Global Correspondents

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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…

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Living Abroad During a Pandemic

By: Julia Mitchell, Huntsman ’22 Julia Mitchell 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 Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po) The day that President Macron announced…

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The Send-Off: Masks Included

By: Adriana Discher, CAS ’21 Adriana Discher 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 International Honors Program (IHP): Health and Community It goes without saying but the entire…

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A Pentameron

By: Jiaqi Song, Huntsman ’22 Jiaqi at his family home in Rome Semester Abroad Bocconi University Due to the coronavirus outbreak, physical classes at Bocconi University were canceled indefinitely and almost all students have returned home. Originally, I wanted to show others what I have been doing back home in Rome through a video, but…

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Asian-American or American-Asian?

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 student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram through the semester. Semester Abroad National University of Singapore One of the reasons I decided to…

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Designing My Uncertainties

By: Julia Mitchell, Huntsman ’22 Bibliotheque Saint Genevieve, where Julia spends time studying Julia Mitchell 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 student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram through the semester. Semester Abroad Institute of Political…