The O-Camp, an orientation program for NTU EMBA’s new students, help form Mar. 11 through 13, has invited new students of Class 2016 of Taipei and Class 2015 of NTU-Fudan Program (including students admitted by Fudan) to joint this event; more than 200 students have attended, making this event a bustling one. This orientation is a trademark event that demonstrates the culture and vitality of NTU EMBA, and this year’s theme, “Diversity and Harmony”, not only reflects the diversified backgrounds of the new EMBA students, but also encourages each new student to keep an open mind and embrace diversity in the future for further self-development.

Everything has to have a beginning, and for the NTU EMBA new students, the O-Camp is a baptizing rite to begin with their life as students of NTU. The O-Camp is an event independently organized by the EMBA Office as a gesture to demonstrate its high regards for each new student, and as a reminder that the students are expected to adjust their ego from the start.

The 3-day and 2-night O-Camp is action-packed. Teammates are randomly arranged to break the alienating boundaries of class and locality and contests in teams encourage teamwork and morale among the students, each of whom is required to perform well with given intelligence-intensive task, inspire other teammates, and accomplish goals as a team. It is, in another sense, a contest of stamina and intelligence. Meanwhile, physical fitness activity has been newly added this year. Professor Su Mei-Yin of NTU Sports Center helps the students to warm up, demonstrates exercise, and teaches knowledge of health for sports. After all, strong physical fitness, as NTU EMBA has long been emphasizing, is a key to success.

After this 3-day event, the new students have established profound friendship, acquainted more friends that share the same ideas, and experienced the culture and learning spirit of NTU EMBA. At the end of the event, students are asked to write letters to themselves, setting their own goals and self-expectations, but only to be read 3 years later. With the feedback and sharing among the students and encouragement from Xie Ming-Hui, CEO of NTU EMBA, the O-Camp has drawn a perfect finale.