Section BUW1A

This was a very hands on workshop which made it interesting. The speakers made us participate in different ways and split us up into groups. The topic about relationships is vast so it felt that i can keep talking about all types of relationships. Networking is something very important in college and they discussed about how important it is to really get out there and put your name out there. During the workshop the speaker made us get up and go to the other side of the room and speak to someone that we did not know, which i thought was a good idea because we’d be able to learn about different people. I would recommend this workshop to anyone, i enjoyed it and it never felt like it was dragging on.

On Thursday at 12:50 I attended the Basic Interviewing Workshop. The speaker immediately started talking about the interview process. She showed us tricks, and techniques to get through the interviewing process. If you had any questions on how to prepare for an interview, or on the interview process itself this was the workshop to go to.

The first part of the workshop talked about preparing for the interview, followed by how to do a personal pitch. Halfway through the workshop the speaker asked questions and made us stand and interview each other for 3 minutes. Luckily I was next to Dennis, which made the interviewing process easier. Some of the stuff she said was common sense such as don’t go to an interview in jeans, the “handshake”, don’t seem to eager or too aggressive. The workshop concluded with the importance of gestures which I found useful such as not being too stiff or flamboyant.

Even though the workshop was long, time went by fairly quickly because it was so informative. The crowd seemed interested in the overall workshop, and was respectful. This workshop may not have been the funnest workshop, but it was by far the most useful workshop I have attended.

I went to the resume writing workshop yesterday, October 27th. They had to change the room three times so it was a journey trying to find where the workshop will be held. This particular workshop was very helpful  because it taught us on how to format our resumes as an undergrad student and how to prepare for interviews. Resumes should be perfect and I learned that each resume only gets an attention span of 50 seconds at the most therefore internships, experiences, and education should be the “jaw-dropping”. The resume is the key to an interview – a chance for the human resources to give you more than a 50 second attention span. You should dress properly for the interviews and be at your best behavior the moment you enter the building because you are being watched. You should be as honest as possible on your resumes because they will test you on the informations youve given. A cover letter is necessary and Thank you letters are a must. Having all three would make you stand out the crowd, eliminate the competition.  They gave us a bunch of papers on which power words should be used for which section of the resume, how to get a starr career account, and guidelines on cover letters as well as thank you notes.

I attended the library database workshop on October 15th. It was a thirty minute workshop on how to use databases in the newman library site to help us find articles, editorials, books, and etc. Like all workshops, this one was overcrowded; many students sat on the floor while the others stood up for the whole presentation. This workshop was really helpful because now I know how to use the database to help me with my research papers, homeworks, and whatnot. The librarian showed us that not only text documents and PDFs could be found in the database, but also pictures, videos, and other relevant pieces that can help us. The best thing is the citing tool where whenever we need to put the database on our bibliography, we can just click this thing and its going to give us the whole citing thing available in a variety of forms from MLA – ULC. The librarian also showed us when to use quotations in the database search engines, when and where to use or, and, and not. They also showed us how else the library site can be helpful – from the library hours, books available in Baruch and other CUNY systems, and the floor maps.

On October 14 after freshmen seminar I decided to attend this workshop because my History Professor, Fernandez was hosting the workshop. The workshop was held on the 14th floor something I didn’t even know existed till then. The workshop itself was packed forcing people to sit on the ground, and stand. Once the workshop started 4 Professors from the urban studies department talked about ethnicity, and racism by using charts, maps, and diagrams. What I found the most interesting was the location of all minorities, unemployment-rate, and income by ethnicity. Outside of the cities there were very few places minorities could be found. It made me realize that even though we may not see racism as a huge problem in New York City because it is so multicultural, but outside of the city racism could be rampant. The workshop addressed important issues that are still a problem in today’s world.

After each panelist spoke they took questions from the vast crowds and tried to answer their questions. The audience themselves was very respectful throughout the workshop, however due to the time of the workshop many people were leaving at different times. Overall the workshop was good, however I wasn’t enable to enjoy it as much due to a long day. The only things I would change about the workshop would be to schedule  it at an earlier time and make it a little bit shorter.

