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A Cliché in the Best Way
by Claire Utomi, Wharton '23
Joan abroad in Ireland
PALs 2022 - 2023
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by Stephanie Shen, College '25
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When Time Is Not on My Side
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Ricardo Del Rio abroad in Switzerland
Semester Abroad - Switzerland
Ricardo Del Rio, SEAS '23

"During my semester abroad, I took very interesting classes related to my major that intersect with my master's studies on hardware accelerators for machine learning. Hiking and skiing in the Swiss Alps was just incredible. It made me feel so small yet so powerful and helped me put things in perspective."

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GRIP - Vietnam
Rebecca Peng, SEAS '25

"While I was in Vietnam, I had the chance to work as an AI intern. This experience taught me about a field of computer science that I hadn’t had any experience with before this summer, and it showed me that this was a field I’m interested in pursuing professionally. This summer, I learned so many technical skills, but I also learned so much from living abroad that I wouldn’t have been able to learn had I been in the US. I made friends and learned new skills despite language barriers, and I could not have asked for a better summer."

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Lynne Andre at Park Guell
Semester Abroad - Spain
Lynne Andre, Wharton '23

"By living in the city of Barcelona, I was able to study the city's design and architecture. I learned about its interculturality and even took a class focused on Barcelona as an intercultural space. I was able to expand my Spanish language skills, which was originally a professional and academic goal of mine."

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Gabriella Gibson abroad in Australia
GRIP - Australia
Gabriella Gibson, Wharton '25

"As a marketing concentration, my time abroad allowed me to explore what a career in marketing might look like while also providing me with the opportunity to experience life in a new country. Living in Sydney made me realize that I want to live abroad after graduation, which is something I would not have been able to discover about myself without GRIP."

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Natalie Heller in France
Penn Global Seminars - France
Natalie Heller, College '23

"HIST 329 was an exciting course because it allowed me to navigate the remembrance of conflict through new lenses. It was fascinating to learn how a century-old conflict continues to impact European culture and policy today, a fact that was made very real to me through our site visits in France.”

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Sarah Diaz abroad in the UK
Semester Abroad - UK
Sarah Diaz, College '23

"I find Penn programs to be invaluable in my journey and in general as they have helped mature my academic career and helped me figure out what I truly wish to pursue in my professional and academic future."

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Lorraine Ruppert standing in front of Erdene Zuu Monastery in Kharakhorum
Penn Global Seminars - Mongolia
Lorraine Ruppert, College '25

"Through witnessing the contemporary artifacts of rapid urbanization and getting the opportunity to interact with locals, my experience in Mongolia heightened my understanding of all the challenges. Even with my current set of courses, I find myself connecting what I learned from this trip to what I am learning now."

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Stephanie Shen on a weekend trip to Malaysia with friends
GRIP - Singapore
Stephanie Shen, College '25

"My experience exposed me to so many different fields, from HR to UX design, marketing, L&D, and more, and it gave me the opportunity to explore different disciplines in a real-world setting. I also discovered so many hidden passions and interests throughout my summer. I discovered the power of design tools like Figma and Miro, which we used every day at work to sketch out ideas or organize goals to better accomplish them." 

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