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At an academic convocation on Monday (Jan. 29) at its Rome Global Gateway, the University of Notre Dame conferred honorary degrees on three distinguished leaders: Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums; Bishop Brian Farrell, L.C., secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity; and Roberto Benigni, an internationally acclaimed act...

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Italian teacher Francesca Tinnirello Suraci says the key to being an effective educator is to let your passion show. “You have to show how passionate you are about something, through your energy and your love for the subject,” Suraci says. “Those are the teachers that made the most impact on me.” Her Italian high school teacher, Dorina Spiering, wa...

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Renaissance Evolution (RE) is an Educational-Cultural think tank based in Florida and Washington, D.C. In collaboration with MAECI and the Consulate General of Miami, RENEVO aims to promote Italian Culture and Language in the Southeast of the United States and the Caribbean. This is a contract role for an Insegnante d'Italiano (Italian Teacher) in...

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Columbus Day and Veterans Day will no longer be days off for Stamford students after a vote by the Board of Education Tuesday night. Both days, which are currently days off from school in Stamford, had been proposed as in-school days last year as well. But after push-back from local veterans and Italian-Americans, both remained untouched.  Neither...

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That was how Joseph Sciame ’71Ed, Vice President, Office of Community Relations, encapsulated more than six decades as a St. John’s University student, administrator, and integral member of the campus community, one most often tasked with fostering positive relationships with the diverse groups outside the University’s walls. As an undergraduate st...

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Meeting and interacting with new people and cultures is one of the best ways to expand one’s worldview and enrich one’s mindset. Studying abroad is an authentic way to cultivate a global perspective through cultural immersion. The Eternal City of Rome, with its storied history and vibrant culture, provides a dynamic and captivating setting to achie...

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When I began preparing for my semester in Florence, my Google Drive was inundated with recommendations for Italian restaurants, bars, travel destinations and coffee shops. As I assumed the role of detective, I collected as much information as I could about studying abroad in Italy to alleviate my fears about living in a new country. The peer recomm...

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The Sons of Italy announced the group is accepting applications for its $500 Italian Heritage Scholarship until April 1. Each applicant must be of Italian descent, a senior at a high school in Salida with at least a 2.5 grade point average and have been accepted to an accredited institution of higher learning or trade school, a press release stated...

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The Order of the Sons of Italy Lodge #1309 is offering their annual $500 Scholarship to Salida High School Seniors. The local lodge offers the scholarship every spring to graduates of Salida High School or Horizons Exploratory Academy, to be used towards college or a trade/vocational school.  Students must be graduating this May, 2024 and must be o...

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When Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools students enter the classroom of their new Italian instructor, Tiziana Murray, they’re faced with an immediate challenge: a sentence on the board in need of translation. The classroom erupts in a flurry of activity as students check their notebooks to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and articl...

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