By: Summer Kapanka, CAS ’21 Summer’s first day at the University of Cape Town in Fall 2019 University of Cape Town To this day, I cannot express the magnitude of the effects studying abroad had on my college career. There is no experience like organizing, preparing, and embarking on the adventure of a lifetime —…
By: Henghak Kun, SEAS ’24 Henghak (top left), along with fellow interns Mia Kan (top right) and Tony An (bottom left), and Aubot CEO Marita Cheng (bottom right) in a debrief after teaching a class. Aubot – Australia This past year has been difficult for many of us due to the challenges that Covid-19 produced. As I finish…
By: Grace Holden, CAS ’24 Grace’s writing setup at home in Birmingham, UK. Morocco World News – Rabat, Morocco I have been interning as a journalist for Morocco World News for two weeks now and have so far found it to be a really interesting and rewarding experience. I wanted to pursue the VIA program because I loved…
By: Daniel Trebejo-Ariza, Wharton ’24 Daniel on his first day with Scrintal. Scrintal – Stockholm, Sweden I applied to VIA to get a chance to experience a new business perspective. Although being in Sweden would have been great, I feel as though I am still learning about the culture over there. Being able to work with…
By: Chandni Shah, CAS ’22 Chandni Shah by the LOVE statue on Locust Walk. Association My Child with Special Needs – Rabat, Morocco This past year, the COVID-19 pandemic took away opportunities, stability, and completely dismantled plans of students all around the world. For me, many of the experiences I was looking forward to were…
By: Grace Choi, CAS ’23 Grace working from home in New Jersey Orion Organisation – South Africa Now that it’s been a few weeks into my internship, I can confidently say that the idea of a remote internship for a global organization is a lot less complicated than I had originally in mind. In all…
By: Bella Ozomaro, CAS ’23 Bella working from her home in El Paso, TX. Centre de Santé Mers Elkhir – Temara, Morocco With Penn’s preprofessional culture manifesting itself in pamphlets at job fairs, students in suits and ties marching down Locust, LinkedIn notifications, and daily conversations with peers, I often felt that I was the…
By: Vivienne Chen, CAS ’22 The Linguaviva Centre – Dublin, Ireland Starting a virtual internship, I was unsure how the cultural aspect would get incorporated into my experience working with an Irish company. As someone who has never traveled or had the privilege to vacation, I desperately wanted to take advantage of the abroad programs at Penn. Due…
By: Sonia Tam, CAS ’24 Sonia working at home with her cat. KK Fund – Singapore Admittedly, perhaps half the reason I initially applied to KK Fund in Singapore was because of the location. As someone coming from Hong Kong applying during COVID-19 times, I wanted to believe that an in-person internship was perhaps possible…
By: Allison Dao, Wharton ’24 Allison getting ready for a Zoom meeting with company supervisors in the comfort of her own bedroom. Spend With Us – Sydney, Australia I’m currently working as a business strategy intern for the Australian e-commerce platform Spend With Us through GRIP’s Business in Sydney program. Despite the virtual environment, I chose…
