Category Archives: Academic Enrichment

Academic Enrichment

On September 17, 2009, I went to the Freshman Reception workshop for new Baruch students.  There was a large amount of students waiting to go in to get the refreshments and the paper that was being given out.  The wait … Continue reading

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Academic Enrichment

On September 13th I attended the Academic Enrichment workshop at the Freshmen Reception.  At the very beginning I was given packet of documents, which took me through the list of classes that I would have to take over the course … Continue reading

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Academic Enrichment

On October 13th, I attended the Student Services Fair. There were representatives from all of the Student Services at about 20 tables and they were ready to answer any questions that we might have. After answering out questions they would … Continue reading

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Academic Enrichment Workshop

On October 20th, I attended a workshop with my learning community. There was a counselor at the workshop who explained to us the common core curriculum for Baruch and the pre-requisites for the three schools within Baruch. It was basically … Continue reading

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Student Services Fair

On Tuesday, October 13th I attended the student services fair where I learned about some of the services that Baruch offered to its students. Some of these services included the Bursar’s Office, Financial Aid, Registrars  Office, and Study Abroad. At … Continue reading

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Library Workshop

On September 18th I attended two different workshops. After my freshman reception workshop ended I stumbled upon a library workshop. At the workshop the librarian taught us how to use many of Baruchs plethora of resources. Although we had a … Continue reading

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Bearcat the other google

Today on November 4th at 1:30 was the Bearcat the other google workshop. It was really interesting to see the Baruch College search engine Bearcat that was an alternative to google. She showed us how to use the search database … Continue reading

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Database Survival

On October 15, I went to the Database Survival workshop. I sat in for the 15-20 minutes. I had used databases often in high school, so I had a basis of how they worked already. The presenter explained what kind … Continue reading

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Bearcat: The Other Google

Today I went to a workshop called “Bearcat: The Other Google.” In this workshop I learned about Baruch’s database search engine, Bearcat. Although I had used Bearcat before, I still found the workshop interesting as the presenter went over a … Continue reading

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Freshman Open House

I was so surprised to be blocked at the door of elevator and not able to move for almost 30 minutes. After I got in, they started to talk about what a Baruch student need to do to grudate in … Continue reading

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