What to expect? Where to look for support? How to manage your doubts?

In this episode Emily Chuco (Uconn) and Julia Newmann (Bates College), two of our Fall23 Students, share their experience on how they prepared themselves mentally for their semester abroad. 

Amanda Fontana, our Enrollment Management & Institutional Relations Assistant, is the host for this episode. 

During the summer, Professor Michael Di Giovine from West Chester University introduces his students to Anthropology and Ethnography. This educational journey takes place at Umbra.

Join in the conversation with Umbra students from WCU, Kate Sharbaugh and Jordyn Dale, and professor Di Giovine. They share riveting accounts of their time at the field school and the interactions they experienced in Perugia.

Food is much more than just a daily intake of nutrients: it’s a way of being together. 

In this episode three of our students from Ohio Wesleyan University, Abigail Eyerman, Lindsay Wolverton, Samantha Diaz together with Professor Christopher Fink (professor of Health and Human Kinetics at Ohio Wesleyan and professor at Umbra since 2014), explore the value of community in nutrition. 

Have you ever experienced FOMO, the Fear Of Missing Out?

Join the conversation with Amelia Daly (Uconn), Manal Maigari (Babson College), Sophie Raducanu (Arcadia University) and Taylor Sheehan (Quinnipiac University) our Umbra Reps for Fall 23 who share their thoughts about FOMO and some ways to cope with it. 

Join host Jacopo as he embarks on an immersive archaeological adventure in the Umbrian town of Castiglione del Lago, Italy. In this riveting episode, Jacopo is joined by two returning students, Emilie Prince and Morgan Lawson, from DePauw University. Together, they delve into the enthralling world of the archaeology field school program, an extraordinary collaboration between the Umbra Institute of Perugia, the Trasimeno Regional Archaeological Project (TRAP), DePauw University (Greencastle, IN), and the Comune of Castiglione del Lago.

Join Caden Freer (Lebanon Valley College), Diego Pena-Parr (University of New Mexico) and Tyler Nelson (University of South Carolina) as they explore the essence of cultural immersion, bringing real examples from their academic and student life here in Perugia. 

Are you wondering what it is like to study and do arts in Perugia and in Italy?

In this episode Bailey Schiering from Clark University tells us more about her artistic experiences: a solo trip to Florence to find inspiration, hours spent in museums observing sculptures and paintings “live”, special spots in Perugia to draw… and much more! 

Host: Alexandra, Student Services & Extra-Curricular Activities Assistant 

What is it like playing soccer in a local team during your study abroad semester? We have asked three Umbra students who have joined the Perugia University soccer team to practice and play side by side with Italian students: Hannah Mohan (University of Denver), Loreah Klimas (Babson University), Olivia Maltbie (Babson University). The hosts of this episode are Alexandra and Jacopo.

In this third and last installment of the series of “Volunteering at Umbra”, Kasey Kfouri (University of Vermont) and Manuel Barbato (Coordinator For Community Engagement) discuss about Orto Sole, Umbra’s Community Garden, its story, evolution and current opportunities both for Umbra students and community of Perugia.

In this episode, the second of the series of “Volunteering at Umbra”, Sarah Markmann (Endicott College), Neha Checka (Ohio State University), and Lucey Walton (Lebanon Valley College) discuss the volunteering opportunity of being English tutors. 

Several Umbra students were assigned to a class in a local Italian high school and would help the teacher with activities and presentations for the students.