For the final blog post I went to the Baruch Voices event. This was for my academic post since I had to still do it. While there I listened to a few speeches. They all were quite good, which is probably why they were speaking there. To be honest though the room was really difficult to find. Like, its way off to the side. I would figure it would be held in maybe a classroom or something, since it’s club hour it really wouldn’t matter. Maybe that’s for the future. But seriously, why that room? Anyway while I was there I got to listen to listen to the good speeches and managed to drag my friend along with me. Since this marks the end of freshman seminar, its kind of a bitter sweet end. It will be nice to see the school and not look through it in the mindset of , which events do I still need?

Instead of attending an actual career workshop, I chose to attend Baruch Voices for my final blog post. Mostly because it seemed to be the more entertaining option and wouldn’t take up too much time. While waiting for the event to begin, the choice of music played only made me kind of hate being there. That feeling fleeted as soon as it came once the presentations began (primary reason being that the music was turned off).  I enjoyed all of the monologues presented and the range of topics touched upon. It was great seeing Vanessa and Illias give their presentations again. There were some touching presentations, a rap, and then there was the monologue about Pokemon. Honestly, I zoned out for a bit throughout the Pokemon piece. It was a lot longer than it really needed to be, considering it was supposed to be no more than 3 minutes. Anyways, I really enjoyed Candace’s commentary given after every presentation, it was one of my favorite parts of the whole thing.

On Thursday, April 14th, I attended the Baruch Voices event, along with fellow students from other Freshman Seminar classes. This event celebrated freshman voices and was ironically held in the same room as freshman orientation. It took place during school hours, making it very easy to attend. The event consisted of eight performances, all very different but all very touching and inspiring. The audience wasn’t hefty however everyone showed huge support for the presenters. Every monologue was different, consisting of themes like loss, independence, love, belief, hardships etc. This was by far my favorite event that I’ve attended at Baruch College, one that I will continue to attend in the future. I admire each person who performed, who had the courage to get up on stage and share a piece of their life and their thoughts with everyone who attended. It was really nice to see how creative people can get when expressing their feelings and how much passion they had while presenting.

For my last blog post I attended Baruch voices on the first floor of the vertical campus building. The Baruch voices was a really fun event to attend. There were various heartfelt and emotional monologues that truly touched my heart. I really enjoyed Vanessa’s and Elias’s excellent presentations. The lighting in the room made it so serene and relaxing. Also the music that was playing prior to the monologues were fantastic choices to get into the mood. I wish more people presented because it was so enjoyable to listen to the monologues. The emotions in the room were hard to absorb because they were so powerful. It was really inspiring to see some of the personal monologues. It must have taken a tremendous amount of courage to present them to an entire audience. Overall it was a great way to get to know people and an enjoyable event. I look forward to the next one.

For my third and final enrichment workshop, I attended Baruch Voices in the multi-purpose room in NVC. I used this event to fulfill the career aspect of the course and honestly, it was a pretty easy task. First things first, the only reason that I attended was because I needed to write this blog post or else I would’ve failed the course. Secondly, I wanted to support two of my friends. However, that monologue about Pokémon and his relationship with Pok-é-mon caught me so off guard. For one thing, it was 15 minutes long (yes, I know I’m exaggerating but let’s be real), it was supposed to be a three minute MAXIMUM limit! Like I was all for hearing his personal saga about Pokémon but I wasn’t mentally ready for the journey itself.  Look, we are not a heartless people and we’re all for being positive and uplifting, however when you try to cash in on that positive attitude by reciting a 15 minute long manifesto about Pikachu, I have no other choice but to go on a rant. I am only human. Putting that aside, there were some fairly touching monologues, speeches and some hot fire being spat on that stage. But one thing was made clear on this day, that our freshmen seminar class ain’t shit and will never be shit for as long as we live. We didn’t even cheer when given an on-stage shout out! Anyways, it’s been real guys. *mic drop*

kk xoxo 😉 – Skai

One would have to lack all human compassion to not be moved by the amazing pieces students read at the Baruch Voices event. Students wrote heartfelt monologue ranging from topics such as Pokemon to love to depression. It is amazing to see the bravery of these students; sharing in front of a class of familiar faces, in front of strangers it’s terrifying. It was so lovely to hear Vanessa’s monologue again because it was just as powerful and emotion evoking as it once the first time. I was saddened to see that not more of our fellow freshman attended the event. I think it would have been nice to hear monologues written by our advisors as well. The emotion in the room was almost touchable. It would have been nice to be able to meet the authors to have a deepened understanding of the people writing. It’s great to know I attend a college in which people are comfortable enough to share their emotions with strangers.

