Grzegorz Robak (JFRC ’08, BA ’10), Matthew Ruggirello (JFRC ’09, BA ’10), and Colleen Calvey (JFRC ’05, BBA ’06) were honored by the Italian president.
JFRC alumni honored
On October 7, three John Felice Rome Center alumni were awarded Presidential Bronze Medals by Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Republic of Italy. The award honors their personal and professional development of Italian culture and recognized the role of the JFRC for its promotion of a program of full immersion in Italian language, literature, art, music, history, style, and way of life.
CENTER FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Hands-on learning
in Peru This summer, a group of 12
PAKISTAN FLOODING © UNICEF /ASAD ZAIDI
Exceeds the combined number of people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake • Covered 61,776 square miles, larger than the state of Illinois • Damaged or destroyed almost 1.2 million homes
LOYOLA’S RESPONSE • Fundraising dinner that attracted a crowd of nearly 400 • Two teach-ins, one at WTC and one at LSC • Volunteer-staffed info tables at nine locations • Over $10,000 raised
Loyola undergraduates par- ticipated in a service-learning study-abroad program in Peru. The program, an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Office for International Programs (OIP) and the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL), meshed classroom work at Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, a Jesuit university in Lima, with work in the communi- ty. The experience was coordi- nated by Amye Day, study abroad advisor for the OIP, and Patrick Green, director of the CEL. The Loyola students each par-
ticipated in one of three projects. One group walked door-to-door in a community outside Lima, testing water supplies for chlorine and speaking to community members. “I watched students talk with
community members. I saw them growing in their language skills and their understanding of the culture,” says Green. “I observed how they related to people and I saw them expanding their cultural competencies before my eyes. It was really quite extraordinary.” Another group worked in
early childhood education at an elementary school, reinforcing reading skills and doing activities with 5- and 6-year-olds, and the remaining group worked in a community health clinic. Students reported that the
experience was both educational and meaningful. The program is planned again for next summer.
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