Historic Alta House in Little Italy springs to full life as a Montessori school
By Steven Litt A $1.6 million renovation has brought the historic but underused Alta House in Little Italy back to luminous vitality as the new home ofCleveland Montessori School, previously housed at nearby Holy Rosary Church. On a gray Wednesday morning, the school's second day in its new home, parents pulled up at the East 125t...
Italian American Cultural Club announces award of seven $1,000 scholarships
Scholarship recipients were announced when the Italian American Cultural Club held its April 8 meeting at St. Florian Hall which was attended by 140 members. President Carmella Gentile presided at the meeting where Theresa Metcalf of the scholarship committee announced the names of seven students who will each receive a $1,000 Rev. Father Stabene...
2014 Scholarship Information
All 2014 Stark County graduating seniors are eligible to apply for our scholarship. Please visit your High School Guidance Department for details on how to apply. All completed scholarship applications must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2014. The Stark County Italian-American Foundation was organized with the following objectiv...
For these five students, scholarships a celebration of Italian heritage
Five recent high school graduates each received a $500 Joseph Calderone Memorial Scholarship at the June meeting of the Order Sons of Italy in America Leone D'Oro Lodge No. 2700 in Orland Park. Each recipient was required to write an essay crediting their Italian heritage in forming strong family ties and family values. Read more...
Coda di Volpe is a splash of southern-Italian spice on the Southport corridor
By Mike Sula As a food writer, I'm beginning to view the appearance of every new Italian restaurant with existential dread. In terms of word slinging, the battle between steak houses and Italian spots for Chicago restaurant hegemony throughout the last few years has me running low on ammo. While there are fresh things to write and be exci...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Italian Studies at The Ohio State University
The Department of French and Italian in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Italian Studies. This is a one-year, non-tenure track appointment with the potential for renewal. Candidates with strong interdisciplinary and mu...
DePaul University Law School Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea
by Leonard F. Amari DePaul University has selected a nationally recognized leader in legal education as dean for the College of Law. Jennifer Rosato Perea, an accomplished scholar in family law, bioethics and civil procedure, will join DePaul July 1. When Rosato Perea became dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law in July...
Columbian Club gives pivotal donation to Loyola
On Sept. 2, board members and foundation trustees of the Columbian Club of Chicago presented Thomas Regan, S.J., dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Arthur Lurigio, Ph.D., senior associate dean for faculty, College of Arts and Sciences of Loyola University Chicago, with a check to complete the club's $50,000 pledge to support the creation of a...
New program in Chicago for the teaching of Italian language and culture
The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago, cultural office of the Italian Government, is pleased to announce a new program developed for the teaching of Italian language and culture. Beginning on Tuesday, January 22nd 2013, the official program of Italian language and culture courses in Chicago will be offered by ItalCultura, an independent non-pr...
Visiting Lecturer of Italian at Indiana University
Visiting Lecturer of Italian. Department of French & Italian. Indiana University - Bloomington. One semester, non-tenure track position beginning January 2017, with the possibility of renewal. Duties are to teach elementary and intermediate Italian language and culture courses. ABD or PhD, excellence in teaching, and nat...
Italian ambassador visits Italian Immersion program at MPS’ Victory School
Italy's ambassador to the United States visited Milwaukee Public Schools' Victory School for the Gifted and Talented and Italian Immersion on Monday. Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero visited and spoke with students, families and staff at the school, home to what is believed to be one of the first Italian Immersion programs in the country. Re...
Scholarships Offered: Americans of Italian Heritage offering awards to Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga students
The Americans of Italian Heritage and the Americans of Italian Heritage Charities Inc. have announced the scholarship program available to student residents of Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Cuyahoga counties. Four scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded this year. Scholarships will be awarded within three categories: Green, for a grade-point aver...