Author: e.haddad

I recently attended the Career Workshop here at Baruch. It was really cool to see all types of employers engaging with students. I spoke to people from Santander Bank and Wells Fargo. Banking is a big interest of mine even though I am not trying to pursue that at the moment. As a freshman there weren’t many job opportunities, but I was thrilled to be speaking to professionals who work at such large companies. Every person I went up to gave me advice on how to find jobs and went into great detail about what they actually do at the company they work for. I also learned how important it is to have a good, presentable resumé when applying for jobs. All the advice and knowledge I learned will definitely help me in the future when I am applying for jobs. I am so grateful I attend a school and live in a city where there are so many opportunities to succeed. This workshop opened my eyes to the real world and I couldn’t be more excited!

Recently I went to the Whitney Museum and unexpectedly had a great time. As a child I would go to museums all over Manhattan with my parents and I hated it. I went with my childhood friend who also attends Baruch and was not very excited at first. In the beginning I was walking around the museum and was not impressed by any of the art. But as I kept on walking around I was constantly stopping and staring at paintings. It was then when I realized that art is not as boring as I once thought it was. I was using my imagination to understand what some pieces were and I realized the beauty of art. I wasn’t just looking at paintings like I would do when I was a child but I was understanding the deeper meanings in the art. For me it was a realization that I matured. In the past I would beg my parents not to take me to museums but now I want to visit more. There was this one exhibition byCalder that I really enjoyed. It closes later this month so I was told to check it out by one of the employees. The artist, Alexander Calder, makes really cool structures with vibrant colors. I enjoy seeing structures and statues as opposed to paintings in museums so I think that is why I liked it so much. Overall, my appreciation for art has changed dramatically and I cannot wait to go to more museums.

I recently visited the Hillel at Baruch College. It is located on the 3rd floor right next to the game room. I walked in and was greeted with smiles and handshakes. The people there comforted me and were eager to learn about my Jewish background. I told one person how I just recently went to see the concentration camps in Poland and we got into a discussion about his grandmother and how she survived the Holocaust. I then proceeded to learn one chapter in the bible with one of the rabbis there. This made me feel at home as I have been doing this everyday because I went to a Jewish school. I even bumped into some older friends of mine who I went to high school with. I will definitely be visiting the Hillel again. I plan on attending a lecture taught by one of the rabbis there every Wednesday throughout my time at Baruch. I am so grateful that there is a huge Jewish community here at Baruch which is making my transition from high school to college much easier.