Semester Abroad

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Katie Naughton

Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: As a French & Francophone Studies minor, I have always dreamed of becoming as close to fluent as possible in French as well as laying eyes on all of the historical monuments and works of art I’ve learned so much about. As a Cognitive Science major, I am particularly fascinated by language…

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Lesson in Resilience: Stories from Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Cape Town

By: Guadalupe Espinoza, CAS ’26 SA: SIT International Honors Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Barcelona, Spain Guadalupe, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As I begin to wrap up my semester abroad, one…

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But what if I don’t get to do everything I wanted to?

By: Connie Ni, SAS ’26 SA: Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Connie, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I boarded that 16-hour flight from my home for Hong Kong, I…

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What’s next after Study Abroad?

By: Deepika Kannan, CAS ’26 SA: University College London, England Deepika, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. My semester abroad has finished, and while I miss Penn and all my friends, I find…

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No Campus? No Friends? No Problem! – A Reflection on Relationships During Study Abroad and Beyond

By: Josue Ruiz, CAS ’25 SA: CASA Barcelona: Spanish Universities Program, Spain Josue, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. What does it mean to build relationships? Is it human nature? A quest…

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Getting Lost in Paris: Rediscovering the Joy of Exploration

By: Liam Umbs, CAS ’25 SA: Sciences Po, Paris, France Liam, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before I arrived in Paris, I prepared an enormous list of things I wanted to see…

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How My South Asian-ness Was Redefined in London

By: Deepika Kannan, CAS ’26 SA: University College London, England Deepika, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As a South Asian-American, I’ve always celebrated my heritage, but growing up in the U.S., the…

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Rooted in Identity: The Value of Remembering Who We Are

By: Jasmine Guaillasaca Quizhpi, CAS ’26 SA: Petition Program: Quito, Ecuador Jasmine, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. No matter where we are in the world, there are certain aspects of ourselves…

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Embracing Every Moment: Learning to Make the Most of Life in Paris and in Philadelphia

By: Liam Umbs, CAS ’25 SA: Sciences Po, Paris, France Liam, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I first arrived in Paris in August, I couldn’t help but feel like I was…

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Say yes! …most of the time

By: Zarah Huo, Nursing ’25 SA: University of Queensland, Australia Zarah, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. While my friends often debate whether I am an introvert or extrovert, I like to say…