New Student & Family Programs (First Year and Transfer Student Programs)

New Student & Family Programs

Welcome New Students!

The Office of New Student & Family Programs (NSFP) exists to help new students experience a seamless transition to Baruch College. NSFP provides first-year and transfer students with an opportunity to develop the tools necessary to acclimate and succeed in college. As such, the First-Year and Transfer Seminars are especially designed to expose new students to study skills, time management, community engagement, leadership, and access to on- and off-campus resources.

The First Year Seminar is a mandatory course for all incoming first-year students. The class meets once a week for 75 minutes and for the first 10 weeks of the semester. Transfer students elect to enroll in the Transfer Seminar that meets once a week for 75 minutes and runs for the first 8 weeks of the semester. These seminars are specifically designed to:

• Establish a meaningful relationship between the instructor, peer mentor, and students

• Help to create a roadmap to meet students’ academic, personal, and professional goals

• Provide clear expectations for academic achievement and acceptable behavior in college

• Create a safe space in which students can share their concerns

• Engage and connect students with the Baruch community and its full array of resources

A peer mentor is selected and trained to co-lead a section of the seminar alongside an instructor; the peer mentor serves as a role model to students taking the course.

In addition, NSFP believes that the success of students is best accomplished when there is an intentional family/parent/college partnership. To that end, the office provides parents and families of students at Baruch with information and resources pertinent to the engagement and success of their students. Further, the office serves to help transition transfer students to the campus, not only through the Transfer Seminar, but by providing transfer students with connections to other transfer students and peer mentors.

Contact Information:

Address:
New Student & Family Programs
Baruch College
55 Lexington Avenue
Box B5-205
New York, NY 10010

Office Location:
5th Floor, Newman Vertical Campus (NVC), Suite 205

E-Mail:
NSFP@baruch.cuny.edu

Phone:
Tel:  646-312-4274
Fax: 646-312-4281

Office hours:
Monday to Friday from 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Veterans Student Support

Steven Myint (’17)

Veterans Affairs @ Baruch seeks to serve student veterans through:

Outreach
Seeking, engaging and extending resources to student veterans.

Academic Success
Helping Baruch veterans address challenges by discovering and applying strategies to reach their academic goals.

Networking and Support
Promoting and nurturing a strong campus community where veterans are supported professionally, socially and personally.

Health and Wellness for Veterans
Providing a variety of workshops and services promoting healthy lifestyles for veterans.

Veterans at Baruch

View Profiles of veterans at Baruch.

Benefits Coordinator

Contact your Benefits Coordinator:
John Seto
Room 850, Library Building (151 E. 25 St.)
646-312-1264
john.seto@baruch.cuny.edu

For information on Student Life and the Student Veterans of America club, please contact Student Life
(646) 312-4550, studentlife@baruch.cuny.edu

Clubs & Organizations

On behalf of our 130+ clubs, the Office Of Student Life welcomes you to Baruch College. Your fellow classmates exhibit a great deal of initiative, energy and imagination, the nature of which is displayed in the clubs, organizations and the activities they provide.

Clubs and organizations span a wide range of interests. There is something for practically everyone. Membership in a club offers you a place to meet new people, as well as an opportunity to develop important communication, organizational and leadership skills.

Choose something that interests you or start your own special interest club!

Undergraduate Clubs

Most undergraduate clubs meet on Thursdays, 12:40 to 2:20 pm (Club Hours). Clubs meeting at other days and/or times are so noted.

Graduate Clubs

Graduate clubs meet at various times. Meeting rooms assigned are for Fridays 6-9 pm. Clubs meeting at other days and/or times are so noted.

See these listings for locations of meetings, or contact Student Life, Room 2-210 in the Newman Vertical Campus (NVC) building, 646-312-4550, for more information.

Student Clubs & Organizations Disclaimer

Individual Student Club descriptions, pages, and off-site links are authored by the respective club or organization which is solely responsible for the content thereof. The Office of Student Life, the Division of Student Affairs, and Baruch College specifically disclaims any liability or responsibility, whatsoever, for the content thereof, and any direct, indirect or consequential damages related to, or arising from, the use of the information contained therein.

Student Media At Baruch

Baruch has a rich history of student-produced media resulting in award-winning publications.

The Ticker

The Ticker is the undergraduate student newspaper celebrating 80 years of reporting news relevant to the Baruch community.

Encounters

Encounters is Baruch’s literary magazine published once a semester with original poetry, short stories and essays submitted by Baruch students.

WBMB Radio

WBMB Radio is the student-run radio station that remains on the cutting edge of music.

Lexicon

Lexicon is Baruch’s senior yearbook aimed at capturing the truly unique Baruch experience.

Dollars and $ense

Dollars and $ense is the student-produced review of business and society which got its start as a national-award-winning magazine.

Individual Student media descriptions, pages, and off-site links are authored by the respective publication or organization which is solely responsible for the content thereof. The Office of Student Life, the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, and Baruch College specifically disclaims any liability or responsibility, whatsoever, for the content thereof, and any direct, indirect or consequential damages related to, or arising from, the use of the information contained therein.

Leadership

Student Leadership And Service

College students are often asked to consider the question, “What is leadership?” At Baruch College, we believe that every student should be given the opportunity to construct their own interpretation of leadership and subsequently have access to the resources that will help accentuate these self-tailored skills and behaviors.

In an attempt to bring leadership development to the forefront of the student life experience, the Office of Student Life will be offering a variety of enriching programs, retreats and workshops throughout the academic year designed specifically to enhance the leadership capabilities in every student. To ensure that this endeavor reaches its full potential, Baruch will incorporate the Social Change Model of Leadership into its already expanding vault of student leadership and development programs. Created in 1994 by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, the Social Change Model “approaches leadership as a purposeful, collaborative, values-based process that results in positive social change”. With a special focus centered on individual, group and community values, each of these three dimensions of the Social Change Model intertwine to emphasize and promote the 7Cs for Change:

• Consciousness of self

• Congruence

• Commitment

• Collaboration

• Common purpose

• Controversy with civility

• Citizenship

By offering a diverse range of enriching developmental opportunities, students will be able to reflect upon who they are as leaders and closely examine how they can be proactive agents of social change—two essential learning outcomes of the Social Change Model. Students will be able to utilize the tools and skills that they will acquire from these experiences and holistically apply them to suitable opportunities both on and off campus.

In order to fully encompass the scope and value of group leadership development, all active and prospective members of on-campus student clubs and organizations will be required to participate in these specialized leadership training experiences. Students will engage in self-assessment activities that pay particular attention to what their own perceptions of leadership encompass, and will subsequently challenge the expectations that they’ve set for themselves as leaders. Special emphasis will also be placed upon the notion that leadership in practice has the potential to be a dynamic and communal engagement, juxtaposing its traditional individualistic features. To underpin the approach backed by the Social Change Model that a community of socially responsible and committed citizens can make significant advances towards a common goal, purposeful self-discovery and team building activities will be integral components of each program, retreat and workshop.

To positively enhance your leadership potential and to make your overall student experience at Baruch College an enriching and meaningful one, check out Student Leadership Opportunities and T.E.A.M. Baruch to see what’s available to you.

This year your yearbook will be delivered to your address if purchased by June 16, 2020. All yearbooks will be shipped by early July. All senior packages will be received at a future date.