Esteemed administrators and faculty, fellow students, and members of the Baruch community, I’d like to thank you all for this opportunity to discuss our vision.
Now before immediately discussing it, I would like you to close your eyes and imagine a perfect college. It has beautiful scenery with freshly cut grass and evergreen trees on campus, where students can easily take a five-minute walk to and from their dorms. There aren’t any problems traveling from class to class. It has the best faculty, dedicated to students’ needs and learning. The students are in an environment that removes stress and allows them to completely focus on their studies. Now open your eyes and look around. Baruch is not that college with the perfect atmosphere, but it can be. Although we already have a nationally renowned business program, that did not happen overnight. It took constant time, effort and innovation to make our business program what it is today. The same principles must be applied to our school as a whole in order to attain that aforementioned vision. In that vain, we must address some of the issues that have come up over these past few years, such as the elevators, the dorms, and the lack of greenery. I am confident that we can solve these issues, which will make a huge step towards building a better Baruch.