Global Correspondents

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Synthesizing a Semester

By: Railyn Diaz, Wharton ’22 Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom  Railyn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  “How was your time abroad?” This question has maneuvered itself…

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An Unexpected Challenge

By: PRINCESS RAHMAN, CAS ’22 Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies – Rome, Italy Princess is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  There are so many options in the states for…

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Four Months Later

By: Lah’Nasia Shider, CAS ’23 Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Lah’Nasia is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents that shared their experiences abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  It still has not registered in my mind that I have…

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A New Life

By: Mariana Velasco, Huntsman ’22 University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Mariana is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I was not expecting study abroad to change me. I don’t…

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Sto Molto Bene

By: Princess Rahman, CAS ’22 Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies – Rome, Italy Princess is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I know one thing; I will never ignore…

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A Different Kind Of New

By: Railyn Diaz, Wharton ’22 Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Railyn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I’ve always heard that a semester abroad is filled…

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Scotland Last Minute

By: Mariana Velasco, Huntsman ’22 Mariana (left) with a fellow student that she met at the airport on a weekend trip to the Highlands and the Isle of Skye. University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Mariana is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with…

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Insight into Sevillan Lives

By: Evelyn Bond, CAS ’22 CASA Sevilla, Spain Evelyn is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  During a normal semester, the Student Experience section of the Penn Abroad CASA…

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Doing the Unexpected

By: Lah’Nasia Shider, CAS ’23 Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Lah’Nasia is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2021 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed.  I am a “homebody,” meaning that I like to…

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In the Moment

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…