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I was able to attend an ANY Information session, which is a program that specializes in the professional acceleration of students through the use of mentors, networking and educational events. The program is tailored to help underfunded, first generation students who are looking to advance themselves. The event started off with a current fellow who explained to use the application process as well as some of the different opportunities this program can provide. The event that progressed into a panel with current fellows and their mentors. They each answered questions and explained their different experiences and how they have grown because of the program. The event ended with a networking session in which we were able to speak to the heads of the program as well as the other people participating in the event. 

I had the pleasure of visiting the American Museum of Natural History where I was able to discover the different ecological environment the past that have developed throughout the years. The museum was filled with amazing exhibits from the mummies to the butterfly conservatory. One exhibit that stood out to me the most was the American Bison exhibit which demonstrated the a prairie in Wyoming in the mid 1800’s which was filled with Bison and wildlife. This was meant to demonstrate how the once proud Bison had roamed North America but were brought close to extinction due to Native American as well as European Pioneers who over hunted the mammal for food, sport and their valuable hides. It was extremely disheartening to see know how this once majestic creature no longer roams the plains. Bison were eventually domesticated and brought back from the brink of extinction behind the fences of a farm. The presence of humans has always had adverse affects on the ecological systems we occupy. This visit allowed me to learn about this history of this animal as well helped me to understand the importance of conservation in the environment to preserve the beauty of nature. 

This past Thursday, Kris and I went to a Career Panel event, sponsored by ‘Unicef @Brauch” during club hours. During this panel, we learned about the process of networking from non-profit organizations and UN officials. Networking is when people interact with each other to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one’s career. Networking was the main concept focused on during the panel. For example, there are many benefits to networking. To start, one will get a generation of referrals and or increased business. It is one of the main reasons why business people decide to participate in networking activities and join networking groups. Another benefit of networking is how people will get opportunities. Some opportunities people will get are joint ventures, client leads, partnerships, speaking and writing opportunities, business or asset sales… the list goes on. Networking also allows people to receive advice from people in the business world. Specifically, networking is a great way to tap into advice and expertise that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to get hold of. One just has to be sure they are getting solid advice from the right person. One aspect I found interesting was how networking can boost one’s self confidence. For instance, by regularly networking, and pushing yourself to talk to people you don’t know, you will get increased confidence the more you do this. This is really important as a business owner, because your business growth is very dependent on talking to people and making connections. Going to this career panel really helped me understand the process of networking and the benefits from it. Being a marketing major and wanting to be in the business world, networking will be very important for me and I am glad I was able to learn more about it at this panel.

For my final blog post I went to the library/study room located across the Newman Vertical building. The Baruch library gave me so many opportunities to progress with my studies as well as the study rooms located all over the library. I was able to sit down pull out my notes and review and even learn new topics for my classes. A great part of the library is the computer lab located on the sixth floor; there I was able to write numerous essays for all my classes. Not having a laptop with me during school is very hard because I do not have the ability to sit anywhere I want pull out my laptop and start doing some work. So having the computer lab really helped me get my work done during my breaks instead of just sitting doing nothing as the time passes by. My favorite thing in the library has to be the study rooms. The study rooms have allowed me and my piers to help each other study in a quite space and cram for pre-calc exams. I’m the type of person who easily gets distracted by things around me, so it makes it very hard for me to do work home. Having a space were everyone around you also doing work for classes motivates me to sit down get out my notebook and get to work. Overall the library has had an incredible positive affect of me, my work habits, and my attitude to getting the work done. Having a library with so many wonderful features as well as the library being open for so long, I defiantly wouldn’t be doing as good or as good as I think I’m doing in class without the library/study room and all the utilities the library at Baruch has to offer.      

This photo is from the time some of my sucess network members and I rented a study room. In here we were able to compare notes from other math classes and study for our quiz. We brought a friend from my club who got a perfect score on her 2003 Final. In here she was able to show me different ways so solve problems and different ways to study for the tests. Although I did not go to STARR i was still able to sit down with someone and study. This experience alone helped me in my class amd also allowed me to feel more comfortable when asking for help.

This is a photo from my trip to Virgina with NABA (National Association for Black Accountants) for ERC (Eastern Regional Conference) for 4 days. Up there we had the opportunity to meet with representatives from over 50 different accounting firms, including the big 4 firms. They gave us the opportunity to attend various seminars, whether it was learning the basics of excel, to learning how to conduct yourself when out to eat (table etiquette) to working with case studies and applying finance and accounting based lessons and concepts to real life situations. This opportunity gave the other freshmen in this picture and myself the opportunity to experience something that I feel is extremely important to the development of our professional careers.

This even, “Carifest” was an event that I was able to be help operate and run. This is a club that I joined earlier this year, and I became extremely comfortable with the people in that setting, and is the reason why I know so many people know. Joining the club gave me to opportunity to meet people like me and different from me who all have a similar goal in mind, and that goal is success. These people give me advice on things from making a schedule all the way to the best ways to study for exams. After some time, I joined the E-Board, and with that I handled the marketing for this event, and was able to successfully help host an event that was described as “Baruch’s littest party”.

Currently, I am a Finance Major but after my experience at the Major and Minors Fair that might change. At the fair they presented all the majors and minors offered by the three Baruch schools. Mainly I was interested in MME which is Music Management and Enterprises and if I choose to change my major  I would not have to go to Zicklin and no longer need math.

Going into Baruch I was aware of two things college is rough and they have a radio club. With this knowledge on Convocation Day I waited throughout the day for the club fair to sign up for the radio club. As soon as I gave the radio club my information I left Baruch. Almost 3 months down the line I am officially part of the radio club’s Operations team and am involved in many of the events the radio club organizes.