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,…
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…
Contact Ask Me About… As someone with Egyptian ancestry, I have always dreamed of traveling to Egypt and learning more about where my family came from. My grandfather came from Egypt to the U.S. in the 1950s and I have heard countless stories about his journey and determination for a better future for himself and…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Although not directly related to my field of study, visiting the National Wildlife Institute of India helped me think of the way in which scientific research is conducted around the world. Due to the nature of the institute, researchers follow the guidelines and base their frameworks on UN…
Contact Ask Me About… Living and working in a new language: While staying in Argentina for two months, I had to navigate day-to-day life and a workspace in a new language. Being an international student from Germany I have had a similar experience coming to the US for college, nevertheless, spending an entire summer only…
Contact Ask Me About… Experiencing an abroad environment alone for the first time felt surreal and, at times, lonely. Yet, with every abroad experience, there are always those converging feelings of excitement and fear. Being an identical twin sister who didn’t go to the same university as my sister, I felt as though this abroad…
Contact Ask Me About… Within six months, I went from Tokyo to Dehradun, India—two places that could not be more different. Tokyo runs on precision: trains are on time to the second, schedules are followed exactly, and even rush-hour crowds move in quiet order. Dehradun is the opposite: life moves at its own pace, plans…
