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HIGHLIGHTS
QUICK FACTS ABOUT SSLA
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  • Founded in 2004
  • Currently working with some of America’s top liberal arts colleges, such as Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Carleton, and Oberlin
  • Scholarships offered to eligible students
  • Maximum number of students each semester is 25
  • Opportunity to live in home-stays with local Italian families
  • Specializes in Italian Language and Culture, Fine Arts, Art History, and Social Sciences
  • No language requirement to attend
  • Internships available in Art Restoration, Sociology, Book Restoration, Music, and Deaf Studies
  • Small size of school that allows for personalized attention from professors and staff
  • Intensive Italian language program that promotes immersion into the local culture
  • Organized activities like language partner exchanges with native Italian speakers
  • Various community activities and excursions such as grape harvesting, olive picking, jazz and classical music concerts, sporting events, and more
  • Advanced language students may audit courses at the University of Siena
  • Offers programs for Semester, Winter, and Summer study