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Teacher Education in Italy
Teacher Education in Italy

Gonzaga-in-Florence article by Autumn Jones ('10) featured in Gonzaga Magazine Fall 2011

Beginning this fall, Gonzaga teacher education students can take their passion for the classroom across the globe to Italy. For the first time, courses required for teacher certification are offered in Florence, providing opportunity for teachers-in-training to study abroad and stay on track fro graduation.

"It's very difficult for education students to finish in four years," said Jon Sunderland, dean of the School of Education. Click here to download the rest of the article.

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Firenze

Engineering with Gonzaga-in-Florence

ENGINEERING AT GIF
Engineering students have the opportunity to study abroad in Florence, Italy during the spring semester of their sophomore year. For more information, click here.

Study Teacher Education in Italy

TEACHER EDUCATION AT GIF
Sophomores and juniors who are seeking teacher education certification through the School of Education have the opportunity to study in Florence. For more information, click here.












Free GIF Posters

Missing Firenze? Hang one or both of these 22" X 17" GIF posters on your wall. The posters feature photos taken by our recent GIF alumni.

  • To download a pdf, click on the poster.
  • To receive your free copy, please email studyabroad@gonzaga.edu and provide us with your poster selection(s), name, address and GIF class year.
GIF Poster Arno River  GIF Poster Be Inspired

"L'uomo e la sua bici"
by Lindsay Hallvik, GIF '08
"Florentine Street Performers"
by Heather Corker, GIF '08












Gonzaga-in-Florence alumni articles

Articles and essays written by Gonzaga-in-Florence alumni:

Morality in the Child and Adult
by Kathleen Grohman. GIF'09
An essay on the novel "I'm not Scared" by NiccolòAmmaniti, written for her Gonzaga-in-Florence course "Studies in Fiction" with professor Gabriela Dragnea Horvath.
The Flawed Odysseus Versus the Heroic Aeneas
by Kirsten Filarsky, GIF'09
An essay on the two classical heroes written for her Gonzaga-in-Florence course "Italy, the Journey and the Self" with professor Gabriela Dragnea Horvath. Nov 2008
A Trip to Bosnia and Croatia in the Tale of An American Student in Florence
by Claire Hannes, GIF'09 
This is a journal entry submitted for Professor Mercedes Matos Carrara’s "Introduction to Florence class."
Dispatch from the Duomo "November Means ‘Crunch Time’ in Spokane, Travel in Firenze"
by Kaitlyn Warter, GIF'08
Recent GIF alumna keeps in touch with current GIF students.
Reading to Experience the Other
by Lindsey Sekulich, GIF'08
An essay
addressing the relevant contribution of literature in knowing other cultures, wwritten for her Gonzaga-in-Florence course "Studies in Fiction" with Professor Gabriela Dragnea Horvath.