Blog #1: Student Life
My college experience has been so far great! I love the friendly environment here and the variety of opportunities Baruch has to offer. Besides so many opportunities, there is many extracurricular activities to join that I don’t think I will have enough time to join many clubs besides one or two. Baruch also celebrates many heritages through many fun events. There is always something going on in the 2nd floor lobby which is great because it keeps the students engaged.
On September 7th 2017, I attended the Opening Ceremony for Latinx Heritage Month and it was a great experience. It was very welcoming and exciting. There were many clubs in attendance like the Ecuadorian Club, Undergraduate Student Government, Latin American Student Organization, ASEDOM (Dominican Association), The Ticker and Assoc. of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA). Also, all of these clubs were giving some type of food. LASO gave out platanos with salami and chicken and ASEDOM gave out Mamitas ice cream, which was pretty cool. WBMB Radio, DJ Spintech, had the crowd dancing to different genres like bachata and dembow. There was so many people dancing. At first I was just there looking at the people have fun, since I am shy, until a dance teammate from high school, Wandaly, pulled me to dance. By dancing with here, we got cute cups as a reward for participating. Later on, the dj played some more bachata and that was were Thanayri and I danced for about 15 minutes straight. This event was a fun experience for me and I hope there are more events like this. This event made me think about joining some of the clubs there.
One of the clubs that I want to join is Latin American Student Organization(LASO). Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the first General Interest Meeting for Latin American Student Organization but I do plan to join this club later on this semester or the beginning of 2nd Semester. I also plan on joining ALPFA because it seems like a great way for me to begin networking and a way to learn more on how to be in a professional setting.
I was so happy to see that the Latino community is represented in such a fun and vibrant way. This event made me feel that I am welcomed at Baruch and made Baruch feel more like a home to me.