Courses with short-term study abroad components allow Penn State 阿宾顿 students like Natalie Sylvester to deepen and broaden their knowledge around a field of study and explore career options while immersing them in another culture.
Keisha Johnson originally traveled to 加纳 for 10 days with Penn State 阿宾顿 faculty to support students enrolled in an embedded course — and ended up helping young women and girls who live 5,000 miles away from her Philadelphia home.
Penn State 阿宾顿 alumnus 詹姆斯·加文 expected that studying in Japan during the 2018 spring semester would be life-changing — and it was, but not for the reasons one might think.
Penn State 阿宾顿 junior Genesis Berrios-Torres will serve an internship in Spain this summer through the University's Perreault Fellows Program, which provides international experiential learning for students. Berrios-Torres said Penn State 阿宾顿’s diversity prepared her for this experience of a lifetime.
Earlier this year, Penn State announced that Paul and Beverly Perreault had provided a million dollar endowment for both international internships and veterans issues. 在11月, the endowment came to life with the opening of the Penn State Student Veteran Center, and with the announcement of the first round of Perreault Fellows.
The Penn State 阿宾顿 faculty traveled to 加纳 intent on establishing a new study abroad option for students. Little did they know how nine days in the West African nation would upend their psyches.
