Collaboration Key to Addressing Climate Change and Building Sustainability

Policy makers, private sector partners, and faculty and leaders from Baruch’s three schools came together on March 10 for the College’s Inaugural Conference on Climate Research, Teaching, and Collaboration. The dialogue centered on the critical research and teaching needs in climate science, environmental sustainability, and resiliency. Shown: The conference’s first panel, “Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability.”

Influencers Make Their Mark

• President S. David Wu was named to City & State’s “Higher Education Power 100” list for the third consecutive year. The list recognizes the state’s most influential leaders in higher education.
• Marxe Associate Professor Anna D’Souza discusses her passion for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and how leaning in to DEI’s complexity informs her scholarship, teaching, and identity.
• The Amsterdam News profiled Jaleel Thomas (’20), founder of Belauded, an emerging global platform for Black designer fashion. As a student, Thomas helped establish the tradition of Black Graduation.

More Innovation Around Campus

• The Zicklin School of Business has launched its Online MBA. The program, which offers the same rigorous, real-world curriculum, anticipates admitting its first class of students for Fall 2023.
• From music therapy, to recycled luxury fashion, to posture-improving mattresses, three undergraduates have each won $1,000 in the preliminary round of the Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition.

News and Announcements

• Howard Sherman, a veteran arts administrator and well-known advocate for artists’ rights, has been appointed Managing Director of Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC).
• Women’s History Month 2023 is in full swing. Don’t miss workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, the entrepreneurs’ marketplace, and more and follow the celebration at @baruchwhm.

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Join the Conversation

Baruch’s caring community came out in force earlier this month at a fundraiser organized by the Undergraduate Student Government for Turkey and Syria Disaster Relief. All donations—more than $1,500—went directly to UNICEF. Thanks to all who donated and helped out at this event.

Follow Baruch College on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and TikTok.

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Resources For You

Research & Creative Inquiry Expo 2023

Undergraduates, showcase your work and knowledge beyond the classroom at Research & Creative Inquiry Expo 2023. Students in any major may submit either an individual or group project. Deadline: Tuesday, May 2.

Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions Essay Contest

Students who are currently taking or have taken a class in the Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions are invited to submit a 600- to 800-word personal essay on the topic “What you’ve lost and what you’ve found.” Email submissions to both Professors Bridgett Davis and Gisele Regatão by Wednesday, Apr. 5.

Cheer the Bearcats

Check the Athletics calendar and show your spirit!

DEI Fridays

DEI Fridays provide a space for reflection and dialog and aim to nurture a sense of belonging. View the calendar and register for Spring 2023 sessions.

Follow BaruchOne for Resources and Guidance

For student-centered announcements and other help, follow the College’s BaruchOne social media resource accounts on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Academic Momentum

To graduate on time and, in some cases, retain financial aid, most full-time students should plan to take at least 30 credits per academic year. Chart your course to on-time graduation.

It’s Never Too Early to File Your FAFSA

File the 2023–24 FAFSA for the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 terms. Obtain or retrieve your Federal Student Aid ID to sign electronically. Baruch’s Federal Code is 007273. The NYS TAP (NY residents only) code is 1409.

Support from the Counseling Center

The Baruch College Counseling Center offers free and confidential services. Through culturally responsive and trauma-informed counseling and psychological services, the Counseling Center assists students in achieving their academic and personal goals.

• Individual Counseling: Please visit the Counseling Center’s website and click on the “Make an Appointment” button or email [log in to unmask].
• Group Counseling: Two sessions of Relationship to Self and Others 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 Support Sessions foster and support the growth, networking, collaboration, success, and well-being of Black students. Fridays, 2–3 pm via Zoom. To participate, email [log in to unmask] from your Baruch student email account.
• Beginning Friday, Mar. 24, the center is offering a six-session Asian and AAPI Workshop series on Fridays at 1 pm via Zoom. The series, led by two Asian/AAPI clinicians, will explore “Asian/AAPI” identity and hopes to foster a sense of community and connection.
• Follow the Counseling Center on Instagram for events, resources, and more!

Crisis Text Line: Connect with Counselors 24/7

The Crisis Text Line offers immediate access to free, confidential counseling 24/7 via text.

Baruch College Student Health Care Center

The Student Health Care Center provides a full range of clinical health services. Call 646-312-2040 or email [log in to unmask] for questions or an appointment.

Bearcat Food Pantry

The Bearcat Food Pantry, located inside the BOSS (Baruch One Stop Shop) in the Newman Vertical Campus (NVC) Room 1-116, provides students faced with food insecurity access to healthy and nutritious food. Learn more and make an appointment.

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Things To Do

Today, Tuesday, Mar. 21

Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship: Envisioning Your Dream Business & Community

Sandra Kahn Wasserman Jewish Studies Center and New Media Artspace Present: Public Artist Lecturer by Kerry Downey

Wednesday, Mar. 22

Entrepreneurial Lunch & Learn: Bootstrapping Your Business: Strategies and Tips for Launching a Business with Limited Funds

Discussion with Artist Kerry Downey

Thursday, Mar. 23

Discussion with Artist Kerry Downey

Mind the GAAP! What’s the Best Way to Measure a Company’s Performance? With Dr. Kalin Kolev, Associate Professor of Accountancy

Monday, Mar. 27

Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, Mar. 28

Share Your Insights: RSVP to the Strategic Planning Input Session for Students

Wednesday, Mar. 29

Celebrating and Advocating for Women’s Rights Through Art with Tous Doits Dan le Mur

Friday, March 31

2nd Annual CUNY LGBTQI+ Student Conference: “Community, Advocacy, Power, and Healing”

Now through Thursday, Apr. 27

New Media Artspace Exhibition: Kerry Downey: This is a reenactment but this time it will be different

Now through Friday, June 9

Mishkin Exhibition: Aura Rosenberg: What Is Psychedelic

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Go Bearcats

Jehmehl Fair (Men’s Basketball) Is Voted CUNYAC Scholar-Athlete of the Month for February

Men’s Volleyball is 4-0 in CUNYAC, Sweeps John Jay

Baseball Starts Season in Sunny Fort Myers, Florida

Note: Last week’s edition of Baruch Weekly misstated the name of one of the groups that organized the Student vs. Faculty/Staff Basketball Game. It was hosted by the USG and SAAC, the Student Athletics Advisory Committee, not SACC, the Student Academic Consulting Center. We apologize for this error.