Monthly Archives: November 2010

The community service project has been a big part of my very first semester in  College. Although I was active in high school, it seems that this community service project is much more influential and rewarding than any of the others that I have completed in high school. The steps that I went through to complete it have and will continue to help me throughout subsequent semesters in Baruch College.

In order to research and obtain information about the topic, I went to the databases that were available on the William and Anita Newman Library website. I have heard about these databases in many of my other classes however, it was the library visit with Stephen Francoeur that helped my the most. By listening to his presentation about the databases that were most useful when looking for non-profit organizationsthat needed volunteers, I was also able to be familiarized with the other databases that helped me tremendously with the other projects that I had to complete during the semester, like the Company Project for Business 1000H recitation. Professor Francoeur’s presentation was also an incredible help when looking for the non-profit organization that I was going to work for. The databases that he recommended were an immeasurable help and were the way that I found the organization that my group was going to volunteer for.

As a freshman in Baruch College, I believe that the most important role for me is the role of the student. I’m relatively new to the college experience (though some would argue that it is not the true experience due to the lack of nearby dorms) and feel that for the first semester, my primary goal would be to soak up as much information as possible in order to adapt to the college itself. After all, we attend college to obtain a degree in order to obtain a successful job and build a career. In order to get that degree, we must first learn all that our professors teach us.

Though I believe that learning is extremely important in all four years of college, community service is also extremely important. Since I am in the honors college, I am going to college for free. A lot of my friends do not have this luxury. I am very fortunate to have been accepted to this program from which I graduate debt free, contrary to many of my friends who will have student loans to pay off. Due to all of this, I feel as though I should give something back.

In order to graduate high school, I had a minimum requirement of 50 hours of community service to be completed throughout my four years of high school. Instead of just doing the 50 hours, I completed around 12o hours during the summers of my freshman and sophomore years. In addition to that, I volunteered at a tutoring company and tutored children of all ages in mathematics ever since my freshman year of high school. I am not a stranger to community service and the effects that it has on our community. in fact, I am strong proponent of it and will be glad to continue to volunteer throughout my college career.