Section BPR2D

Today, November 17, I attented an exhibition in the Mishkin Gallery. The exhibition is only opened for this month and is called the Mercedes Matter Retrospective Exhibition. I found her paintings very interesting because it looked very unique. Our tour guide showed us Mercedes’ work from when she was nine, to when she was fifteen, to her most recent work. As we went from room to room, I noticed a change in not only the size of her paintings, but also her style. As we kept walking I noticed that her paintings became more modern and abstract, and although the tour guide told us it was a painting of fruits, I did not see the fruits, and instead saw something else. But that is the beauty of art because everyone has their own interpretation of it. The tour guide explained to us that Mercedes painted whatever she felt, and at the end gave it a name from what she saw. For example, there was a painting with a whole bunch of fall colors, and the title was Still Life in Autumn. She explained to us that Mercedes just painted what she felt and then after it was done she looked at it and thought it looked like Autumn so she named it that.

All the paintings were really interesting to look at. Modern art is very abstract and many people get their own impression out of a painting. I learned that most of Mercedes paintings sell for about $85,000, which I think is really great for her. The guide told us that her paintings wouldn’t show up at the MoMA but most definitely would show up in many colleges as well as other museums. Overall, the Mercedes Matter Exhibition was a great experience because being an art lover myself, it was great to see a different style of paintings.

First of all,, they said its about Global awareness, but it was about Gay/Lesbian.

So I was like….what the heck…  but as the guest speaker spoke…he spoke so many interesting about

how our society treated Gay/Lesbian people.  He told us he was gay also and..most awesome part was that

he had his internship at WhiteHouse…everyone was like you serious? but yea…he did…and he even ran for city council.

But main point that he was trying to say was that our society does not or hard to accept gay and lesbian people as their worker..

It is hard for Gay and Lesbian to survive in our society…especially In NYC. As i listened to him, best advise to those people is Do your best and ignore people who try to mock them or discriminated them just because they are gay or lesbian. it was great experience for me and i learned alot about gay and lesbian.

Name of the workshop was Basic Interview techniques and it took place at Multipurpose room from 12:30 pm to 2:00pm. I liked the workshop because it help me to know how it takes when one goes through interview process. I had heard this kind skills before, but today skills is more really and it was more interesting to learn more. What I learned was how to improve personal peach, review resume’ before interview, doing research of the company concerned before interview and how to appear at the interview session. I was in the workshop on time and I learned a lot which I even took down notice. After the end of the workshop I took my time to get a signature, and also talk to the presenter about how personally I can go about my application for work or internship for the summer. I was glad to know the Starr development office in our school, and I believe that I will go visit them for further personal assistance which i need to go about for careers.

            On October 15, 2009, I attended Library workshop from 12:30pm-2:30pm at library.  The workshop taught me how to use the library more efficiently.  I learned how to use the Baruch catalog and how you can use the interCUNY loans.  The director shown us around the library and told us about how we can use the study rooms. 

            This workshop explains to me how to use the library effectively and how to get a good study in the library.  I learn that there are many things in a library that we able to use free.  This workshop did not take me outside of my comfort zone because this is where I can always go to for study and help.  This workshop passed my expectation by the detail of how this director did the tour.  I would recommend this to another student because not many people know how to use a library.

Today, I went to the building on 23rd street to meet with Sue and go over my oral presentation from a few weeks back. Sue and I watched the clip of my presentation on the computer and then we discussed it. The pros that we observed were that I had good posture and I spoke loudly and clearly. In addition, my speech was meaningful and well constructed. On the other hand, the cons that we noticed were that I did not make full eye contact with the audience and that I often looked down to read off of my notes. My speech was too general because it did not include enough specific examples regarding how my role model influenced me.

I feel that this review and feedback session went very successfully. I was able to see my presentation from a different perspective and analyze it with a professional in Sue. Her advice was extremely helpful and she gave me a lot of praise for my speech even though it wasn’t at all perfect. She said that if I practice my skills more and improve on my weaknesses then I could become a very good speaker. I think that I will be more prepared for my next oral presentation because of the instruction that I received from Sue. If i put more time and effort into becoming a better speaker, I will achieve my goal.

