C-Functions
These weekly student-organized celebrations have been a much-loved staple of informal, after-hours fun at MIT. C-Functions are open to the entire graduate community, faculty, and staff, and are held both on and off campus, depending on the evening's agenda.
Celebrations of Diverse Cultures
Sometimes, C-Functions are designed to celebrate the food and music of a particular culture and feature organized entertainment; at other times they are informal opportunities to unwind and simply enjoy the company of fellow students and colleagues.
For MIT Sloan students with young families, C-Functions offer a number of child-friendly activities, including costume parties and picnics in the country. Whatever the theme, C-Functions are an integral part of the MIT Sloan experience, and another way for students to interact across disciplines.
“I knew about American business, but not enough about what’s really become a global economy. … You can read about it all you want, but there’s no substitute for being there and seeing the context and seeing how completely different these [other countries] are.”
“The conditions in the neighborhoods we were visiting were different than what we realized before getting there. Beyond that, what was surprising was that there weren’t surprises!”
“We’re very interdisciplinary. Among the faculty in the group are an economist, a political scientist, a sociologist, and an industrial relations specialist. We’ve always made a big effort to be open to a variety of perspectives, but also to go beyond being open to them, to want to bring them in, because it makes for a richer environment.”
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“I came to Sloan because of its high rankings within the sustainability community, specifically the professors. The S-Lab class itself is part of what drew me to Sloan. And the reason I came to business school was to learn the business speak that really is what connects with people."
“Our mission, along with the mission of MIT Sloan, is to both develop leaders who make a difference in the world, and also to make a contribution to thinking about the topic of leadership.”
“I love being in a place that is such a nexus of people and ideas — people coming to learn something new and to define themselves. Being a part of that process is a real honor and a real gift.”
“[The India Lab] program is one of the reasons I came to Sloan. ... The hands-on learning that MIT offers was a huge differentiator.”
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"The classroom itself is filled with so much collective brain power . . . it's obvious that I'm caught up in a room full of 124 of the brightest, most curious people from around the world."
“One of the reasons I came to Sloan was because I wanted to be at a top MBA institution worldwide. But I also wanted access to working with the latest innovations and the highest technology that was coming out of the MIT labs.”
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“Because of the diversity of our backgrounds, when we hit the ground in Tanzania it almost was a natural play where different people assume different roles.”
“I view the MFin as a great addition to the MIT Sloan curriculum since it allows students to choose from a large set of educational options tailored to their specific needs. If we have learned one thing from the financial crisis, it is that we need professionals who deeply understand finance and can communicate it, rather than those who think they understand! The MFin is designed to help students develop exactly those types of skills.”
