Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad I never thought a Political Science Global Seminar would fit in with my career goals as a student in Wharton, but I was quickly proven wrong when reading the course description of PGS: Information Communication Technologies for Development. As someone who is heavily involved with Venture Lab at…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience: Studying abroad in Athens, Greece, allowed me to directly connect my coursework with the city’s complex human rights and humanitarian landscape. In “The Evolution of Human Rights: From Cyrus to the Global War on Terror,” I gained a deeper appreciation of the historical roots of human rights in a…
Contact Ask me about… I feel that I could be helpful with students worried about: My Experience Abroad: My experience studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh introduced me to a more independent, self-driven method of education. In-class time was significantly less than what I was used to at Penn, and for the first couple…
Contact Ask Me About… While many students opt to apply to the same program as their friends, I decided to dive into a completely new adventure. I set off on my journey to Lisbon alone. This was largely on purpose. I wanted my abroad experience to truly challenge me to broaden my horizons. At the…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad One of my priorities while studying abroad was to improve my Spanish ability and truly immerse myself in a different culture, prioritizing authenticity and tradition in lieu of the typical American study abroad experience in a large, bustling city. Through the CASA Sevilla program, the majority of my…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience: My experience allowed me to delve into European housing policy through my classes and an independent research project. For one of my final papers, I researched the Berlin rent cap, one of the city’s recent attempts to lower rising housing prices. I also began conducting a comparative research project…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad As a Penn student, we have a very unique undergrad experience. It is not a typical experience to study at an Ivy League as an undergraduate student, especially with the tremendous amount of opportunities we are provided throughout the four years. The CASA: Trinity College Dublin program provided…
Contact Ask me about… My experience was somewhat unique in the fact that I was approximately 10,000 miles from home or Penn. While the physical barrier made “feeling connected” very difficult, so did the dramatic difference in time zones. This pushed me at all times during the program to engage with the Penn students at…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: Majoring in Health and Societies with a concentration in Healthcare Markets and Finance has furthered my desire to understand global healthcare policies and pricing schemes. This focus involves critically comparing international systems with the strengths and weaknesses of the US healthcare system. I studied abroad in Scotland, and…
Contact For Semester Abroad inquiries: goabroad@upenn.edu Biography Vania advises and supports students who are seeking global opportunities in the Semester Abroad (SA) program. Vania joins Penn Abroad from Temple University, where she worked in undergraduate admissions – work that spanned beyond their main campus encompassing both their Rome and Japan campuses. Vania’s commitment to global education was first…