By: Joseph Squillaro, Penn Abroad Leader, CAS ‘21 Charlotte (bottom row, second from right) during her travels with fellow Penn students and students from KNUST in Ghana Charlotte Cecarelli, a member of the Class of 2022, participated in a PGS to Ghana during Spring Break of 2019 where she learned about culture, development and health in…
By: Chloe Rosenberg, CAS ’22 This summer did not go as I planned – and I am so grateful for it. I was disappointed when I learned my summer abroad 2020 internship in Argentina was canceled. As a student-athlete, I have limited time to travel abroad during the academic school year, despite majoring in international…
By: Jason Wu, CAS ’22 Over the summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as a virtual intern for Manna Project International. Manna is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving underserved people of impoverished communities in Sangloqui, Ecuador. They have different community programs based on their three pillars: health, education, and livelihood. For my…
By: Madison Jones, Penn Abroad Leader, SEAS ‘21 Sam Roth, a Wharton Class of 2020 graduate spent a semester abroad at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). We sat down with him to learn more about what it’s like living and studying in the center of London. How did you go about…
By: Joseph Squillaro, Penn Abroad Leader, CAS ‘21 Jenna DiStefano, a member of the Class of 2021, participated in a PGS to Sienna and Rome, Italy in May 2019, where she learned about Italian Sign Language and disability rights. I sat down with her to learn more about her time abroad, her inspiring learning experiences, and…
By: Joseph Squillaro, Penn Abroad Leader, CAS ‘21 Angela Yang, a member of the Class of 2021, participated in a semester abroad in Thailand during the Fall Semester of 2019 where she focused on development and globalization. I sat down with her to learn more about her time abroad, what it’s like spending a whole…
By: Shreya Naraparaju, Penn Abroad Leader, CAS ‘22 Simran traveling in summer 2018 Simran Chand, a rising senior studying Biology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies on a pre-medical track, has been abroad twice during her time at Penn: first, to Spain through a Penn Global Seminar (PGS), and immediately after, to Sydney, Australia as part…
By: Madison Jones, Penn Abroad Leader, SEAS ‘21 John at Somerset House in London John Keblish spent a semester abroad in the United Kingdom at King’s College London. We sat down with him to learn more about his travels, and his experience playing lacrosse while abroad. What were you most nervous or excited about before leaving?…
By: Cindy Luo, Penn Abroad Leader, CAS ‘20 Jackson Foltz, a senior studying international relations, spent a semester abroad in Rabat, Morocco, with the AMIDEAST: Regional Studies in French program during Spring 2019. We sat down with him to dive deeper into his time abroad, his holistic learning experiences, and what made them so meaningful.…
By: Jackie Shi, CAS ’21 Jackie Shi is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Spring 2020 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Semester Abroad National University of Singapore I woke up to a stream of panicked messages in…