On Thursday November 16, 2017 I attended the marketing career expo. It was held in one of the larger conference rooms on the 14th floor of the Newman Vertical Campus from 12:30 to around 2:00 p.m. Signing up for the event was stressful, as the STARR Search website proved more difficult to navigate than i expected, and ended up on the wait list for the event. There were so many students up there, but luckily everyone on the wait list got to go into the event and participate.

Before going to this event, I knew I was considering marketing as a career choice, but I quickly learned that there is more that goes into it than I had anticipated. The biggest surprise to me was that after hearing the introductory presentation from 2 Baruch professors, I leaned more towards advertisement than marketing. I got the chance to talk to two professionals at the table I was sitting at. One of them was a Baruch alumni working in public relations and was surprised that it actually caught my attention. Being the only freshman at my table, and one of few at the event as a whole was intimidating, but the recruiters admired the fact that I was starting early in getting a leg up and gaining more of an idea on what I would decide to pursue when the time came in a few years.

Regardless of the fact that I really don’t know what I will be doing  few years from now, i’m glad I got to go to this event. I learned that it is never too early to get involved, and to start racking up internships as soon as possible. Experience, research, and passion are what sell you to a potential employer. This may be common knowledge, but recruiter’s stressed the importance of making a good impression and always triple checking and keeping your resume up to date and plentiful. You can never sell anything more important than yourself.

Before coming to Baruch, I studied as a drama major for four years in high school. Before that, my heart belonged to dance. I think it’s safe to say that art, of all forms, has always been one of my true passions, and a big part of my life. Of course, having the opportunity to go to so many incredible museums with my CUNY ID, I plan on taking advantage of this perk.

The Whitney is the first of many museums I plan on attending in the near future. From the moment you walk in, you can tell that thought has been put into every inch of the building. From the big glass windows letting in all natural light, to the pole with different embellished animal-like creatures hanging in the center of the spiral staircase taking you to the first 5 floors of the museum, to the pristine positioning of each exhibit, this museum is a 5 star experience. There are a few interactive areas of the museum that enhance the experience even more. One section features a full size walk-through sand and stone path, with live birds in a cage, that transports you to feel like you are not indoors at a New York museum. Another section (where my selfie was taken) is in a room filled with hammocks, and videos projected on the wall. The themes scatter themselves on each different floor of the museum, and progress from a wall of flowers made from different flags around the world, to an extremely powerful social justice floor, to war and peace, to sculptures, to the simplicity of a roof with a view of much of New York. It’s almost like that last balcony is allowing your mind to take a break and really absorb all the images and emotions you’ve experienced on your journey up those 8 floors.

I feel like I can never really get as much from a museum as I want to from one visit, so I definitely want to go back and dive deeper into the world of the Whitney Museum of American Art.