September 2020 E-News

Still on Top: Baruch College is the best school in New York—and the best in the country for business majors—according to a new ranking by Money that evaluated 739 institutions nationwide. The list focuses on three factors: quality of education, affordability, and alumni outcomes. Read more >

Be Resilient: Over the past six months, the Baruch community quickly adapted to a new virtual world and proactively responded to the ongoing national unrest, due to entrenched racism. Watch "Be Resilient," a video that celebrates the Baruch community and reminds us all to Be Involved, Be an Ally, Be an Example, and most of all, Be Baruch. View the video >

The Long and Winding Road: After serving a wide variety of jobs - including Hunter College's assistant fencing coach - Gianina Chrisman (MSEd '10) found her calling as associate director of career development at CUNY's Macaulay Honors College. Read more >

The Price of Being Unprepared: Join an expert panel that includes JC Alejaldre (EMBA '18), an administrator at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Alex Mills, associate professor of operations management and academic director of the Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration program, and Larry Zicklin ('57) as they discuss COVID-19 and healthcare. RSVP >

Call for Presenters: Have a great idea for a webinar? Want to volunteer to speak about your area of expertise? If so, you're in luck: the Office of Alumni Relations is seeking volunteers to participate in an alumni-to-alumni webinar series this academic year, featuring half-hour or 45-minute webinars led by alumni like you. Submit your proposal >

Making Waves in Theater: Not even a global pandemic can stop great theater, as award-winning producer Iyvon Edebiri (MA '17) can attest. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak limiting public gatherings and events, her nonprofit—the Parsnip Ship—continues to highlight compelling play readings and music via podcasts and social media. Read more >

The Show Must Go On: The Baruch Performing Arts Center goes virtual this season with 10 programs across cultures and genres. All are priced pay-what-you-will. They include films by Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Xiaolu Guo; a program of global music presented with the Initiative for the Study of Latin America (ISLA); and dwb, a powerful music-theater work on the challenges of Driving While Black. Explore the full schedule >

Message from the Director of Alumni Relations and Volunteer Engagement

Dear FIRSTNAME:

Kudos must be given to CUNY for making the decision so early to remain mostly online for the Fall 2020 semester. Baruch is 96 percent remote, with only a few lab courses meeting in socially distanced classrooms. I am sure many of you are grappling with a wide variety of classroom formats for your continued education as well as for your children. We wish you all much courage and resilience!

Alumni Relations will continue to offer virtual programming as long as there are restrictions for in-person gatherings. One silver lining is that YOU - our Baruch alumni – have been actively registering and attending our virtual events. During the 2019 academic year, 1600+ alumni attended in-person events, in New York and across the globe. But within just the five months between March and August of this year - when we shifted entirely to virtual gatherings - more than 2,200 alumni have attended our online events. We look forward to seeing many more of you in the months to come!

Of particular note, I invite you to join our View from Abroad: Korea in the Time of COVID-19 event on September 23 at 7 pm ET. We have gathered a tremendous panel of experts on South Korea's economy, venture capital, and entertainment industries, and it should be a very dynamic and informative discussion.