Friday, November 19, Anderson Hall, Room 330
8:00 - 8:50 AM
-Italy at 150! A Short History of Italy (1861-2011), by Nels Berge, Italian Instructor
-Italians’ Perceptions of the United States, by a Panel of University of Minnesota Students from Italy
9:05 – 9:55 AM
-Pizza Napoletana, by Chris Jensen, Assistant Manager of Stadium Village Punch Pizza
-Traveling by Train in Italy, by Giusy Clemente, Italian Instructor
10:10 – 11:00 AM
-Learning Abroad Programs in Italy, by Emelee Volden from the Learning Abroad Center
-Panel of Former and Current Students Discussing Their Learning Abroad Experiences
-Brief Q&A about the Italian Major and Minor at the University of Minnesota with Susanna Ferlito,
Associate Professor in the Department of French and Italian
11:15 AM – 12:05 PM
-All Roads Lead to Rome: Baroque Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting in the Eternal City, by Michael
Stoughton, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Art History
-Italian Immigration Today, by Anna Olivero, Italian instructor
-Learning Abroad Programs in Italy, by Emelee Volden from the Learning Abroad Center
12:20 – 1:10 PM
-Italian Opera Music, by Michael Rangel
-Donizetti’s “Mary Stuart” and Verdi’s “La Traviata”, by Mary Dibbern from the Minnesota Opera
-Italian Hip Hop Music, by Carlotta Dradi-Bower, Italian instructor
1:25 – 2:15 PM
-Donizetti’s “Mary Stuart” and Verdi’s “La Traviata”, by Mary Dibbern from the Minnesota Opera
-Italian Drivers, by Monica Barbieri, Italian Instructor
2:30 – 3:20 PM
-How to Make Pasta, by Cristina Cocchi, Italian Instructor
