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Palazzi Florence Association for International Education is made up of the following academic entities:
Apicius International School of Food and Wine Studies: School of Hospitality School of Hospitality, School of Sports and Health Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences: School of Fine Arts, School of Global Studies, School of Horticulture, School of Liberal Studies, School of Life Studies and Human Services, School of Professional Studies, School of Sciences and Mathematics
DIVA School of Digital Imaging and Visual Arts
FAST School of Fashion and Accessories Studies and Technology
IDEAS School of Interior Design, Environmental Architecture and Sustainability
SQUOLA School of Center for Contemporary Italian Studies
School of Journalism Communications and Publishing
School of Business
and the following “In the Community” members for cultural integration:
(Further details found in the Palazzi in the Community section of this manual)
GANZO Cultural and Eno-gastronomic Association operated by Apicius culinary students and faculty
FEDORA pastry shop operated by Apicius baking and pastry students and faculty
F_AIR, Florence Artist in Residence program at FUA’s School of Fine Arts
FLY Fashion Loves You vintage and emerging designers store operated by FAST students and faculty
INGORDA for Florence Campus Publishing for Palazzi’s publishing projects and 1-year publishing program
VISION
· Palazzi has the purpose of enriching international higher education for students and partner institutions throughout the world.
· Palazzi’s name bears the core of our educational mission and philosophy: a group of prestigious, meticulously renovated historic buildings, Palazzi, that have witnessed the civic, political, and economic life of Florence since centuries that strive to bring innovation to the present and future in the midst of a rich historical context.
· Palazzi mirrors the contemporary face of Florence and invites its students and institutional partners to partake in an educational endeavor the study abroad experience challenges and shapes the mind.
· Our institutions are one of a kind throughout all of Italy and Europe, and set the standard for international education.
· We sustain our local culture by bringing to life the arts that have shaped our economy in the past and creating a vital space for them for the present and future.
· We promote and nurture local, small green mapped businesses that support sustainability and share with our students their love, craftsmanship, and expertise.
· Palazzi is an integration project that allows students to break through the surface of the academic experience abroad by offering opportunities that allow them to not only study, but to live the past and present while building the future of Florence.
MISSION
All of the educational institutions belonging to Palazzi are cross-disciplinary and interrelated; students have open access to all curricula and program offerings for a truly wide-reaching choice of areas of study. Palazzi is the singular governing entity that unites the institutions and appoints designated Deans and Administrators to each.
The programs at Palazzi range from a variety of short-term up to Career Programs and four-year academic programs offered in Florence, Italy. The main schools of our institutions address liberal and studio arts, business, fashion and accessory design, hospitality management, culinary arts, food communications and publishing, digital and visual media and imaging, and contemporary Italian language studies. These areas have been developed and expanded with the fast growing changes in higher education and the demand for international collegiate experiences. We are committed to excellence in learning and seek to carry out this mission by shaping students who are sensitive towards global understanding as a result of their academic and social interactions in Florence. Palazzi continually seeks to strengthen its relationships with international partners and is proud of academic partnerships established all over the world. We are open to creating study abroad affiliations with colleges and universities (community and 4-year, public and private) in order to foster academic collaboration and create meaningful programs for the students of such institutions. We are members of several international associations and organizations and partake in key global events each year.
Our presence in Florence contributes a new outlook on how humans approach learning here. The past centuries have produced great minds in this city, whose works densely populate the streets. Palazzi proposes innovative learning strategies that allow students to live in a historic city like Florence with the clarity, curiosity and creativity that will enrich without a doubt the Florence that they will leave behind at the end of their studies.
VALUES
The foundations of the institutions that constitute Palazzi are based on the following core concepts:
· Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary learning for students through direct interaction with the academic and social fabrics of our institutions and the city of Florence;
· A full-immersion approach to our entire range of academic programs abroad whether created for short term, short-term faculty-led, or long- or semester-term lengths of time.
· The practice of responsibility and integrity in relationships with our partners, a 100% personalized approach that enables students and faculty from a partnering institution to rely upon the support system created by Palazzi institutions and the partner.
· State of the art facilities allow for students to have the latest technological advances at their fingertips.