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I was at Delta Sigma Pi’s general interest meeting. When I went to their stand that day I saw students in professional business suits. I was in awe and knew this is the real deal. I was greeted by a man named Astor at the stand. He told me to go into the room 3 – 120 for the meeting. When I entered the room I saw many students and the vibe the fraternity members created was amazing. One of their values is brotherhood and I couldn’t agree more! When the room became more filled up; the DSP members started their presentation. They  opened up with a speech about their obligation to help members make connections and tried to impress us by saying how many of their alumni are in top firms. I knew it was true because many of my cousins were in DSP and they turned out all right. The rest of their presentation was were just about expectations and our job as members—if we were able to become one. The presentation was really quick as it was just for students interested and for the rest of the meeting we were all just talking to each other. Overall, the meeting was really helpful in giving me more information about what this fraternity has to offer. I also learned that Delta Sigma Pi is a greek-lettered name!

 My favorite event so far at Baruch was the Latinx Heritage Month Ceremony! This event was the beginning of all the festivities geared toward celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at Baruch and I loved it. All the Latinx clubs were represented as well as Latinx culture. Honestly, from previous experience of Baruch “parties,” I thought this was going to be lame and over-hyped like the first one I went to. But it was really nice and it portrayed modern Latinx culture well. The food was really good, and they played the good music, which earned this event 10/10 stars in my book. Also, we played a game my grandma told me she played in her childhood, so it was cute seeing how the culture that was passed down from generation to generation. This event actually made me look forward to the rest of the events the Latinx community is having at Baruch, and I’m happy I went.

The first day of my work study was an event called Ivy taking place in the Engelman Recital Hall. From what I remember, there was an inspirational speaker there. Before that happened, another student worker as well as my friend, Alice, was there cleaning the theatre prior to me getting there. I helped her with the sweeping, but since it was too quiet, it was a better idea to get some music while we were cleaning. We were then introduced to another worker as well. After we were done with cleaning, we had a tour with another worker at Baruch’s Performing Arts center. Through this tour, I have learned more of the passages and the necessary routes for people to take if there were the need for it. I have also learned more about the different Halls such as the Engelman Recital Hall, Mason Hall, The Rose Nagelberg Theatre, and The Bernie West Theatre. The halls could be rented for people’s own usage which answered the question of why there was Ivy people there. Our roles for the day were to guide people to the right destination. In this case, it was to bring them down for the reception and then the speech. We had to spot and speak in a certain manner because we had to be professional in our job. It was beneficial to see by example of how it were to look so we can act the same way. My first shift was to guide people downstairs to the location theatre. It was beneficial that I was wearing all black in a somewhat professional attire. By standing near the IVY sign and by having the dressed look. It made it easier for the people to spot me and ask me of the event location. By talking to more people, I became adjusted to changing my speech in a manner that got the directions in a direct and short manner. After this was cleaning up and joining the others. This experience really gave me a small taste of how the events and performances would be held.

On September 7, 2017, I went to the General Interest Meeting for the Finance & Economics Society. This meeting was only about two hours long, but it felt like an hour. In high school, I did not have the option to join any business clubs because I went to a small school. Now, I am glad that Baruch has plenty of opportunities at the tip of my fingers.

I expected the first meeting to be sort of tiring and informational. However, as soon as I walked in, I saw a cheesy pizza pie right before my eyes. At that moment, I knew I did not regret signing up for this club. While I was eating my pizza, I did learn the advantages that this club had to offer. The Finance & Economics Society often invites large corporations and firms to Baruch for networking events for all club members. In addition, this organization has a Mentorship program that meets twice a week. I plan on applying for the program. Currently, all I can do is hope to get an interview. After the explanation about the purpose of FES, we were placed into groups of ten for a team building exercise. To sum it up, I guarantee to come back into room 11-120 every Thursday.

