Summer scholarship award
The University for Foreigners in Perugia together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Embassy in Washington offers 50 scholarships to attend Italian language and culture courses or teacher training courses at the University for Foreigners of Perugia. The University for Foreigners in Perugia is the oldest and most prestigious Itali...
Italian American Association gives scholarships
by Francesca Cocchi The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean awarded a total of nearly $27,000 in scholarships to 14 high school students June 11. This year the IAATO awarded scholarships in four categories with two additional donations from the families of deceased IAATO members Gavin J. Siciliano and Jerry Tesoriero...
The Language and Enrichment Center hosts 5th annual End of the Year Celebration at the Scotch Plains Italian American Club
The Scotch Plains Italian American Club was filled with electrifying energy of the children, parents, and staff of the Language and Enrichment Center the night of June 6th. The Italian Language and Enrichment Center hosted their 5th annual End of the Year Celebration which comprised of children ages 2 ½ – 9 of the Let's Play in Italian prog...
Classroom Close-up NJ films Italian Heritage Curriculum
On Tuesday April 12th, The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District was filmed by NJTV integrating a lesson on immigration from The Universality of Italian Heritage Curriculum. The Curriculum was developed for educators by the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission, in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Education and is a free r...
Italian Media in the United States: A Two-Century-Long History
The April 12 round table From Ethnic to Multi-cultural Italian Media in the U.S hosted by the Inserra Chair at Montclair State University brought together Bénédicte Deschamps, Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of Paris Diderot, Maurita Cardone, Deputy Editor at La Voce di New York, Lucia Grillo, producer of Italics, and jour...
The "University of Italian Heritage" curriculum in Philadelphia
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 10:30am - 3:30pmLocation: The Office of the Consul General, Public Ledger Building, Suite 1026 150 south independence Mall West Philadelphia,PA 19106The Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia, in collaboration with the NJ Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissing (NJIIAHC) cordially invites you to atten...
NIAF on Campus Program
by Lisa Femia The National Italian American Foundation is excited to announce the creation of NIAF on Campus, a new NIAF Italian American Leadership Council (IALC) Program. If you know an outstanding Italian or Italian studies professor and Italian American college or graduate student, please encourage them to apply! The program i...
Vincenzo “Jimmy” De Pinto and Aldo De Pinto memorial scholarship
Established in 1998, this annual scholarship is made available to qualifying high school seniors in memory of Vincenzo "Jimmy" De Pinto, a late president of the Society, for his contributions to the Societa Madonna Dei Martiri, the Hoboken Italian Festival and his devotion to the Madonna. Emigrating from Italy, Mr. De Pinto never abandoned...
Symposium shows Italy in the White House
A symposium in the US capital on Tuesday highlighted the many influences Italy has had on the White House through the centuries, from Cicero's ideal of the gentleman politician to the concept of equality espoused by Filippo Mazzei, which influenced Thomas Jefferson in guiding the nation's founding principles. The symposium "Italy in the White Hous...
Sons of Italy Foundation® 2015 National Scholarship Competition Underway
Through the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF) with hundreds of thousands of family members located in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) has awarded nearly $59 million in scholarships to date. In past years, the SIF has offered 10 to 12 merit-based scholarships (National Leadership Grants...
Italian-American group urges schools to promote a more positive image of Italians
New Jersey's deep connections with Italy -- from the rush of immigrants more than a century ago to its original namesake, "Nova Caesarea" -- are being explored in depth by a little-known commission that has created a curriculum for the state's public schools. The state's Italian and Italian-American Heritage Commission has released a wealt...
Where are they now? SIF reaches out to past scholarship recipients to find out!
The Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) is just one week away from celebrating it's 25th Anniversary National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala. Since then, over $51 million in scholarships have been awarded to bright, young Italian Americans. As we approach the silver anniversary of this momentous Washington event, we catch up with past sch...