Scholarship Committee
Chairman – Lucio
D’Andrea
Ray Bernero - Tony
D’Onofrio – John Fusciello - Donald Mack
– William Marmura
Scholarship
recipients
Melissa Sahlin
University of Maryland
College
Park, MD
Faculty Advisor: Giuseppe Falvo
I am a student at the University
of Maryland in College
Park, Maryland. I am currently
studying Italian and Socio-cultural Anthropology. I will graduate in December
with two Bachelor of Art degrees. My plans for future studies include pursuing
a Masters degree in International Relations with focus in European studies. My
undergraduate studies included a year in Florence,
Italy where I studied
Italian Language, literature and culture and traveled throughout Italy.
Arthur
DeFelice
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Faculty Advisor: Mary Buckley
I was born in Providence,
Rhode Island to parents of Italian descent.
My grandparents and my mother were born in Fornelli, a small town in Molise.
Due to the great influence my grandparents have had on me, I learned Italian as
my first language (or, rather, an Italian dialect called Fornellese). I have
visited Italy
many times and I love going there to spend time with my great grandmother,
cousins, uncle, aunts, and other friends who I have met on my various trips
there. I am currently a sophomore at the George
Washington University
majoring in Criminal Justice and Political Science, with a minor in Italian. I
hope to spent my junior year studying abroad in Florence,
and after I graduate I would like to attend graduate school in Italy.
I am very honored to receive this scholarship and am deeply grateful to the
Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society.
Congratulations
