There’s two different ways of defining a “community.” You can look at a community as a neighborhood, so a bunch of people living in the same area. Or you can look at a community as a group of people coming together with common interests and goals. I prefer to think of a community as the second definition. In Baruch my role is to eat a big breakfast, go to my classes, eat lunch, go to more classes, read on the train on the way home, then power nap, do some homework, eat a smaller dinner, and finish my homework so I can get at least 7-8 hours of sleep because Mr. Medina told me verbatim to do all of this. But in reality, at Baruch I can just go to my classes or I can focus and participate and really retain and learn the information. That is my goal and my role in my community here. As a Baruch Scholar in the Honors Program, I’m sure most of us have similar goals of wanting good grades. And we want them and we will probably get them because we are a group of students who genuinely care about our grades and work hard in our classes. Also, thanks to being a Baruch Scholar, I feel lucky to be given the opportunity for full tuition here. I think this idea a this benefit motivates me to do more and work harder, not only for myself but for my community. This is also a great reason why the community service project is incorporated  because it is the perfect way to give back! So within our Baruch community we have our own Baruch Scholars community and we’ll all be giving back thanks to the opportunity Baruch has given us.