I think my role a Baruch Scholar at Baruch College is to represent the best characteristics of a student. For me, that means being well educated, self-motived, ambitious, and helpful. We should be examples to the rest of Baruch’s student body and I think that means handling ourselves well inside and outside of the classroom setting. Education is vital to improvement in society, but I think that as scholars we should advance beyond just grades (despite our minimum GPA requirement) towards a more meaningful understanding of what we learn in classes and the overall college experience. It is also important that as Scholars we are self-motivated and ambitious whether it be to study on our own or to try new things, and so on.

As examples, I think it is our responsibility to help others and improve the lives of those around us in any way that we can. That can mean helping other students who are struggling or starting a community project if we realize there is something we can do to help those around us. This correlates with the culture of service that is promoted by our Honors Program. Our community service project is an encouraging way to start determining exactly where our interests lie and what we can contribute that is relevant to our interests. Even beyond the project for this year, we also have a minimum requirement for every semester which will encourage to dedicate our time to those who need help.