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Greetings!
April was a very busy month for our school - full of fun events and important achievements. Find out all about it in this issue of the newsletter! |
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President Franco Pavoncello Appointed to the Board of Trustees of the
American Overseas School of Rome - AOSR
During her recent visit to JCU, Ms. Beth Pfannl, Director of the American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR) informed President Pavoncello of his appointment to the Board of Trustees of the school. President Pavoncello accepted the nomination with great pleasure.
In President Pavoncello's words: "John Cabot University and AOSR share the common goal of offering the best American educational experience to students of all ages and from all over the world, from kindergarten to college. This shared ideal makes an ever closer collaboration between the two Institutions a natural development and I salute my appointment to the AOSR Board with excitement and gratitude." |
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Professor Emeritus Allan Christensen Awarded Honorary Membership to Italys's Center for Victorian Edwardian Studies
John Cabot University is honored to announce that Professor Emeritus Allan Christensen has been asked to become an honorary member of the board of the prestigious Center for Victorian and Edwardian Studies (CUSVE) of the University of Pescara "G. D'Annunzio."
This is an honor reserved for those scholars who have made a contribution of excellence to the field of Victorian and Edwardian studies. Since its founding in 1994 the Center has awarded honorary membership to only three other scholars.
Professor Christensen, who holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University, joined the faculty of John Cabot University in 1981 and was awarded Emeritus status at his retirement in 2005. Beyond his teaching and administrative work, he has been active as a scholar in nineteenth-century English literature, but with excursions into earlier and later periods too. His books deal with Edward Bulwer Lytton, Giovanni Ruffini, and John Keats. His most recent and important book is Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion, published by Routledge in 2005. In addition, his scholarship has involved participation in many academic conferences throughout Europe, editorial advising for several academic journals, and the publication of numerous articles. Professor Christensen is also an active member of the editorial board of the John Cabot University Press.
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"Class of 2000 Alumni Reunion"
May 28th John Cabot University is happy to host an Alumni Reunion for the Class of 2000 that celebrates exactly 10 years from its graduation!
...Organize a Reunion for your Class...
if you would like to organize a Class Reunion like Class of 2000 did, get in touch with the Alumni Association at - alumni@johncabot.edu - and we will help you to organize the event, the space and the guests! |
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Lady Gladiators triumph over Campus Biomedico
JCU's Lady Gladiators triumphed over Campus Bio Medico on April 20, scoring 6 to 4!
That day also marked the end of the Roman Universities Tournament. The Lady Gladiators were honored with medals and they now rank third on the list of the top ranking teams!!!
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Celbrations for the Birth of Rome
in the Lemon Tree Courtyard!
John Cabot University celebrated the founding of Rome with presentations, reflections, and art demonstrations by faculty, staff and students.
According to tradition, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC. Since this year also marks the 1600th anniversary of Visigothic King Alaric's sack of Rome in AD 410, a group of JCU professors decided to celebrate Rome's birthday by choosing a somewhat ironic theme: the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
The birthday celebration began with a very interesting sequence of presentations and finishing with an ancient Roman dining experience and artistic demonstrations. After an overview by De Sena of Late Antique Rome and the "identity crisis" faced by Romans in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, Luca Larpi gave an interesting talk on how we are able (or not) to distinguish ethnic groups amongst barbarians and how many manners of dress, weaponry and aspects of language were even shared with the Romans. Jens Koehler spoke about the sack of Rome in August 410 AD by Alaric and the Visigoths and presented archaeological evidence in Rome for the sack and destruction of monuments, such as Basilica Aemilia in the Roman Forum. Daniel Crocco spoke about the death of Alaric in Calabria and the buried treasure that still awaits discovery. Charles Northrop (the first student to enroll in our Classical Studies program) gave a fun lesson on Latin and Gothic language. Finally Antonio Lopez gave a reflective speech on parallels between ancient Rome and our modern civilization in the context of Earth Day (today). He reminded us that many of the great, presumably infallable civilizations fell, and if we do not treat our planet well, this could be our fate too!
