YEAH THIS IS MY LAST BLOG!!!! This workshop was the one on 9/24, where there was a huge Club Fair. I was a bit iffy about this, because I wanted to join Clubs in my Sophmore year and get a bit adjusted to Baruch. But since my friends were going, I went too. I had to admit, it wasnt one of the most anticipated workshops, because it was really really crowded in the gym. It was bearable, but I doubt that all the Club hosts anticipated alot of freshmen. During the Club Fair, there were lots of clubs, I think all of them. It was appealing, but I couldnt handle them. Then there was some food for us to eat which was good and we got to talk to our friends. I mean, I only applied to Student Government, and that is a good one I believe for a freshmen. Haha.
Library Workshop
I am really late with this blog, but I need to complete it. Haha. This was the one where we went to the library and we were seated down in front of a librarian and she taught us how to use the Baruch Library Website to locate research and help for anything we needed in our papers/reasearch/hw, etc. I thought that some of the resources were very helpful here. One was the Ask A Librarian, where you can click on the chat with a librarian and talk to a live librarian about any help you need and they can assist you on the spot. I like that alot. Another thing I really liked was the option where you can search a book outside of Baruch, but anywhere in CUNY. This you can do if you are too lazy or there is no book in the Baruch collection and you want to find the book elsewhere. I dont know why we had to write some of these facts on paper and give it to them, because we did get the basic idea of what the librarian needed to say. All in all, I would recommend this to people to learn more about the library site.
Posted in Personal Enrichment.
– November 21, 2009
Community Global Awareness
This workshop was done to fulfill my career section. At first, it was frustrating a little because the room was way different and I thought that we wouldnt be able to attend it due to limited seating. We got the seats though. I was there with Agnes, Michael, Jeffrey and Brian. The workshop host was about a gay guy who was part of the LGBT community. In this, he talked about how he was turned gay at the age of 27 and before that, how he got an internship working under the administration of Bill Clinton. He said that it was one of the most memorable experiences ever because many people dont work with the President everyday. He talked about how hard his life was not because he was gay, but because people were being racist towards his ethnicity (he was Latino and German I believe). His main point, in the end, was the fact that whether you work in New York, or anywhere, people will always want to put you down so that they can succeed and they can push you back. He said that you have to ignore those people and always strive your best and reach to the top so that you can become successful.
Posted in Global-Community Awareness.
– November 21, 2009
Job and Internships Fair
This Career workshop really was insightful to me. It explained about the Club Fair that was taking place on Nov. 20. In this workshop, 2 guys came up on stage and talked to us about different tips, startegies and do’s/dont’s about the career fair and how to get a successful internship in general. I thought that both of them clearly explained what needed to be done and I learned new career tips.
As for the Job Fair itself, I was nervous at first. I hadnt prepared a mini-speech the night before and I was panicking, thinking that it would be crowded when I went there and that I wouldnt get the chance to be able to get my resume across the companies that I wanted to seek a job in. You had to dress up, but that wasnt a problem. This was also my first time actually going to one, so that was another reason. On the contrary, it went way better than expected. The gym wasnt crowded at all, it was easy to find the companies that you wanted and there were no lines. I gave my resume to like 6 companies and it was a nice experience. I didnt get an internship because it was mostly for Soph. and up. Also they had summer internships, so I might get a chance then. This experience gave me more confidence and I would recommend this to everyone.
Posted in Career Exploration.
– November 21, 2009
Community Global Awareness – Coloring Up Your Future (11/12/2009)
At first, it was difficult to find this workshop because there was something wrong with the room number; however, I was really happy to find subway sandwiches and soda for everyone attending this workshop. While I was eating my sandwich, I could not stop listening to this speaker. Although I don’t remember his name, he was a great speaker. He was easy to understand and his concerns and thoughts about gays in the real world were true to our current time.
This workshop was definitely something that is not common therefore forced us to think outside of our comfort zone. The speaker helped me try to understand the point of view of a gay man out to achieve his goals. I recommend this workshop for others who are willing to see a different side of gays today.
Posted in Global-Community Awareness.
– November 20, 2009
Stress And Anxiety
I attended this Personal Enrichment workshop thinking I had to just get it over with. But after the workshop I realized that the tips they gave and exericises were actually helpful. At the beginning of the Workshop we had to carefully and meditatively analyze a raisin. This helped to increase relaxation and mindfulness. Towards the second half of the workshop we learned how to organize decisions we make in our lifes through a method called DEARMAN. This method allowed us to carefully analyze every element of a problem and how to fix it. At the end of the workshop the researchers played a soothing bell while we closed our eyes and relaxed. Through this meditation we was able to relax and relieve our body of any tension that we had. This was a great workshop and I would definitely recommend this to students because college does get stressful.
Posted in Uncategorized.
– November 20, 2009
Club Fair
Even though I attended the Club Fair a while back, I remember what happened like it was yesterday. Before i walked into the gym i expected this Club Fair to be just like the Street Fair at the beginning of school. It was completely different and crowded. There was barely any room to move around. During the Club Fair i walked around and collected free things from the clubs. For example, I got a bag from the Apple Club, shot glass from The Ticker Club, and art books. Besides the presentation of Clubs i was entertained by the performances they had and the costumes some clubs wore. Alot of my friends joined clubs like NABA and VITA but i just played my part as a viewer so that I could join a club next year when i get settled into Baruch.
Posted in Uncategorized.
– November 19, 2009
Basic Interviewing Techniques; 10/29/09
This was a workshop that was set up to notify us what an interview is basically about.
- We should dress properly; suggested that we should wear work clothes like a dress shirt and pants (no jeans or sneakers).
- We should kow our strong points and our weaknesses.
- Your expertises and what you expect out of this job you are applying to.
- Also, why you want the job. But don’t overdo it like saying you want the money or to kill time.
So they demonstrated an interview by showing us what to do and what not to do. After they did that, they told us to practice interviewing with the people around us. I had a bit of a difficulty there because I have nothing I am good at, and no real job experiences. So this was really weird for me :[ This shows how unprepared I am in the business world. So! I'm thinking of going for an internship but I do not know in what field (undecided major). Internships require interviews too though. Scary.
But overall, this workshop brought out the basics of an interview with a live demostration and is great for unexperienced people like me :]
Posted in Career Exploration.
– November 18, 2009
Library Workshop; 10/15/09
Basically in this workshop we were told of the databases that Baruch provided on their site. We could use these databases for research purposes. LexusNexus was one and the other database was EBSCO.
- I have used EBSCO before for my Research&Technology class back in highschool so I knew how to search stuff up.
The person running the workshop showed us examples on how to research effectively and using little time. Quotations and prepositions help a lot on finding stuff that have the exact words so your search will have narrowed down to a few results. The more words you put in a quotation, the narrower the results will be.
- This is really helpful in cases when a person has work or has no time to waste. They would not have to go through all the links resulting from a very broad term they looked up.
I didn’t really see the point of writing down something we have learned from this workshop on a piece of paper though, since we had to hand it in, but I do recommend this workshop to others since a majority have not used a database before and/or knew about the use of quotations in a search engine.
Posted in Personal Enrichment.
– November 18, 2009
