I believe that career is one of the most important pieces of each person’s life. Before Baruch College, I would work different jobs, some internships, in order to build up a strong foundation of hard work; of course, some would work and some would not. One day, to my luck, I stumbled into the Starr Career Development Center during walk-in hours and they helped me get a true understanding of hard work. The fact that this was my first meeting means that I need more time to truly experience and understand what they helped me with, but I think that the more I return to Starr Career Development Center Workshop they can help me reach my goals even faster. The people in Starr Career Development Center Workshop that were working at the time were very nice and whenever i’d I have any question about starting my career and building my foundation they would always be very patient and take their time to give the best answer possible. Starr Career Development Center is a good place to go to for help when you start worrying about your future; I will definitely visit again.
Author: m.aryeh
FES – Finance and Economics Society (Blog Post #2: Academic)
On Thursday, March 16 I chose to attend a FES, or Finance and Economics Society, informational meeting during club hours. There was a presentation that was given by their Vice President Verina Hanien and their Secretary Uzair Khalil. In the presentation they talked about some of the roles that were less prevalent and known, the orders of business were also shared, explaining where you begin, the multiple paths you could take, and where they end off. Something I thought was interesting that they also spoke about was mutual funds. I really enjoyed learning a bunch of terms and concepts that I never understood before. After attending this FES presentation, I felt really motivated to delve into the different areas of business and investments and I am extremely interested in returning to this club again.
Blog #1: Social
Learning of another’s cultures’ intriguing foods, traditions, and the reasons for them etc. is always unfailingly fascinating and valuable. This fact led me on an expedition with my friend/classmate Natari, a fellow freshman at Baruch, to the floor 11 room 130 inside the Vertical building on Lexington Ave. During the initial 10 seconds of entering the room, we appeared to be incognito to the rest of the gathering who were caught up with talking to no end and eating up some fresh cooking. Not long after we were confronted by an oriental person who could clearly perceive our newness to the group, “welcome to the Hong Kong club, venture in, get some food, we don’t bite” he said. The room was majority female, yet it was still loaded with the Asians except for Natari and I. When we conversed with a couple of them to ask them a few questions, we acquired a multitude of stats. An intriguingly ironic one being that almost everybody in the Hong Kong club wasn’t actually from Hong Kong. For some, the path that led them there was unknown, but for others, it could have been that they were simply grasping their ethnic foundation, following after a companion and/or to my perception hunger was a big motive. Finally, I met up with the President and Vice President of the organization, Rebecca and Derek. We spoke about what type of club it was, its events, its members, “we are for the most part a social club,” Rebecca stated, “although we have some consistent individuals week after week, nevertheless, we don’t stop seeing new faces at every gathering. Derek, VP, told us the basic schedule for the social club which consisted of General Interest Meetings, movie nights, and every so often Cantonese class. Overall it ended up being a cool environment, quite homelike despite the cultural dissimilarities.