Testimonials
Summer 2022 RU in Rome interviews
Comments from RU in Rome students 2022
I would recommend the RU in Rome Program because it was an eye opening experience that allowed me to embrace and learn a new culture and language while making friendships that will last me a lifetime. The professors and the students were all so friendly and enjoyable to hang out with. If I could, I would do the program again!
Best experience of my life. Truly eye opening to a totally different culture and way of life. In addition, the staff on board also made it a great experience; I do not think anyone could replicate the tremendous job professor Scala and Professor Grispino did. Also, Margo was great too even though she was not my designated professor. A true joy to be with all of them.
Nothing but great things to say. Yes!!! It was an amazing experience to learn about the culture and language while being in Italy!! I found myself learning something in class and then seeing it in real life the next day. It was such a cool experience I would recommend to students.
2018 Rome, Ferrara, Urbino – Italy
Sofia Cuccio (left) If you are looking for a city experience, Rome is the place to go. RU in Rome provides the support of having Rutgers faculty and students with you, but it is also easy to find where the Italians are. I made lifelong friends and built lasting relationships with the faculty also, which made the experience that much more worthwhile.” — Sofia Cuccio, Education and Italian, Class of 2019 (RU in Rome 2018).
Joanna Zotti. During the spring of my junior year I decided to study abroad in Ferrara, Italy. What appealed to me most about studying in Ferrara was the program’s emphasis on cultural immersion. Ferrara was the perfect city to improve in my Italian: I lived with a host-mother, enrolled in courses taught entirely in Italian, and made Italian friends. My months in Ferrara were some of the happiest and most fulfilling. Now, I am just a few short months away from graduation. This past year I have been writing a Senior Honors Thesis in both the Art History and Italian departments regarding a 16th-Century Italian female sculptor. The two majors have truly come together to provide me with a wonderful academic experience at Rutgers. Following graduation, I will be going to Italy for the summer to volunteer at an Oratorio (parish- affiliated summer camp) in Cesano Maderno, a small town outside of Milan. I will be staying with a family that hosted me when I did the same program last summer! At the Oratorio I will act as a animatore (camp counselor) and engage the attending Italian children in various activities. It will be a wonderful opportunity to improve my language skills while again immersing myself to daily Italian life.
Matthew Salvatore. I spent six weeks in Urbino, and they were easily some of the best experiences I will ever have in my life. I cannot even begin to describe how it felt walking around in a completely new place, talking to people in their native tongue, and learning everything I could. I made great friends in Italy and back here through that trip, and I will never regret a penny put towards it. After an amazing summer like that, it was tough going back to normal.