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Highlights of Exchange Part II

By: Celia Ngoga, Queen Mary University of London Celia, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience at Penn 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. The spring semester went by very rapidly but was one of my most enriching and busiest…

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She’ll Be Alright

By: Kevin Park, University of Sydney Kevin, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience at Penn 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. So when you don’t want everything to come to an end, but it does and you get sentimental,…

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Take A Paseo With Me

By: Yoonie Yang, Huntsman ’25 SA: CASA Seville: University of Seville Yoonie, 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. For the past 134 days since I landed in Sevilla, Spain, every day, I’ve…

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More than K-Pop & K-Dramas: Ready to Explore the Rich History and Vibrant Culture of Korea

By: Cosette Burrese, CAS ’26 PGS: Korean Language & Culture – Beginning Korean II or Intermediate Korean II Cosette, 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. I’m just about ready to fly to Seoul,…

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My Final Farewell: Texas Edition

By: Daniela Medina, CAS ’26 PGS: Sacred Stuff: Religious Bodies, Places, and Objects Daniela, 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. Embarking on my maiden voyage to Oxford, I am captivated by the prospect…

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Rethinking Paradise: What I Expect from Bali

By: Luna Wang, Wharton ’27 PGS: Tourism, Sustainability and Local Impact in Indonesia Luna, 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. As I gear up for my trip to Bali, I can’t help but…

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Mamma Mia 4… ish

By: Veronica Baladi, CAS ’27 PGS: American Race: A Philadelphia Story Veronica, 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. My friends will envy me for ten days. They think I get to live out…

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One Final Lap

By: Anna Zhou, SEAS ’25 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. As I watched the familiar buildings pass by through the window of the Uber, I was amazed by how much…

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Late-Night Lessons and Diaries

By: Ani Petrosyan, SEAS ’26 PGS: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ani, 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. It’s 11 PM and instead of winding down for the night, my group project partner and…

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How Deep Listening Heals

By: Grace Dai, CAS ’25 PGS: Seeing/Hearing Globally Indigenous Music and the Arts of Healing Grace, 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. As a child, one of the first ways I was taught…