Show Or Urine Orme me adds Italian flavor to the community college Josh Collins Contributing Writer Ciao come stai A common Italian phrase meaning Hello how are you may not be common language to many of the students at but to Stefania Onne it was all she was used to As a professor of humanities and Italian at On Orme e brings a different outlook on life than most professors Born Bom on the island of Sardinia in English located off the coast of Italy in the city of Cagliari Orme was raised in a place rich in history Orme Onne attended school at the University of Pisa one of the oldest Universities in Europe and received degrees es in Italian and Italian literature After college Orme moved from Cagliari to Moab to marry many a man that she had met in Italy Not being able to speak English fluently Orme Onne found other ways to communicate On one occasion Orme wasat was wasat wasat at a doctors doctor's appointment and had to rely on Latin terms to speak with the doctor Orme eventually received a doctorate while here herein herein herein in the United States and has lived in Utah for 20 years Orme and her husband have four children The oldest Federica lives in Cagliari but the other three still live in Utah Her youngest Matthew is in the second second second sec sec- sec sec- ond grade Orme began working at nine years ago when a friend of hers was no longer able to teach I had a friend who was working at and they couldn't teach anymore so I interviewed I got the job and have been teaching here ever since said Orme Onne I actually enjoy teaching sometimes Being a native speaker of Italian has helped Orme Onne in her teaching but it was her knowledge of the humanities that was the key The study of humanities began as the study of the classics studying the Greek and Roman Empires but has since become J 1 d- d dI I a broader d f subject In Italy there s tic tudy of the Humanities Instead you study art history art music but Ive I've been studying ties forever I was brought up on it like mothers mother's milk said Orme Onne Today the study of humanities includes almost everything art art history music literature history renaissance and even eco eco- eco eco- As the site of the Renaissance a study of Italy is almost the center of the humanities according to Orme While at Orme has been trying to build up the Italian department Orme Onne teaches all Italian classes offered at and believes that learning Italian like studying the humanities gives the learner a broader and more rounded education Orme Onne currently teaches five classes at in both subjects Because Ormes Orme's oldest daughter lives in Italy Orme says she keeps in constant contact contact contact con con- tact with her native country I 1 read four to five newspapers a a. a day T Three ii Italian 1 ai pa papers papers' ers is Jrie one rl Fr one one British sh and d be because of fth the Internet I t c can n instantly know what's happening back unlike home-unlike the original immigrants |