What the Food and Sustainability Studies Program Means to Me
Feb | 14
By Ashley Palmer, Fall 2018 Umbra Rep And so we sat down once again, together— this time not as strangers, but rather as friends. It seems like just yesterday, this fall’s Food and Sustainability Studies Program students first gathered at... Read More
What You Should Know about Studying in an Italian University
Feb | 13
Written by Fall 2018 Alumni: Garrett Yocklin (University of Maryland) Umbra Program: Direct Enrollment at the University of Perugia During the Fall 2018 semester in Perugia, I had the opportunity to study through the Umbra Institute’s Direct Enrollment program at... Read More
Employability Development: Closing the Divide Between Students and Employers
Feb | 08
How does study abroad prepare students in terms of their employability? Dr. John Dennis, a professor in Umbra’s Multicultural Psychology Program, is currently engaged in research to uncover how educators can help close the divide between students and employers. Through his research,... Read More
Umbra Students Win Forum on Education Abroad’s 2018 Academic Achievement Award
Nov | 14
When they left Perugia last summer, Mackenzie Nelsen and Jared Belsky may have thought that their experience at the Umbra Institute had come to an end. A few months later, they received word that the joint ethnographic research project, “Cultivating... Read More
Venice Architecture Biennale Trip: More Water Than Expected
Nov | 08
By Justin Lewis, Fall 2018 Umbra Rep The Venice Biennale is a world-famous exhibition of different forms of art. Starting in 1895, the original Biennale solely dealt with art in the form of painting and drawing. Since then, the event... Read More
Meeting Halfway: My Thoughts about Language Learning
Oct | 31
By Justin Lewis, Umbra Rep Fall 2018 When I first arrived here in Perugia, I tried to have as few expectations as possible in regards to what I would learn and experience. However, being in the Italian Direct Enrollment Program... Read More