Category Archives: Academic Enrichment

Give students the opportunity to improve their writing and communication skills by attending workshops hosted by the William and Anita Newman Library, the writing Center etc.

Library Database

On Thursday October 15,2009 I attended a workshop in the library called 30 minute workshops on how to utilize the school’s database efficiently and effectively.  I had learned of this workshop through my friend and decided to go with her … Continue reading

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Freshman Reception 2009

After the first few weeks of college, I attended my first workshop with a couple of friends, the Freshman Reception, on September 17, 2009. This workshop was located in the Academic Advisement office, and was set up to allow students … Continue reading

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SACC – How to Pass Mathematics

On October 15, 2009 I attended a mathematics workshop hoping to find key facts in passing my current math class. However, I was disappointed in how the workshop presented itself. The host used a book and read straight from the … Continue reading

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Freshman Reception

I attended the Freshman Reception on September 17th. Well attended probably is not the right word. I was there, yes but so were approximately 2000 other people, which made things very difficult considering it took place in a fairly confined … Continue reading

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Freshman Reception

On September 17, 2009, I attended an event called The Freshman Reception in which incoming freshman would be able to inform the class of 2013 about the various aspects of Baruch College. Unfortunately, this was not the case. A record … Continue reading

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Database Survival

The library seems to always have something going on. The “Workshops in 30″ offered at the library always provides students with interesting, very helpful information in an effective manner for students. They are short and usually have a motivated speaker. On … Continue reading

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Freshman Reception

On Sept. 17, after I ended my last class of the day, I headed over to fifth floor to attend my first freshman seminar workshop. Although I was on time, when I stepped out of the elevator, I saw so … Continue reading

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Database Survival workshop

Today, October 15, 2009, I attended the Database Survival workshop at the Library on the second floor. It was a rather short workshop from 12:45 to 1:15p.m, but it was very useful. A lot of students showed up to learn … Continue reading

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Database Survival at the Library

Today, October 15th, I attended a workshop located on the 2nd floor of the library from 12:45pm-1:15pm. This workshop may have been short but it was really useful. I learned that the Baruch Library homepage has a database section where … Continue reading

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Ethics Workshop

This past Thursday afternoon, I had the oppurtunity to participate in the Ethics Workshop. Directly after the Freshmen Reception concluded, I rushed to the third floor to attend this lecture. The speaker spoke to us about the philosophy of ethics and … Continue reading

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