My participation in the Community Service Project and the freshman seminar classes I attended has provided me with a great amount of information that will no doubt help me throughout the rest of my college career.

I have found the majority of our freshman seminar classes to be very helpful and informative. Even though I am still in the first semester of my freshman year, I have already utilized various library, staff, and student resources. I’ve used the study rooms in the  library for studying and presentation practices, I’ve used the big, industrial-sized printers to print long readings for my English class, and I’ve even used the library to take out books! I mean, if borrowing a single Anthropology textbook for a few hours counts. Let’s say it does.

Working with a group of my fellow scholars to find a community service organization for us to volunteer with next semester was also a great learning experience. Not only did I  learn about different ways to help my community, but I also learned more about working with others as a team. Our triad worked fairly easily and efficiently together when finding and contacting potential places of service. After agreeing to work with a specific organization, we worked together to generate a plan of action, so to speak, that specifies the times that we would volunteer and the types of activities we would partake in.

I have also engaged myself in the student life that Baruch has to offer. I am a member of NYMIA, Baruch’s Music Industry club and I have been a regular host on their weekly radio show. Over the next 3 and a half years that I have at Baruch, I plan on getting more involved in different clubs and opportunities. I am looking forward to joining organizations like the Pre-Law Society, getting involved with the SACC center, and hopefully studying abroad.

Now that I have learned about the things Baruch has to offer me, I am very excited to utilize them and really understand what it means to be a Bearcat!

My participation in the Community Service Project and the freshman seminar classes I attended has provided me with a great amount of information that will no doubt help me throughout the rest of my college career.

I have found the majority of our freshman seminar classes to be very helpful and informative. Even though I am still in the first semester of my freshman year, I have already utilized various library, staff, and student resources. I’ve used the study rooms in the  library for studying and presentation practices, I’ve used the big, industrial-sized printers to print long readings for my English class, and I’ve even used the library to take out books! I mean, if borrowing a single Anthropology textbook for a few hours counts. Let’s say it does.

Working with a group of my fellow scholars to find a community service organization for us to volunteer with next semester was also a great learning experience. Not only did I  learn about different ways to help my community, but I also learned more about working with others as a team. Our triad worked fairly easily and efficiently together when finding and contacting potential places of service. After agreeing to work with a specific organization, we worked together to generate a plan of action, so to speak, that specifies the times that we would volunteer and the types of activities we would partake in.

I have also engaged myself in the student life that Baruch has to offer. I am a member of NYMIA, Baruch’s Music Industry club and I have been a regular host on their weekly radio show. Over the next 3 and a half years that I have at Baruch, I plan on getting more involved in different clubs and opportunities. I am looking forward to joining organizations like the Pre-Law Society, getting involved with the SACC center, and hopefully studying abroad.

Now that I have learned about the things Baruch has to offer me, I am very excited to utilize them and really understand what it means to be a Bearcat!

The first step of the Community Service Project was, of course, selecting an organization for which to volunteer. This could have been a very difficult and time consuming process since there are so many great organizations out there. Fortunately, one day during Freshman Seminar we went to the library and discussed with one of the librarians two different websites we could use to research organizations. We found our organization, The Pajama Program, on Idealist.org, one of the two websites discussed. The library significantly simplified the choosing process, and I realized just how useful a resource the library is. Since then, I have used the library multiple times for research. I have especially utilized the Newman online database. This is a great resource because it contains many scholarly journal articles that are good to use for research essays.
While I have not joined a club, I have been to presentations made by a few of them, including the Actuarial Science club and the Baruch Hillel. By going to multiple club meetings I get to really figure out what appeals to me and what clubs I might want to get involved in during my time at Baruch. Although I did not join a club this semester I will definitely join one next semester.
Like I mentioned in my previous journal entry, when I was in elementary school I always viewed volunteering as a responsibility rather than an opportunity. Although my views on the subject had already changed by the time I was in high school, the Community Service Project reaffirmed for me how important and rewarding it is to give back to the less fortunate. It has encouraged me to continue volunteering in the future, even after my requirement is complete.
Although I am not sure where specifically I will be three years from now, the tools I have acquired and the valuable lessons I have learned during my first semester at Baruch give me confidence that it will be a good, successful place.

FRO was an unconditionally invaluable resource in itself for us entering freshman. From the people at the Student Counseling center to everyone at SACC, the student facilities that Baruch offers are so varied in scope that to not have been introduced to them head on would have made the process of discovering them that much longer. That being said, the offices of which we are now aware are just a small fraction of the bigger picture of whats on our plate at Baruch. We in the FRO class have ad an entirely new dynamic added to our undergraduate experience: service. The project completely opened my eyes to what it means to be a student in the city. Now, we get to break through the mundane getting to school and going home and instead are given the chance to make connections-perhaps the most valuable part of college aside from the degree.

As to what happens in three years, I have a roughly cut image of whats going to happen. We are young. We like to be entertained and we like to entertain ideas. I’m entertaining the idea of graduating in three years to keep up with everyone from Aviation who graduated on time and decided not to do the fifth year program. Of course, this would mean possibly taking 18 credit semesters and summer or winter courses, but hey, the financial obligation is out the window, and so is any obstacle to me being a student and nothing but a student. After all, as everyone says, we commuters at Baruch have the best room and board plan here at home.

FRO was an unconditionally invaluable resource in itself for us entering freshman. From the people at the Student Counseling center to everyone at SACC, the student facilities that Baruch offers are so varied in scope that to not have been introduced to them head on would have made the process of discovering them that much longer. That being said, the offices of which we are now aware are just a small fraction of the bigger picture of whats on our plate at Baruch. We in the FRO class have ad an entirely new dynamic added to our undergraduate experience: service. The project completely opened my eyes to what it means to be a student in the city. Now, we get to break through the mundane getting to school and going home and instead are given the chance to make connections-perhaps the most valuable part of college aside from the degree.

