Monthly Archives: November 2009

Successful college students take the initiative to seek out resources they need including faculty, peers, staff, support centers, the library, and student clubs among others. How has your participation in the Community Service Project encouraged you to draw upon the expertise of faculty and staff? Which support centers have you utilized? Have you joined a […] Continue reading →

Since the street fair after an orientation at Baruch, I was determined to join a club as soon as possible.  After all the advices given from my mentor and advisor, I certainly did not want to be the “commuter student who goes home directly after school.”  Although Baruch does not have a dorm, that doesn’t […] Continue reading →

We as Baruch Scholars are blessed with nearly unlimited resources including faculty, peers, staff, support centers, libraries, and student clubs among others. Although some of us have not used these resources, I have used a vast majority of the resources available to me. For me and hopefully many other scholars, the library is my most […] Continue reading →

Participating in the Community Service Project is an interesting experience to me. Unlike other projects, this one allows us to choose the organization we like to work for and we would stick with it for a considerably long time. As fun as it sounds, we were just equally clueless at the beginning. Us group members […] Continue reading →

The beginning of the sentence, “successful college students take the initiative to seek out resources they need,” encompass part of the responsibility belonging to a Baruch Scholar.  Of course, we’re expected to do well in school and help out others but even as we do those things, we must also be humble enough to ask […] Continue reading →

I remember during the first few weeks of the semester, I felt surprised and almost in awe of all the resources and support centers at Baruch. I was thinking about all these resources that were introduced to us after almost every freshman seminar. The SACC center, library resources, the incredibly easy access to help at […] Continue reading →

When we first entered Baruch College, we were well informed of several support centers, library utilities, faculty members and other resources that we can use when we have problems. However, we may not think about using them even though we know their existences. It is not because we don’t trust these resources; it is because […] Continue reading →

The Community Service Project not only enables us to lend a helping hand to our community, but it also educates us as students on how to best utilize the resources and facilities that are available for our use. The freshman seminar class in general was a huge asset during the initial stages of the project. […] Continue reading →