Author Archives: dchen

Managing Relationships

This workshop was probably to ease freshmen into college by telling us that now that we’re in college we’re going to have to balance our time with family/friends/others with schoolwork and such. They tried to explain how we should split … Continue reading

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Mediating Conflicts

This workshop was very disorganized, despite the need to RSVP online (which turned out to be compeltely disregarded anyway), and everyone was just crammed into a room until fire safety hazards were at the limit. A psychology professor talked to … Continue reading

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Your Life, Your Money

I went to an event held in the multipurpose room last November and it was a screening of a program called “Your Life, Your Money”, hosted by Donald Faison (that guy that plays Turk on Scrubs!), and a panel discussion … Continue reading

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Gallery Tour: Mercedes Matters

Last month I went to the art gallery to see the Mercedes Matters exhibition. While she was not extremely famous, as our tour guide informed us, she is still important to the art world. There were two paintings from when … Continue reading

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Reading and Taking Notes

SACC’s workshop about reading and taking notes was very interesting. They discussed different methods and styles of note taking. They also discussed active reading and analysis and how to become better at doing these things. I thought it was interesting … Continue reading

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WIB workshop

I went to a WIB workshop last Tuesday and it was interesting. A lady from Mary Kay (it’s kind of like Avon) came and spoke to us about how these sorts of companies worked and some of their products. She … Continue reading

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Career Planning: Impression Management

Last Thursday, I went to the Career Planning workshop called Impression Management on the third floor. The speaker began by asking members in the audience about their experiences with Baruch, ie. why they chose to attend this particular college or … Continue reading

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