On October 8, I went to a workshop that helps you understand college life more. Speaker was talking about all different situations and changes that happen in college. We had different people saying their experience on that situation and their ideas. We discussed all different solutions for different problem. Such as how to deal with family, friends and relationship. We also had to go around the room and meet atleast 5 new people. It was vey interesting and observitive, I also meet a lot of nice ne people.

Title of Workshop: Library Database

Category of Workshop: Academic Enrichment

Date/Time: October 15, 2009/12:30-1:15

On October 15, 2009, I went to the library database that was held at the Newman Library. Upon arrival, it was crowded because everyone was there to complete their workshop. In this workshop, a librarian, talked about how to use databases in doing our research paper. He said that the language matters in searching in databases such as Lexis Academic. He told us that if we wanted professional scholarly reviews, we had to type in complex words or professional deemed words. For example, anabolic steroids instead of juice. However if we wanted to find a current magazine article, we would put in a everyday language or slang such as juice or steroids. Basically, he told us language matters in choosing which articles.

In the end, I found this workshop to be a repeat of what I learned in English class. A lady came to our English class actually days before this workshop and talked about almost the same thing. She showed us how to work the databases to our favor like the librarian did in this workshop.

Title of Workshop: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk ’09

Category of Workshop; Community-Global Awareness

Date/Time: October 25, 2009/9:30 to 12:00

Yesterday, I went the JDRF Walk ’09 in Staten Island at the College of Staten Island. Upon arrival onto the great lawn of CSI, I met my old friends. We did converse for a while and then I went to donate money and get my t-shirt. Since I arrived early, we didn’t begin to walk yet. There were refreshments served and entertainment at the main building. WCBS Channel 2 was there and throwing free stuff at the audience. I went and grab two bagels for my mom and I. After finishing food, and conversing with other people, the walk began. The walk was to walk around the college campus. We walked for 5K. I felt really tired after the walk. I guess that means I have to get into shape. Afterwards, we arrived at the great lawn again and there was refreshments served again. Overall, this was a positive experience. I have been to this walk in the past and other walks as well. It’s great to walk because not only do you get to hang out with your old friends but you get to also help others in fundraising. I also received a free t-shirt from this event. It’s also awesome if you go to walks each year and see your t-shirt collection grow too.

This is my fundraising page: http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=87586145

I also registered online  and  registered again at the desk to donate money.

On October 14^th, 2009, I attended Professor Fernandez’s Community-Global Awareness workshop, which was about the dynamic role of race, power and ethnicity that play within the time period of Obama. There were profound debates regarding race in our society and how it affected us in general. Two great debate points were raised which were “all men are created equal” and “race is what distinguish or makes an individual unique and distinct.” This workshop was not just about positive effects of multi-race minority gaining power; however, Professor Fernandez lectured about the negative effects as well.  It was grotesque how racism existed within minorities as well as within a society as whole. Also the view on immigration was very controversial; it had multi-view on the topic. It was serving as labor pool as well as blame for the current recession and poor health-care systems as well as on the hot issues that are addressed during the presidential elections to the candidates. Overall, this workshop was a very critical and analytical one toward the post-modern society of United States. Personally, I like history classes, so this workshop was very interesting and resourceful.

On October 8, 2009, I attended a workshop on building and managing relationships in college. The workshop had a lot of freshmen, I was surprised by the number of people that were in the room.

The speaker told us that the age that we are right now is very important to our futures. At this age, we are trying to develop relationships with other people at college. These relationships will eventually develop into connections for the real world. I think that this is very important for someone like me to accomplish in college as I want to major in Business.

As an exercise, we were told to go around the room and meet five people and talk to them. I found this exercise to be very fun and productive. I was able to meet people that want to pursue all different majors and go into different fields when they leave Baruch. I even met someone who wanted to be a Corporate Lawyer like me!