Sun 1/2/2011 Sign Petition to Save CSULB's Italian Studies MA Program Permit me to
Deviate from general practice to Highly Recommend your SIGNING a
Petition to Continue the Endowed George L. Graziadio Chair of
Italian Studies at California State University, Long Beach to offer
The Masters Program in Italian, as it does for Spanish, German and
French.
Save CSULB's Italian Studies MA Program Targeting: CSULB Decision-makers Started by: Alessandro Russo The George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies at California State University, Long Beach was the first endowed chair established within the CSULB College of Liberal Arts. Efforts to endow a chair solely dedicated to Italian Studies began with the surrounding Italian community of The Greater Los Angeles/Orange County areas of Southern California. This collaboration and a generous donation from George and Reva Graziadio led to the establishment of the program itself as well as the Center for Italian Studies, named in honor of Mr. George L. Graziadio. Since 2001 the Center has promoted the diffusion of Italian language, culture, and civilization through a variety of cultural events related to Italian and Italian-American Studies. Additionally, the Center offers a number of scholarships to study in Italy and regularly organizes workshops on Italian teaching. Its program of events, which gives students the unique opportunity to be exposed to Italian language and culture in its various facets outside the classroom, is often shaped in collaboration with Italian and Italian American institutions and organizations in the Southern California area. The Center and Program have also succeeded in establishing a subject matter program in Italian that enables students to acquire the single subject teaching credential in Italian. CSULB is the only program in the State offering this credential. Subject matter programs in other languages allow students to acquire high levels of subject matter competence through MA degrees. Unfortunately, this is not yet the case for Italian According to UNESCO, 60% of the world?s art treasures are found in Italy, a country whose heritage and creative spirit continues to fuel the most innovative advances in the arts, sciences and humanities. Knowing Italian allows you to understand, appreciate, and analyze this treasury of human expression, so, indeed, Italian at CSULB is as essential as is Spanish, German and French. Graduates of the program are uniquely positioned to find jobs in public service, business, consulting, academia, the arts and communications. Many of us have been looking forward to enrolling in an MA program in Italian Studies upon completion of our BA degrees. We had heard that the MA program was approved, slated to begin in Fall 2011, only to discover a few weeks ago that it has been stalled. We, the students of Italian Studies, wish to make decision-makers aware of that fact that the Masters Degree Program in Italian serves the purpose of the State of California through its ability to enhance our future careers and professions, cultivate our personal growth and ensure CSULB?s future as a center for advanced language, literature, cultural and international studies. Tell CSULB decision-makers that you are in support of students' demands to: 1. Reconsider and continue with the planned implementation of a Masters Degree Program at CSULB in Italian Studies without further delays and have it be offered to students for Fall of 2011; 2. Offer courses in Italian Studies to graduate students in levels 500 and above for the eventual goal of graduating with an MA in Italian Studies. http://www.change.org/petitions/view/
Plea from President of Club Italia , CSLUB On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Alessandro Russo <afrusso73@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Fellow Italian Americans, and
Representatives of Italian Organizations
The George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian
Studies at California State University Long Beach (CSULB) was created in
2001 thanks to the generous donations and support of the entire Italian-American
community of Southern California which included a collaboration of various
Italian organizations. Since then a Bachelor's of Arts Degree and Teaching
of Italian Credential (currently the only one available in California!)
Programs were created and have had much success.
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