Did you know that Colorado College has an Italian House?
Did you notice the Italian flag between the language Houses :)?
How can students apply to live in the Italian House?
- They will need to apply online, after carefully reading the LLC & Theme Communities page.
- Applications for the Academic Year 2019-2020 are now open! Complete the Theme Housing Application. The application is due on April 5th, 2019.
After you submitted your application, we might reach out to you and ask to meet for a short and informal interview. Students will receive housing offers on April, 16th, 2019.
Find out more about the Italian House through Residential Life and the Department of French and Italian.
To give a view from inside we interviewed Sara Venturelli, our former Cultural Program Coordinator (from September 2015 to May 2017).
Ciao Sara, tell us about your role at Colorado College and in the Italian House.
Ciao a tutti! This is my second year at CC as Italian Cultural Program Coordinator and I am really excited for the new school year. As a CPC, I organize events related to the Italian language and culture and I teach adjunct classes.
La Casa Italiana: tell us about the activities.
The Italian House (a.k.a Elbert House) hosts 21 students and the CPC. It is a hall dedicated to those interested in speaking the language outside the classroom and in participating in different activities such as cooking labs, movie nights and game nights. Sometimes we also organize fun quizzes about Italy and its wonders! The Italian House is the “Little Italy” of our campus, a great resource for all students with a passion for la dolce vita!
What are the three best events that you hosted?
Last year we had so many successful events held in our amazing House! It’s hard to pick only 3, but I’ll try…
1) our BBQ di primavera! All Language Houses joined forces to feed a pack of hungry Tigers 😀 The Italian contribution: Pasta al Pesto and Caprese.
2) the Gnocchi Lab, where our incredible chef Antonio showed students and residents how to work magic with potatoes.
3) our Italian-American Colazione, which was very well attended and allowed all the Italian enthusiasts to get to know each other while stuffing themselves with great food, prepared by 2 residents.
Who is our new CPC?
Read more about this year CPC, Diana!
