Freshman Seminar Fall 17 DWC

Author: s.marcelino

Blog #3 Career

I wasn’t really sure what to do for the career blog so I decided to stop by the STARR Career Development Center. I’ve recently been thinking about applying for internships for the spring semester, but wanted to better my resume. I currently work in retail so having a super professional resume isn’t as important as having one for an internship. When I went to STARR I found exactly what I needed, someone to review my resume. I meet with a girl named Victoria, she was really helpful. Although we didn’t have much time she helped me and gave me pretty good tips. First we review my resume’s format and how I can move things around to create a better flow of things. She even noticed how my font color wasn’t all the same, I didn’t even notice that. We moved onto wording, she said having a power verb can help emphasis descriptions of jobs better. She showed me different examples and gave me a booklet i can refer to when I make my edits. I also learned what a cover letter is, before I wasn’t really sure. From my understanding of what she said its a way for employers to know a bit about you while getting a grasp of your writing skills. Overall the experience was informative and I definitely would take the tips she gave me into consideration when editing my current resume and writing my cover letter. I will for sure be visiting STARR again throughout my time at Baruch.

Blog Post #2 Baruch Gallery

Today I visited the Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch. The gallery was displaying The Photographs of Marcel Sternberger: Portraits of the 20th Century. In all honesty I wasn’t expecting much, for two particular reasons. First, I went to an art high school and spent a fair amount of time visiting museums and galleries. At the end of that experience I found that I had much more of a preference for museums because there is more variation in the art I can see. Instead of going to a gallery and viewing the work of one artist — that can be repetitive. Second reason I wasn’t expecting much was that as I entered all the photographs were in black and white — which I expected since it’s 20th century photography— already making the art work seem less interesting to my personal aesthetic.

I began looking at the different pieces and noticed the different sections, for example Religion, Children, World Leaders, etc. What really caught my attention though was how each photograph had a sense of the person’s personality. Some images had a similar mood to it but that mainly had to do with the character of the person. Although they are all pretty much simple portraits the lighting and expressions of the people made each piece different. In some the lighting was strong in contrast matching the stern expressing on the face, while others had a more bright light with a happier expression. My favorite pieces were the ones of Albert Einstein and Frida Kahlo — except the one of diego Rivera and Frida, Rivera is such a creepy person and his photographs definitely showed that. Speaking of creepy some of the portraits were creepy, like the one of mariner. Overall, the gallery was a pleasant surprise and somewhat enjoyable.