Undergraduate institution: Northeastern UniversityUndergraduate major and minor: Communication Studies, SociologyGraduate studies (year, institution, degree):2010, Bank Street College, Dual Masters in Early Childhood General and Special EducationPersonal website: katefriedman.co What have you been up to since attending Umbra? After Umbra, I returned to Boston to finish my degree at Northeastern University. Then, I moved back to NYC, began running a summer camp, and then an after-school program. I realized how much education meant to me so I decided to get my Masters and begin teaching. I knew I wanted to affect big change in education so I set myself up to teach in a variety of settings around New York for about 10 years, but always … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Archaeology Students Dig through History
The Umbra Institute’s Trasimeno Archaeology Field School has just concluded another successful summer semester. In collaboration with the Archeological Superintendency of Umbria, the Comune of Castiglione del Lago and the Archeological Research Company Intrageo, Umbra students were given the chance to not only study archaeological theory, but also get hands-on experience at a dig site in Castiglione del Lago, a small town on the shore of lake Trasimeno.Students uncovered the remains of at least two distinct Roman structures that once made up a villa on a hill to the north of Lake Chiusi. Pottery, the remains of walls, and evidence of a thermal bath were discovered by students who dug along a “canaletta”, a type of piping likely used as a … [Read more...]