As BI-Fudan MBA program student union, Join&Share provides a new concept of communication platform for students and alumni from various countries. Facing with the upcoming Chinese New Year, Join&Share arranged a unique party for international students and alumni to meet and share together on the basis of universal talents assembling and fostering BI-Fudan MBA program spirit.

26 international students and Join&Share committee members gathered at Puti Boutique Hotel-Shanghai on January 22^nd. The annually held Chinese New Year party was organized by Oddmund from MBA14.

Students were all impressed by the delicious food offered by the hotel and talked about everything under the sun with a gratitude for the arrangement of BI-Fudan MBA program. Some students talked about their courses and their feeling of the gains from professors. Some consulted about the graduation trip to Oslo in coming May and shared the interesting experience. Jaana, who was already a mother of four children, was now a guest professor in university of Finland. She talked about issues related to language teaching on children which aroused the interests of all attendants. Helga, who could also speak several languages, just finished her courses in this program. She could never conceal her affection to the program. Recently, she had been assigned a presentation which was a little tough for her. However, she felt very happy as she could finish it with her own studying experience. “I enjoy doing it because I can involve my feeling in the presentation rather than doing a rigid homework.” Helga said.

Currently, as a person in charge of an education and training institution, Marc said he liked the environment at Fudan. When referring to the reason why he chose to study in BI-Fudan MBA, Marc said he used to be a teacher of English. Now he had become a leader. For the improvement of knowledge, he came here to enrich his view on management so that he could run his own company well. 'As a well known university, Fudan has a broad humanistic accumulation and deep academic background,' Marc said. 'It's very important to me in my future life to be here.'

After dinner, the MC Oddmund designed a mental game for entertainment. Everyone had a brainstorm on the problem that how to create four triangles with six toothpicks. Oddmund explained that when we solved the problem, we always focused on one way. No one paid attention to another way. 'We can solve the problem in the tridimensional rather than the flat way.' The game left a deep impression and gave enlightenment on everyone. They appreciated his thoughtful arrangement. The game created a congenial atmosphere where all guys nicknamed Oddmund as 'Ultraman' (奥特曼).

Finally, as a tradition in China, members of Join&Share organized the international students to make Tangyuan- rice glue ball together. All the ladies were pleased to learn doing that and were good at making Tangyuan no matter they were foreigners or Chinese.

During the six-year history of Join&Share, there were various kinds of events. As a union of students of BI-Fudan MBA program, Join&Share offers an opportunity for ideas interaction and friends acquaintance. Creating a variety of efficient and effective channels of communication tops the priority of Join&Share’s agenda.

In the end, Marc said that such activities which promoted mutual understanding was very helpful and he would come again later.

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