By: Penn Abroad Catherine (far left) with fellow Penn students in India To say that Catherine Parr’s experience at Penn has been a global one would be an understatement. After graduating from high school in Cold Spring, New York in 2017, Catherine had never traveled outside of the United States. Now, by her senior year…
By: Penn Abroad Dr. Jami Fisher, Senior Lecturer and American Sign Language Program Director, in Siena, Italy Connecting students with global communities through international experiences has been central to linguist Dr. Jami Fisher’s work in the Department of Linguistics and American Sign Language program. In her course, Disability Rights and Oppression: Experiences within Global Deaf Communities, which was first offered…
By: Penn Abroad Dr. Tulia Falleti, professor of political science and director of the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program The goals of Dr. Tulia Falleti’s course People of the Land: Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile are centered in understanding power structures and policy, asking big questions about the imminent challenges of our times, and are grounded in concrete social science…
By: Penn Abroad Each summer, Penn’s campus centers and departments offer exciting internship opportunities for Penn students across schools and programs. Check out these virtual global summer opportunities, which are currently accepting applications for Summer 2021. Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship: Latin America Application Deadline: February 1 Apply to be an International Reporting Student Fellow with the Pulitzer…
By: Penn Abroad This spring we will be offering students the unique opportunity to participate in collaborative work with individuals, classes, and organizations outside of Penn in a virtual environment. Penn Global Seminars (PGS) will run as Collaborative Online International Learning (PGS-COIL) courses in the Spring 2021 semester. Each course is a semester-long, 1 C.U.…
By: Penn Abroad Penn Abroad is offering a number of ways to connect, have an advising session, and learn more about global opportunities while the University’s onsite operations remain suspended. Even though our office is closed to in-person business, we are operational during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm ET. Here are some…
By: Penn Abroad Congratulations to the class of 2020! We are especially proud to congratulate and recognize the graduates of the class who served as ambassadors and have contributed to Penn Abroad’s mission of providing every Penn student with a meaningful global experience. These 65 graduates shared their experiences studying and interning in more than 39…
By: Penn Abroad In light of Penn’s move to online coursework for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Penn Abroad is offering a number of ways to connect, have an advising session, and learn more about global opportunities. While the Penn Abroad office is not currently offering in-person meetings, we remain operational during regular…
By: Penn Abroad Stockholm, Sweden The Wharton School’s undergraduate students are able to earn credit in these newly approved Semester Abroad offerings: CET Sao Paulo: Business at Fundacao Getulio Vargas As a student at CET São Paulo: Business at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), you get a world-class business education with an emphasis on social sustainability. Take direct-enroll classes…
By: Penn Abroad Penn Global Seminars (PGS) are semester-long courses taught on campus that include an embedded travel component. Through PGS, Penn undergraduate students are able to take full advantage of essential global learning opportunities regardless of their class year or major. The 2020-2021 academic year course offerings represent a massive expansion of the PGS…