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Adult Study Abroad & Community-Based Global Learning If Italy is calling your name, Molise (pronounced [moˈliːze] (i.e.

Molise Italian Studies challenges traditional study abroad and tourism models through the integration of holistic Global Intercultural Citizenship; safe, scaffolded, and individualized instruction and support; and intentional and sustainable travel. Molise IS a full slate of travel and education programs for participants of any background, including Adult Study Abroad, Digital Nomads, Italian Language training, University Semesters, and Summer Internships—all based in the small and authentic Italian region of Molise. mo-LEE-zay)) is a small, remote region in Italy full of history and tradition, hillside villages and stunning vistas, and kind, welcoming, hard-working people. Looking at the “boot” of Italy, it is roughly at the back of the knee, and includes a stretch of Adriatic coastline, rolling hills, and stunning mountains. Molise remains untouched by the bustle of modern tourism, which is exactly why it has so much to offer to reflective learners and slow travelers looking for an authentic Italian experience. Yet it still allows easy access to the world-class opportunities and sophistication of Rome and Naples. Molise is a model for purposeful living, an ideal environment in which to foster intercultural collaboration and exchange through Adult Study Abroad and immersive Community-Based Global Learning. Molise IS where your adventure begins, and it is waiting for you! Enroll in Adult Study Abroad or a Semester or Summer Internship now!

07/10/2026

🍂 CANTINE DI…VINE | GUARDIAREGIA

The October issue of Molise IS takes us to Guardiaregia, where later this month the village will open its historic cellars and old homes for three days of food, w**e, music, and community.

We’ve had the chance to experience Cantine Di…Vine ourselves, and this is one of those Molise memories that sticks with you:

“Meagan and I had the chance to experience Cantine Di...Vine ourselves a few years ago, and we still remember the smell of the smoking porchetta sliced right in front of us; the taste of the new w**e as we sat on a hay bale under the stars; and the sounds of community as we wandered Guardiaregia.

We even stumbled into an artist’s workshop as she worked, and her design still lives in our kitchen on a magnet, reminding us daily of the feeling of home so common in Molise...” ❤️

🐄 Continue exploring Cantine Di…Vine in the October issue of Molise IS: Link in comments!

🍷 If you’ve been to Cantine Di…Vine, what is your favorite memory?

30/09/2026

🐄📬 The October edition of Molise IS is here.

This month, we’re thinking about home. The places we’re born into, the ones we choose, and the people and communities that become part of us along the way. ❤️

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing pieces from this month’s issue. We begin with Scott’s Feature From the Pasture, “Where We Find Home.”

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“September is generally my favorite month. The blue skies, the milder temperatures, leaves just starting to change. And hey, it’s my birthday month. But September is also a harbinger of change, even more so than normal for us this year, as we bought and moved into a house here in St. Louis.

As part of a birthday scavenger hunt that highlighted our favorite spots in St. Louis and elsewhere, Meagan helped me look back on some of the places we have been (and ahead to where we are going). As I get older, birthdays are a marker of passing time, and it is harder to ignore the limit on our days.

But Meagan reminded me that life is change, and that much more joy is found in the journey than in the destination...”

🐄 Continue reading “Where We Find Home” in the October issue of Molise IS: https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

To our alumni, our friends in Molise, and anyone who has ever stumbled into belonging somewhere they didn’t expect: ❤️

Where were you? Who were you with? What made you realize, somehow, I belong here?

And did it change what “home” means to you?

We’d love your stories. 🌍❤️

30/09/2026

🍝🧀🍷🐟 What can food teach us about economics? Turns out, quite a lot.

This spring, 14 NAU Education Abroad business students joined us in Molise for an Economics of Gastronomy faculty-led program built around the people, places, and systems that bring food from the land and sea to our tables.

They hunted truffles in the forests around Busso, followed pasta production at La Molisana, explored generations of cheesemaking in Agnone, talked w**e and the revival of Tintilia in the vineyard, and boarded a fishing vessel in Termoli to follow the catch from the Adriatic all the way to the plate. 🇮🇹

Along the way, questions of production, labor, sustainability, tradition, technology, value, and consumer choice became things students could see, taste, question, and experience for themselves.

And yes, there was a LOT of really good food involved. 😂🍝

🐄 Take a deeper dive into our Economics of Gastronomy program in this month’s Molise IS Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

30/09/2026

The October issue of Molise IS has arrived! See link in comments, and please subscribe & share!

29/09/2026

🧀🔥🇮🇹 Cheese. Fire. Agnone. Need we say more?

For three days each summer, Casearia turns Agnone into a gathering place for one of Italy’s most delicious traditions: cheesemaking. Tastings, masterclasses, producers from across Italy, and plenty of caciocavallo celebrate the generations of pastoral tradition and craftsmanship rooted in Alto Molise.

