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Name:	Maria C. Mansella, Professor
Function:	Club Advisor
Biography:	Maria C. Mansella was born in San Clemente di Galluccio in the province of Caserta, Italy. She earned a Diploma of Maturitą Magistrale (Elementary Education Certification) from the Istituto Vincenzo Gioberti, Sora (Frosinone). Maria C. Mansella holds a BA Cum Laude from Rhode Island College in Secondary Education with a concentration in French and Italian, minor Portuguese and a Master in Arts from Middlebury College. Maria C. Mansella attended Brown University, URI and the Salamanca Summer Program in Spain. She has taught Bilingual Education-ESL, Italian, French and Spanish for several Rhode Island elementary and secondary schools, Rhode Island College and Providence College.  She currently is a Professor at the Community College of Rhode Island where she teaches Italian and on occasion French and Spanish. In addition, she is a special lecturer for Providence College School of Continuing Education. Active in several professional associations, Maria C. Mansella served as President of RITI (Rhode Island Teachers of Italian) 2000-2004 and as a member of the American Association of Teachers of Italian she serves on their AATI National Examination Committee. She is the RITI Newsletter Co-Editor. Maria C. Mansella served as Vice President of C.A.S.IT.(Centro Attivią Scolastiche Italiane) 2000-2002,  an office of the Italian Consulate in Boston and she currently serves as C.A.S.IT Board Member; Corresponding Secretary of RIFLA (Rhode Island Foreign Language Association); a member of the IAHSRI (Italian American Historical Society of Rhode Island), the Renaissance-Alliance Lodge-Sons of Italy and October Heritage Month Committee. Maria C. Mansella presented several foreign language workshops at the local and state levels. Maria C. Mansella is the Coordinator-Director of the CCRI Summer Travel/Study Program in Orvieto, Italy. Maria C. Mansella received several awards for her dedication to the teaching profession: RIFLA Teacher of the Year Award 2005 Honorary Inductee Eta Lambda Award - Alpha Sigma Lambda - Providence College/School of Continuing Education  2004 NISOD Teaching and Leadership Excellence Award 2003 (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) AATI Professional Development Fellowship, Siena, Italy 1997 RIFLA Mary Borra Award 1996 CCRI Teacher of the Month, Spring 1995 RIFLA Novice Teacher Award Northeast Conference 1994   Articles | Little Italy | Trip to Italy | Study Abroad Program Community Service Learning | Student's Voice | Recipies Club Members Copyright © CCRI Italian Club. Created by Paola Held