The Pantheon Institute in Rome evolved from The Penn State “Sede di Roma” Program in Rome (1988-2009). Initially, the “Sede di Roma” Program was started as a way to expand current architecture curriculum study away opportunities and invest in student learning in on-site and hands-on modalities abroad. At that time only 8 to 10 students per year participated in the program. Since then, we have increased enrollment to more than 150 participants annually, welcoming students from institutions all over the U.S., and now offering a wide variety of advanced architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, Italian language, and a complete liberal arts curriculum.