Panther programs are designed by our Global Experiences Office staff along with faculty, composed primarily of Pitt students, and are typically led by someone from Pitt.
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Cassidy Laffey, Exploration of Energy and Electrification: Brazil Summer 2024 Everyone in Brazil that I met was super friendly and I found it very easy to make friends with them. One of the first nights, the group of Pitt students went to a little restaurant within walking distance from the hotel, and there was a…
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Learning in Germany
Gabrielle Fernandez, Business, Technology, and Engineering: The German Way Summer 2024 The German Way Program consisted of daily lectures at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany. Our lectures focused on industrial engineering principles and practices such as lean production, takt time, technological advances, German business culture, and product innovation. The classroom and university…
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Troubles During Traveling
Gabrielle Fernandez, Business, Technology, and Engineering: The German Way Summer 2024 A challenge that I faced while in Munich, Germany was the transportation. Initially, it was very difficult for me to understand how to use the public transit systems. The names of all the stations were in German so I had trouble understanding where to…
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Interacting with Locals
Gabrielle Fernandez, Business, Technology, and Engineering: The German Way Summer 2024 On the German Way program, we were given German buddies from the University of Applied Sciences who became our friends and guided us around! They picked us all up from the airport on our first day and traveled with us for the rest of…
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Advice for Future Moving the City Students
Hansini Kumar, Moving the Cities: Germany Fall 2023 If I could give some advice to others who are planning to participate in this program, I would advise them to make the most out of their time abroad. The program gives you limited time in Germany, and with project work taking up a good amount of…
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Flavorful Florentine Food
Morgan Powers, Engineering Perspectives of the Renaissance and Sustainability: Florence Summer 2024 Before traveling to Florence, most of my friends and family excitedly told me, “You’re never going to eat as good as you will in Italy!” And they were right. My family enjoys pasta and pizza multiple times a week at home, but those…
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Welcoming Atmosphere in Munster
Hansini Kumar, Moving the Cities: Germany Fall 2023 Interacting with locals was one of my favorite aspects of the trip. Most locals knew and spoke English fairly fluently, so there was not too much of a language barrier and it allowed for many meaningful interactions. I interacted with locals both in the town and in…
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Balancing School and Exploration During Study Abroad
Alyssa Zito, Moving the Cities: Germany Fall 2023 The advice I would give to other students planning to attend this program is to be prepared for a fast-paced program, and make sure to separate your days at school from your evenings exploring the city. For my trip, the program was held in the middle of…
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Friendships Forged in a Munster Hostel
Alyssa Zito, Moving the Cities: Germany Fall 2023 For my weeklong trip to Munster, Germany, I lived within a hostel with 5 other girls. The whole program with students from universities across the globe all stayed within the hostel. For Pitt specifically, we had 7 girls attend the trip, and 6 of us ended up…
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Facing Challenges in Brazil
Cassidy Laffey, Exploration of Energy and Electrification: Brazil Summer 2024 While being abroad in Brazil, I faced a plethora of challenges I had not evenconsidered facing before going on the trip. I had never flown by myself before this trip and I unfortunately missed my connecting flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Porto Allegre, Brazil.…