Programs

On the evening of November 10th, MF17 held a tea party to celebrate Men's Day in classroom 403. The organizing committee offered the class a bunch of surprising and delighting class activities, along with pizza and beverages after a day of exhaustive learning. Pizza and beverages, voted on by students, were highly appreciated by everyone at the party. The first session of the party was "dorm-to-dorm dating", which meant that each boys' dorm was randomly matched with a girls' dorm for a fun group date . Each group was offered a special "dating allowance" from the committee. Representatives from each dorm, who were responsible for drawing their match, were all excited to see who they would be paired with. Following the drawing was "who's little who", where all of the students tried to guess whose baby picture was being shown on the projector. It drew everyone's attention since the winners were awarded a prize. Multiple answers were given by the students for each picture and there was plenty of laughter to go around. The cute side of the boys from MF17 was "exposed" completely in this session, and the students all got to know each other better. Childhood pictures of the boys were shown on the screen. Next, the committee designed a series of interesting interactive games. For example, a simulated love confession between a randomly chosen boy and a girl, two people feeding each other a bite of cake, boys carrying girls on their back while passing through foot press board etc. These games served as funny warm-up activities. In addition, the sweetness and kindness of a boy could be easily shown in the activities, which surprised a lot of students who may not have known that much about each other. A boy and a girl feeding each other a bite of cake. The party ended with "a bag full of letters from anonymous girls". Girls expressed their greetings to boys by sending anonymous letters. Boys were all moved when they received their letters, leaving us wondering what was written. Gifts were not enough to show the life-long friendship among the students. Let's say "Happy Men's Day" again to all the boys from MF17. May you stay the young men in the bottom of our heart forever and always!

On November 8, 2017, MF17 students had the second social responsibility lesson with Ms. Angela Qian. Students had a discussion about empathy. At the beginning, Ms. Qian talked about empathy associated with experience of others. She pointed out that empathy has three levels: identification, to understand others standpoints; emotional contagion, to feel others emotion; and role playing, to help others feel relief. Students watched a short video to understand empathy better. Furthermore, Ms. Qian focused on social responsibility at corporate level. The teaching assistant introduced Giving Tuesday to the students and Ms. Qian presented the whole charity scope of Tencent. Ms. Qian also shared the Sept.9 Tencent Charity Day, discussing the Tencent Fingertip Charity and Tencent Foundation, as well as online and offline charity platforms. She introduced the story of Fei Deng and analyzed the reason why he was so successful in the offline charity. She spoke about the Charity Day and discussed corporate motivation for taking seriously their social responsibility, highlighting the five steps of corporate involvement in social responsibility. Finally, she recommended three reliable donation platforms in China that are legally qualified and supervised for students, which are: Tencent, Alibaba and Weibo. She concluded by presenting the controversial example of Qudian to prompt the students' thinking.

On November 1st, Ms. Amanda Yen, an experienced wellness coach who worked for LVMH as an image and beauty trainer, was gladly invited to give a lecture on how to power up a professional and decent image by dressing and eating smart. The lecture was divided into two main parts: how to develop professional look and how to boost brain function in order to have an energetic image. First, when looking for a job or promotion, finding the right clothes, identifying your own color palette, and refining your professional look can help enhance personal image. Not only will your status be boosted, but this can increase the possibility of getting hired and promoted. An appropriate outfit can also help project one’s personality. Amanda emphasized that one’s physical condition is crucial in daily life, and explained 4 ways to boost one’s cognitive function and memory. Concluding, Amanda gave 10 simple but powerful tips on how to eat in a smart way so that an energetic image can be established. In this course, students were all highly engaged. They learned how to enhance their energy and professional performance from a holistic perspective instead of simply studying hard.

Prof. Chen and Prof. Lu both shared a lot stories with the MF17 students on Oct.25th. The stories ranged from academics and investment experience, to their career paths. Prof. Chen shared some tips on how students can start planning their career paths and shared his thoughts on being a professor at SAIF. The MF students admired Prof. Chen’s academic experience. Prof. Chen shared stories from his master’s and PhD studies at Stanford University, and encouraged MF students to study hard and gain overseas experience. MF student Johnson asked Prof. Chen to recommend some books on investment. Prof. Chen shared Capital in the 21th Century, Outliers, and The Rise and Fall of American Growth. The first book illustrates the wealth and income inequality in Europe and the United States since the 18th century. The second book examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success and suggests the "10,000-Hour Rule". The last book reviews the economic mechanisms of the US. All three books are valuable resources to help MF students gain a better understanding of economic mechanisms and the importance of an equal wealth distribution. Prof. Lu shared some investor psychology insights and investment methods during coffee hour. All of the MF students showed particular interest in these topics. Prof. Lu suggested MF students focus on the present to overcome academic challenges one by one. She pointed out that fast paced courses are intensive, but they allow students to retain more information over the duration of the course. Prof. Lu shared some research she recently read online. The research found that financial skills help analysts grow, and that network connections on LinkedIn play an essential role in the success of a sell-side analyst. She also stressed the importance of social skills for students dreaming of becoming a successful sell-side analyst.