Edited by Alice Adams, with contributions from Rosa Benders, Sofija Dudhia, and Kate Krehel A note from the editor: To celebrate the return to Florence of FFE and BDP students, as well as the newly arriving MAPS students, we at the Marist Italy office would like to highlight one aspect of the Florence experience that... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams 1738171800 days hours minutes secondsuntilMarist University! Marist College, led by our renowned President Kevin Weinman, will kick off 2025 with a historic change: a renaming from Marist College to Marist University. The new designation was announced in December, surprising many. The Marist community is excited to elevate our status among other institutes... Continue Reading →
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 Florence is a beautiful city, but part of the attraction of studying here is… well, leaving. That is, exploring other parts of Italy, maybe even venturing out of the country to the rest of Europe and beyond. It’s lovely to spend a weekend day enjoying all Florence has to offer – its... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams One of the perks of studying in Europe is the opportunity to take advantage of its snugly packed array of lovely destinations. Lucky me; I spent the first few days of October break in the City of a Hundred Spires. Prague is situated where the tides of Western Europe crash into those... Continue Reading →
By Alice Adams This October, Marist College president Kevin Weinman paid a visit to the Marist Italy campus in Florence. He looks in on the programs every semester when he gets the chance, this time flying into Florence after a visit to the first-year Dublin program. The festivities lasted two days, beginning with a group... Continue Reading →
By Aylah Dhruv, FFE student Every year freshmen take a class called First Year Seminar. This year the class is centered around ideas of travel and place. We are exploring pilgrimages and thinking about how our own journeys from home to Florence have impacted us, and how it is similar to other historical pilgrimages. We watched the movie The Way which detailed the experience of a man walking the Camino de... Continue Reading →
Our Favorite Classes By Jean Hinkley, MA 2016-2017 Besides eating gelato, visiting museums, grabbing cappuccinos, and exploring the city with new friends, we do have classes to go to. Here is a sample of some favorite classes from our Marist Italy students: Hasion Gaston, FFE, 2016-2017 Favorite Class: Food & Culture What is the class... Continue Reading →
By Rosanna Sumera, MA 2014-15 On April 13th, nine of the Marist-Italy MA in Museum Studies students opened their exhibition titled Mortal Veil: Michelangelo and Depictions the Human Body which focuses on three styles of Michelangelo’s figure studies: anatomy, movement and classicism. Students created this exhibition because studies of the human body have always been fundamental... Continue Reading →
By Emma Montross, MA 2014-15 On Sunday, November 16th I was fortunate enough to, for a price, travel on a Lorenzo de’Medici-sponsored trip to Vatican City for the Papal Angelus. For those who do not know, as I did not before attending this event, the Papal Angelus is a weekly occurrence in which Papa (Italian... Continue Reading →