As to what happens in three years, I have a roughly cut image of whats going to happen. We are young. We like to be entertained and we like to entertain ideas. I’m entertaining the idea of graduating in three years to keep up with everyone from Aviation who graduated on time and decided not to do the fifth year program. Of course, this would mean possibly taking 18 credit semesters and summer or winter courses, but hey, the financial obligation is out the window, and so is any obstacle to me being a student and nothing but a student. After all, as everyone says, we commuters at Baruch have the best room and board plan here at home.

FRO was an unconditionally invaluable resource in itself for us entering freshman. From the people at the Student Counseling center to everyone at SACC, the student facilities that Baruch offers are so varied in scope that to not have been introduced to them head on would have made the process of discovering them that much longer. That being said, the offices of which we are now aware are just a small fraction of the bigger picture of whats on our plate at Baruch. We in the FRO class have ad an entirely new dynamic added to our undergraduate experience: service. The project completely opened my eyes to what it means to be a student in the city. Now, we get to break through the mundane getting to school and going home and instead are given the chance to make connections-perhaps the most valuable part of college aside from the degree.

As to what happens in three years, I have a roughly cut image of whats going to happen. We are young. We like to be entertained and we like to entertain ideas. I’m entertaining the idea of graduating in three years to keep up with everyone from Aviation who graduated on time and decided not to do the fifth year program. Of course, this would mean possibly taking 18 credit semesters and summer or winter courses, but hey, the financial obligation is out the window, and so is any obstacle to me being a student and nothing but a student. After all, as everyone says, we commuters at Baruch have the best room and board plan here at home.

FRO was an unconditionally invaluable resource in itself for us entering freshman. From the people at the Student Counseling center to everyone at SACC, the student facilities that Baruch offers are so varied in scope that to not have been introduced to them head on would have made the process of discovering them that much longer. That being said, the offices of which we are now aware are just a small fraction of the bigger picture of whats on our plate at Baruch. We in the FRO class have ad an entirely new dynamic added to our undergraduate experience: service. The project completely opened my eyes to what it means to be a student in the city. Now, we get to break through the mundane getting to school and going home and instead are given the chance to make connections-perhaps the most valuable part of college aside from the degree.

As to what happens in three years, I have a roughly cut image of whats going to happen. We are young. We like to be entertained and we like to entertain ideas. I’m entertaining the idea of graduating in three years to keep up with everyone from Aviation who graduated on time and decided not to do the fifth year program. Of course, this would mean possibly taking 18 credit semesters and summer or winter courses, but hey, the financial obligation is out the window, and so is any obstacle to me being a student and nothing but a student. After all, as everyone says, we commuters at Baruch have the best room and board plan here at home.

The Community Service Project presentation has  finally ended. I learned a lot, not only from the presentation itself but the whole process of the proposal of a certain event like a volunteer service, it takes effort to prepare something that you seriously want to involve. The participation in the Community Service Project encourages me to get out of my comfort zone and talk to people like my group members and staffs of the organization as well to actually get our proposal finished and organized. Communication is really important in the process of working as a team because we all want to contribute to this group project and everyone has his or her own opinion. I am very glad that we know what we want to do at the very beginning but it gets a lot more harder when it comes to contacting the organization since Clinton Foundation is such a huge and broad organization that everyone wants to participate in. Fortunately everything works fine so far and we all look forward to starting our volunteer service in the spring.

Another thing I’m really happy about is, after three months in Baruch College, I know a lot of friends who are willing to be out there to help me. And all the professors I’ve met so far are so helpful and patient to me. Every time I come to them for help, they always provide me useful advice to guide me through difficulties. I want to thank them for everything they do even though I might not do well in their class.

The first semester now is approaching to an end.  And I look forward to the second semester in Baruch where we may meet more new friends and new professors.  I don’t know what it will be like after three years because every day is a different day, and in every minute the world is changing. All I can do is be adventurous and get ready for any challenge life has given and will give me. And I’m sure I will become a better person with hope and ambition one day when I come out of Baruch.

The Community Service Project presentation has  finally ended. I learned a lot, not only from the presentation itself but the whole process of the proposal of a certain event like a volunteer service, it takes effort to prepare something that you seriously want to involve. The participation in the Community Service Project encourages me to get out of my comfort zone and talk to people like my group members and staffs of the organization as well to actually get our proposal finished and organized. Communication is really important in the process of working as a team because we all want to contribute to this group project and everyone has his or her own opinion. I am very glad that we know what we want to do at the very beginning but it gets a lot more harder when it comes to contacting the organization since Clinton Foundation is such a huge and broad organization that everyone wants to participate in. Fortunately everything works fine so far and we all look forward to starting our volunteer service in the spring.

Another thing I’m really happy about is, after three months in Baruch College, I know a lot of friends who are willing to be out there to help me. And all the professors I’ve met so far are so helpful and patient to me. Every time I come to them for help, they always provide me useful advice to guide me through difficulties. I want to thank them for everything they do even though I might not do well in their class.

The first semester now is approaching to an end.  And I look forward to the second semester in Baruch where we may meet more new friends and new professors.  I don’t know what it will be like after three years because every day is a different day, and in every minute the world is changing. All I can do is be adventurous and get ready for any challenge life has given and will give me. And I’m sure I will become a better person with hope and ambition one day when I come out of Baruch.