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Spring 2019 End of Semester Banquet
One last time, the JFRC Spring 2019 community gathered together to celebrate their academic successes and each other at the end of semester banquet on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Check out our photos from the memorable evening!
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Spring 2019 Fine Arts Festival
Check out the photos from our semi-annual Fine Arts Festival, held Friday, April 26th and Monday, April 29th. Students taking theatre, sculpture, creative writing, vocal performance and film classes shared their work with the JFRC community.
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A Progression Away From the Screen
JRS international finance assistant, Lukas Gilius, writes about taking his work from the office to the field during a recent assignment in South Africa.
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Malta, Malta, Malta!: A Complex Beauty
Student Myles Fucci reflects on the duty of recognizing complexity and the global perspectives he gained during the spring 2019 Malta trip.
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Spring 2019: Tivoli Day Trip
Saturday, February 9th, SLA Nico and 48 JFRC students took a day trip to the picture-perfect Tivoli, the location of famous UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villa D'Este. Photos by student office assistant Tiffany Berryman.
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Cominciamo in Campania!
The JFRC caravan left Rome on Friday, January 25, and headed down south to Campania for the weekend. While having the old temples of Paestum in their own backyard for the weekend, students also got the chance to tour Certosa Padula monastery, Vini Marino winery and Tenuta Vannulo buffalo mozzarella farm, as well as enjoy stunning views in the little hillside city of Agropoli. Photos by SLA Ola Wysocki and student office assistant, Tiffany Berryman.
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Tastes of Toscana: A Breath of Fresh Air Embodied in a Weekend
26 students, led by SLA Ola, were introduced to the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the beautiful, Italian region of Tuscany. Read student Baylee Corona's thoughts on the trip.
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Meet Mireille: Beyond the Crisis, Education in a Refugee Context
The JFRC community welcomed Dr. Mireille Twayigira, a former Rwandan refugee and JRS education advocate, who shared her experiences and highlighted the importance of refugee access to education.
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Conquering the Strada
Breathtaking views, a challenging hike, and history combine to make a very different kind of study trip.
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Umbria: Quiet Little Towns with Big Stories
The Fall 2018 semester JFRC community traveled to and throughout the region of Umbria on the weekend of September 7-9th. Student Aliana Handal recounts what the busy weekend involved.
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Auguri, Dr. Nicholson!
On May 25, 2018, friends, colleagues and members of the JFRC community gathered together to celebrate Dr. John Nicholson, who has been a professor at the John Felice Rome Center for 50 years. Students, colleagues and friends share their congratulations and stories.
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#RamblersInRome
Support for the Ramblers isn't limited to Chicago! Watch how the JFRC campus is cheering on the LUC Men's Basketball team as they head to the 2018 NCAA Final Four. Go Ramblers!
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Spring 2018: Andiamo in Campania!
Our spring semester kicked off January 10, 2018, welcoming over 180 new students to their new home in Rome. Check out our Facebook album to see what students' first few days in the Eternal City looked like.
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Climate Change and Biodiversity: Lago Trasimeno
This study trip, which took place 7-9 April, 2017 on Lago Trasimeno, offered participants an opportunity to meet with Agency for Environmental Protection (ARPA) experts on the subject, to acquire competence, share experiences, and establish lasting contacts between students and technicians.
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Malta: Becoming "A Little More Human"
Over the weekend of February 10-12th, eighteen students traveled to the island of Malta to learn about its role in migration and housing refugees from northern, and sub-Saharan Africa. In the words of participant Arianna Vranas, "Truly, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the trip was a life changing one. We were given an opportunity to peer into a life that was completely unlike our own, yet were welcomed with open arms to do so." Click to read the rest of her reflection about the Study Trip.
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New Director of the John Felice Rome Center Appointed
Michael F. Andrews, PhD, has been appointed the next director of the John Felice Rome Center. He will join Loyola on August 1 from the University of Portland, where he is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as well as professor of philosophy, director of the Catholic Studies program, and McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics.
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