Contact Ask Me About… My experience is unique because, as an Egyptian born in America, I had always been connected to my roots but through the lens of my parents’ perspective. Every 8 years, we’d visit Egypt, staying primarily in the village where my family is from. These visits were special but often limited to…
Contact Ask Me About… Students should ask me about navigating study abroad as an adoptee returning to my birth country while still learning the language. My semester at Fudan University in Shanghai was not just about classes, but it was a personal journey. As a Chinese adoptee raised in the US, I looked like many…
Contact Ask Me About… As I’m already studying in a country that isn’t my own as an international student, people could ask why I’d choose to go abroad again. For me, each new environment pushes me to re-learn how I operate, from the way I approach assignments, to how I communicate in group settings, to…
Contact Ask Me About… Starting with GRIP: Power Up Gambia, my first-ever summer internship was also my first time working in Africa. What made this experience unique was learning how to navigate a completely new culture while carrying out my first professional role. I was adapting to new work expectations, living in a rural setting,…
Contact Biography Sara advises and supports students for summer, nursing, and engineering Study Abroad programs as well as oversees general Study Abroad initiatives. Before joining Penn, Sara managed Western Hemisphere recruitment and online programming for precollege students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison while living in rural Costa Rica. She earned her BBA in Marketing and…
Contact Ask Me About… I’d love for other students to ask me how I built real connections with local communities while studying abroad in Beijing, China, and Braga, Portugal. In Beijing, during the Penn Global Seminar program, I didn’t just stick to the classroom. I joined calligraphy workshops, savored traditional music, and explored vibrant food…
Biography Franz-Josef Knops is representing the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) at the University of Pennsylvania during the fall semester. He is pursuing a three-year undergraduate degree in International Business Administration at RSM, where his studies include courses such as Corporate Finance, Spreadsheet Modelling (an advanced Excel-focused course), and Business Law. At Penn, Franz-Josef is…
Biography Kelyn Chan is a junior at the National University of Singapore (NUS), majoring in Political Science. As an EAP Correspondent, she looks forward to sharing her exchange experience at Penn with her peers, as well as with prospective and incoming exchange students. Having once been uncertain about whether Penn was the right fit for…
Biography Hanxi Guo is a sophomore from the University of Sydney, majoring in Computer Science and Statistics. At Penn, she is excited to embrace new traditions and perspectives, while as an EAP Correspondent, she hopes to share her journey in a way that encourages future exchange students to welcome the unknown with curiosity. In her…
Biography Amanda Namour is a second-year Business Management student at King’s College London. This fall, she will be spending a semester at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Through her exchange, Amanda hopes to learn from Penn’s renowned professors, explore Philadelphia, and build meaningful connections with peers from around the world. She is…