Contact Ask Me About… Student accommodations. This opportunity was one of the various paths I could’ve chosen in terms of housing in the grand city of Dublin. I was stuck between a homestay, which allows me to be culturally immersed with a family that is already well settled in the neighborhoods of Dublin; or living…
Contact Ask Me About… Studying abroad is undeniably life-changing, but it also brings moments that can be difficult to hear about or experience firsthand. I would like to share my answer to the question: “What is a situation that was emotionally taxing, yet ultimately changed me?” When I was in Cape Town, I witnessed the…
Contact Ask Me About… When I signed up for the Penn Global Seminar Future of U.S.–China Relations, I was the only STEM major—and the only pre-med—in a policy-heavy class. Surrounded by political science, history, and international relations majors, I wondered if I was qualified to contribute, or if my science-focused background would set me apart…
PGS: Mongolian Civilization: Nomadic and Sedentary Will, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Why go to Mongolia? Maybe you love to travel. Maybe you’re interested in nomadism. Maybe you’re interested…
PGS: Rivalry, Competition and International Security in Northeast Asia Lala, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Ten days is not a long time. But, being immersed in a new…
PGS: Mongolian Civilization: Nomadic and Sedentary Will, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. The movie director David Lynch once said that “If you have a golfball sized consciousness, when you…
PGS: Policy Task Force on U.S.-China Relations Emilia, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Even though the travel portion of this class is technically yet to begin, my class…
PGS: Rivalry, Competition and International Security in Northeast Asia Lala, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the May 2025 travel period. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I’m a history major who’s only ever taken one class that touched on…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Studying abroad in Korea supported my academic and professional goals by immersing me in the environment I had long studied through my coursework up to this point. I’ve previously explored Korea’s economic development, soft power, and corporate structure in classes. Living and studying in Seoul brought these concepts…
Contact Ask Me About… My PGS WIP China was my first time leaving the United States. I absolutely loved the entire travel component but I especially loved the 21 new friends I made. Our class immediately clicked after the first day and I felt so insanely lucky to experience it all with them, including the…
