Alisha Walters, assistant professor of English, left, and Christina Riehman-Murphy, reference and instruction librarian at Penn State Abington, spent 10 days in Ghana.
Penn State Behrend graduate Olivia Dubin could not attend the college's May 3 commencement ceremony because she is completing an internship in Germany. Dubin, who earned a degree in plastics engineering technology, used one of the college's robots to participate in the program remotely.
The lush greens and earthy tones transfixed the faculty and students who decamped to Ireland as part of a semester-long study of the creation of art in response to a place, in this case the Emerald Isle.
A dozen Penn State Abington students and two faculty spent a week in Malta studying how country culture impacts business ethics. During their stay, they visited all three main islands and had discussions on the Maltese culture and its influence on ethical decisionmaking.
Charlena Frank spent a semester discovering the world and herself. And you can, too. Travel to Iceland, Japan, or Scotland this year with the support of Abington's Global Programs unit.
Students and faculty from Penn State Abington studied in Ireland over spring break, exploring the creation of art through the nation's culture, history, and physical landscape. Another group took a deep dive into language, literature and culture in Spain while others studied business ethics in Malta. Students selected for Alternative Spring Break traveled to a Native American reservation in South Dakota and Washington, D.C., to work with those in need.
