To me, service is act of love. By serving others you are not only making the world a better place to live but also building up character as an individual that knows how to give back. I say this because as Baruch Scholar of Honors program at Baruch I am being served great deal of service right now. I was always in a position of a “servant-leader”. Servant leader is basically a leader who serves by leading whether in a community or an organization and throughout my life I was such in my church, my school, and in my community. By helping to organize service events and participating in them, I served others with all I can and thus, I learned at an early age value of sharing and power of serving others. Now, I’m on the receiving end and it feels good to be the recipient of many benefits and service provided to Baruch scholars.
As Baruch Scholar I believe my role is to obtain high academic level to become a great leader of tomorrow that will change the world and serve in anyway possible to give back the blessings I have been blessed with. Honors program promotes culture of service, as school is investing to students by serving them, students should also invest in its community by serving. Honors program doesn’t just teach us to be a scholar but a well-developed individual. Thus, we are motivated to give back and serve the community. This will not only strengthen us as scholars but the community as whole.
Peter, I’m glad you have been volunteering selflessly even without a requirement. What are some of the events you helped organize? How did they go? How were those experiences?