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Where Did My Excitement Go?

PGS: Disability Rights and Oppression: Experiences within Global Deaf Communities Tasmiah, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. For the past few weeks, everyone’s been asking me, “Taz, are you…

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8 Things I Never Expected to Do Abroad

SA: AIT Budapest Arnav, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I left for study abroad, I had a general idea of what to expect—classes, travel, making friends—but I didn’t anticipate many…

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Trial by Frantic Ubers: 12 Hours in D.C. to Prep for Ten days in China

PGS: Policy Task Force on U.S.-China Relations Emilia, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Even though the travel portion of this class is technically yet to begin, my class…

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In the Pursuit of Hope in Times of Crisis

PGS: European Foreign and Security Policy in Times of Crisis Avia, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I chose to apply to this specific Penn Global Seminar because I…

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Packing Light, Except for the Historical Baggage

PGS: Rivalry, Competition and International Security in Northeast Asia Lala, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I’m a history major who’s only ever taken one class that touched on…

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Enjoy right now, today

SA: CASA: Barcelona, Spain Florence, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As exciting as my time abroad has been, it would be remiss not to acknowledge the vast number of changes, social,…

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Perspective via Public Transit 

SA: Ibero-American University of Mexico, Mexico Mia, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Unlike at Penn, while studying abroad I and many of my friends who have scattered around the world…

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Finding Myself in Who I am Not

SA: Singapore Management University, Singapore Evelyn, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I am glad I only had one semester in Singapore. Not that I am anxious to leave, but because I…

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How A Week Abroad Shattered My Career Assumptions (And Why I’m Grateful)

PGS: Global Business Communication for Impact William, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I landed in London for my week-and-a-half-long Penn Global Seminar (PGS), I expected historic pubs, double-decker buses, and…

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Finding Flavors Far From Home

Iconic Philly institution with enough lights to draw tourists from space (there’s another famous one right behind!) Hugo, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience here at Penn during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. To an uninformed observer,…