Apr | 23
Umbra’s studio at Via dei Priori came alive Tuesday afternoon for the art classes’ final show. The hallways buzzed as students, instructors, and staff wandered from exhibit to exhibit, carefully balancing wine and appetizers. One room featured larger-than-life frescoes painted... Read MoreApr | 23
Umbra students, faculty, and staff trooped down to l’aula magna – the great hall – of an old monastery in the center of Perugia on April 16 to listen to literary readings by the students of “Italy of the Imagination:... Read MoreApr | 20
This is another post taken from the blog of Umbra student Maria Papapietro, who studies here through the study abroad provider CIS. Her blog, La Vita e' Bella, is a great example of a student's study abroad experience in Italy.... Read MoreApr | 16
This past week two of the the courses of the Food Studies Programset out to actually see (and eat!) the food that they had been learning about. On Friday the "Business of Food in Italy and Beyond" visited two olive... Read MoreApr | 12
Both of us Umbra students, Jenna Snelgrove and Emily Pietrzak have always been interested in volunteering. So when the opportunity came up to volunteer at the local fair trade store, Monimbò, we both jumped at it. Neither of us had... Read MoreApr | 11
Last night marked this semester's Preparing to Go Home Workshop, an hour long session where students are encouraged by staff and those who've "been there, done that" to enter the mindset of what it will be like to go home.... Read More