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Today i was able to visit the Starr Career Development Center, This is my first time visiting the Career Development Center. I havent had an chance to attend any meetings yet due to my family/work schedule but I plan to attend the next upcoming meeting. I am excited to attend the meeting because I would like an opportunity and advice to begin my journey in the Business world. I want to be an Investment banker and i hope that The Starr Career Development center can push me forward. This is great to have in our school because before learning more about it, I was completely lost on how ti begin Internships and entry level career decisions that i now know that Starr helps you with.

A few weeks ago, I visited the Guggenheim museum. The Guggenheim mostly has modern art inside of it but there are paintings and sculptures that have a more classic style. Thanks to Baruch I was able to get a discount for my ticket inside. I arrived at the museum right before a lot of the modern art exhibits closed so I only got to check a few of them out. I got to see a lot of paintings that were not apart of the exhibits that were closing early and they were really nice. They reminded me of Renaissance style art and they looked very old fashioned. I don’t remember the dates that were on all of them but a lot of the paintings I saw were from the 1800’s. Not all of the paintings that I saw were Renaissance style, however. There was also art from the 19th century that tried to emulate Picasso with its abstract nature and some even looked like they were trying to look like Salvador Dali paintings. There were also some nice black and white photographs that looked like someone’s art studio. The sculptures I saw were a little odd. The ones I saw were wooden sculptures. These ones did not make a lot of sense to me because I could not see the meaning in them no matter how hard I tried. They were very well made and I definitely would not be able to make something like that but they did not make sense to me. The paintings were a lot more intuitive because I was able to feel what the artist wanted me to feel just by looking at it. Overall, I enjoyed my somewhat short visit to the Guggenheim. I wasn’t able to see much because of the time that I went but I would be willing to go again at a better time.

Today, I attended a career workshop and the subject of the workshop was Careers in Marketing. The speakers of the workshop were professors who teach at Baruch and were both at one point in a job that was focused on marketing. They created presentations through powerpoint to help us better understand all the different types of jobs in marketing that are out there. This workshop was perfect for me because I am interested in pursuing a career in marketing and found that many of my questions were answered in this workshop during the presentation time as well as at the end when questions were being answered. One of the questions that was asked was “how to understand the marketing world?”. The workshop explored how to navigate certain sections of the overall marketing category and how certain aspects of marketing such as public relations, communications, advertising etc differ but each have their own unique benefits. The workshop also discussed the topic of how to find a job in the marketing field. We learned that in order to successfully get a job, we had to create a resume which made us stand out from all other applicants that employers may receive. By doing this, employers will want to hire people who they deem as dynamic, interesting but most importantly passionate. These qualities are the most important when it comes to applying for a marketing job as well as the right amount of experience. Another useful tool that was highlighted at the workshop was how to make a video which promotes ourselves and ur interests. By making these promotional videos, we can show employers what we are like in our everyday lives as well as our hobbies and interests and makes us seem even more interesting and worth employing. The last thing I learned at the workshop is that the STARR Career Center is always there to help with questions I may have about internships and to help me with my resume. 

Last week, I visited the 9/11 Memorial and it was my first time visiting the actual memorial. Even though I am always around the place, I never felt inclined to visit the memorial. I decided to give it a go so I can write this blog post. I didn’t expect much because I had already seen many pictures of it on the internet, and besides, how much can there be to a memorial? However, I was truly astounded by the beauty of the place when I got there. The atmosphere had completely changed. Whether it was patriotism or tourism, it felt as if everyone there had something to bond over with each other. The vibes were of warmth and unity.

My mother used to work in one of the towers and she fell in love with it. Growing up, I heard a countless number of stories about her time working in the World Trade Center. She would tell her stories with great enthusiasm and after every story, she would stress how much she wanted to go back to her time there. When I was a baby, my mom used to take me to the World Trade Center frequently. There are way too many pictures of baby me in front of the buildings. Since my mom came here when she was very young and had to establish herself from virtually nothing, the towers symbolized hope and success for her. The twin towers were her America and working in one of them was her form of the American Dream. Having said all that, it was pretty emotional to be standing there and realizing that the towers that once stood there so tall and so boldly were no longer there. However, it was heartwarming to see that the victims of  9/11 were being honored in such a fine and respectful manner.