And then there’s caciocavallo impiccato. 🔥
A wheel of caciocavallo hangs over an open wood fire until it blisters, bubbles, and melts into golden threads of smoky cheese, scraped directly onto thick slices of rustic bread. 🤤

There’s a reason we followed all that cheese with Mootilda Maps Molise: Agnone—a place incredibly special to us, both personally and professionally. 🔔❤️

🐄 Read more about Casearia, caciocavallo impiccato, and our deep dive into Agnone in this month’s Molise IS Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

And tomorrow, we’re taking all this talk of food somewhere else: inside our Economics of Gastronomy faculty-led program. 🎓🍝 Stay tuned.

28/09/2026

🇮🇹🎙️ Voices of Molise: Massimo Porfirio

For 37 years, our good friend and partner Massimo Porfirio has worked in tourism in Termoli, while also helping visitors discover his hometown of Roccavivara.

So we started with a (not so) simple question: What IS Molise to you?

“Molise represents authenticity, resilience, and cultural identity. To me, it is a region that preserves the most genuine aspects of Italian heritage through its traditions, communities, cuisine, and connection to the land...” ❤️

🐄 Hear more from Massimo in this month’s Molise IS Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

05/09/2026

🍇🇮🇹 The Festa dell’Uva: Harvest, Art & Tradition in Riccia

Every September, as harvest season arrives in Molise, the streets of Riccia fill with grapes, music, traditional dress, and some rather extraordinary works of art.

At the heart of the Festa dell’Uva are its spectacular carri dell’uva—grape carts painstakingly created by groups from Riccia’s different contrade. Individual grapes may even be placed one by one like tiny mosaic tiles to create intricate designs.

But the carts are more than decoration... 🍇❤️

🐄 Discover the tradition—and why it has endured for nearly a century—in this month’s Molise IS Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

27/08/2026

💧🌿 Following the Water

Wanting a respite from the heat, we got away to the southern Missouri Ozarks, where we enjoyed a kayak float, swimming in the spring-fed Jacks Fork River, and the peace and quiet of the country.

As we are wont to do, we made frequent comparisons with Molise, and got to thinking about how rivers are the lifeblood of both places. Molise itself can be understood through its river valleys—the Biferno, Trigno, Fortore, and Volturno—connecting communities and landscapes within and beyond the region.

And then, in the middle of rural Missouri, something happened that made the connection between these two places feel a whole lot smaller... 🇮🇹❤️

🐄 Read the rest in this month’s Molise IS Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

25/08/2026

🐄📬 Have you met Molise IS?

Three issues in, and we’re having way too much fun with this.

Each month, the Molise Italian Studies newsletter brings a little piece of Molise straight to your inbox—stories about its people, villages, food, festivals, traditions, language, and the work we’re doing with students and communities across the region. 🇮🇹

Last month, we wandered through , celebrated La Pezzata in the mountains of Capricotta, talked jazz in Monteroduni, met our friend Paolo Pasquale , explored Molise’s beaches and highest villages, shared what we’re learning from our Summer Internship + students, and contemplated the very Italian wisdom of knowing when to slow down. 🌿🍝🎶🐮

And Issue No. 4 is coming THIS WEEK. 👀

We’re heading to Agnone. 🔔
We’re celebrating the Festa dell’Uva in Riccia. 🍇
We’re talking Caciocavallo Impiccato. 🧀🔥
We’re taking you inside our Economics of Gastronomy faculty-led program. 🎓🍷..and there’s plenty more we aren’t giving away yet.

If you love Molise, call Molise home, carry it with you from somewhere else in the world, study here with us, or are simply curious about this extraordinary little region of Italy—this newsletter is for you. ❤️

📬 Issue No. 4 lands this week, so now is a very good time to get on the list.

Subscribe here 👉 https://tinyurl.com/bdhk25je

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01/08/2026

Three issues in... and we’re just getting started. 🇮🇹🐄

The Molise Italian Studies Newsletter is where we celebrate everything that makes Molise extraordinary.

Each issue features:
🍃 Village spotlights and hidden corners of the region

🎉 Festivals, traditions, and local events

🍝 Food, recipes, and culinary heritage

🎓 Study abroad and intercultural learning

💬 Conversations with the people keeping Molise’s culture alive

🐄 And, of course, a visit from Mootilda.

Whether you’re Molisano, Italian, part of the diaspora, planning a trip, or simply enjoy discovering authentic places and cultures, there’s something in every issue for you.

We’ve now published three full editions, and we’d love to have you along for the journey.

📩 Subscribe through the link in our bio and catch up on all three issues!

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