Dr. Gazmend Kapllani/
Back home after a wonderful book tour in Italy, I am looking forward to our Modern Languages End-of-Year Party, where we will celebrate the students of all our Programs.
I will start the celebration with a gathering honoring the students of the Italian Program — given that over the past two years I have also been associated with and teaching for the Italian Program, building shared curricular projects and other collaborations between Italian and Albanian Studies.
We will then move to DePaul’s historic Cortelyou Commons for the highlight of the evening: the celebration of our Albanian Studies students, who will be presented with the Hidai “Eddie” Bregu Student Excellence Award in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Albanian Studies courses and their dedication to promoting Albanian language and culture both at DePaul and
beyond. We will also honor and share our joy with the students’ families and parents attending the event.
We are so proud of our Albanian Studies students, and we’re looking forward to celebrate and have fun!