Amazing FSE Program April 26, 2025
By A student (Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Wellesley College) - abroad from 01/10/2025 to 04/26/2025 with
Umbra Institute: Perugia - The Food and Sustainability Studies Program
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
The interdisciplinary Food, Sustainability, and Environment program was an amazing opportunity to use food as a vehicle to approach learning about Italian culture, sustainability, and the environment. Whether this was through visiting or receiving lectures from various actors involved in Italy's food systems, the FSE program allowed engagement with and opportunities to apply what we learn about in more traditional academic settings in a more practical and interactive way.
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
Perugia is very affordable, so almost all of my large expenses were on travel |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Beginner |
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| * Did you study abroad through an exchange program or did you directly enroll in the foreign university? | Direct Enrollment |
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A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Lots of really fun weekend trips for the FSE program, so plan independent travel around it. Perugia is a really cute small city, but be prepared for the weather to be on the colder side for most of the semester, and to have to travel pretty far to get to the airports for travel. |
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