By: Victoria Konyk, Nursing ’26 PGS: Palermo: Empires, Migrations, and Mafia Victoria, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Preface: PGS allows you to check a bag; however, my class and professor preferred that…
By: Sean Woo, CAS ’27 PGS: Writing Health and Healing in Botswana Sean, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As Penn students know, we’re all required to take a writing seminar. Most take…
By: Thomas Sharrock, CAS ’26 PGS: Paris Under German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory Thomas, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. In relation to the various major cities of the United States,…
By: Anna Zhou, SEAS ’25 Anna in front of Edinburgh Castle. Anna, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before leaving the States, I fully prepared myself for the inevitable cultural differences that…
By: Annabel Sumardi, CAS ’24 Annabel surfing! Annabel, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. From surfing some waves to watching penguins waddle ashore, my first weeks abroad have been a whirlwind of…
By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Missed me, fellow alien? Well, time for the second part of your orientation! To invade Earth, you’ll…
By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. With the second semester starting in a few days, I thought I’d reflect on my life at…
By: Dushaun Thompson, CAS ’24 Nagabeta Kaishoro Tidal Road Dushaun, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Selecting a favorite among my many treasured adventures in Japan feels partly like a fool’s errand,…
By: Alice Andrews, CAS ’25 SA: Bologna Consortial Studies Program Alice, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. There is nothing better than pre-travel research for the best food, housing, transportation, and must-see…
By: Ojasvi Rana, University of Sydney Moving to Penn for a semester exchange is a big change for me, since back at my home university in Sydney, Australia most domestic students live with their families at home. As a result, coming from an Indian heritage, I knew the biggest change moving to Penn would be…