Anche quest’anno la classe d’Italiano del quarto anno di San Francis High School di Sacramento ha fatto la visita al Consolato Generale d’Italia a San Francisco. Ad accogliere il gruppo erano presenti il console generale Lorenzo Ortona, il vice console Luigi Biondi e la responsabile delle scuole, Anna Zeppieri. Dopo una riunione informale, le stude...

Student Organization Outreach and Involvement Experience (SOOIE) announces Registered Student Organization Member, Advisor, and Event of the Month for February. The winners are as follows: The Member of the Month for February is Brooke Borgognoni from II Circolo Italiano. Borgognoni, a senior, has been an active member in the Italian club since her...

Patrons of Italian Culture has a scholarships available for high school seniors currently enrolled in Italian language classes and who have been accepted to an accredited College or University. A commitment to a major or minor in Italian Language or Italian Studies is strongly recommended but is not required to apply for the scholarship. Interested...

Foreign language enrollments in American higher education have seen yet another drop as reported by the Modern Language Association in their most recent publication. The 9.2% loss in enrollments from fall 2013 to fall 2016 indicates these results, as the authors of the report state: “are the beginning of a trend, rather than a blip” when we also ta...

We must not lose Italian in Montclair High School! Sign this petition to tell Montclair Public Schools to keep Italian language and culture in our schools. A recent report by a World Languages consultant to the Montclair Schools recommended "decreasing the number of sections in these [Latin, Italian, German] languages at the least or eliminating La...

Leading Italian American studies scholar Carla Simonini, PhD, has been named the inaugural Paul and Ann Rubino Professor in Italian American Studies (IAS) in Loyola University Chicago’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), effective August 15, 2018. The endowed professorship was established to build a premier IAS program among only a handful of prog...

The Forum of Italian American Educators (FIAME) invites high school students to apply for scholarships of at least $1,000 each before the deadline of March 23. Applicants should be seniors of Italian descent at a Bronx or Lower Westchester school with an 85% average or above who demonstrate Italian American pride through participation in school and...

The Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 recognizes students each month who study the Italian language at area schools. The students are presented with a monetary gift at a monthly dinner for the honorees and their families hosted by the Lodge. The students also have an opportunity to thank everyone for the honor and often say their speeches in Italia...

Si è svolta dal 1° al 3 marzo l’importante conferenza della National Association Bilingual Education (NABE) arrivata ormai al suo quarantasettesimo anniversario. Quest’anno la conferenza si è tenuta in New Mexico, nel Convention Center di Alberqueque. L’evento, come è noto, è destinato ad illustrare le varie iniziative per la diffusione delle lingu...

March 23, Friday, 4:30 p.m. Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University. Workshop/Panel Discussion - Theme: Status of Italian Language Programs on Long Island. Analysis and Discussion of a Survey of Italian Language Programs on Long Island and Actions to be Taken to Enrich Curriculum and Strengthen Programs. This event is organized with the...