georgetown University are pleased to announce a new and exciting award for Italian scholars and teachers: the Fulbright-NIAF-Georgetown Research Lectureship in Education. The grant aims to support an Italian elementary/middle school teacher or university lecturer/r...
Ellwood City still getting an education, a Catholic education, at Holy Redeemer
By Louise Carroll Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish is celebrating 70 years of Catholic education in Ellwood City. An anniversary party Saturday at the Sons of Italy on Lawrence Avenue will offer the area's many alumni a chance to reminisce, share memorabilia and look ahead. There's much to reflect upon. The roots of C...
Italian Language and Culture Day 2016: "C'era una volta..."
By Mary Ann Re Congratulations to our 250+ participating students and teachers—You were all phenomenal! Bravi! It was a truly difficult and unenviable choice, but our trophy winners were: Middle Schools - Skit TitleFirst Place: Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School - "Una famiglia in crisi"Second Place: Frelinghuysen Midd...
Scholarships in memory of Italian American Police Officers that are deceased
This morning the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey presented Ten college bound students with $1,000 scholarships in memory of Italian American Police Officers that are deceased. We would like to congratulate the scholarship recipients and thank Scholarship Chairman Jerry Onnembo of the Wood Ridge Police Department for his commi...
Call for Papers Italian as Communication and Literacy: Bridging languages and cultures in the modern classroom
Rutgers University will host the conference Italian as Communication and Literacy: Bridging language and culture in today's classroom on January 13th, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick . The conference will explore recent developments in Italian teaching methodologies and approaches. Keynote speakers:· Andrea Dini (Professor of Itali...
USA: rinnovato il protocollo d’intesa per l’insegnamento dell’Italiano nel Montgomery County
L'aumento dei corsi di italiano nelle scuole medie e superiori della Contea di Montgomery, negli Stati Uniti, sarà al centro di un incontro presso William H. Farquhar Middle School cui parteciperà il 6 gennaio prossimo il dirigente scolastico dell'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington DC, Maria Fusco, con alcuni principal delle scuole dell'area. Tale u...
Accordo tra l’Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata e la George Washington University definisce termini e requisiti del programma di mobilità studentesca
Internazionalizzazione/Un L'Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" – Facoltà di Medicina ha firmato un accordo di collaborazione con la George Washington University (USA) per un programma di reciproca mobilità studentesca. L'accordo quinquennale, il cui perfezionamento ha visto l'intervento decisivo dell'addetto scientifico presso l'...
"The Difference Italy Makes" Begins Oct. 1
Villanova University's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will introduce a conference series focusing on the impact that Italian business and commerce has on the world stage. The series of lectures aims at presenting success stories related to the Italian industry and trade, and at i...