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Category Archives: Students Success
Melissa Marino selected as future leader of NIAF on Campus
Melissa Marino has been selected by the National Italian American Foundation to join the Italian American Leadership Council (IALC) Fellow Program. Melissa Marino is a Santa Barbara native receiving a BFA in Theatre Performance and a BA in Italian Language … Continue reading
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A Journey to Sicily: Immersion in Taormina (summer 2017)
Chapman Italian Studies is launching a new travel course in Taormina, Italy, next summer. Students interested in participating can contact Dr. Pacchioni at pacchion@chapman.edu Sicily presents a prime opportunity to experience cultural hybridization at its best and most beautiful. Due to its strategic … Continue reading
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Eat, Cook, Learn! An Educational Culinary Evening with the Bairds
The Baird family generously hosted a cooking class for Dr. Paduano’s course “ITAL 340: History and Culture of Food in Italy” last Sunday. Students had a chance to prepare together a few tasty dishes of “cucina povera” such as gnocchi al pesto and polpettone, while learning about geographical and … Continue reading
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Sabrina Chapman is selected as outstanding graduating minor in Italian Studies
Each year the faculty of the Department of World Languages and Cultures select outstanding majors and minors in each of the language programs. This year Sabrina Chapman has been selected as outstanding graduating minor in Italian Studies. Sabrina Chapman is graduating this year … Continue reading
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Melissa Marino receives the Italian Studies Council Academic Excellence Award
Melissa Marino was selected for the 2016 Italian Studies Council Academic Excellence Award. The award is intended to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding achievements in Italian Studies and who are dedicated at integrating the study of Italian within their career … Continue reading
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Sara Delucchi awarded Renaissance Lodge Scholarship in Italian Studies
Sara Delucchi is the recipient of the 2016 Renaissance Lodge scholarship in Italian Studies. The scholarship is intended to recognize students who distinguish themselves academically in Italian Studies, and at the same time who manifest dedication to the wellbeing of … Continue reading
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Dr. Francesca Paduano receives prestigious Chapman University teaching award
At this year’s commencement ceremony, Dr. Paduano was selected as the “2015 Student Choice in Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring” award.
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End of the year Italian Studies luncheon with chef Alberto Tilicone
Yesterday the Italian Studies program family celebrated the end of a fruitful academic year at Francoli in the Piazza of Orange. Chef Alberto Tilicone presented a cultured menu of traditional dishes from various areas of Italy. Buona estate a tutti! Arrivederci ad autunno! The Italian Studies faculty; from … Continue reading
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More music and laughter at La Serata!
At the last La Serata, Rosario Monetti and Giovanna Gattuso performed a playful show based on Italian songs with food themes for the pleasure of Italian students and faculty. In the photograph below, from the left, Rosario, Federico, Giovanna and … Continue reading
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Marco Saglimbeni receives the Kugelman Award as outstanding Italian Studies minor
Marco Saglimbeni is an University Honors Program student pursuing a degree in biological sciences with a minor in Italian Studies. He is a dedicated Chapman soccer player of Italian descent. He plans to study in Perugia next year. In 2014 … Continue reading
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Marrying scholarship and teaching: the puppet metaphor, Italy and beyond
The intense intellectual exchanges occurred within the Puppet Metaphor CRASsH group for the last two years have led to the designing of an honors course being taught by Federico Pacchioni (Italian Studies) this semester and titled “The Puppet Metaphor Across Media”. The … Continue reading
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“Vieni qui insieme a noi,” a surprise musical celebration at La Serata
There was singing and dancing at last week’s La Serata, with Italian students performing ABBA songs in Italian under the guidance of professor Francesca Paduano. The show continued in the second part of the evening, when everyone did their part in translating and … Continue reading
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Join us for a screening of Mona Lisa is Missing and Q&A with directors Joe and Justine Medeiros
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Italian student Emily Quinn undertakes an internship with the newspaper L’italo-Americano
Emily Quinn is a native Southern Californian with a passion for art and everything Italian. She is currently working towards a major in Journalism and a minor in Italian Studies. Among her future plans, she hopes to complete part of … Continue reading
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Student Danielle James receives the Marisa Antonini Award
The Marisa Antonini award has been established to honor passion for the Italian language, culture, or art. Danielle is planning to develop a partnership between her sorority and a local elementary school, with the aim of exposing the children to Italian … Continue reading
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