Author Archives: Darren Castro
Community-Global Awareness-The Changing Nature of Race, Power and Ethnicity in the era of Obama and Sotomayor
This session was recommended by my History professor. Though a good percentage of the crowd was composed of people coming in order to get extra credit, some were clearly interested in the topic at hand. My lasting impression came from … Continue reading
Personal Enrichment Workshop-Managing Relationships in College
When I think back to this workshop, I think of the forced interaction that had us do, which is always awkward and even more so in a workshop dedicated to addressing college relationships. Although I haven’t checked it out yet, … Continue reading
Career Exploration-Career Planning: Impression Management
I actually attempted to attend an earlier workshop of the same topic, but that one was unexpectedly can canceled without any change made to the online calendar. My successful attempt saw a representative from the Starr Career Development Center give … Continue reading
Arts at Baruch-Gallery Tour
The Gallery Tour I went to was titled “Mercedes Matter: A Retrospective.” It was the last workshop I attended, and seeing as it is near the tail-end of the semester, I could tell that everyone, from the students to the … Continue reading
Academic Enrichment-Library Workshop
The Library Workshop was actually very informative; I learned the whats, whens, and wheres of the library’s helpful offerings to the student body. Navigating the library afterward was also much easier, as they helped define each section of the building. … Continue reading
Student Life-Freshman Reception
The first workshop I attempted to attend was the Academic Enrichment Freshmen Reception session. However, upon arrival I found out that they had run out of room and out of folders to hand out; one of the organizers said that … Continue reading