Resources for You Read the Guide to Surviving and Thriving at CUNY Prepared for CUNY students by CUNY students, in collaboration with faculty and staff of Healthy CUNY, this guide offers a one-stop resource for health, academic, financial, and basic-needs services at CUNY. Access the guide. FAFSA: The Guide Get every financial aid dollar you deserve. Understanding FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) can be a huge help to students and their families. This CUNY webpage will help you save time, money, and stress—debunking myths, addressing FAQs, curating contacts, and more. Healing Circles for AAPI Students Modern Health is facilitating free healing circles this month for Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) students who are in search of safe spaces to process the recent violence. Modern Health also offers educational webinars on how to combat anti-Asian racism that are open to all. Learn more. Services from the Counseling Center Baruch College’s Counseling Center offers students free and confidential individual and group counseling and support sessions and Black Mental Health Matters (BMHM) Support Sessions. - Individual counseling: Please visit the Counseling Center’s website or email [log in to unmask]
- Group counseling: Are you struggling, feeling lonely, wanting to make new connections, or having trouble in your relationships? The center offers two sessions of Relationship to Self and Others, which meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1–2 pm, on Zoom. To participate on Tuesday, email [log in to unmask]; to participate on Thursday, email [log in to unmask].
- Black Mental Health Matters (BMHM) Support Sessions: The center offers sessions that foster and support the growth, networking, collaboration, success, and well-being of Black students. BMHM is led by psychologists Jael Amador, PhD, and Gary Dillon, PhD, who work from a social justice and multicultural framework. On Wednesdays, 2–3 pm, via Zoom. To participate, send an email to [log in to unmask] from your Baruch student email account.
Crisis Text Line: Connect with Counselors 24/7 No reason to go it alone. Crisis Text Line provides students with immediate access to free, confidential counseling 24/7 via text. Learn more. Creative Inquiry Day Calling all undergraduates: Celebrate the strength and diversity of undergraduate research and artistic expression at Baruch at Creative Inquiry Day 2021, held online during the week of May 9. Students from all majors are welcome to submit individual or group projects. Things to Do Land Policy Reform and the Chinese Real Estate Market Tonight, Wednesday, Apr. 7, 7 pm. The New York Confucius Institute for Global Finance at Baruch hosts Zhang Xiaoyu, PhD, of Shanghai International Studies University, who will review the real estate market’s policy reform and development, explore the features of the boom in the early 2000s, and describe how government, households, and firms engage in the market today. Learn more. Zoom pre-registration required. Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm: Film Screening and Discussion Thursday, Apr. 8, 1 pm. The Mishkin Gallery presents a new series, Critical Ecology on Film. For the first event in the series, join Rojo Robles, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and lecturer in the Department of Black and Latino Studies, in conversation with Yarimar Bonilla, author and professor at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Register here. Learn more about the upcoming events in the series. Art Speaks Justice: Art Now: Luxury or Necessity? Thursday, Apr. 8, 6 pm. This multimedia experience, including two music videos, showcases Harman Writer-in-Residence Stew Steward with an introduction by Gisele Regatao, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions. Learn more and register. Big Tech Platforms: Bastions of Free Speech or Self-Appointed Censors? Thursday, Apr. 8, 6–7 pm. The Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics presents a panel of industry experts who explore the potentially intractable issues as well as tradeoffs surrounding platform competition, misinformation, and free speech. Moderated by Nizan Geslevich Packin, associate professor of law. Learn more and register. Zicklin Talks Business: Leadership and Technological Innovation During and After the Pandemic Tuesday, Apr. 13, 11 am. Guy Kawasaki, chief evangelist at graphic design platform Canva, speaks with Lawrence Zicklin ('57) and Scott Newbert, Lawrence N. Field Chair in Entrepreneurship and academic director of the Lawrence N. Field Programs in Entrepreneurship, about his career and views on entrepreneurship and innovation. Learn more and register. How the NCAA No Pay Rules Affect Female Athletes Wednesday, Apr. 14, 12:30–1:45 pm. The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity hosts a discussion with a panel of national experts on how this rule uniquely affects female athletes and its impact on the future of women’s sports. Learn more and register here. Fireside Chat: Leadership and Diversity in Higher Education Wednesday, Apr. 14, 5:30 pm. The Higher Education Administration Club speaks with NASPA Vice President of Research and Policy Amelia Parnell, PhD, on key issues in diversity and how to skillfully and successfully navigate the industry. Learn more and register. International Business Seminar: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection in Foreign Environments Thursday, Apr. 15, 9.30 am. As part of its IBS series, the Weissman Center for International Business welcomes Jiatao Li, chair and professor of management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Learn more about Professor Li’s background. No need to RSVP. Zoom details here. The speaker is available for individual meetings after the seminar. If interested, please contact [log in to unmask] or else stay on Zoom following the formal part of the seminar. A Tour of the World in 6 Artworks: Guo Xi’s Early Spring and 11th-Century Landscape Thursday, Apr. 15, 1–2pm. The Global Student Certificate Program at the Weissman Center for International Business presents a new series of master classes in the arts. Learn more and register. Fireside Chat: Meet the President of NASPA! Tuesday, Apr. 20, 5–6 pm. The Higher Education Administration Club speaks with NASPA’s President Kevin Kruger, PhD, on key issues being addressed through NASPA as we come out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more and register. Passing Strange: A Film by Harman Writer-in-Residence Stew Spike Lee’s 2009 adaptation of Stew’s comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American man’s artistic journey of self-discovery. Free from the Newman Library Digital Archives with a Baruch username login. Find it here. Mishkin Gallery: Virtual Art Exhibitions Wish You Were Here and Looking to Hear showcase artwork from the Baruch College Art Collection. Art in the Age of Covid-19: Solo Exhibition from the New Media Art Space and Wasserman Jewish Studies Center Prajakta Potnis: The Slow Burn presents an interactive online exhibition with eerily prescient parallels to the pandemic. |