Student Voices
Ashley Alvarez and Eric Margolies on their romance with Italian, from the top of the Dolomiti mountains. "We met in Italian I. We fell in love. We came to the Study Abrod in Venice, and we really fell in love with Italy"... "And we got credit for it"... "The best part!" (Click on the picture to watch the video)
Valentina Sasso and Gianna Alberti show where they study Italian at Florida Atlantic University. Click on the picture to watch the video. Click to watch Richard and Michele's video and George and Ilaria's videos. These videos were prepared in a class workshop with filmmaker Gianni Del Corral.
Dawn Dubriel, Italian minor, tells her story with FAU study abroad in Italy, Florence and Venice, and how it changed her life. She continued to study and earned two MA degrees. (Click on the picture to watch the video)
Kevin Anderson, FAU Italian major, tells about is experience in the Italian program, his year teaching in Italy after graduation, and the unexpected path his life took after studying Italian at FAU. He has now earned a Master in Linguistics from the University of Seville. (Click on the picture to watch the video)
Austin Sanniota Edwards, Master's in Comparative Literature: Italian at FAU, speaks to his students at Olympia Highschool in Orlando, where he is a beloved teacher. He clearly cannot forget his study abroad experiences in Venice, as a student and as an assistant. (Click on the picture to watch)
George Mazzei speaks about his Italian studies at Florida Atlantic University. It is never too late to learn the language of your father. (Click on the picture to watch)
Vicente Pereira Duque, class of 2021, Italian Major, speaks of how taking Italian at FAU "has changed his life." He is a substitute teacher and works on cruise ships, and plays heartfelt soccer. (Click on the picture to watch)
Brittni Rallston Zilberti on the unexpected path her life has taken after her graduation with an Italian minor at Florida Atlantic University, and after writing a letter to Juliet, in Verona. You can read her stories as an expat in her blog. (Click on the picture to watch the video)
This video was done to encourage the students of Italian who had just switched to remote learning for the first time and were locked in their homes. In March 2020, we did not know how it would go, how long it would last, when shops and schools and sports would open again. At FAU, we did not want to lose touch with our students and friends and learned to use Zoom for the first time. Friends, alumni and current students give an encouragement for our Italian classes. In Italian. (Click on the picture to watch)
Nicole Barilla, Italian Minor, and Marjorie Hernandez, Italian Major, speak about their Undergraduate Research study during the FAU Study Abroad Program in Venice, summer 2019. (Click on the picture to watch video).
Nicoletta Sorice on her graduation with a BA in Linguistics: Italian, at 81. She recorded this story for "The Public Storyteller," NPR Radio program by Dr. Caren Neil. Here she is congratulated by Florida Atlantic University president John Kelly. (Click on the picture to listen). Click to listen Nicoletta's advice for young students.
Magdalena Pire-Schmidt on landing a ten-year job experience at Google in California and Ireland, thanks to her B.A. in Italian. (Click on the picture to watch the video)
Italian major, Richard (Riccardo) Leon speaks about his love for Italian, in Italian. (Click on the picture to watch the video)
Michelle Trujillo tells how IIalian literature inflluenced her filmmaking. Michelle graduated with a double major in Italian and Communications, and is now a film instructor at the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she earned an MFA, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres.
Amy Volpe on how her Italian studies at Florida Atlantic University helped her in her growth. Amy has a career as a teacher in Florida Virtual School and is still an active member of Club Insieme. (Click on the picture to see the video)
Nicholas Christodoulidis, participant in the first Study Abroad in Venice, on his experience singing in the choir of Saint Mark’s Basilica. LINK
Zachary Scalzo on his career as an artist and a scholar – started in the Italian program at FAU. LINK
Alessia Martini on continuing her Italian career from Master’s to professorship. LINK
Gianni Croci on Studying in Venice. While there he started the research for his Honor's Thesis, Venetian National Identity: An Ethno-Symbolic Approach. Update: the thesis has been published by FAU in concomitance with the 1600 anniversary of the foundation of Venice and is available here. LINK
Jessica Monge on taking Italian graduate classes. LINK
Camila Rochwerger on her job offers after graduation. LINK
Flaviane Chaves on her experience in the Italian Program. LINK
Alberto Gonzalez on his Venice Study Abroad and Italian experience. LINK
Adam Nakash on his favorite Venice experience: visiting writer Alda Monico (1934-2018) in her home. LINK
Paige Besinger on participating in an excavation camp in Lazzaretta Nuovo Island after her second study abroad in Venice. LINK
Brian Gomez on taking Italian instead of Spanish, his native language. LINK
Dominic Santoya on enrolling in the FAU Venice Study Abroad twice. LINK
Hristo Joseph on why he studies Italian. LINK
"Reese" Gordon tells his not-too-polished story about how Italian classes and Disney World competed for one student’s destiny. Yes, he did get the job in Disney Land, California. Read this entertaining post by clicking on the picture showing the 113th time Reese rode the Space Mountain.