Personal Enrichment Workshop

Posted on October 8, 2009 by zjackiewicz

Today I went to a workshop for personal enrichment called Managing Personal Relationships in College. I thought it was an interesting workshop because it discussed how, as college students, we’ll all be facing changes in our personal relationships with our friends, families, and significant others. It further discussed how we can build professional relationships through networking.

First we talked about family relationships. We discussed how, when entering college, we will be transitioning into adulthood and therefore, our relationships with our families will grow into more adult ones . This means setting familial boundaries. Of course, it is also going be a transition that our parents, in particular, will have to get used to since they still, for the most part, see us as kids.

We then discussed how friendship relationships are going to be different. For instance, in high school, most of us were used to having one particular group, or “cohort”, of friends. But now that we’re in college, it’s important to have a broad range of friendships. This will give us a chance to improve on our communication skills, since they are going to be very important to us – not just in friendships, but also in professional relationships. Which brings me to our next category of relationships: networking.

When networking, we need to start building relationships outside of our cohort. This includes professors, internship supervisors, and professional colleagues. And we have plenty of ways to start doing this, whether it’s through professors’ office hours, e-mail, or using the website LinkedIn.com. Apparently, this website is likened to a professional version of Facebook and its main purpose is to help us network with other people related in the field in which we want to work in. It was mentioned that it’s important to start networking in advance and not just when we’re going to need to. Networking will be really helpful when we start seeking out employment opportunities.

Then we talked about how to manage romantic relationships in college. I thought it was going to get kind of corny, but it actually was just practical information that might be good for us to keep in mind. Having intimate relationships will help us to develop communication and have healthy boundaries. And if a relationship doesn’t work out, then it’s good to have a healthy break-up. Meaning, you can be friendly with each other, but don’t try to spend so much time together because it might end up becoming an even messier situation and interfering with your success in college. And I think that’s good for any post-romantic relationship, not just when you’re in college.

Overall I think it was an interesting and informative workshop. I think LinkedIn.com was a particularly informative component of the workshop discussion because I think it will be really helpful for us when we start looking for new job opportunities.

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Academic Enrichment

Posted on October 8, 2009 by gbernal

The first workshop I attended was the academic enrichment one and you were supposed to meet your advisers. I wanted to go to this one to get it out of the way and ask questions about my major. The only thing was when we got there it was packed with people that they couldn’t even fit into the room.  The helpers were starting to get mad so they signed our books and told us to leave.  I was kind of dissapointed because they didnt do anything but I didnt want to stay and hear people talk for long so it was good. It was useful because they gave us a paper that said all of the information about what they were going to say so you left with something.

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Personal Enrichment Workshop

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Nathalie Vargas

     Today I attended a personal enrichment workshop at 12:30 that had to do with managing relationships in college. It was located in the vertical campus building in room 1-107 and ended at around 1:50. We learned about how we should handle different types of relationships such as friendships, family, romance and networking. These forms of relationships may be difficult to deal with because of all of our responsibilities but they are essential to our lives because they will affect us in several ways. The way we interact with our family is important because they are a primary template for future associations we might have. Starting college can cause some problems in our family because of money isses or because we have to learn how to be more independent. We also need to learn how to negotiate in adult ways with our family.

     Making new friends that can last a life time is also an important part of college. Being isolated from everyone and just doing well in school will not benfit us because we need people to feel happy and to help us in the process of graduating. Friends can also be study partners, classmates or just people you hang out with when you have spare time. Friendships help us learn how to work through certain issues. There may be some people that are not true friends or people that are not the type of friends you need, so realizing who your real friends are is also a part of managing relationships. Friendships teach us how to solve conflicts between eachother and how to communicate. 

     Networking is a crucial relationship we must have in College because it gives us more opportunities to find jobs and get hired. We should have connections with people outside of our cohort such as professors, internship supervisors and professional colleagues. It would be easier to get connections by seeking networks in advance so that we could get associated better and actually get a job. An example of a network we can join is linkedin.com.

     A relationship that can affect people greatly is a romantic one. Romances can either end in a good way or in a painful way. It is up to us to make sure we end relationships in peaceful ways if we do not want it anymore. It is common to have meaningful intimate relationships in college. These romances could last forever. The relationship should be a healthy one that helps you progress as a person and become more mature. By being in a romantic situation we are taught how to communicate our feelings and how to understand others through time.

     I personally liked this workshop because it did not only focus on academic issues. It was about real life situations that we are all going through. There is more to college than just studying and it is nice to know that the school sees that as well. It was well organized and eventhough a lot of people attended, there was no chaos. There was interaction between students and we meet new people. I actually learned a few things from this workshop.

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Managing Relationships Workshop

Posted on October 8, 2009 by emanakhimova

Today, I attended the Managing Personal Relationships Workshop in the MultiPurpose Room. I thought it was a pretty nice workshop. The main speaker was a psychologist who is also a staff member at Baruch college. She seemed really nice and described all the possible relatioships that we may have to deal with in our lives. One of the relationships was friendship. She made everyone in the room get up and try to meet five people. Although this is a nice attempt at meeting people, I found it to be akward. I am shy and like many people I did not want to get up and talk to random strangers, even if I go to school with them now and may some day need them for networking purposes. Even if i did meet some people, I highly doubt that I will see them sometime soon and be able to have some kind of relationship with them. Maybe if there would be a smaller group of people it would be more effective. Besides that, I thought the workshop was interesting and actually made me think about the relationships in my life and how college life ties into everything.

