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Article: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ABROAD STUDENTS GIVE BACK TO FLORENCE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 27, 2006
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Syracuse University issued the following press release:
"Not only taking, but also giving back" is the volunteer program motto developed by Syracuse University in Florence (SUF) and highlighted in an official visit by two SUF students to the Giosue' Carducci elementary school Nov. 22, joined by U.S. Consul General Nora Dempsey and Daniela Lastri, the Florence town councilor for public education.
In the SUF Volunteer Program, students are asked to push their boundaries during their time abroad, engaging the city in a direct and novel way. Student volunteers visit elementary schools where, utilizing a didactic approach developed by Volunteer Program Coordinator Vittoria Tettamanti, they read ...