Month: November 2017

2 weeks ago I went to a career panel hosted by the Unicef Club. There, guest speaker Viktoria Curbelo sat at the front of the room and talked about her life. How she was denied access to resources like education and how it became her goal to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to life. She then went on to describe her job/position in Unicef and what she does to help Unicef’s cause. By going from community to community she learns what problems plague them and solves their issues with the help of others.

  

– William Wang

We were just learning about the tragedy of Jews during the Holocaust in American History class. Hoping to learn more about the atrocity, my friend and I decided to tour the Museum of Jewish Heritage. At first, it was just out of curiosity and of course just me trying to fulfill the academic blog post requirement for Freshmen Seminar class. I expected the trip to be as boring as any other museum I’ve been to (I’m not so much a museum person). However, 10 minutes into touring the museum, I’ve found it to be an amazing experience. Looking more into the events that many Jews went through like that genocide during World War II, I was caught in disbelief. No matter how much I was told about the hardships Jew had faced during that time period, it wasn’t really until this day that it stood out to me. Honestly, it was a great opportunity for me broaden my knowledge about the things in life and learn more about the cultures around me.

-Junjie Gao

PWC is a finance and accounting business that I found interest in. Although it was outside of school grounds, finding someone that I attended the same church with provided me with insight of what he does in the company. He was a tax associate for the business and told me that he took care of the business funds. This meant that he had built charts and presentations to show the growth or decline of the company and what the reasoning for this was. Learning more about PWC and the potential career for me to go into was a learning experience and helped me to have a better understanding of what I may pursue for my future career.

On Oct 24th, I attended the Fall 2017 Diversity Pipeline Career Programs Panel & Networking Event. The event was hosted by the STARR Career Development Center. It included many programs catered to minority students, such as myself, like SEO, MLT, and the T. Howard Foundation.

Before going to the event, I was a bit hesitant. However, I knew that this was a great opportunity that I shouldn’t pass up on and so I went. The fact that it was co-sponsored by organizations such as NABA and Success Network, which I’m apart of, gave me extra incentive to go.

The event was split into two sections. The first section was the Career Panel where the moderator would pose a question and the representatives for these programs would take a few minutes to respond to them. The responses were great and very helpful in terms of understanding how to get into these programs and how they can benefit you. I took notes on the phone on all the seven programs to see which ones I might to be interested in.

After the Career Panel, there was a Networking session where we got to speak one-on-one with the representatives. I took that time to speak with representatives America Needs You (ANY) and SEO. They answered my questions and encouraged me to apply if I don’t know exactly what career path I want to follow.

In the end, I was very glad I went to this event. Three programs I intend to apply to from this event are ANY, MLT, and SEO. One thing I noticed for many of these programs is that they require a high GPA and urge students to participate in clubs and other leadership opportunities. This is very good to know as a freshman as I see what specific steps I need to take to get into these programs.

– Ardouin

On November 2 I spoke at baruch voices. For me this was a slightly overwhelming task since I have never been good at public speaking. It is usually extremely intimidating to go up knowing so many people are listening to everything you say but the atmosphere on thursday was so different than anything I have experienced before. Everyone was so calm and welcoming and seemed genuinely interested to hear what everyone had to say. One by one people took the stage and once they started talking you could see calm return to their face and authority return to their voice, they owned that story and they knew it was their job to tell it right. The stories were as different as the people telling them, they were sad, inspiring, funny, unexpected. I think this experience was also helpful because everyone makes snap judgements without trying but hearing these stories not even a minute after seeing these people for the first time really goes to show these judgements don’t mean anything and not to hold onto them. This was a wonderful experience and I hope it continues to grow and more people get to experience what I did.

