More than 400 new MBA participants have taken part in the Tsinghua MBA Charity Day on September 17 as part of their orientation program which lasts for nine days.

The featured activities of the Charity Day involve “social responsibility”, “protecting the earth”, “donating for leukemia patients”, and “contributing to the education development in poor areas” etc.. Students have put up posters and signs on the campus of Tsinghua University to promote the charity themes. All the money raised from promotion and charity auctions will donate to those who need help.

Tsinghua SEM has been putting emphasis on “social responsibility”in its education, and it keeps good charity traditions in various of its programs. It’s the first time for MBA program to introduce the “charity theme “in its orientation. The elite business students are expected to foster charity spirit as they enter Tsinghua and begin their first class at Tsinghua MBA.

The activities held during the “Charity Day” are mostly organized by the Tsinghua MBA Sunlight Charity Agency (yang guang ai xin she)---the first student charity organization at Tsinghua SEM. Established in November, 2008, the Sunlight Charity Agency has organized a series of activities to promote volunteerism among students.