I spent my Halloween with the United Sikh Association (USA) of Baruch. The event was called Sikh Scouts and consisted of the club members playing a role as mentors to little children from the community gurudwara (temple). Each member paired up with a kid for the whole day. We took the children to the Queens Zoo and lunch. Since it was Halloween both the mentors and children dressed up in costumes and trick o’ treated in the zoo. It was a fun filled day, however that was not the only purpose of this outing. The main reason this event was held, was to educate the younger generations of the Sikh religion, culture and people. Many of the younger kids don’t have pride in the way they look or who they are and that was a problem we wanted to change. By holding this event, it allowed the younger generation to learn and talk to us as role models. We were able to teach them and help them understand our culture. I think this experience was eye opening and enjoyable. It is one event that I feel should take place every semester and if possible with more mentors and children every time. It gives us as the big kids and chance to give back to our culture and Sikh community.
Big Four Accounting
So this is literally the first workshop i ever attended, and i have to say it was super long and it was not what i expected at all. On September 10th i attended the Big Four accounting workshop. Since i want to major in accounting in the future this was a helpful , yet boring workshop. They talked about the importance on making a first impression and how everything during an interview counts, everything from body language to hand shakes to eye contact, basically everything matters. I also remember then discussing how to have a proper resume is very important. I was hoping that they would talk more about accounting more as a profession, but they talked more about how to get a job in the accounting field. Even though i felt that i knew a lot the information already, it was good reminder and reinforcer to make me realize how important interviews can really be.
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Sikh Scouts
On Saturday October 31st i attended a program called Sikh Scouts which was sponsored by the United Sikh Association at Baruch. A bunch of Sikh boys and Girls took kids from our temple out to Queens Zoo and out to lunch after. Since this event took place on halloween, all the little kids as well as the mentors dressed up with their costumes and went trick o treatin throughout the zoo. The main purpose of this event was to show the younger the Sikh generation how to stand up for themselves and be proud of who they are and as well as their appearance. Every kid was placed with their own mentor who they could ask questions to and talk about their problems. Though the kids this year were young, they didn’t really get the main purpose, but all in all they enjoyed the day out! I really enjoyed participating in this event and am definitely looking forward to do it again next semester/year. !:)
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Big Four Accounting
I attended this workshop a very long time ago on September 10th 2009. It was the first workshop, so of course I had to force myself into going. I anticipated the workshop to be very boring, especially since I didn’t care for accounting. When I walked in, the first thing i saw was how everyone was in professional attire. Luckily, what I wearing that day kind of fit in. The workshop was very long and there was a lot of talking. I found somethings that were discussed useful, such as resume formats and interviewing. It was a very informative workshop, when it comes to jobs and the beginning process of getting a job. They told us how important it was to have a good first impression and how keeping eye contact and body language are things that interviewers look at. It all about looking and acting confident. I felt as if i knew a lot of the information that was being said, which is why I found the workshop to be boring. It would be a good workshop for students that haven’t actually sat down or experienced the interviewing process, but in my case i have already made a resume and been to an interview. Therefore, I’ve done all the research I needed.
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Student Services Fair
I attended the Students Service Fair on October 13th 2009. I honestly was not looking forward to it because I thought it would be boring and to hectic to get around. Since it was a fair I felt as if I would be a similar experience as the club fair, which meant crowded and a little unorganized. However, even though there were some annoying situations, I am glad i attended this workshop. It informed me about the various department in Baruch College and gave me a better feel of the school I am in. Since I like to know every detail to things, this fair was actually a good experience. It’s nice to be a freshmen that knows where things are in our school, compared to being lost and confused all the time. There was one thing about the fair that was annoying . It was the fact that I had to go around and get a card hole punched ten times before I could have someone sign off my book. However, it was a good way to keep the students at the fair for a longer time.
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Coloring up your future
Alfonso Quiroz spoke about diversity in politics. He said that living in New York makes us have to work harder to stand out because there are so many of us. He told his story of his path into working by Al Gore in the political system. It was intereting to hear a gay man’s story of how he came out to his friends and family, and how his interest in politics developed. Although he said his homosexuality didn’t really effect his work relationships, he exlplained that for others it may be difficult to seperate their personal and business relationships.
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Stress Reduction
In this workshop we listened to a tape recording of a psychologist also author of a book on stress reduction conduct a relaxation where we closed our eyes and relaxed every muscle. Before we did that we were asked to take a rasin and slowly examine it by touching, smelling, tasting, and chewing it. The point of this exercise was to realize that the experience of eating the rasin that way was differnt that the usual. I thought it was strange, and the stress reduction exersize wasnt that relaxing it was just telling us to relax our body.
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Suicide
In the Academic Enrichment, Suicide workshop we were shown a documentary about suicide. People who had friends or family members who committed suicide spoke about the warning signs they missed in their friends that led to the suicide. The main point was that suicide is more common for college students than for any other age group so we should tell someone if friends show signs of depression. We got a list of places we can contact, who can help, and more readings about it. The short film we watched was depressing, but then people began talking about their friends who were depressed and wanted to commit suicide. Hearing people in the class talk about it rather than the video made it more real.
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Arts at Baruch
On November 17th, I went to the Arts at Baruch workshop, it was called Mercedes Matter. We had to wait on the line for a long time then we walked around in the art gallery looking at paintings. The paintings were of fruits and nature. Honestly, some of the drawings were very similar because they were tables of food.
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