Welcome to Baruch Honors!
Expectations
We have high expectations for you and look forward to your participation in the Honors community at Baruch. We expect you to:
- embrace the program’s spirit—that you seek to expand yourself intellectually, challenge yourself to step outside your comfort zone
- engage with your fellow students and faculty
- embrace community service in the spirit in which it is intended:
- not as a requirement to be filled but as a way to enhance the lives of others,
- as a way to understand the historical, cultural and political contexts of the persons you are serving,
- and to evoke personal growth
Unsolicited advice
You have an opportunity that few have: to be a full-time student. I urge you to
- invest yourself and your time
- Take classes and find opportunities outside the classroom that allow you to challenge yourself, explore new ideas, and take risks
- conduct undergraduate research or write a thesis
- study abroad
- and cultivate curiosity and enthusiasm for learning
Your honors experience does not need to end at graduation; we hope you will also consider pursuing post-graduate opportunities such as the Fulbright or Truman Scholarship.
Happy education crafting!
Sincerely,
Jody Clark Vaisman, Ph.D.
Director
