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Rutgers NJIHC Conference, October 28th, 2021
Dr Laccetti giving major address to IHC Conference, Rutgers, Oct. 28th. Kayla Sleeper (left) and Alessia Lombardi addressing the Rutgers NJIHC Conference, Oct. 28th. NJIHC Commission Director Robert DiBiase, with Garibaldi Award winners, Liliana Leuzzi, Cliffside Park HS, 2017, Kayla Sleeper, Whippany Park HS, Alessia Lombardi, Lyndhurst High, 2018 and Dr. Laccetti. Kayla and Alessia…
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New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission
(Left to right) Prof. Silvio Laccetti, emeritus, Stevens Tech; Julianna Russotti, student at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Robert Di Biase, chairman, NJ Italian Heritage Commission. An honor’s graduate from Watchung Hills Regional High School Russotti was a 2019 winner of the Garibaldi Award given by the Silvio Laccetti Foundation. She roused the audience…
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What is N.J.’s largest ethnicity? Award aims to remind us of ties to this beloved country
Laccetti: “There are some heavily Italian communities that don’t offer Italian language in their schools,…I thought we should revive the spirit of ethnicity — of our roots.” The Garibaldi award is given to high school seniors who have “excelled in promoting the Italian-American legacy” and familiarized themselves with the life of Garibaldi. Read full article…
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High school commencement: Beyond and beneath the pomp and ceremony
Article in Newsday High school commencement: Beyond and beneath the pomp and ceremonyRank is important, grades do matter, and the highest levels of achievement — including second-place finishes — must continue to be identified and acknowledged. High school graduations offer up the possibility of new beginnings to all attendees – not just the students getting…
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Silvio Laccetti Foundation 2020
2020 will be an exciting year for the many college student members, Garibaldi award winners, of the Silvio Laccetti Foundation. At its recent meeting, the foundation committed to two projects of public significance. The first is the Venice Project, which seeks to increase public awareness of the catastrophic economic, ecological, environmental and preservationist problems confronting…
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Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist Award 2020
The Silvio Laccetti Foundation has just announced a new award, the Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist Award. This award has been named for one of Prof. Laccetti’s Stevens students who went on to begin a promising career in Wildlife Biology. Charlie Kontos was 33 when he died suddently of an undiagnosed heart condition in 2010. Charlie…
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Foundation’s Venice Project an Astounding Success
The Silvio Laccetti Foundation decided in its January 2020 planning meeting to focus attention on the environmental problems of Venice. Originally, their plans called for Garibaldi Award winners to volunteer to raise awareness on their college campuses by showing a film and circulating petitions to ‘help save Venice’ from the behemoth cruise ships which were…
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WorldCast 2022
“The WorldCast program was a huge success. Hardly a glitch in the technics and an overwhelmingly favorable and excited response from 100 student participants.” – Silvio Laccetti You can watch the nearly 2-hour video of this summit for high school students on local environmental issues below.
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Foundation Honors the Legacy of Carl Stotz, Founder of Little League, with Statue Dedication, in June, 2021
On June 19, 2021, the Foundation dedicated a statue, “The Centerfielder” to the Original Little League in honor of the sports leadership legacy of Little League founder, Carl Stotz. As is explained in the material below, Dr. Laccetti developed an interest in Carl Stotz’s achievement as a result of Laccetti giving a leadership course in…