Author: r.serrano1

For the third event, I chose to go to a STARR career workshop. Specifically, I went to the cover letter workshop. To be completely honest, I chose this one for the sole purpose of completing this blog post, unlike the other two. Whatever the reason, though, this workshop was really helpful. I was able to get figure out what exactly a cover letter was, and I never actually wrote one before. I’ve only ever had to use a resume before.
The workshop started off with the Ricki, the lady who was hosting the workshop, telling people that if we were unable to attend the whole workshop, it was best if we had just tried again for another workshop for logistical reasons. Once everyone got settled, the workshop began and we were given a lot of information on what a cover letter is and how it should be tailored for the individual job that is being sought. We did a few activities, choosing which cover letter was better and then explaining why. It was. We also got a few handouts that is essentially all of the power point slides, but In paper. We got it In the beginning which didn’t make too much sense to me, seeing as they had then given me the ability to learn everything without them explaining it.
Regardless of what made sense and what didn’t, the important thing was that I got some useful information and I am now more knowledgeable in that specific area. I am now able to write an effective cover letter that goes with my resume and such, and I will only get better at it with time and experience. So now, all I can do is wait to see what will become of this new found skill. I’m hoping for results.

 

For this learning outcome, I decided that I would join a club of some sort. I was not sure at first which club I should join, because I do want to be an active member in this. With so many clubs to join in Baruch, I couldn’t decide. Thankfully I signed up for Femcode way back when during Convocation Day. So there I went.
I went to the first general interest meeting with a friend, so that I wouldn’t stand out. I am a guy after all. To my surprise however, there were more than three males present in that meeting. They served cookies and sandwiches, but I only took a cookie. In this interest meeting, we started off by doing the standard things, icebreakers and giving them our e-mails and what not. The ice breakers felt awkward for me, which they all do, but I got to find out one interesting thing about everyone there. From having a pet to being from a foreign country, it was all very interesting to me. Then we moved onto the information part of the event. This is they talked about what would actually go down in the club. They talked about all of the events that would happen off campus, and how the requirements for joining the committee.
All in all, this club seems pretty interesting. I know that I can benefit from becoming an active member in this club. Seeing as how I want to major in Financial Mathematics, I could definitely use coding to my advantage in higher level math courses and the like. More importantly however, I can use the resources that they give to meet new people and become a better-rounded individual. That is all I can ask for in the short term, and the long run. So I’m hoping for the best and looking forward to seeing what the future has in store.

Thinking back to my high school days, I remembered that visual art of a big part of my academic career. So I decided to go to museum for this blog. I went to the Met with a friend and started getting lost whilst looking for the Rothko paintings. While lost, we managed to get a look at some more classical art, more specifically, Greek art and sculpture. I must admit, I do feel guilty about looking at the fine and classical arts for only a dollar. Even with that dollar, we were able to go in and absorb all of the historical value that was embedded with all of the art.

Entering the museum was a new experience for me, not because I have never been to a museum, but because I had never bothered to go to the gift shop. Never had i seen people so willing to buy such simple objects for such a high amount of money. After that we went to see the Greek art, but on the way there I couldn’t help but notice a figure that looked like a cross. So I took my picture with that. I didn’t bother to look at the name of the work of art. So we looked at the sculptures and all of that non sense, and then we remembered that we went to that museum for Rothko paintings.

It took us a little while to find a Rothko painting and recollected the fact that we had to stand very close to the painting and stare at it to have a religious experience of sort. So there I was, just standing there, for ten minutes. Nothing. I have heard of someone that broke down crying when looking at this painting, so I was kinda of disappointed. Mistakes were made on my part. Still a worth while experience, going to that museum.