Bridget Mallory is glad she chose a profession which has international financial reporting standards, as she can potentially work almost anywhere in the world...

The CQUniversity Management and Accounting student has just returned from a Study Abroad program in Germany and is now considering another Deutschland experience to top off the end of her degree next year. 

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Bridget Mallory - back on campus after her adventures overseas

"I'd like to get more into the German language with a view to applying for Accountancy jobs there one day," she says.

Bridget was part of a multi-national Study Aboard group based at Kassel University near Frankfurt. She attended five weeks of German language classes and will get credit towards her home degree.

Among the trip highlights were staying with a host family and being part of a 500,000-strong crowd at Berlin's Fan Mile, while Germany played Greece during the European Cup Football Tournament.

Bridget with her host family in Germany

Bridget recommends Study Aboard as an option, especially as CQUniversity can help make arrangements for hosting and credit swaps. Scholarships are sometimes available to ease the cost burden.

Earlier in her degree, she spent five months in the USA and was able to get a taste of sorority life as a 'Delta Zeta Girl' while on exchange to Eastern Illinois University.

"I was a member of Delta Zeta, which had 95 girls in it.  I was there for Greek Week, where all the sororities and fraternities compete against each other in events like tug of war, a choir competition, sack races and many more.  It was so much fun!"

 
Bridget at the Fan Mile in Berlin 
Bridget with her sorority in the USA