The participants adjourned to the Lemon Tree Courtayrd for a wonderful Roman meal - tuna/eggs/leeks, chick peas/beets/onion, lentils and pork, tuna with corriander and pears/cheese with honey. The meal was prepared by eight degree seeking and visiting students. Bill Pettit and his fresco class gave a demonstration of the fresco technique. Anna Franceschi (wife of Paolo Soriani) demonstrated the technique of mosaics and Elaine Luti showed us her talents in calligraphy.
Sponsorship of the birthday celebration was from the Depts. of Art History and Studio Art, Business Administration, English Language and Literature, History and Humanities, Modern Languages and Literature and Political and Social Sciences as well as the Office of the President.
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JCU Community celebrates
Earth Day with the "Carnival of the Green"
To celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, the Environmental Club organized a "Carnival of the Green," featuring carnival booths, arts and crafts, a DJ, plus a talent show and art competition.
Students, alumni, faculty and staff showcased their earth-inspired talents. |
Catherine's Corner
The Swedish Monarchy
Well, it is time to write my second piece! Wow, time really does go by quickly!! I hope you all enjoyed reading my first piece even though it was kind of a personal one, but wanted you to familiarize yourself or remember who I was. Anyways, don't worry my second piece is absolutely not about me nor my family. It is in fact a history piece which I am sure history majors would like to know about if not already.
My second article as you can see from the title is about the Swedish Monarchy.
The Swedish Monarchy is one of the oldest in the world and is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. It has a largely ceremonial monarch, though officially he or she holds the highest public office in Sweden and the highest military rank. We do not really know who the first kings of Sweden were, but most probably were leaders of strong standing families. It is only by the end of 1200s that there was a central power constituting of a king and his counsel. Gustav Vasa is the first King in Swedish history of whose life we have a clear view. He was elected king on June 6th, 1523. (That is probably why the Swedish National Day is June 6th). During Vasa's reign the right to inherit the Swedish crown was ratified through so called succession agreements. The succession agreement means that the Monarch's eldest heir, regardless of gender, inherits the throne.
Swedish monarchs date back a thousand years and belonged to eleven dynasties, with the current one, the House of Bernadotte, ruling the longest. Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was the first Bernadotte on the Swedish throne. He was born in France in 1763 and was named heir to the throne in 1810. His name as King was Karl XIV Johan. The Act of Succession of 1810 designates the House of Bernadotte as the Swedish royal house, it also states that the king and thus implicitly any queen regnant must be a Protestant Christian. In this case today, it is HRH Crown Princess Victoria.
Crown Princess Victoria-Sweden's future queen!!Sweden's future monarch is well educated and knowledgeable in many different areas. She is described as being down to earth, enthusiastic and having a sense of humor. She is approachable, hardworking and respectful of traditions. She has become one of Sweden's most important ambassadors and will be getting married on Saturday June 19th to Mr. Daniel Westling. This is the same date that Sweden's reigning king, Carl XVI Gustaf (current King of Sweden) married Queen Silvia in 1976. Mr. Westling will be invested with the title Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland.
Crown Princess Victoria has had an extensive education. She began her formal education at local public schools, switching to private school. The crown princess studied French for foreign students at the Universite'Catholique de l'Ouest in Angers and in 1998 enrolled at Yale University where she studied geology, history and international relations. Those international relation issues deepened and therefore took private lessons in current affairs. She wrote an essay on the role of the United Nations in Iraq and completed internships at the UN in New York and the Swedish Embassy in Washington, DC. She speaks English, French, German as well as Swedish.
Crown Princess Victoria takes part in foreign state visits and official visits to Sweden, the opening of Parliament, the National Day celebration on June 6, the Nobel festivities and official banquets at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. She acts as temporary regent when the king is prevented from performing his duties as head of state.
It is true I have not gone into too much detail about the Swedish Monarchy but hopefully with what I tried to write and express you are a little bit more knowledgeable. Furthermore, I had to talk about the Crown Princess Victoria as she is by all means going to be the future Queen of Sweden. We are going to be very lucky to have her as such. She seems to be an extraordinary person and will definitively be loved by the Swedish people if not already. I am already fond of her and extremely pleased she will become the future queen of Sweden!
By Catherine D. Koutalas |
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