Il Circolo of Palm Beach County Makes Donation to FAU

Image: (from left to right): Lisa Meyer, Josephine Groen, Dr. Manjunath Pendakur, Dr. Myriam S. Ruthenberg, Jane Marzelli-Smith and Paul Finizio, esq.

The department of languages, linguistics and comparative literature in Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters recently received a $5,000 gift from Il Circolo, a Palm Beach County-based organization that supports and helps to develop an awareness of Italian culture and the arts.  It derives its name from the Italian expression that literally means ‘the circle.’ Read more >>

FAU Receives Gift to Build $3 Million Multimedia Movie Theater Complex

Dean Manjunath Pendakur and FAU President Frank T. Brogan recently hosted Eva and Ernesto Rimoch at a gift announcement event. Ernesto Rimoch, distinguished Mexican filmmaker and owner of Living Room Theaters, Inc. (LRT), donated $1.5 million to the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies (SCMS). Read more>>