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AUR Recognizes Excellence inServing StudentsThis year’s Best Service Awards, in recognition oftheir outstanding contribution to The American Universityof Rome, went to Prof. Paul Zinder, Chair ofthe English & Communication Department, for histeaching effectiveness and leadership in the formationof students, and to Daniele Torri, Computer ServicesTechnician, for his efficient and cheerful support toboth faculty and staff.Above: Prof. Zinder (left) and Daniele Torri (right) receive their honors from President Marino.Introducing Future Students to the AUR CommunityOn October 10 and 11, 2010 AUR hosted an Open Day event with great success! Students from all over theUnited States and Rome participated, and all the applicants were accepted either for Spring 2011 or Fall 2011 semesters.During Open Day, students had the opportunity to participate in a variety of events including campus andneighborhood tours, meetings with DepartmentHeads, attending classes, and participating in areception and lunch hosted by the Enrollment Servicesstaff. Students were also given the chanceto present all their admissions documents, give anon-campus interview and receive an admissionsdecision by the end of the event. In addition, admittedstudents received a €350 credit towardstheir first semester tuition for attending Open Day.Most of the admitted students also received amerit scholarship.Overall, Open Day was a success andparticipants had a great time. Matthew Ringard,one of the participants, summed it up perfectly:“For me AUR went from being a far away conceptto a tangible experience. It went from beinge-mails and a website to people and showed methe life of AUR. It’s wonderful!”From top left: Abigail McLean, President Robert A. Marino, AshleyBabin, Matthew Ringard10
Above: Robert E. Carlucci L.H.D. with AUR President RobertA. Marino and Mrs. Aileen Carlucci.Honoris Causa Degree toItalian-American Entrepreneurand Philanthropist Robert E. CarlucciA Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa degree wasawarded by AUR to Robert E. Carlucci on September 29 ina ceremony held at the Auriana Auditorium and attended byTrustees, faculty, staff and students.A successful Italian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist,Carlucci was born and raised in Malden, Massachusetts,while his paternal and maternal grandparents emigratedto the USA from Santa Maria del Molise, Molise-Abruzzo, andPalermiti da Catanzaro, Calabria, respectively.He formed BCS, Inc., a wholesale and vending company,and Cooperative Refreshment Centers, a relatedfood product supplier throughout Maryland and Virginia. Healso founded R&R Ventures and Affiliates, a major operator of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut Express restaurantsthroughout Central and Southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore and Delaware. Mr. Carlucci’s success has led himto a leadership role with the KFC/YUM corporate entity, having served as Vice Chair Franchise KFC/YUM BrandsGovernment Affairs for the Northeast, as President of the Northeast Franchise Association, and as the President ofthe KFC Advertising Board for Washington DC.Mr. Carlucci has devoted the same driving force to community service and philanthropy that he devoted tohis business. Most notably his leadership produced a major partnership between R&R Ventures and the MuscularDystrophy Association. R&R Ventures has contributed over a half a million dollars towards the fight against musculardystrophy. This funding has supported MDA clinics, medical equipment, MDA summer camp and research to a curefor over 43 different forms of neuromuscular diseases.R&R Ventures has also been very active in the local communities it serves, providing discounted productsand product donations to needy schools and churches throughout Southern Maryland. Furthermore, Mr. Carlucci haspersonally served as Chairperson for the United Way of Anne Arundel County and as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. In recognition of his many accomplishments, in 2008 the LidoCivic Club of Washington DC named him as its “Man of the Year.”Most recently, Mr. Carlucci has expanded his philanthropic and service activities to the national scale, withhis recent election to the Board of Directors of the National Italian American Foundation, the leading organizationdevoted to the preservation of the Italian heritage in the United States.AUR is honored to have welcomed Robert E. Carlucci, L.H.D. into its academic family.Conference on Contemporary RomeOn the 26 and 27 of November, AUR hosted a bilingual conference discussingthe “Changing Faces of the Eternal City.” The conference was organizedby Isabella Clough-Marinaro, Cristina Lombardi-Diop, and Bjørn Thomassen withsupport from the Center for Global and Cultural Studies and The American Universityof Rome as well as the Patrocinio from the Comune di Roma and RegioneLazio.The conference provided a forum for the discussion of Rome’s “people, itspolitics and economy, its environment, the challenges of globalization.” It providedinterdisciplinary discussion of transformations currently taking place in Rome withregards to “the fast-changing urban realities of Italy’s biggest city and capital.”Featured at the conference was keynote speaker Dr. Michael Herzfeld of HarvardUniversity.Above: Keynote speaker Dr.Michael Herzfeld11
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