I attended Club Fair on September 24, 2009 at the gym  without knowing that it counts as a workshop. The number of people coming to the event actually surprised me. I never thought how interested the students are to this kind of events.
I did not expect a lot from this club fair since I have gone to the one after the freshman convocation. Nonetheless, in this club fair I found out some interesting clubs that I have not heard before. I learned about VITA, keep a child alive,  IVE, and USG. I always thought that a club always meet every Thursday which means I could only join a club at a time. However, I found out that there are clubs like I have mentioned before that do not meet on every Thursday. I attended some of the club meeting based on the information I got from this club fair, and I am looking forward to involve more in one of the clubs.

        Today is my 5th workshop. Before I went to this workshop, I planed to take only 6 workshops in total, one from each catagory, so i could get rid of these workshops and do something else. After attended this workshop, I changed my mind, not only because I had engaged in today’s workshop, but also because the speaker had informed us the new policies for receiving helps from SARR, which is attend workshops. She had mentioned that, if we want to have our resumes check by SARR, the first thing we need to do is attend the workshop for writing a resume. Same policy applies to mock interviews. Due to these policies, i think it is impossible to take only 6 workshops, and finish the task ahead of time because I think myself really need SARR’s aids in writing resume and interviews.

          Compare to other workshops, I think the way that listeners sign in for this workshop is rigid. There are three process to go, in order to prove you attended this workshop: sign on sign-in sheets, login using computer, and stamp on planners. Although these processes frustrated me at the beginning, but after the workshop, i think everything is worth because at least i learned that there are various internships: unpaid, paid, credit, and leadership program; whereas, before this workshop i only know intern equals to free labor. Any how, I completed the fifth one and there is more to go.

I visited the metropolitan museum to complete an assignment for my art history class. I expected my trip to the museum to be very interesting. I was very eager to go and I was also eager to learn something new. Unfortunately I found my visit to the museum to be very boring. Mostly because I have already learned about most of the cultures and pieces that were exhibited in the museum. Two pieces in modern art were the only style of art that I was not aware of. The modern art that I am referring to is called Op Art. There was a specific piece named Blaze 1 painted on hardboard by Bridget Riley Op Art is a style of Art that came about around the late 1900’s. Optical Art gives an illusion of movement through an artwork.

As I walked through the museum I viewed Egyptian artwork, painting from the early renaissance, sculptures from Europe, modern artwork and etc.

I am so familiar with the different forms of artwork because many of my history teachers have taught me about the early renaissance paintings also I took an art class in junior high where I became educated about many artist and different styles of art. One person who I learned about was Andy Warhol and his particular style of art, where he would have make copies of a particular object or person in prints of different colors in aligned squared boxes as the entire painting. Overall I can say that I appreciated my experience at the museum and the assignment given because otherwise I would not be able to be reminded of the many different activities offered for free or as little as a donation as a penny. =) I will be back to visit again.

On October 15th, I attended the Diversity Career Programs Summit that was being held in one of the lecture rooms in the Vertical Campus. I had been notified about this event through an e-mail from the Finance and Economics Society, which I recently joined. The event featured alumni and recruiters from Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), and INROADS. I learned that these nationally established organizations provide great opportunities for ethnically diverse students who have career aspirations in business.

I really enjoyed the presentations made by the representatives from each organization and I thought it was a very worthwhile experience for me even though I can’t apply for them until my sophomore year in college. I learned how these organizations offer personal advisement and internships for its students. They also help with networking, training, and preparing for future job applications and interviews. Overall, I became aware of the amazing opportunities provided for students towards pursuing their career goals. The alumni that presented all described how their experiences with these organizations had helped paved the way for their futures. They strongly recommended applying and I will definitely considering doing so next year.

On Thursay, October 15th, I attended the Diversity Career Programs Summit in Room 7-150. This summit brought representatives from three internships firms, In Roads, MLT, and SEO. The main purpose of these three firms are to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry. Their mission is to prepare students for fast track entry level jobs. This really caught my eye because they are giving away many opportunities for minorities to be the best that they can be. And what caught my eye even more was how before i even walked in through the door, one of the interns had already pulled me in. I asked him what I will get out of this summit, and he told me, “what if I told you you can make make over $10,000 as an intern? Would that bring you in to this room?”. Of course I had to say yes, and I came in with high expectations. This program was very helpful as all the representatives showed us powerpoint representations and even DVDs of their firm. I learned a lot from them, and although their intern opportunites are mainly for sophmores and juniors, that still doesn’t stop me from starting early. The interns told us to start as soon as possible and to prepare for their interviews as well. After getting their emails, and websites, I will be sure to visit and find out more about these opportunities.