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Category: In the News
Cento Amici Chairman Robert Zito’s Guest Editorial in North Jersey
Discrimination in plain sight: College athletes on F-1 visas are missing out | Opinion College athletes now have a well-deserved opportunity to earn money from their name, image and likeness. Except for about 20,000 of them. There are about 187,000 college athletes, of whom about 20,000 student-athletes are attending U.S. colleges on F-1 visas. Following […]
Cento Amici delivers $15,000 contribution to Immaculate Conception High School
Cento Amici member Steve Pikiell on NJ Biz “Power List”
No. 10: Steve Pikiell 2023 Power 100 The trajectory of sports is notoriously difficult to predict, especially on the collegiate level. In years past, these pages have featured Greg Schiano, the head coach of Rutgers University’s football team, and Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets. In both cases the teams seemed headed […]
Great honor for our Board member, Col. Jack Jacobs.
Rutgers University Foundation campaign honors Col. Jack Jacobs’ heroism in Vietnam with Opportunity Fund to support Rutgers’ military-affiliated students. One year after graduating from Rutgers College at the height of the Vietnam war, a young ROTC-trained Army advisor named Jack Jacobs made a heroic rescue that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor—a distinction few […]
Cento Amici Supports Roselle Catholic High School
Cento Amici members turned out to support Roselle Catholic High School, which presented our organization with its “You Make a Difference” award.
Thanks to our member Col. Jack Jacobs and Signature Bank
Thanks to our member Col. Jack Jacobs and Signature Bank for the bank’s $5,000 contribution to Cento Amici.
Bob Hurley at Hall of Fame
Hurley family passion for basketball on display during Hall of Fame appearance Springfield, Mass. — Fans waiting in line took turns approaching the table where Bob Hurley Sr. and son Dan sat signing autographs on Friday afternoon inside the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A New Jersey high school coaching legend and 2010 Hall […]
MyCentralJersey: Meet the Somerset County Citizen of the Year for 2022
Tony Cava, president and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, has been named the 2022 Somerset County Citizen of the Year by the county’s Business Partnership. Source: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/somerset-county/2022/08/04/robert-wood-johnson-university-hospital-somerset-tony-cava/65390723007/
Family…St. Peter’s Prep…and the Importance of Education
We had a great weekend last week. Our newest addition to the family – little Wills – was baptized. But while I stood there holding the little guy, I realized how fortunate we are. And how important education…and the bonds you make through it…are to students, and families. And it’s why – in my opinion – we […]