By Alice Adams Mporio: Every term, the team designs, photographs, and markets a set of merchandise to honor the program students. This year’s team is excited to make their mark on fashion and Red Fox history with new, press-themed streetwear. The student designers behind the collection sat down for an interview on the creative process.... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams Give thanks with Marist One aspect of getting used to life in a new place is the differences in cultural customs. As international students, leaving our homes behind may also mean leaving behind traditions with which we’ve grown up! Thanksgiving is an American holiday. Not everyone is from the US, but many... Continue Reading →
By Arissa Hendrarto, Physical Wellness Leader When you think about physical wellness, many individuals rush towards sports, competition, and other vigorous physical activities that get your heart pumping and your body breaking a sweat. However, many aspects of physical wellness can be cared for through other outlets that also contribute to your overall physical wellbeing! ... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams Dr. Campisi is a returning visitor to the Marist Italy campus. Back in Poughkeepsie, he is an Assistant Professor in Marist’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. He joined the faculty in 2002, and joined the tenured faculty in 2005. He first taught in the FFE program in the fall 2015 semester,... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams Summer is turning to autumn. Leftover summertime tourists are departing, and Florentines are trickling back into the city whose sticky heat they had fled. With the closing of summer comes the closing of Marist students’ first month in Italy. Life moves from the ten days of sweaty orientation to syllabus week to... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams Hello, Red Fox community! I'm Alice and I’m thrilled to introduce myself as the new host of Marist Italy’s program blog. I’m a first-year at Marist College. I chose to take advantage of the school’s renowned first-year abroad program and spend my first year in Florence, Italy. I’m originally from the USA... Continue Reading →
Brunelleschi’s Dome is the heart of the city, held tight by the surrounding Tuscan homes. This structure represents the duality of grandiose and detail, of history and innovation, failure and perseverance. Soon you too will live among the duplexity of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, you will scope out every particular design in... Continue Reading →
Buy local when you're doing your gift-shopping this year! Shop for Food The Florentine has put together an impressive list of food gifts this year including olive oil, coffee, chocolate, cookies, and more, all from shops that ship internationally and have english versions of their websites. Curious Appetite’s Florentine Gourmet Club offers Italian specialty food boxes (prices range... Continue Reading →
By Rosanna Sumera, MA 2014-15 Who doesn’t love shopping? Many will admit to standing outside the Louis Vuitton and Prada window displays with secret desires to purchase every item in stock. That being said, unfortunately at every turn in Florence there are luxury brand stores clearly out of any student’s budget. Does that mean we... Continue Reading →
By Rosanna Sumera, MA 2014-15 We can all attest that Italian cuisine is great and Tuscany may arguably have the best regional food in Italy. However, living in Italy will inevitably cause students to jones for other international cuisine in addition to American novelties. On Via del Giglio, two doors up from the Marist office,... Continue Reading →
