Right now being in the Baruch community is like being a newborn. At one point I thought I had been abducted into a college where diversity and success are linked and appreciated; and now I consider myself privileged to be in this bubble of reaching my maximum potential. Overall, to reach success in our day in age, a Baruch Scholar needs to feel for others and act in the community through volunteer services. My role as a Baruch Scholar in the Honors Program is to work in a team of other students from my Freshman Seminar group and decide on a volunteer project to help our community through a non-profit organization. To be honest, the easy way for me is to continue volunteer work I have done in the past at a non-profit religious organization that sends out food packages on a weekly basis because continuing something you are used to is a lot simpler than working with people. It is difficult to come up with something that the entire group is comfortable in doing. I think the Baruch Scholars program should change the way their conditions on this group work. Instead of having a group of 4 people, the team should consist of 2 people where it is easier to find a volunteer project. At the end of the day, one sees that the more work put into a team, the greater the reward so I also believe working with these people jsut to decide on an organization to volunteer at will be helpful for my experience in general.
The Honors Program has many services it provides its inhabitants with. Many services include technology assistance by providing the students with a laptop, our own librarian, our own department in advisement, study abroad grants, and other services like a large amount of lectures that eventually provide us with tips for success. By receiving these commodities, an Honor student feels like he/she needs to give back to the Baruch community in some way. This is why it is definitely logical to add the community service/volunteering requirement for Baruch Scholars. When one enters the Honors program, he becomes a member of the volunteering world.
