Griffo, Brindisi announce scholarships
UTICA — Griffo, Brindisi announce |scholarshipsState Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, R-Rome, and Assemblyman Anthony J. Brindisi, D-Utica, announced that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $1,500 scholarships to be awarded June 10 at the Annual Legislative Conference Day.
Eastchester Italian Club Awards Scholarships
The Eastchester Italian American Citizens Club has given out eleven scholarships to graduates of both Tuckahoe and Eastchester High. Ten of the students received $1,000 and one of the graduates received $2,000 because of an outstanding essay that she had written. The scholarships were awarded at the Eastchester Italian American Citizens Cl...
Hofstra Professor To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Italian-American Group
After more than 50 years as a teacher, professor Michael D'innocenzo will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Association of Italian American Educators.All but two of the 56 years that D'innocenzo has spent as a teacher have been spent at Hofstra University, 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria reported. "Studying American history is the greatest em...
Learn Italy: la scuola che non è solo scuola
di Maurita Cardone C'è chi vuole andare alla ricerca delle proprie radici, chi vuole finalmente imparare a parlare con la nonna, chi invece si prepara al viaggio di una vita. Chi vuole darsi un tocco di charme o chi vuole vantarsi ordinando la cena italiana con accento perfetto. C'è sempre un buon motivo per imparare l'Italiano. E insieme...
Italian American Culture and Literature of the United States
In the current academic year 2014-15, the Department of Humanistic Studies, in cooperation with the Department of Political and Social Sciences, will start at UniCal a series of scientific and didactic activities focused on Italian diasporas. The first activities are dedicated to the Italian American Culture and Literature of the United States. On...
Calandra Institute e Università della Calabria: attraversare l'oceano e abbattere le barriere con gli studi italoamericani
Gli studi italoamericani diventano un ponte tra l'Italia e l'America e da New York attraversano l'Atlantico per arrivare in Calabria. Un incontro che si concretizza in un accordo tra il John D. Calandra Italian American Institute del Queens College (CUNY) e l'Università della Calabria. A firmare l'accordo sono stati, lunedì 6 ottobre, nell...
MLA Italian American Literature Discussion Group Seeking Scholars and Instructors
The MLA Italian American Literature Discussion group is seeking scholars and instructors interested in presenting at its round-table session—Negotiating Ethnic Politics: Teaching Ethnic Literature in an Italian American Context—scheduled for the 2016 MLA Convention in Austin, TX, January 7-10. The session proposes to explore approaches by...
Visiting Instructor of Italian Position 2014-15
One year appointment with possibility of renewal to teach five sections of beginning and intermediate Italian. Other responsibilities include participation in co-curricular course related activities such as the Italian Table and Film Series. Requirements: Master's degree, ABD or PhD; fluency in Italian and English; demonstrated college lev...
Tenure track position in Italian at FIT
The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), an internationally renowned college of art and design, business and technology, of the State University of New York, invites nominations and applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in the Modern Languages and Cultures Department of the School of Liberal Arts. The successful cand...
A New Decade for ILICA, Making Italian Language and Culture Global
The Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance (ILICA) is a not for profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of the Italian language as an instrument of understanding and study of a culture in continuous evolution, directed at not only Americans of Italian origin, but all those who share an interest in learning the Italian language as a key to un...
CAMP ITALIA Announces 2014 Summer Programs
Italy comes to Long Island once again as Camp Italia welcomes children ages 4-12 to its summer camp programs from July 21st – July 24th, transforming the space at 38 Old Country Road in Garden City to an oasis of all things Italian. For children ages 4-7, the camp day starts at 9 am and ends at 11am. For ages 8 to 12, the program begins at...
After National Search York College Appoints Alum Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Panayiotis Meleties, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs of York College/CUNY in Jamaica, Queens, announced today that Dr. Donna Chirico has been appointed Dean of the college's School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Chirico's appointment is especially noteworthy as she is a product of York College both as an alumna and as a facul...