Webinars for K-12 Teachers
The Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey is sponsoring two Saturday morning webinars on Saturday, January 17, 2015 and Saturday, February 21, 2015. Participants will receive two Professional Development Credits for each webinar and certificates will be emailed to you after each webinar. Our featured presenter is Suzanne Brancifo...
The Center for Italian and Italian American Culture offers scholarships
The Center for Italian and Italian American Culture is offering two Peter Cocoziello Sr. scholarships this year, each in the amount of $2,500. The center administers the scholarship monies annually. The Peter Cocoziello Scholarship Fund was established in 2005 by Peter Cocoziello Sr. to be awarded to a deserving high school senior of Italian o...
Italian Festival to honor scholarship winners
The Scholarship Committee of the Italian Festival Foundation will present special awards to the 2014 Italian Festival scholarship winners on Saturday night, July 27th at 6:30 p.m. on the Heritage Port Stage. The presentation will take place prior to the Elio Scaccio Orchstra show. The scholarship winners will be introduced by Nancy Ducci,...
July 9-13 - AP annual 2014 Conference
The AP Annual Conference is the largest professional development gathering of the Advanced Placement Program® and Pre-AP® communities, AP Coordinators, school counselors and administrators from across the United States and throughout the world. This year's conference promises to engage, inspire, and promote innovation in our schools. &nbs...
Nursing Student Will Receive UNICO Scholarship
On Saturday, February 7, 2015, UNICO will present Seton Hall nursing student Stefanie DeSimone with a $2,500 scholarship at Seton Hall's basketball game at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The scholarship is made possible through the generosity of the Bernard and Carolyn Torraco Memorial Scholarship program. DeSimone, currently in the...
CEDAR GROVE: The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture offers beginner's Italian conversation classes
The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture is offering a beginner's class which will run from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning April 28, at the Center located at 411 Pompton Ave. in Cedar Grove. The session lasts for eight weeks. Students will learn conversational Italian as well as be introduced to the culture of Italy. The fee...
Webinar series for teachers
The Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey (ITANJ) is excited to offer again a Saturday morning webinar series due to the popularity of last year's webinars. Our webinar series provides professional development from your kitchen, with no worries about winter weather! This year we offer two Saturday morning webinars on: Saturday,...
Montclair State University/ Gli “indipendenti” italoamericani
La rappresentazione degli italoamericani da parte dei media contemporanei offre spesso delle immagini negative e corre il rischio di confermare sempre stereotipi già noti. Una possibile soluzione è cercare di sradicare queste idee prestando attenzione al cinema indipendente che tende a controbilanciare le immagini proposte dal cinema di grande cons...
Corona D’Italia awards scholarships
Corona D'Italia Lodge 807 had its annual mother-daughter scholarship dinner on May 7 in the Wolverine Restaurant. Attendees were registered at the entrance by Treasurer Louise Vitullo, assisted by her daughter member Maura Greco. Trustee Pudue LaCava. arranged the seating and directed the 30 members and guests to their tables. Orator Valerie Valen...
Westmoreland County Community College dean followed passions for nature, history
By Craig Smith It wasn't unusual for Paul Lonigro to go off his family's radar as he followed the migration of birds or enjoyed a long nature walk. "I'd get calls from my sisters who hadn't heard from him, and my kids would say, 'Pap-pap is missing again,' " said his son, Francis L. Lonigro of Latrobe. "I'd call him and he'd...
Local slow food chapter supports school gardens
by Claire Loew Local slow food enthusiasts gathered Sunday to enjoy a four-course, locally sourced dinner and to support school gardens. The eighth annual Comfort in the Cold dinner was held at Luke Palladino Seasonal Italian Cooking in Central Square. Chef TJ Ricciardi prepared risotto fritters and fried spaghetti with cured...
America, italiani e il problema della lingua - Intervista a Nancy Carnevale
Nancy Carnevale è una professoressa associata di storia alla Montclair State University del New Jersey. Nel 2010 si è aggiudicata l'American Book Award con il libro "A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants In the United States, 1890-1945" [Una nuova lingua, un nuovo mondo: immigrati italiani negli Stati Uniti 1890-1945 N.d.T.] pubblicato d...