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Club Fair

Posted on October 7, 2009 by mkaid

About a couple of weeks ago, I visited the Club Fair to see the various types of things Baruch has to offer. It was a lot crowded than i expected, but it was a nice thing seeing all these different faces and possibly their interests and hobbies. There was a multitude of many unique clubs, such as archery, cultural clubs, and sororities and fraternities.  I went with a couple of classmates from our seminar group, and it was fun.

We all some really interesting things. One group that caught my attention, but in an awkward way would have to be the “Vagina Warriors”. I think it was something about raising awareness in women and how to protect themselves, or something like that. But it just goes to show that the clubs had much variety to choose from.  Also, some clubs were giving out free food and candy and such, so that was always a plus. There was one group I wanted to  join, which was the archery club, because i always wanted to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow, but unfortunately, the days didn’t work out with my schedule. So as I was looking around, I was hoping something would really catch my eye, something that represents me. And so on the last row, I encountered the Japanese Anime club. My first thought was to join this right away, because I am a huge fan of anime. The leader was telling us what we do on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and it was the best thing anyone could ask for. Tuesdays we play video games and Thursdays we watch anime on a big projector screen.  Last week I went to the first session and it was great.

I’m actually glad I had the oppurtunity to go to the club fair, because I found a couple of things that piqued my interest, so now I can keep those in mind. At first,  I didnt want to join any clubs because I didnt want to waste time after class and burden myself with clubs and I just wanted to rest. But I realized I was wrong, and that the clubs shouldn’t be a burden, but a fun experience instead. So I encourage everyone to at least look into some clubs and possibly join one.

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Gallery on Nature and Landscape

Posted on October 6, 2009 by cperez

Today, I went to a Gallery showing of photography. Most of the freshmen seminar class decided to go together, so that was a nice touch to the experience.  The showcase was of a photographer taking pictures of landscape and such. The showing was short, but it was nice. The women who explained it all was nice and gave us time to look around. Some of the pictures looked like landscape but in reality were not. There was one of four human butts that seemed to the common eye like mountains or plains but when looked at closely you see four naked people, two women and two men. The pictures were interesting and made you really consider why she took the picture of that particular thing and from that particular angle. There were many photos that were taken from a birds-eye angle, that made the landscape seem like other objects.

The gallery was interesting and nice. I came to discover that Baruch offers many interesting things for all different types of interests.

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Academic AdvisementO

Posted on October 6, 2009 by cperez

The first workshop I decided to attend was one on academic enrichment with the schools advisors. I was greatly looking forward to this workshop because I really want the help of someone to guide me in the best path for my major and minor decisions. When I got to the assigned room for the workshop, I was overwhelmed with the amount of people present.  When I attempted to go into the room and see what was going on I got nowhere. The advisors then said they did not expect this many people and did not have enough folders for everyone. I managed to get a folder but was not satisfied because no talk or explanation was given, Just the folders were handed out.

This workshop was supposed to help us learn about the advisement center and how to understand the papers we were handed but that was not done. It left me with many questions and doubts about the whole process. Completely lost to be exact.

Overall, I think the workshop was a good try but not well enough organized and thought out. But my hoped were lifted when Paola advised of the secession we will have with the academic center on October 9th, this made me be at ease and know that I will get the help I desire.

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Freshman Reception

Posted on October 6, 2009 by emanakhimova

On September 17, 2009 i went to this Academic Enrichment Worskshop. When i first arrived on the fifth floor, where the workshop wa located, my first impression waw “Oh my G-d, that line is huge!” It never occured to me how many freshman there are and that we all need to get the same task done. When I got on line, I met a few people who automatically began complaining about how long the line was and how pointless they think blogging and getting signatures is.Once we finally entered the room, I saw one woman being swarmed by hundreds of students all trying to get her signature. She briefly explained what  was in the small packet the advisors provided us with and then began signing everyone’s planners. HOnestly, I think this whole process was although useful, was unorganized. After a certain amount of students came in they stopped letting others in because they did not have any more folders. I think since post cards were sent out to students homes then they should have been more prepared for the large number of students attending. Despite that, I will defineitely be visiting the office of advisement in order to figure out this whole confusing process of picking a major, minor and other classes that I will need to take.

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Next FRO session 10/9/2009–Academic Advisement

Posted on September 30, 2009 by pfeliz

Dear Fro class,

Please be advised that our next session will be on Academic Advisement. It would be held on Friday October 9th in room 3-190. You must complete the steps that are outlined in the attached document BEFORE attending the academic advisement session. The same page was mailed to your home address. So there is no excuse for not bringing it Friday October 9th. If any of you have any questions in regards to the attached document, please let me know so we can set up a meeting and work things out. Please check your baruchmail account for the attached document.

Have a great weekend!

Paola

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Academic Enrichment Workshop

Posted on September 28, 2009 by jsabal

Last Friday, I attended the Freshmen Reception in room 215 on the 5th floor.  This reception was meant for us to meet our advisors, who would be there to help us with our future. It was also meant for us to learn what we do with our minors and if we needed to drop a class. The only problem with the reception was  there were too  many people. This cause the reception to end early. We were suppose to get a paper so we could declare our major and minor, but unfortunately they didn’t have enough.

From the time I was there, It was a good experience. I learn who I could go to if I have problem with my classes or if I have a question. I won’t lie that I wasn’t looking forward to getting out of there, but I did learn some important things. Right now I have a better understanding of the school and how it works. I know that there are people here who care where I end up. That is a good thing to know.  The one thing that made me sad is, I didn’t get my free cookie!

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