By: Zoya Ahmer, CAS ’25 King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre or “Centro Cultural Islámico Rey Fahd”, the largest mosque in Latin America. Zoya, 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…
By: Anoushka Ambavanekar, Wharton ’24 Anoushka, 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. In the beginning of February, I had the opportunity to check off one of the coolest items on my bucket…
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. On a beautiful February morning, a big quarter life crisis crumbled upon me. Not because I was lonely,…
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. 8th August 2023, waiting for my flight to Philadelphia, overwhelmed by thoughts. Did I make the…
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. Botho in Botswana means “I am because you are.” This one simple phrase truly encompasses…
By: Ayaka Tamura, Doshisha University Ayaka, 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. Freshman year, you already know you want to do a study abroad program to study creative writing. You’ve always…
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…