Contact Ask Me About… One of the most unique parts of my abroad experience was learning how to balance independence, travel, and still feel grounded in a home base. I was originally deciding between KU Leuven and UCL in London, and one of the biggest reasons I chose Leuven was that it offered the best…
Cassidy Whaley is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania from Wyoming, Delaware, studying Communication with a concentration in Politics and Policy. This fall, she will join the Programme in European Culture & Society (PECS) at KU Leuven in Belgium. In Leuven, Cassidy will study how media systems and political institutions shape public opinion in…
My name is Khadija and I am a rising senior in the school of nursing ! In the fall, I will have the amazing opportunity to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Growing up, I knew that Nursing was something I wanted to do, but if you had told me freshman year…
Michelle Lin is a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is concentrating in Finance and Management, with a minor in East Asian Studies. In the fall of 2026, she will be studying abroad at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management. There, she hopes to deepen her understanding of Chinese business, global…
Henry Lee is a Junior at the University of Pennsylvania in the Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program, majoring in Economics in the college, and plans to minor in Psychology and East Asian Studies. In Fall 2026, he will be studying at the National University of Singapore (NUS). During his time abroad, he hopes to deepen his…
In the fall of 2026, she will be studying abroad at the University of Cape Town in South Africa through the CIEE Ecology and Sustainability program. With career aspirations in global environmental policy, she looks forward to connecting with fellow international environmentalists and going on exciting adventures like mountain biking and kayaking. On campus, she…
Penn Abroad celebrates the 2026 recipients of the Gilman Scholarship, Critical Language Scholarship, and the Rhodes Scholarship. Each of these programs is unique, but all offer support to undergraduate and graduate students studying abroad. The Gilman Scholarship The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program provides merit-based scholarships to outstanding American undergraduate…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad As a History and Spanish double major, the opportunities I’ve been able to participate in through Penn Abroad have been truly life changing and enriched my educational experience at Penn. It has been a lifelong goal of mine to become fluent in Spanish and my experiences through GRIP…
Contact Ask Me About… Ghana: Australia: My Experience Abroad Travelling abroad to two different countries on the opposite side of the world through the Nursing school was an enriching experience that dissolved the preconceived notions I had about the limitations of the Nursing curriculum. Before travelling abroad, I thought it to be nearly impossible to…
