Academic Excellence Awards - Fall/Spring

Syracuse University in Florence has instituted a merit award for undergraduate and graduate students in memory of Coluccio Salutati, the great Florentine humanist and Chancellor of the Republic best known for his love of learning and capacity to wield knowledge for the benefit of his fellow citizens.

The award is intended to recognize students who have aspired to the highest level of integration into the Italian culture, who have demonstrated academic achievement through their performance in class, their excellence in written and/or graphic assignments, and their outstanding results in examinations.

Faculty members may nominate a maximum of three students. The nominated students will then be invited to submit an essay, either in English or Italian, on some aspect of their experience in Italy.

Coluccio Salutati Award Calendar

Monday, November 8: deadline for professors to submit student nominations
Thursdsday, November 12: nominated students notified and given essay assignment
Thursday, November 26: deadline for submission of essays
Tuesday, December 2: winners notified via letters in mailboxes
Thursday, December 10: Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony

Fall 2009 Coluccio Salutati Awards

Grace Barkley, Davidson College

Daria Foner, Princeton University

Vasiliy Lakoba, Syracuse University

Isabel Miller, Grinnell College

Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony:
Thursday, December 10, 2009

The essays will be judged by a committee of faculty members, according to two criteria:

1. The degree to which students have challenged themselves to participate in and understand the culture of their host country

2. The literary quality of the composition

Four awards will be conferred by the director of Syracuse University in Florence, in a ceremony followed by a reception at the Villa Rossa During this ceremony, students will be asked to read their award-winning essays aloud. Winners will also receive the Coluccio Salutati Essay Writing Certificate.