Hello all! My name is Brandon Blum. I'm a current freshman at St. Peter's College and have come to SPC all the way from Peoria, Arizona to studying Accounting and Economics near the New York City area. I'm also a swimmer here at SPC as I also competed in high school. Coming to SPC I knew that I would be wanting to study abroad and after doing some research and thinking, I concluded that China would probably be a beneficial location for the use of my major. This is how I originally came about meeting Andrea as she shared her experience in Hong Kong with me. Not necessarily being a patient person, I searched what opportunities might be available to me as an underclassman to study abroad. I learned that SPC offers a number of study abroad courses, where each class willlgo and study abroad for a week during the semester. So this upcoming spring break I will be going to Beijing and Xian apart of a China Direct course... as a FRESHMAN! I will be spending my birthday in the Forbidden City!!
So that's a little insight to me and who I am, but I don't want to give you too much more on my story. So definitely look for my blog in the upcoming weeks.
- Brandon