Organizing Committee
International meetings at Sapienza
International Relations Office
(Giuliana De Luca)
Sapienza meets
the Stephen F. Austin
State University (USA)
Grafica: Danny Cinalli
Ceremonial Office
(Valentina Alvaro and Danny Cinalli)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 3.00 pm
Aula degli Organi Collegiali Collective Bodies Room
(Office of the Rector Building, ground floor)
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma
Contacts: (+39) 06 49910541
[email protected]
Stephen F. Austin
State University
Sapienza meets
the Stephen F. Austin State University (USA)
Programme
3.00 pm
Sapienza University of Rome
About us
participants from the stephen f. austin state university:
Welcome addresses
Lucy Alexander
to the delegation from the Stephen F. Austin State University
Lindsie Amyx
by Sapienza University of Rome International Committee
Amanda Bagwell
Luciano Saso, Delegate in charge of International Mobility
Emily Brinton
and Erasmus Institutional Coordinator
Samantha Distenfano
Lucio Ubertini, Department of Civil, Building and Environmental
Colleen Gavin
Engineering; Director of the Honors Center of Italian Universities
Lindsey Gillespie
Rebecca Grewing
Katherine Harrington
3.15 pm
Speeches
Charlotte Johnson
Presentation of Sapienza Università di Roma
Rachel Jones
Luciano Saso, Delegate in charge of International Mobility
Heather Miears
and Erasmus Institutional Coordinator
Taylor Miles
Nicole Patrick
Presentation of the Italian university system
Jeannette Roman
Pietro Lucisano, Department of Psychology of Development and
Christine Shiel
Socialization Process; President of the Second University Degree
Jenna Vaughan
“Laurea Magistralis” in Education and learning sciences
Sarah Wells
Guido Benvenuto, Department of Psychology of Development
Cedria Stevenson
and Socialization Process; Coordinator of the PhD in Experimental
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Pedagogy
Elizabteh Vaughan, Professor
Paula Griffin, Professor
Similarities and differences between Italy and Usa:
Victoria Seeger, Professor
courses of study and academic career
Dimitri Donati, Koordinator
Daniel Pommier, Andrea Carteny, Gianluca Senatore,
Department of History, Cultures, Religions
Meeting organized
Discussion
within the program Early Childhood Education by CEPA Europe
(Denise Schneider, Study Abroad Coordinator CEPA Europe)
4.30 pm
Conclusion
Sapienza University of Rome was founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII,
it is the first University in Rome and the largest University in Europe: a city
within a city, with over 700 years of history, 130,000 students, over 4,100
professors and almost 4,600 administrative and technical staff. Sapienza
governing bodies are: the Academic Senate, in charge of academic, scientific
and teaching issues and the Administration Board, in charge of financial and
administrative issues. In the implementation of the policies, the Rector is
supported by a Vice Rector, a team of Deputy Rectors as well as several
ad hoc committees.
Sapienza has a wide academic offer which includes over 300 degree
programmes and 155 one or two year professional courses. Sapienza has
116 libraries and 21 museums as well as efficient student services such as
Ciao (Information, welcoming and counselling centre), SoRT (Counselling
and tutorship services) and assistance for disabled students. Over 30,000
students come from other regions and over 6,000 students come from
abroad. There are almost 1,100 mobility students incoming and outgoing
each year. Sapienza is implementing ICT services for students, such as online
enrolment, University e-mail address and wireless hotspots around Campus.
Sapienza plans and carries out outstanding research in almost all disciplines,
achieving high-standard results both on a national and on
an international level, thanks to the work of 11 faculties, 67 departments
and 30 centres devoted to scientific research. There are also more than 150
PhD programmes which include almost all major fields of knowledge.
The first University in Rome is proud to have had many famous scholars
among his students, such as the poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, and to be
considered an institution of capital importance in the field of archaeological
excavations, having achieved significant results in Libya, Syria, Turkey and on
the Palatin Hill in Rome. Dealing with the field of Physics, members of the so
called ‘Via Panisperna’ group – including the scientists Enrico Fermi, Edoardo
Amaldi and Emilio Segrè – gave a crucial contribute to Physics and left an
important heritage in subjects like Quantum Physics, Physics of Disordered
Systems and Astrophysics.
Sapienza enhances its international profile by offering opportunities to
foreign researchers to spend a period of research or teaching in its structures,
both under a special programme for visiting professors and under the several
european research programmes it is involved. Sapienza is on top ranking
positions in QS and Shangai. Professor Luigi Frati has been the Rector of
Sapienza University since November 2008. He has started a great innovation
process which envisages full tax exemption as a prize for outstanding
students, elimination of useless structures and reorganisation of faculties.
Sapienza University of Rome is a public and autonomous university, involved
in the development of society through research, higher level of education
and international cooperation.Sapienza University of Rome.