From Heritage to Stewardship: How Education Builds the Bridge

Federico Pacchioni was invited to speak to the Italian American Lawyers Association of Orange County in Irvine on October 13. He traced more than a decade of building Italian Studies at Chapman and presented the educational model that led to the creation of the Ferrucci Institute, which uses Italy as a lens on larger questions of identity and creativity. He argued that the truest stewardship of Italian heritage lies in education that helps the next generation turn where they come from into what they can build. Chapman students then shared their own experiences in interdisciplinary research and experiential courses.