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Blog #3

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A couple weeks back I attended a resume and cover letter writing workshop at the STARR center. I arrived 10 minutes early, sat down, and waited as many students also began to show up. Ten minutes passed, no presenter showed up. Another 15 minutes pass, no presenter. Now at this point many students began to become irritated and left. It took another 15 minutes for the presenter to finally show up but, this point only half of the original students remained. But, overall it was worth the wait, the presenter went right into the slides and began telling us vital information about building the perfect resume.

The presenter gave us a list of keywords we should use in resumes, the keywords would allow us to present our skills in a more impact way. Another, important part of a resume is going right to the point  and don’t beat around the bush. The presenter showed us good and bad examples of a resume on the projector and also, gave us worksheet so we would be interactive with what she was presenting. Another, good tip was that for hobbies we should put something interesting that you wouldn’t see anyone else do such as running 5ks, playing the piano, or painting. The presenter also told us over the course of  the four years that we spend at Baruch we would want to apply for jobs/internships to build a good resume when we leave into the real world. Along, with tips and examples we were also given a packet on how to write the perfect a resume. Prior, to workshop I didn’t know that the STARR center would help proofread resumes and help with other important things such as mock interviews and even providing proper attire to go to interviews.

Blog #2

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On my daily commute from Penn Station to Baruch I always pass by FIT, a college that specializes in fashion, I never paid to much attention to it until I realized there was a museum. I decided to walk in there and knock out a freshmen blog for attending an NYC museum. Little did I know that I would be only guy there and that I would be surrounded by middle aged women.

Although, boring the exhibits displayed were very informative, it discussed the relations nature has with textiles. For example, during the Renaissance period flowers were commonly found on dresses this was mainly attributed to exotic flowers that were flourishing in Europe-boring. However, there was a section I found interesting, Charles Darwin’s son draws a comparison of dresses to natural selection and how it changes throughout the years, the good ones stay and bad ones go producing new dresses every year.

The exhibition didn’t only focus on fashion but, also textiles, FIT students developed a textile called “AlgiKnit” a biodegradable product that can knitted like yarn. It didn’t go into full detail about how long material would last until it would degrade but, biodegradable clothes a interesting concept.

I also didn’t realize how much inspiration people take from nature and apply it into clothing. For example the latest swimsuits such as Fastskin II developed by Speedo was inspired by sharkskin. The surface design of the suit held similarities to the surface of a shark’s skin which allows reduced drag, allowing swimmers to PR and cut through water. Another, similar cloth is the “Black Magic suit” a recently developed suit which imitates the way water rolls off of leaves and duck feathers.

Before, visiting this museum I always thought that fashion was considered wearing weird outfits and calling it “fashion” . But, the development of cloth is really interesting and I realized its what Nike does with drifit, adidas  does with ultraboost, and what under armour does with its sweat wick fabric.This image requires alt text, but the alt text is currently blank. Either add alt text or mark the image as decorative.

Joining A Club

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Upon arrival to Baruch I didn’t know what clubs to join, the first day of freshmen orientation Baruch allowed us to walk around to see if any clubs would peak our interest. I saw many clubs that caught my attention, however the first week passed and I realized I missed many of the clubs first general interest meeting. The second week came around and then I realized I didn’t know where my clubs met (lol). I was eating lunch one day when someone was passing out a flyer for the club F.U.S.I.O.N, I thought to myself “oh wow this club has a cool name” so I decided to swing by to see what it was about. It turned out to be the Filipinos Uniting Students In Other Nations, I decided to stay since, the members were friendly. Plus I ate some free food and didn’t want to be “that guy”.

We played icebreaker games such as bang where small groups of people would split off and form a circle with one leader in the middle. The leader would say a random person’s name and that person must duck making the people either side of that person point their handguns at one another and scream bang. Whoever screams bang first wins. This fun icebreaker allowed us to know the names of the people in my circle allowing a fun interactions with many new freshmen as well as upperclassmen in my group.

What really caught my attention about the club was that not everyone there was Filipino there was a blend of people of all cultures which was what FUSION was all about, uniting people of all nations. The club participates in many school activities such as making plays, dancing, singing, and overall immersing in Filipino culture. Overall, the club meeting was a great experience, meeting new people, learning more about a different culture, and eating some free food. What turned out to be me accidentally stumbling upon a club may turn out to me being a new member.