In late March, we had a SIP (Sloan Innovation Period) week and a spring-break week. SIP is an intense week with classes offering experiential lessons in leadership and exposing students to the groundbreaking faculty research. The seminars usually include practitioner panels and presentations, skill-building workshops, self-assessment, reflection activities and so on. During SIP, I took one course, Innovation Foundation, which is an action-packed workshop designed to help students assess our own problem solving styles and learn and practice some new decision-making frameworks.
Then during the one-week spring break, I went on a five-day Caribbean cruise with several other MFin students, which was an amazing and relaxing trip.
Back to the main topic, I list several social & cultural events both on-campus and off-campus as below:
1.C-function
On AdMIT day, some 2012 students joined us in Chinese C-Funtion. (see a video of China C-funtion on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h29V4Og3iQc). C-functions (short for Consumption Functions) are student-organized celebrations that are open to the entire graduate community. Sometimes C-Functions are designed to celebrate the food and music of a particular culture and feature organized entertainment; other times they are just informal opportunities to simply enjoy the company of fellow students.
2. M.Fin. Social
it is an informal gathering of M.Fin. students, finance faculty, and program staff, usually held in Faculty Club.
3. The Ivy Plus Society (TIPS) events
TIPS is an organization which delivers laughing-connecting-cocktailing fun to Ivy Plus alums in NYC, Boston and some other cities. For more information, please see www.ivyplussociety.org.
4. Others
MIT Activities Committee (http://web.mit.edu/mitac/index.html) provides discounted tickets to all kinds of events in Boston, from hayrides to sleigh rides, shopping sprees to ski getaways, white water rafting to whale watching, as well as various sporting events (Bruins, Red Sox, and Celtics games!, exhibitions (flower shows, RV camping shows, car shows, home shows, boat shows...) circuses, theater, music and so on.