Each year, new Franklin studentsare invited to take part in a broad array of initiatives and activitiesas a part of the ongoing Undergraduate experience. Among these, one of the most engaging and diversified programs is called"Tutte Le Strade", meaning“all roads” in Italian.

“Tutte Le Strade is designed to help students continue meeting and interacting with each other, experiencing the warmth of our tight-knit community,exploringthe local Ticino community, and even gaining some additional practical skills we believewill be helpful for them as students here at Franklin, but also in the future,” says Russell Martin, Assistant Dean of Residence Life and Student Programming at the Office of Student Life. Although the program is intended for new students, returning students are also usually involved in the programs and activities, welcoming freshmen and transfer students into the "Franklin family" and assisting them in expanding their network and feeling at home on campus.

The program is named Tutte Le Stradetaking inspiration from a shortened version of the famous Italian proverb: “Tutte le strade portano a Roma”, that is,“All roads lead to Rome”. At Franklin,fostering intercultural and social development is anessential mission to preparestudents inbecomingcompassionate and collaborative adults. Thus, Tutte le Stradewants to providestudents a chance to flourish and come togetherby following the Franklin values, while experiencingthe beautiful natural and cultural environment of Lugano and the Ticino territory or taking part in fun yetsimple programs thathelp students get adjusted to university life. Highlights include a pizza crawl, sunrise mountain hikes, a community soccer game, visits to castles,student organization programs, and much more. Whatever personal interests students may have, there is always something new to try out.

Some of the next exciting and upcoming events of this week are:

To know more about Tutte le Strade,the list of upcoming activities and how to participaterefer to the Franklin App (forǰ).