Inside this issue:

New Faces at AUR
A special
welcome
to our new
faculty
and staff
Arianna D'Amico
Arianna D'Amico is the most recent addition to the reorganized
Admissions Office, holding the position of Admissions specialist
dealing mainly with financial aid. She was born in Boston
Massachusetts and attended two years at Suffolk University before
transferring over to AUR in 2000. Arianna was President of Student
Government her senior year and graduated from AUR in 2002. In
2005 Arianna attended St. John's University where she earned a
Master in International Relations. After graduated she co-founded a
non-profit Ngo that promotes gender equality through women
empowerment. Eventually she would like to pursue a PhD. and
teach at a university level. Arianna enjoys fine wine, jazz and
bluegrass music, loves the culinary arts, enjoys baking and rides
equestrian dressage.
Éowyn Kerr
Prof. Éowyn Kerr is an Adjunct teaching the new Conservation
and Restoration: Ethics and Principles course at AUR.
A native of Santa Fe, NM, she received her undergraduate
degree in Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and an
MA with an Advanced Certification in Art Conservation from the
State University of New York at Buffalo. She has also studied
Paintings Conservation on a more international level in both
Florence and London. Éowyn is specialized in the conservation
and restoration of early Renaissance Italian panel paintings, and
her experience includes the treatment of works by Andrea del
Sarto and Jacopo Tintoretto at the North Carolina Museum of
Art as well as the restoration of Baroque ceiling paintings. She
has lived in Rome for the past 6 years, where she works as a
docent with the Context group and teaches and lectures on
international conservation practices and ethics. In 2006 Éowyn
was awarded a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship to conserve
Florentine cassoni (15th century wedding chests) for the
Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria & Albert
Museum in London.
Francesca Forgione
Francesca joined The American
University of Rome in mid October as
Chief Financial Officer, after covering
the same role for 8 years at Cardinal
Health Italy, the Italian branch of a US
healthcare company.
“I am honored to play my role in this
environment, supporting the institution
every day to strengthen its financial
effort, finding the resources and
allocating them to get the best
achievements for the academic
mission” Francesca told us. “I and my
team, Marita Luzon, Stefano Felicani
and Massimo Pantaloni, in the Finance
Office, are at your disposal for any
administrative support you may need
from us. We are here for you”.
Bart Howard
Bart Howard is a recent addition to our Admissions
team. Mr. Howard has spent the greater part of his
career in higher education at Southern Oregon
University, Linfield College, Pacific University and
Richmond University in London, England. Bart retired
from The Ford Family Foundation in June 2005 after
serving for seven years as the Director of Education and
Scholarship programs. He has held Dean and Vice-
Presidential positions in the field of student services and
has devoted himself to creating opportunities for
students to access post-secondary education and to be
successful in their academic pursuits. In his leisure time
Mr. Howard enjoys backpacking, canoeing, fishing,
international travel and reading World War II history.