Kings Park Resident Heads to China for International Studies

Emily Mcdonald, a Management Information Systems major from Kings Park, was one of 19 University of Dayton students who spent six weeks in China this summer studying at the new University of Dayton China Institute.

The students, nine American, nine Chinese and one Kuwaiti, took three engineering, business and communication courses from UD faculty members, while conducting hands-on projects with multinational partner companies in Suzhou Industrial Park, near Shanghai, China.

In addition to the classes and projects, guest speakers from the companies offered lectures, and professors from Nanjing University and other partner universities provided seminars on topics that ranged from how to do business in China to appreciating Chinese music, art and tai chi. On the weekends, the students explored other cities in China.