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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING MARIA C. MANSELLA FOR BEING HONORED BY THE

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN

     Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Corvese, O'Brien, Ruggiero, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: January 23, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The mission of the National Organization of Italian American Women is "to

unite and connect women through Italian culture and heritage, to celebrate the achievements of

women of Italian ancestry, to inspire and enrich members with shared interests in cultural

programs, and to empower and advance the educational and professional aspirations of current

and future generations"; and

     WHEREAS, Professor Maria C. Mansella earned a Bachelor's Degree Cum Laude from

Rhode Island College in Secondary Education with a concentration in French and Italian, and a

Minor in Portuguese, and a Master's Degree in Arts from Middlebury College. She also attended

Brown University, the University of Rhode Island and the Salamanca Summer Immersion

Program in Spain and earned a Diploma of Maturita Magistrale (Elementary Education

Certification), from the Instituto Vincenzo Gioberti, Sora, Italy; and

     WHEREAS, Professor Mansella has taught Italian, and occasionally French and Spanish,

for many years at the Community College of Rhode Island. She is also a special lecturer for the

Providence College School of Continuing Education. In addition, she presents foreign language

workshops at the local and state levels, and organizes and directs the Community College of

Rhode Island Travel/Study Program in Orvieto, Italy; and

     WHEREAS Professor Mansella is active in numerous professional associations. She

served as the President of the Rhode Island Teachers of Italian, from 2000 to 2004, and as a

member of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, where she served on the National

Examination Committee. She was the Corresponding Secretary of the Rhode Island Foreign

Language Association and the co-editor of their newsletter. She is also an active member of the

Italian American Historical Society of Rhode Island, the Renaissance-Alliance Lodge-Sons of

Italy, the October Heritage Month Committee, and the National Organization of Italian American

Women; and

     WHEREAS, Professor Mansella was honored on January 20, 2019, at Café Nuovo in

Providence, by the National Organization for Italian American Women for her thirty-five year

professional teaching career for cultivating an appreciation and recognition of the Italian language

and culture in our communities; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Professor Maria C. Mansella for being honored by

the National Organization of Italian American Women; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Professor Maria C. Mansella.

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