Penn State Abington students stopped to visit The Kelpies while they were in Scotland for a cross-disciplinary course at Abertay University. The 98-foot-high steel statues honor the horses that drove industry and the economy in Scotland.
Natalie Sylvester, a rising third-year student at Penn State Abington, said she achieved professional and personal clarity through a course that included short-term travel to Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland.
Courses with short-term study abroad components allow Penn State Abington 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.
A new gift from Gene and Roz Chaiken makes them the second-largest donors in Penn State history and extends their impact beyond the College of the Liberal Arts.