Three students awarded teaching fellowships in Italy for 2016-2017

Lindsey Asaro (BA in world languages and cultures-Italian concentration), Caitlin O’Toole (BA in world languages and cultures-Italian concentration), and Megan-Michael Powell (major in economics and minor in Italian), have each been awarded an 8-month scholarship (700 euros/month) to assist secondary school teachers of English in Lombardy, Italy.

They will all leave in September 2016. Lindsey Asaro has been assigned to the Zenale-Butinone Tourism Institute in the province of Bergamo; Caitlin O’Toole will teach at the Scientific Lyceum Olivelli-Putelli in the province of Brescia, close to the Alps, and Megan-Michael Powell has been assigned to the Institute of Economy Enrico Tosi in the city of Varese. The Lombardy program called also SITE (Study Intercultural Training Experience) is sponsored by the Italian Government.

Dr. Anna Rocca (world languages and cultures) is the faculty contact for any students interested in this program.