Student Blogs From China

Maggie Zblewski, right, in rickshaw in China

Accounting senior Maggie Zblewski traveled to China this summer for an amazing opportunity to study and experience the culture.  While there, she blogged about her experience.

Maggie explains that she agreed to blog “because I wanted to be able to share my experiences abroad with my fellow students in the Business School.  I wanted to promote the opportunity to go abroad to students in hope that they will consider studies abroad in the future.”

She wrote in her blog every day and posted when she had an Internet connection.  Often, it was difficult for her to complete the blog posting as Internet access was unreliable.  Maggie received a large amount of emails with questions.

One of her blogs read:  “Our day started off on time at the Sun Yat-Sen University, where we were welcomed by a banner and members of their business school.  Heading into the lecture hall, we got to listen to lectures by the Sun Yat-Sen professors and our very own Dr. Alex Ellinger, who represented our university very well!”

Another read:  “I wouldn’t say that I am an extreme world traveler, but between the places I have traveled to and my international friends, I believe that the best way to really experience a culture is to interact with the people in their true environment.  Today, we visited China’s Pharmaceutical University… and the day became number one on the list of experiences during this trip thus far.”

Read more at http://cba.ua.edu/studyabroadblog.

Maggie will be graduating in December with an Accounting degree, a Computer Science minor, and a specialization in Global Business.  She hopes to work for an international accounting firm with a branch in China.  Maggie is originally from Pewaukee, Wisconsin and competed for the University swim team from 2006 to 2010.