On September 7th, I went to check out the Finance and Economics Society at Baruch. During the beginning of the meeting, the executive board discussed their goals as a club and what we could expect if we joined. The board gave off a professional impression, clearly explaining what the club was all about. They talked about their different programs such as their mentorship program which is targeted towards freshmen and sophomores. In their mentorship program, they assign mentors to smaller groups of members in the program in order to teach them about the finance world and help members decide what they want to do as a career in the finance world. Some of the members on the board also claimed that they learned more from the mentorship program than they did in some of their classes. I plan on joining the program. While I am interested in finance, I have uncertainty on what I would like to do as a career. My hope is that the Finance and Economics Society will help alleviate some of that uncertainty. Also, the networking in the society is an added bonus.
Additionally, the meeting also consisted of a team building exercise. The goal was to form a group of ten and build a tower out of spaghetti noodles and masking tape strong enough to support a marshmallow. The team with the tallest tower would win. While the event seemed to digress from the purpose of the meeting, it was a great way to get to know some of the other people who were also interested in the club. While I formed a group with people I didn’t know, we were all able to put in a little input and work together to create a tower. Moreover, the exercise gave off the impression that the club was a close knit group of people who were not solely interested in work of the club, but also interested in forming relations with other members.