Monthly Archives: October 2009

Conversation with Joseph O’Connor

Posted on October 27, 2009 by dou

After a long day of classes, I went with my friend to the Personal Enrichment workshop held at the Newman Library Building. I expected this workshop to be as dull as the Baruch Debates Diversity workshop since there were speakers … Continue reading →

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Small Talk, Big Deal

Posted on October 27, 2009 by emezini

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Small Talk, Big Deal (Personal Enrichment)- Tuesday, 10/27/2009 from 12:30-2:30PM

Posted on October 27, 2009 by ak101135

The workshop I went to was located at VC-2190 and was called “Small Talk, Big Deal.” It was for the Personal Enrichment category. I went on October 27, 2009 and it lasted from 12:30-2:30. This is, by far, the best … Continue reading →

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Internships and Goal Setting (Career Enrichment)

Posted on October 24, 2009 by smesbah

10/22/09 – Club hours I thought this workshop was very informative and helpful. My only problem was that it was a little bit too long for me to pay attention the whole time. I learned about credit internships which give … Continue reading →

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Using and Evaluating The Web For Research

Posted on October 24, 2009 by mwatson

10/20/09, 12:45pm, Library In this workshop, we learned about how to use the web to evaluate sources and their credibility. Although this workshop was incredibly focused on Google and how to manipulate it to find results, a good workshop (for … Continue reading →

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Using & Evaluating the Web for Research

Posted on October 21, 2009 by dlee

I went to this workshop yesterday to fulfill my academic enrichment requirement. It was only 30 minutes, but it was rather useful. I learned about some tricks to get better search results on google, like using quotation marks and and’s. … Continue reading →

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A Conversation and Reading With Joseph O’Connor

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Amy

10/20/09    5:30PM – 7:30PM   library building 7th floor Joseph O’Connor is a very charming and charismatic speaker. He did several readings, including excerpts from his published works and also his unpublished poem. I really enjoyed his new poem because it … Continue reading →

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Bearcat: The Other Google

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Amy

10/20/09          1:30PM – 2:00PM in the library This workshop was quite useful, and it was also concise and to the point. I learned about how to search databases for articles using the Bearcat search engine. I learned that there are many … Continue reading →

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Bearcat: The Other Google (Academic Enrichment)- Tuesday 10/20/09

Posted on October 20, 2009 by ak101135

The Academic Enrichment I attended was called “Bearcat: The Other Google” and took place in the library on Tuesday, Octover 20, 2009, from 1:30-2:00PM. I learned information that would benefit me for the rest of my academic career. There is … Continue reading →

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Database survival at the library

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Vanny Kong

Ok first I would like to say the projector was way too off focus so it was hard to make sense of the projected image (I was standing no more than ten feet away). The good thing was that the … Continue reading →

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