Sept. 24, 2019

Contact Brianna Rice at 608-796-3170 or bkrice@viterbo.edu or Tracy Stewart at 608-796-3081 or tmstewart@viterbo.edu

VITERBO UNIVERSITY AND TUSCIA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCE EXCHANGE PROGRAM AGREEMENT

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Viterbo University and Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy, have formed an exchange program partnership that will allow students at either university to spend a semester or an academic year at the other for the cost of their tuition.

Both undergraduate and graduate students can participate in the program. Viterbo also has an exchange program with St. Mary’s University in London.

“We are excited to offer this new exchange program, which will add to our outstanding portfolio of study abroad programs while providing the opportunity for our students to further explore Viterbo’s Franciscan heritage in a location very important to Franciscan history,” said Brianna Rice, Viterbo’s coordinator of study abroad.

Viterbo, Italy, was the home of St. Rose of Viterbo in the early 1200s. She was a follower of St. Francis of Assisi and the namesake of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration’s St. Rose Convent. While at Tuscia University, Viterbo students can study the Italian language, arts and humanities, Italian history and culture, and Italian cuisine.

A group of Viterbo faculty and staff visited Tuscia University in 2018 to discuss the development of an exchange program. The official agreement was signed by Viterbo President Glena Temple and Tuscia University Rector Professor Alessandro Ruggieri in August 2019.

“The partnership with the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy, will provide wonderful educational opportunities for our students and faculty in another culture,” Temple said. “Traditional undergraduate students will be able to spend the semester abroad for little additional cost, reducing one of the major barriers to a study abroad opportunity for our students. I look forward to additional cooperative agreements with the city.”

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