Author: Jintao Wang

A while back on October 3, i decided to attend the workshop on public accounting with Grant Thornton. Having made the decision to major in finance, i figured any additional knowledge on accounting could never hurt. At the workshop, i found out that most students at the workshop are juniors and seniors, which i kind of expected with it being hosted by an actual accounting firm, but hey, it feels nice to be different sometimes. During their presentation,  l learned some potentially useful information about the different positions in an accounting firm as well as developing a sense of what they actually does, they had us do activities on solving accounting problems, but that’s a bit of a stretch for me since i’m not knowledgeable at all in the field. Overall, in terms of helpfulness of the workshop, i would suggest it to anyone who’s interested or plan to major in accounting, it gives you an opportunity to interact with firms and really learn about what you will be doing in the future. I personally don’t see myself pursuing a career as an account, but of course there are others that does, in which case these kinds of workshops would be really helpful. Also, i liked the fact that this workshop does not require rsvp, i already messed it up once because the event i was trying to attend is full. I’m just not good at remembering to do things on time….

After Receiving information from the CUNY brief for a couple weeks , I figured that there are a lot of events being held everyday at different CUNYs. On sep. 28, I decided to check out a mini concert in the elebash hall at the graduate center, reason being that I’ve always enjoyed classical music, the admission is free, and the location is just 10 minutes away from Baruch. It’s my first time at the graduate center, and first impression, it’s a neat place. The staff at the reception was helpful in explaining the program, the concert hall itself is clean, comfortable and the sound effect is quite nice, by the looks of it it should be more for chamber music groups. The one i went to featured musicians that’s currently studying at the graduate center, and I believe there are guests on occasions too.   I my self was a former member of some youth orchestras during high school, and I was really impressed with the preformance, the quality of it is comparable to those that you would pay to see. One small thing I noticed was that the audience is mainly consisted of seniors in the community, i would suggest it to all my peers who likes classical music, and I’m glad to have the opportunity to attend such event. Other CUNYs host similar events as well, and I’m looking forward to experience what they have to offer in the future.