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John Felice Rome Center
Explore Your Calling
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Our Community
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Faculty profile
Italian and service learning instructor
Nives Valli has spent most of her life as a language student and instructor at the service of others. She has served at the JFRC for the past 10 years.
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100th birthday of John Felice
Memorial in Rome
This year - on September 6th - the JFRC community celebrated the centenary of our founder's birth with a ceremony at the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument.
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Study Trip
Hospitality and hardship
Student Madelaine Brix reflects on her experience discovering the beauty and suffering in the food systems in Puglia during a study trip sponsored by the Student Life staff last fall.
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Student Profile
A truly global scholar
Current JFRC student Yalguun Sarantuya discusses her experience as a Rome Start Global Scholar. Upon completing her degree in Chicago, Sarantuya will have studied on three continents.
Read MoreBy the numbers
60
years of expanding students’ world views
23,000
alumni and global citizens
5
acre campus on Rome’s highest hill
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Loyola Students
As a Loyola Chicago student, you're invited to apply to spend a summer, semester, or entire academic year at the JFRC.
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CAMPUS
THE JFRC EXPERIENCE
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Visiting Students
The JFRC welcomes applications from qualified students enrolled in an accredited, baccalaureate-granting college or university in the United States.
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CAMPUS
THE JFRC EXPERIENCE
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Alumni
Connect with your fellow alumni and support the 60-year tradition of the JFRC
THE JFRC EXPERIENCE
ALUMNI RELATIONS
SUPPORT THE ROME CENTER
Our Campus
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At Home in Rome
While you study abroad in Rome at the John Felice Rome Center, we want you to feel right at home. We'll provide all the support you'll need to ensure a smooth transition to living in Italy.
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