If I could put convocation into 3 adjectives, I would say boring, long,, and redundant. First of all, it was supposed to start at 9 but the ceremony didn’t actually start until 10 (telling me to wake up an hour earlier than I had to.) In addition to the time factor, I didn’t get out of Baruch until 7. I spent 10 hours at this place, knowing very well that I had morning classes the next day and I already felt dead and exhausted.
During the opening ceremony, the speakers dragged on forever— especially the key note speaker. I had time to listen to 15 minutes f his speech, then go to the bathroom, then make a call to my mom, and when I came back, the same speaker still kept talking! However, I can’t lie about how funny it was seeing everyone slowly knock out during the speeches.
Although one of my “favorite” moments at convocation, was when I requested a vegetarian sandwich during our lunchtime and got a sandwich with an abundant amount of lettuce and turkey stuffed into the nooks and crannies of the bread. So basically, I didn’t eat anything all day long.
Even though I was not a fan of convocation, there were some positive aspects to it. For one, I had the chance to reunite with my friends that I met from orientation like Marvin, Michelle, and Lorenzo (see picture) to name a few. I got to catch up with the m as well as make more really cool friends that were in my FRO BLOC. Ultimately, the best part about convocation though, was the feeling I got just being there. For the first time, I felt like this was surreal. It was the “WOW! I’m really starting college.”It was the beginning to a wonderful new chapter in my life.

For the first week of Baruch, I didn’t consider what clubs to join that well. Even at the club fair, there were too many I wanted to join. Needing to use the bathroom, I stumbled upon the fitness center, which I decided to give a try, since I am usually unactive and college is an opportunity to change. Going to the gym helped me decide to join the archery, because even if I go to the gym that does not aide my hand-eye coordination. However I wasn’t able to officially join them, I contacted them to show my interest. And after hearing the Freshman 15 stories, I decided I needed to focus more on phsyical health this year. However, I am unsure when the first GIM is for archery, I gave them my email. I am also interested in learning yoga due to my inflexibility, but there is no specific club for yoga yet or they are not posted on the mybaruch page. I hope to be able to meet others who are interested in either yoga or archery.

Going to the Latinx Heritage event was definitely a memorable experience. I did not know what to expect; it was my first Baruch College event. I arrived at the second floor a little after it started and saw people playing games. Everyone was laughing and clapping. Once in a while, there would be cheers because someone was doing well in the game. After a game would finish, the hosts of the event would encourage the surrounding audience to participate and pulled them to a line. I did not participate however I was able to laugh and cheer along with my friends. The announcer would say two different words; one means right and the other means left. The participants jump either left or right depending on what the announcer says. If they jump incorrectly, they are out of the game. The announcer would try to mess up the participants by jumping too. The last one standing wins a prize. I came in an hour after the event started because I didn’t have classes that day. However, I was able to quickly jump into the mood and enjoy the music and games. I was even able to make a couple of new friends who were also there for the blog from other freshman seminar classes. We all snapped pictures and went to grab food afterward. This event celebrated Latinx culture and brought people together. This is especially true as I had made friends with people I might have not met if not for this event. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience and I hope to go to more school events.

Earlier today I attended Delta Sigma Pi’s Resume Building Workshop. Apart from having to attend an event on campus for the blogs, attending one of DSP’s events is required in order to join the fraternity, therefore, this worked out for me, both ways. Having a well organized resume is an essential tool for everyone in any field of study or profession, however, I wanted to know what a businessman’s resume should look like. Soon enough, I am going to be applying to jobs and internships, so this workshop was especially useful to me. I know a “Resume Building Workshop” may sound like a boring event to attend, and I must admit, I did expect to walk into a boring event. However, that was not at all the case. The event started off with the everyone introducing themselves(like always) and quickly moved into what a good resume should look like. Next, we split up into groups and analyzed the sample resume. One important thing that I learned was that a good experience on a resume should be summarized by the following three questions: What did you do? Why did you do it? and How did it contribute to the greater good?. After we got through what a good resume should look like, I spent some time meeting and talking to some of the brothers. They all seemed very enthusiastic to chat with the recruits and share their experiences. Being in that room gave me a sense of community and real brotherhood. I enjoyed being in a room with super cool individuals with very successful careers so far.