On Tuesday November 17, 2009 I visited an Arts At Baruch Workshop at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery from 1:00P.M.-2:30P.M.. This exhibit displayed the works of Mercedes Matters who was a Modern Art painter from the twentieth century. The guide was very knowledgeable about the artist and explained to us how the works became more abstract as the artist got older. I personally prefered the artist’s earlier works as they were more naturalistic, but I still enjoyed the energy of some of the abstract works as well. When I came to Baruch, I did not even kinow that we have an art gallery so this experience also taught me more about the school itself.
Career Exploration
On November 19 I attended the job fair preparation workshop. At the workshop, we had two Verizon representatives talking to us about how to prepare for interviews and tips on leaving a good impression. They discussed networking, the do’s and dont’s, they talked to us about the 30 second elevator speech, and how to overcome our fears of not having experience. The discussion lasted an hour and a half and they had a power point presentation ready for us to follow along with what they were saying. They also talked to us about how we should present our information to the potential emplyoyer.
Overall, it was a very beneficial workshop. I learned a lot of neat and helpful tips that I will keep in mind when I go to interviews, and they also gave us two packets, so just in case I forgot the hints or anything that said, I have a synopsis of the workshop to look over. I came into the workshop not knowing how to efficiently present myself at a job interview, and now I feel I am much more ready when I try to network and get a job. I would definately attend another workshop, similar to this one, to help build my networking and interview skills.
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– November 19, 2009
Personal Enrichment Workshop
On November 12 I attended the Mediating Conflict and resolving disputes at Baruch workshop. During this workshop we were taught the steps to go about fixing a problem that we have at Baruch. We were told how the school has a mediating department, and the representative we had in the room talking to us about conflicts in Baruch was actually the head of that department. We started off by defining problems that we have in Baruch. Some of the ideas we brought forth had to do with the elevator problem, where people enter from the exit side rather than the enter side, and how that frustrates many people. We also talked about the offices in Baruch, such as the orientation office and how they lose our paperwork sometimes and how that frustrates us.
What we were told was how to go about dealing with that situation, and in fact, our major accomplishment from the workshop was that we had chosen a representative to go to the Student Affairs Office and talk to somebody about the freshman workshops. We were told to make our voice heard and tell the office that they should abolish this program. We made a list of complaints such as, they arent organized efficiently, people who register don’t always get into the workshop when it is full because people that didn’t register go there before them, nobody wants to go to them to start with, and the schedule is flawed because some workshops, such as the academic enrichment workshops ended at the start of the school year, so for those people that couldn’t make one of those workshops were out of luck and they would have to repeat the course next semester. This was overall, a good workshop because I found out how to go about dealing with problems in Baruch, when apparently, there are a lot of them, as we pointed out durin the workshop.
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– November 17, 2009
Arts at Baruch
On November 17 I attended the gallery tour Mercedes Matter: a retrospective. The event started at 1 pm but we went in to view the gallery in groups. I was the part of the third group to go in so I had to wait about 40 min to go in. The tour itself was fairly short and only lasted about 15 min. The gallery was very small and contained artwork from 3 stages of Matter’s life. The artwork from her childhood was displayed, after she became older, and then her artwork from the end of her life (her maturity phase as our tour guide called it).
The art of Matter is from the modern period, and her focus wasn’t to show ideal forms but rather an impression of the form. Her focus was mainly using different colored paint and making an abstract image, where you had to analyze it for a little bit to figure out what it was. For example, one of her images was made up of triangles and lines and you would have to figure out what the image represented, and in turn, it was a table being flipped and all the objects on the table about to fall. As Matter grew older her images increased in size and complexity, and became more abstract. The art gallery was short, but it was interesting looking at the artwork of a modern age artist. Even though you couldn’t decifer what everything in the painting was itwas interesting to look at how the artist was trying to convey her idea.
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– November 17, 2009
FRO Internship and Goal Setting
On November 10th, I attended the FRO internship and goal setting workshop in room 3-215. At this workshop the presenter, Theresa Conway, explained to us the importance of getting internships. Internships are pre-professional experiences which help students gain experience in a professional field of their interest. Landing an internship will help students to work in the field of their interest and figure out whether they want to pursue a particular career.
The workshop was well organized and the presenter was very clear and concise, which made it very easy to pay attention. She gave us very useful information, like when to go and look for workshops, where to look for internships, and she explained the differences and benefits of different kinds of internships, like paid and unpaid workshops, and how they work. In addition to talking to us about the internships, the presenter also informed us about the services that the STARR Career Development Center offers students, like resume review and mock interviews, which can come in handy when going for internship interviews.
Posted in Career Exploration.
– November 11, 2009
Internship & Goal Setting
Today I participated in a STARR Center for Career Development workshop titled “Internship & Goal Setting.” I garnered a lot of information from this workshop, including when Baruch’s upcoming internship-related events are taking place, what companies offer leadership programs and internship opportunities, and other services that the Center for Career Development offers. Everyone in the workshop received a small workbook that contained a lot of helpful information and exercises. Just from flipping through it I can see topics ranging from how to answer questions at an interview to how to write a cover letter. I can definitely see myself reading through this workbook and doing some of the exercises in the future.
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– November 10, 2009
Student Services Fair
On October 13th, I attended the Student Services Fair. There were a number of office representatives and seminar leaders present at the workshop. Our goal at the workshop was to meet and learn about the different services offered by the offices at Baruch. We were also given a card, which would be marked as we met with the various representatives. I got to interact with the representative of the Registrar’s office, the Financial Aid office and the Honor’s Program coordinator just to name a few. There were also free giveaways at the fair, which grabbed everyone’s attention and made it harder to get through the fair.Overall the workshop was a learning experience. I was able to get a better insight on how the different offices functioned and what their requirements were.
Posted in Student Life.
– November 10, 2009
FRO Internships and Career Planning Workshop
On November 10, I attended the workshop on Career Plan. The workshop was lead by Theresa Conway and was mainly focused on the familiarization with the facilities offered by the STARR Development Center. The workshop coordinator was also the director for internships at Baruch and hence we were able to get a better insight on how STARR development Center could help us find internship, leadership programs, and jobs. At the seminar we also talked about resume writing and how to prepare for an interview. The coordinator helped us narrow down a list of probable work objectives and working environments as she guided us through the internship booklet. The workshop also made me aware of a lot of major companies that come to Baruch and the events that are held all throughout the year.
Overall the workshop was very informative on the services available at Baruch. It helped me understand the importance of keeping a good GPA and being involved in club activities and events. The coordinator also brought to our attention how competitive the current job market was and encouraged us to take advantage of the facilities offered by the STARR center.
Posted in Career Exploration.
– November 10, 2009
Personal Enrichment
On October 13, 2009, I visited the Student Services Fair in room NVC 1-107. Here I learned about the various services that college offers to Baruch students. I learned a little more about the STARR Career center, the Athletics Department, the Registrar and the Bursar. I also learned that there are health and child care services that are provided at little cost to us as students as well. I found this to be informative, but the crowding made it difficult to approach a booth and talk to the representatives.
Posted in Personal Enrichment.
– November 8, 2009
Career Exploration
On November 5, 2009, I went to a career exploration workshop in the room NVC 3-165. This workshop focused on making a good first impression and how it is essential in today’s job market. The lecture described how to make a good first im-pression such as bbeing on time, dressing for the occassion, and paying attention. It also talked about how making a bad first impression is not necessasrily the end of the world. It discussed how if your first impression is bad, you can still change the person’s view of you by acting better.
Posted in Career Exploration.
– November 8, 2009