-Abigail Sullivan

On thursday September 28 I attended the club fair with Nancy, Charisse, and Sudipa. I went mostly to look for the accounting society, a club I hadn’t seen at the convocation day carnival. To me it was important to meet with one of their members. By talking with two of the members I decided this was a club I was interested in working toward full membership in. They got industry advice and experience through meeting with the professionals the club brought in. The club also had a focus on helping their community, in order to become a full member in the club you had to attend two club sponsored community service events. Finding this club wasn’t easy though. Once I walked in the gym I was lost in a sea of school spirit and club pride. Every club would hand you a flier or pull you aside to explain their club and how it would benefit. This was definitely a fun way to spend my break between classes. I was introduced to so many clubs I wouldn’t have heard of otherwise while in a better place to judge what I wanted out of a club than at the convocation carnival.

-Abigail Sullivan

As a college student, finding part time jobs and internships are very important. Jobs and internships pave the road for a successive career after college. Despite the knowledge that jobs and internships are important, finding one is harder said than done. Baruch however has tons of opportunities and knowledge for all types of careers, professions and internships, one of these is team Baruch itself. Since I was interested in joining team Baruch, I went to one of the orientations to see what it was about. In the orientation the people working for team Baruch spoke about what they experienced and how much they learned through team Baruch. After going to team Baruch’s orientation I was able to understand more about what being in team Baruch entitled and what was expected. Team Baruch’s orientation gave an impression of what is expected of one in the workplace and how to stand out. Baruch really does offer a wide variety of job opportunities and team Baruch is just one of them.

This week I visited the Tech and Career Panel where I was able to interact with individuals in the technological fields while hearing about their personal stories about how they got to their current position. As someone who is conflicted with what I want to select for my major for the future, it was great to see that two of the panelists were fellow Baruch graduates. Being able to see that these workers were in a similar position to me and were to find their passion and profession through a CIS major in this school really opened my eyes for what opportunities and doors were in front of me. Not only that but the personal narratives of the workers allowed me to put myself in their shoes and see their work environment through my eyes. The way the panelists divided their workloads into percentages and went into depth with their daily tasks such as client interactions and networking really made me wonder if i wanted to pursue that in the future. One of the panelists worked as a product manager in his firm and this particularly stood out to me because he described his work life as something that was never consistent since he never knew what to expect when he walked into work every day. His workday ranged from asking and answering questions about technologies for businesses and clients to meeting certain business and clients and negotiating deals. This idea of a dynamic work experience really caught my attention and I wouldn’t have been aware of both this profession and its availability at Baruch had I not visited this career meeting.

– Amrit Singh                

Last Thursday, November 2nd, I attended Baruch Voices where one classmate from each Freshman Seminar session came together to share their monologue. Whether if it’s a poem, rap or a short story, the purpose of a monologue is for one to express one specific event that either already occurred or is still ongoing. What impact does that event have on them –the effects and how it represents them symbolically as a person. During that hour or so, I think my list of “funniest moments at Baruch” had extended. One had a specific piece that was all about Popeye’s chicken –that chicken tender, juicy. I can’t even remember the exact words right now. I did remember that I was laughing so hard, I had to take a couple deep breaths to maintain my breathing rhythm. Everyone’s monologue was very interesting, recalling the guy who had a job at Maimonides Medical Center, Carl Rubio who lied, and much more. They spoke with lot of emotion and I sensed the connection that they were trying to get across. Attending this event made me realize that the Baruch community consists of many people with many different experiences and stories to tell –and they’re based on their culture, their enthusiasm, diversity and religion.

//Calvin Huang

 

Last week I went to Baruch Voices 2017. In this event one person from each of the different freshman seminar classes presented a original monologue. Very one did an excellent job and it was an amazing to learn about each person. The event was energetic and their was an enthusiasm to share the content. At first we had to line up to sign in with our Baruch cards but it was worth it. One of my favorite monologue was from this one guy whose name I can not remember. In his monologue he described how he hides his true self from other people and is going through many painful moments. It was very sad but I gave him props for getting up there and sharing his feelings. However, at the end of the monologue he said he had one more thing to say. This one more thing was that everything he said was a lie. It might have been a lie but at least it was engaging. Also, there was this one girl that had a monologue about how some people think she is not capable of doing something because of her skin color. Well, she definitely proved those haters wrong. She had a very strong and powerful speech. Overall it was an amazing experience and our class did amazing there too which made me very proud. Rahul Rajput