{"id":1182,"date":"2017-05-05T10:10:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:30:32","slug":"cristina-mckeever-and-sara-delucchi-receive-the-outstanding-italian-studies-minor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/2017\/05\/05\/cristina-mckeever-and-sara-delucchi-receive-the-outstanding-italian-studies-minor-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Delucchi and Cristina McKeever receive the Outstanding Italian Studies Minor Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Department of World Languages and Cultures at Chapman University awards\u00a0<strong>Cristina McKeever <\/strong>and <strong>Sara Delucchi<\/strong>\u00a0as Outstanding\u00a0Italian Studies Minors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/Picture1-1w13xcc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1184 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/Picture1-1w13xcc-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Sara Delucchi is graduating with a\u00a0Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a Minor in Italian Studies. Sara brings a rare level of commitment and care to all of her classes and assignments. Her professional dedication and deep human engagement have been inspiring for her professors and classmates alike and have led her to remarkable achievements in Italian. Sara has been an essential part of the Italian Studies community at Chapman since her freshman year, when she entered the Italian Club first as Vice President and then as President. Sara\u2019s generous service \u2013which was also recently recognized by the Renaissance Lodge Order Sons of Italy\u2013 has enriched the cultural experience of her peers and helped fostering meaningful relationships among students. After graduation, she will be attending the Master of Occupational Therapy at Dominican University. Auguroni per tutto, Sara!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/Picture1-1w13xbn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1183 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/Picture1-1w13xbn-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/Picture1-1w13xbn-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/Picture1-1w13xbn.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Cristina McKeever is graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and a Minor in Italian Studies. After graduation, she plans to pursue a professional dance career in performance, choreography, and teaching both nationally and internationally; she especially\u00a0hopes to teach dance and\/or perform in Italy. While succeeding in numerous advanced Italian Studies courses\u00a0at Chapman, she\u00a0has also contributed significantly\u00a0to the community and programming of the Italian Club, and\u00a0has assisted her peers as a\u00a0tutor of Italian. Her professors will miss Cristina&#8217;s creativity, brightness,\u00a0diligence,\u00a0and kindness, but rejoice at\u00a0the thought that she will\u00a0bring these qualities to all of her activities in the future.\u00a0Tante buone cose, Cristina!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Department of World Languages and Cultures at Chapman University awards\u00a0Cristina McKeever and Sara Delucchi\u00a0as Outstanding\u00a0Italian Studies Minors. &#8220;Sara Delucchi is graduating with a\u00a0Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a Minor in Italian Studies. Sara brings a rare level of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/2017\/05\/05\/cristina-mckeever-and-sara-delucchi-receive-the-outstanding-italian-studies-minor-award\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/pacchioni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}