FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2011 MEDIA CONTACT: Candace Brasseur USCB Public Information Director 843-208-8030 brasse@uscb.edu
USCB Brings Italy to the Lowcountry Bluffton, SC – With the increased popularity of Italy as a travel destination, the University of South Carolina Beaufort is offering a class in Conversational Italian for area residents. According to Marilyn Arseneau Program Director of Continuing Education, “Increasingly over the past two years, people have asked if we could offer an Italian course. Either they have been to Italy and loved it, or plan to travel there in the future and would like to get a head start on conversation starters and responses.” USCB Associate Professor of Biology and native of Milan, Giuliana Gusmaroli will assist participants in acquiring vocabulary for basic conversation and the formation of simple sentences and requests. Arseneau notes, “I was thrilled after meeting Giuliana to discover that she thought it would be really fun to teach and talk about her beloved homeland.” In addition to this course, Gusmaroli is also presenting a class for USCB’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) this fall entitled, “A Glance at My Italy.” Conversational Italian is offered on USCB’s Hilton Head Gateway Campus in Bluffton on Tuesdays from 6-8 pm, starting on Sept. 13th. Cost for the class is $170 for 11 weeks. Conversational Spanish classes will also be held during the fall semester on Hilton Head Island at the Pineland Station Mall, and on USCB’s Hilton Head Gateway campus in Bluffton, as well as the Historic Beaufort campus. Please check class scheduling at www.uscb.edu/continuingeducation and call Marilyn Arseneau at 208-8237 for detailed information and to register. ###
ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION AT USCB Continuing Education offers programs to the general public that are self-funded and advance the mission of USCB as an institution of the Lowcountry to provide forums for learning and personal enrichment to the community at large. For more information please see http://www.uscb.edu/community-outreach/continuing_education/index.php. ABOUT USCB Located in the heart of the Carolina Sea Islands, the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) is a senior institution of the University of South Carolina system serving the southeast coast of Georgia and South Carolina. USCB has been the fastest growing baccalaureate institution in the USC system since becoming a four year university in 2002.The university has two campuses which serve a diverse student body of more than 1750 students. The Historic Beaufort campus, located on Beaufort’s downtown waterfront, houses an innovative baccalaureate studio arts program in close proximity to Beaufort’s many art galleries. The Hilton Head Gateway campus in Bluffton, S.C., offers cutting-edge Computational Science and Nursing laboratories and is the home to Sand Shark athletics. USCB offers students an exceptional place to learn and live in an environment focused on growth, preservation and opportunity. For more information about the University of South Carolina Beaufort, please visit www.uscb.edu online or call the university’s Office of Public Information at 843-2088030.