Award Winning Students
Our Best Students Get Recognition! Heading link
UI Alumni Association's Student Leadership Award
- Edgar Rafael Tovar, 2011
President's Volunteer Award
- Alessandra Arreola, 2014
Chancellor's Student Service and Leadership Award
- Nicholas Gross, 2018
- Adam Guidarini, 2015
- Eric Cramer, 2015
- Evan Ostrega, 2014
- Hamlet Fasiu, 2014
- Alessandra Arreola, 2014
- Alexandra Savoia, 2013
- Jorgena Kosti, 2012
- Edgar Rafael Tovar, 2011
- William Biancucci, 2010
- Rachel Turkowski, 2009
Monetary Award for Basic Language Program
- Melissa Morales, 2014
- Mark Bissonetto, 2014
- Thomas Ruiz, 2013
- Jacqueline Fuentes, 2013
- Anna Baykova, 2012
- Gabriela Acosta, 2011
- Luis Rodriguez, 2011
- Fabian Davalos, 2010
- Antony Panzani, 2010
- Rosanna Aliperta, 2009
Luca Bonomi Scholarship
- Daniel Maldonado, 2013
- A. Velazquez, 2012
- David Baeza, 2011
Dante Alighieri Society Scholarship
- Samantha Ally, 2013
- Rebekka Duffy, 2012
- Rossie Rangel, 2011
- Allison Whalen, 2011
Italy Scholarship
- Omar Maradiaga, 2016
- Jayson Esparza, 2014
- David Maya, 2013
- Somidie Dylan, 2013
- Elward Zane, 2013
- David Maja, 2013
- Alessandra Arreola, 2013
- Karina Hurtado, 2013
Siena Scholarship
- Christopher Russell, 2012
- Jennifer Tanglao, 2012
Prestigious Italian Internships
- Adam Guidarini, Jackson Academy Elementary School, 2016
- David Molina, UIC Athletics (Italian Tutor)
- Gaetano La Corte, 2016 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Cristina Romagnolo, 2016 (Scuola italiana Enrico Fermi)
- Jagoda Jurewicz, 2015 (Italian American Chamber of Commerce)
- Emily Dion, 2014 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Julia Larmon, 2014 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Jose Ramirez, 2014 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Emily Dion, 2013 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Julie Larmon, 2013 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Zoey Keeney, 2013 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Olga Johnson, 2013 (Italian American Chamber of Commerce)
- Rebekah Ciribassi, 2012 (Whitney Young H.S., Italian AP Tutor)
- Monica Rafacz, 2011 (Italian American Chamber of Commerce)
- Natalie Del Percio, 2010-present (Italidea)
- Rebekah Ciribassi, 2011 (Italian Cultural Institute)
- Eva Bici, 2010 (Italian Trade Commission)
- Jorgena Kosti, 2009 (Italian Trade Commission)
Other Notable Awards
- Adam Guidarini, 2017 (Honors Council Award); currently translating a war diary from Italian to English “Pedevelago during WWII, 1943-1945” under the supervision of Professor Chiara Fabbian
- Several students were accepted to the “VoluntarItaly” program in Lombardy