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Navigating My Korean-American Identity Abroad

By: Angelina Oh, CAS ’23 Seoul National University, Korea Angelina is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  Something that I’ve thought about a lot before deciding to study abroad…

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The Spontaneity of Climbing a Mountain… Or Studying Abroad

By: Ricardo Del Rio, SEAS ’23 ETH Zurich, Switzerland Ricardo is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing his experience abroad during the Spring 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I once heard that someone asked a mountaineer: “Why do you want…

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Turning Tears to Touchdowns

By: Bebe Hodges, CAS ’23 University of Cambridge, Pembroke College – United Kingdom Bebe is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I didn’t want to study abroad at Cambridge.…

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Reflection on My London Life

By: Tammy Yang, Wharton ’23 King’s College London, United Kingdom Tammy is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2022 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  As I reflect on the first few days being in the…

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A Semester in Sevilla

By: Evelyn Bond, CAS ’22 CASA Sevilla, Spain Evelyn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I know it may sound like a cliché, but I would be lying if…

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Synthesizing a Semester

By: Railyn Diaz, Wharton ’22 Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom  Railyn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  “How was your time abroad?” This question has maneuvered itself…

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An Unexpected Challenge

By: PRINCESS RAHMAN, CAS ’22 Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies – Rome, Italy Princess is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  There are so many options in the states for…

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Four Months Later

By: Lah’Nasia Shider, CAS ’23 Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Lah’Nasia is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents that shared their experiences abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  It still has not registered in my mind that I have…

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A New Life

By: Mariana Velasco, Huntsman ’22 University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Mariana is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I was not expecting study abroad to change me. I don’t…

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Writing and My Journey to Mongolia

By: Dhivya Arasappan, CAS ’24 Dhivya’s class taking the opportunity to meet in-person. In Spring 2021, Penn Global Seminars (PGS) shifted to a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) model as travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic continued.  When I was thinking about classes for the spring semester, I did a lot of research about writing…