The Italian program held its annual Honors Celebration on May 3^rd, 2018 in Perkins Gallery. We were thrilled to recognize the outstanding achievements of our stellar students in Italian and to induct this year’s newest members into Gamma Kappa Alpha, the National Italian Honors Society. Faculty, students, and their families heard an inspiring presentation from Dr. Gaetano Cipolla of St. John’s University on “What Italy Has Given to the World” and were honored to have the Consul General of Italy,  Mr. Pier Attinio Forlano, in attendance to speak to the students about the value of Italian in the business world. Prizes for academic excellence and scholarships for study abroad in Italy were awarded, with top honors this year going to Matthew Bleacher (’18).  A complete list of awards follows here:

 

Gamma Kappa Alpha:

Miranda Armiger, Nikki Dombrowski, Duncan Edwards, Nicholas Finelli,

Bailee Formon, Edoardo Frezza, Thomas McClellan, Melissa Meric , Valentina Muller

Mia Natale, Daniel Taylor, Elizabeth Webb

 

Italian Faculty Award: Emma Thieke

Eugenia Slavov Award: Danielle Iacovelli

Di Pietro Essay Award: Nicholas Finelli

Giuseppe Verdi Lodge Award: Daniel Taylor and Edoardo Frezza

Italo-Americans United Award: Miranda Armiger, Matthew Bleacher, Elizabeth Webb

Italo-Americans United Plaque: Matthew Bleacher