The selfie above is from the media room in NVC 1-107. The screen says Baruch Voices but the glare makes it not show up…

Anyways for my third event, I went to Baruch Voices to fulfill my academic requirement for the blogs. It was pretty cool to see all the other various freshman seminar classes come together to share their monologues. From our class, Illias and Vanessa represented us with their monologues. Just as they did in class, they gave a really good monologue today. I came to the event around ten minutes late (12:40 PM) but was just in time to see Illias and Vanessa give their presentations. Some of the other monologue presentations from the other classes were pretty cool too. Several of them incorporated rhyming techniques or had their monologue be presented as a rap verse. Hearing people spit bars was really nice to hear. In general, the atmosphere of the event was really positive and understanding. All monologues were given lots of applause and because some of them were personal, it got really intense. Although the event ended around 1:11 PM, and was pretty short, in that short time a lot happened. Overall, I’d recommend others to go to Baruch Voices next time it happens as it is a unique experience.

Technically the title doesn’t apply to this blog post or event because there was nothing careerwise about it. I attended Baruch Voices (or at least part of the presentation) for my third and final blog post. Surprisingly there were quite a few from our section of Freshman seminar class in support (though I’m more inclined to believe they were all there because they needed that third blog post). From our class, we elected Elias and Vanessa to present their monologues. They both had brilliant pieces which I genuinely enjoyed. Elias’ witty humor challenges the purpose and necessity of this class (which I second) while Vanessa’s is personal and emotional. Several other students from the other freshman seminar classes went on stage to perform, some were witty, others personal, and others that I really didn’t understand but nonetheless we the audience gave them a hearty round of applause after they were done speaking. I would’ve stayed for the whole thing but I had a nasty exam that I had to prep for and since I don’t get home until 10pm on Thursdays I try to gulp down every moment of studying that I have.

Fot my 3rd and final blog post I would like to write about the study abroad fair I attended for my academic enrichment workshop.  I didn’t really know where to go at first since the signs on the booths were not very clear. It seemed as if they focused more on visually enticing you with graphic design and pictures of the locations around the school in an effort to get you to sign up with them rather than tell you exactly which booth was for what school or area. Luckily the reps themselves were helpful enough. So i started by simply going from one table to the next sequentially, talking to reps about their schools and where it is, but also the sorts of areas I was interested in. The reps were nice enough to, based on my preferences, point me in the direction of the schools that were situated in the areas I cared about. So I promptly headed to the booths for the the university of Paris, where I was introduced to some lovely french students from the UP who walked me through all the various attractions around the university. The rep himself was very helpful and informative, gave me plenty of info on the various programs available for Baruch students none of which unfortunately were open to first year student. But nonetheless he gave me plenty of pamphlets detail how I could join those programs and when, going through all the various requirements i would need to meet. It wasn’t until about half way through the conversation that he let it slip that he was actually originally from morocco the conversation promptly turned from about education to just a casual conversation in arabic about morocco, the cities we were from. Overall the fair was fairly successful I would say, and pretty enjoyable personally.

On Thursday, 7 th  April, I attended a ‘‘writing winning resume” workshop by Starr career center. It was very helpful as it told me about the various steps involved in making a resume and the major components of the Resume. The resume which are preferred by companies are those which have a organized form, which use bullets and has readable fonts(sizes should be either 10 or 12, no smaller than them). The comic san font is a big no. The use of power words is very Important(such as analyzed, collaborated, contributed, etc.), it impresses the companies. The resumes should use a lot of numbers and industry jargon, to make their resumes impressive. The resumes should be no longer than 1 page. If the resumes are not organized then they will be thrown into trash. This workshop was very helpful as it helped me understand the things recruiters take into consideration and what separates a good resume from a bad resume. I recommend this workshop to everyone as it will help in making successful resumes for internships and jobs.