By: Rebecca Zaynidinova, CAS ’21 Rebecca (left) with housemates in Seoul, South Korea Rebecca Zaynidinova is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram. Semester Abroad Yonsei…
By: Keren Stearns, CAS ’21 Keren Stearns is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram beginning September 23, 2019. Semester Abroad CIEE Cape Town, South Africa: Arts…
By: Thomas Maggiola, CAS ’21 Thomas (right) with friends in Brazil Thomas Maggiola is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing his experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram beginning September 23, 2019. Semester Abroad…
By: Danielle Miles-Langaigne, CAS ’21 Danielle Miles- Langaigne is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram beginning September 23, 2019. Semester Abroad University of New South…
By: Emmie Gocke, CAS ’21 Emmie enjoying the view at the Cliffs of Moher in Cork, Ireland. Emmie Gocke is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram beginning September 23,…
By: Rebecca Pels, CAS ’19 Rebecca with Australian friends from the Ormond Ball Semester Abroad – University of Melbourne Sydney, Barcelona, London to name a few… if you decide to study abroad at one of these locales, you are nearly guaranteed to be surrounded, constantly, by other Penn students. For some, this is a hallmark of…
By: Katie Fink, CAS ’19 Katie abroad in Cambridge, England Semester Abroad – University of Cambridge: Pembroke College Throughout college, I’ve always felt at ease in classroom settings, often due to the fact that Penn’s classes tend to be larger, which reduces the chances of being cold-called by your professor. Even recitation sections, which are smaller,…
By: Noah Katcher, Huntsman ’19 Noah abroad in Germany Semester Abroad – Goethe University Frankfurt Unlike many who spend a semester abroad, when I traveled to Frankfurt am Main, Germany in January of 2017, I knew I wouldn’t be returning to Penn until the fall semester began at the end of August. Anyone who knows me…
By: Elana Burack, CAS ’19 Semester Abroad – CASA Sevilla One of my favorite experiences in Seville was connecting with the Jewish community there. At the end of my semester, as a way to give back to the community that had welcomed me with open arms for every holiday and Shabbat service, I wanted to…
By: Katie Fink, CAS ’19 Katie (far left) with fellow students at the University of Cambridge, Pembroke College. Semester Abroad University of Cambridge, Pembroke College One of the most remarkable elements of my time abroad at Cambridge was the continued embrace and preservation of tradition. When I first stepped foot in Pembroke College, I was…