Category Archives: Academic Enrichment

Due to the fact that we had to do research early in the year for a research paper in two of our classes most of our learning community was already forced to sit through this presentation so it was not … Continue reading →

This workshop mainly focused on how as college students at Baruch, the internet sources at Baruch are copious.  When we’re at home, we only think to use google and wikipedia, but this workshop proved that there are many other sources … Continue reading →

This workshop is specifically designed to help every student that would need assistance in finding crucial information for any type of assignments throughout college. When I attended the workshop, I thought my knowledge about using the web for research was … Continue reading →

Last week I attended my last workshop and it was another organized by the Starr career center. I wasn’t blown away by the information given because most of it was common sense. Dress well, Speak Clearly and all the other … Continue reading →

Something that this career workshop taught me was the significance of giving off a good impression and making the most out of a situation. Everyone knows that the first impression is one of the most important things when taking someone … Continue reading →

This workshop was designed to show how useful a device the internet could be for finding resources for research papers. Tools such as Google Books, Google Scholar, and online libraries were all shown to us. The internet, it seems, is … Continue reading →

This workshop should definitely be apart of the requirement for any kind of student or employee looking into a job or career.  Impression Management is basically knowing how to present yourself in order to make people see you as how … Continue reading →

On September 17th, I attended an Academic Enrichment seminar. This seminar was in the beginning of the semester when everyone was nervous, anxious, and trying to get adjusted to Baruch. The workshop got crowded quickly with students, leaving limited seats … Continue reading →

This workshop was geared toward informing me on my next semester classes and the importance of taking Communication. I was geared to take Communication already because of what I’ve heard regarding the class. How it helps you with your presentations … Continue reading →

This was the fourth workshop I attended. It was located right in the Library near the Ask Us desk. I forgot the instructor’s name, but he was the same exact person that taught our class in using the library site … Continue reading →

This was the first workshop that I, and I’m sure many other freshmen attended, and needless to say, I was very dissapointed. There was a lot of hype about the workshop,with us getting e-mails and even a letter in the mail … Continue reading →

There was a clip, a documentary that was played in the beginning for a while which I missed because I was in class, so I didn’t get to see that but I came in time when the professors began to … Continue reading →

This workshop is very useful. The speaker taught me better ways of researching such as putting your topic in quotes so that the computer will know what you want. He also told us to make our key phrases brief because … Continue reading →

This was one of the most helpful workshops I have went to so far. I would highly recommend this to anybody whether an incoming student or somebody in their 4th year of college. I learned everything that Google has to … Continue reading →

The 12:30workshop “Using and Evaluating the Web for Research” , was very usefull. The speaker explained different ways to research a topic. He showed the different databases to use, such as Google Scholar and Worldcat. He also mentioned different searching … Continue reading →