Section BPR2B

The club fair was a different experience for me since my high school. There were many more clubs at the club fair at Baruch, so much to choose from. The line to get in; however, was very long. It took at least twenty minutes to get in and it was so crowded when I went into where the club fair was being held; in the gym. It was so crowded it was hard to see every club station. I had to go up and down the isles at least three times. I did like and sign up for two of the clubs. They included the Wall Street Club because I am interested in Stock Trading and the finance/business world and the Alpha Accounting Club which is my potential major for the Zicklin School of Business. So far I have attended both to this day and did a lot of networking and learned many new things about the business world and companies.

On thuesday November 3 2009 I attended an art exhibit right here at Baruch college. Our exhibit had artworks of Mercedes Matters throughout her life. Her artworks are considered modern art, and we can see her grow in her styles of art as she ages. I learned that Mercedes Matters had been painting since she was a young child. As her earlier form of painting shows she painted more realistic objects, but as she grows out of her teens she painted more of  abstract pieces of painting. She used many colors and love painting shapes to create a balance in her artworks but her paintings did not model realistic objects. I never thought that I could get such a valuable art lesson just from the Baruch art museum, but that day I learned about a artist that I had never heard of before. In the future I hope to visit not only museums in the city but also the Baruch art museum.

This past Tuesday, November 3, 2009, I attended the mandatory Arts at Baruch workshop at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery on 22nd street. I, along with a friend, were given a tour by Sandra Karskin, who showed us a number of galleries by Mercedes Matter. When the tour first began, she asked us, “How many of you are planning to go into the business school?” Over half the people raised their hands. She then told us that art, even though hard to believe, is pure business and that there are many opportunities to make tons of money working with artworks. After introducing us with this fact, she finally went on to her tour, telling us about the works displayed. The pieces were quite abstract. You had to seriously look into the artworks to see the message it was trying to give. Overall, this workshop was very informing and interesting even though I had to wait over half-an-hour to get in.

On October 22, 2009 I attended a Internship workshop hosted by the Starr career development center. I learned that it is never too early to think about internships. Before the workshop, I never knew how competitive Internships can be and the amount of people that apply for internships are astounding. I also learned that in order to be even consider for internships I must keep a high GPA, and be active in school. Although it is earlier for freshman to go look for internship, its not early for us to learn more about the internship process. I learnt a lot about the internship process from that workshop and also any other information can be found in the Starr career center. I hope to gain more information about internship through the center in my next couple years in Baruch college. I hope with the information I learned from the workshop can help me get an internship in the future.