UW Sustainable Food Systems

Scott / September 29, 2026 / Field Notes, MIS Programs, Molise

What does a sustainable food system actually look like? This summer, University of Wisconsin–Madison students spent fifteen nights exploring that question from the halls of the FAO in Rome to farms, food producers, cooperatives, kitchens, and communities across Molise. Along the way, they discovered that sustainability isn’t simply about what we grow or eat. It is about the relationships connecting environment, health, policy, culture, labor, economy, and the people around the table.

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NAU Economics of Gastronomy

Scott / August 26, 2026 / Field Notes, MIS Programs, Molise

This spring, Northern Arizona University students traveled from Rome through Molise on an eight-night Economics of Gastronomy program, following food from land and sea to artisan producers, manufacturers, restaurants, and the table.

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MIS Summer Internship +

Scott / July 30, 2026 / Field Notes, MIS Programs, Molise

What if your study abroad also became your resume? Molise Italian Studies’ Summer Internship + combines a six-week international internship with a three-credit Intercultural Citizenship course, allowing students to earn seven academic credits while living with host families, building professional experience, and developing the global skills employers increasingly value.

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NAU Social Work in Italy

Scott / June 18, 2026 / Field Notes, MIS Programs, Molise

This past month, Termoli became one of many classrooms without walls, as Northern Arizona University Social Work students spent nearly three weeks engaging with organizations across Rome, Molise, and Puglia, exploring issues ranging from gender-based violence and homelessness to disability inclusion, animal-assisted therapy, dementia care, and food security. Alongside extraordinary partners, students experienced social work not as theory, but as lived community practice.

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NAU Global Citizens Project Scholars

Scott / May 14, 2026 / Field Notes, MIS Programs, Molise

This month, Colli a Volturno also becomes a classroom without walls as we welcome a cohort of students from Northern Arizona University’s Honors College as part of the Global Citizens Project Scholars program, an immersive faculty-led experience designed to connect academic learning with lived global engagement.

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Bring a Friend and Save $500!

Scott / May 20, 2021 / MIS Programs

It’s time to travel, and travel is better with friends! Molise Italian Studies provides an immersive and transformative Community-Based Global Learning program built around Intercultural Citizenship education, Italian language immersion, and authentic service in Molise, Italy. If you and a friend each enroll in our Full Semester program, you BOTH receive $500 off the program fee (or $100 for the Summer Internship +)!

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