New York University is a private institution located in Manhattan, New York. Although it is located in the city like Baruch College is, NYU managed to incorporate some greenery into their campus. According to the NYU website, there was a NYU Green Spaces Plan that was completed in 2009 that called for small gardens planted in various locations. NYU is also planning to start another plan in 2031 to expand their area to as much as six million feet, two-thirds of which would be for academic space and student services. In addition, many of the academic buildings are located around Washington Square Park making it easy for students to travel there for a change of atmosphere. Baruch College may not be able to find that much space to expand on but it could use the NYU Green Spaces Plan as an example to plant small gardens around the school or plan more activities at parks that are located near the Baruch campus.

In Brooklyn, Long Island University recently built an athletic field. According to the information on LIU’s athletic website, LIU began to renovate the field in 2011 to update the home fields for various sports teams on campus. When comparing the statistics on the athletic pages of Baruch’s and LIU’s, we can see that LIU’s men’s soccer and baseball teams have been doing better than Baruch’s respective teams. Whether this was based on their skills, or lack of practice with an actual athletic field, one cannot be sure.

Located in Queens, St. John’s has a large campus that involve greenery in various ways. According to the St. John’s website, the Great Lawn is an area that hosts many events such as the Sixth Annual Alumni Great Lawn Party which helps connects students with the community and alumni with activities. St. John’s also partnered with Mayor Bloomberg and the NY Restoration Project to plant a thousand trees in the Queens and Staten Island campuses. Although Baruch does not have the space that St. John’s has for a grassy athletic field or a big open space for student events, Baruch could partner up with non profit organizations (especially if money is an issue) to support greenery on campus. St. John’s was a good example in showing how they obtained outside help to further their own goals on campus.