Baruch College

Baruch College

File:Baruchseal-blue.jpg Seal of Baruch College
Motto	The American Dream Still Works
Type	Public
Established	1919
Endowment	$294 million
President	Mitchel Wallerstein
Provost	Jim McCarthy
Academic staff	500 (full time)
Undergraduates	12,870
Postgraduates	3,240
Address	One Bernard Baruch Way, New York, NY 10010 , New York City , NY , USA
Campus	Urban
Nickname	The Bearcats
Affiliations	City University of New York
Mascot	Bearcat
Website	www.baruch.cuny.edu

The original 23rd Street Building, still in use

Steven L. Newman Hall at 137 East 22nd Street was built as one of the first Children's Courts in the U.S. (1912–1916).

The Administrative Center at 135 East 22nd Street was built in 1937–1939 as the Domestic Relations Court Building, and was connected to the Children's Court next door.

Bernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation . Baruch offers undergraduate and masters degrees through its Zicklin School of Business, the largest business school in the United States , as well as the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and School of Public Affairs.

Founding and history

Baruch is one of CUNY's flagship colleges, and traces its roots back to the founding of the Free Academy, the first institution of free public higher education in the United States. The New York State Literature Fund was created to serve students who could not afford to enroll in New York City’s private colleges. The Literature Fund led to the creation of the Committee of the Board of Education of the City of New York, led by Townsend Harris, J.S. Bosworth, and John L. Mason. The Committee sought the establishment of what would become the Free Academy, on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

The Free Academy became the College of the City of New York, now The City College of New York. In 1919, what would become Baruch College was established as City College School of Business and Civic Administration. On December 15, 1928, the cornerstone was laid on the new building which would house the newly founded school. At this point, the school did not admit women. At the time it opened it was considered the biggest such school for the teaching of business education in the United States.

By the 1930s, women were allowed into the School of Business. The total enrollment at The City College of New York reached an all-time high of 40,000 students in 1935, and the School of Business had an enrollment of more than 1,700 students in the day session alone. Most of these students were Jewish and Italian immigrants, who could not afford to attend private universities. The School of Business was renamed the Baruch School in 1958 in honor of alumnus Bernard Baruch, a statesman and financier. In 1961, the New York State Education Law established the City University of New York (CUNY) system and, in 1968, Baruch College became a senior college in the City University system.

In the CUNY years, Baruch grew drastically and for a time, CUNY considered relocating the college to Harlem to allow for expansion. The idea was later dropped, and the college acquired property on East 24th Street in Manhattan to expand its campus. The first president of the new college (1969–1970) was the previous Federal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Robert C. Weaver. In 1971, the college appointed Clyde Wingfield, a noted educator, as its president. He was succeeded by economist Joel Edwin Segall in 1977. Segall recruited several well-known faculty members to the School of Business and established the college's permanent home on Lower Lexington Avenue. Current CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein was president of the school from 1991 to 1998. He was responsible for raising admissions requirements and creating the School of Public Affairs in 1994. Edward Regan, former comptroller of New York state, served as president from 2000 to 2004. During his tenure, test scores rose, student retention rates increased, and many new faculty members were hired. In 2001, the Vertical Campus opened and Baruch accepted its first students from the CUNY Honors College, now known as the Macaulay Honors College. The college also implemented a common core curriculum for all undergraduates.

Kathleen Waldron was appointed president in 2004. Under her leadership, the quality of students continued to rise and faculty hiring accelerated. Baruch also received an unprecedented number of donations from alumni, with the Vertical Campus, 23rd Street building, and Performing Arts complex renamed in honor of the three largest donors, respectively. Alumni giving has increased under "Baruch Means Business," a $150 million capital campaign. In August 2009, Dr. Waldron resigned from her position to become a University Professor at the Graduate Center. Stan Altman, former dean of the School of Public Affairs from 1999 to 2005, was named interim president by Chancellor Goldstein.

On February 22, 2010, Dr. Mitchel Wallerstein, Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, was appointed as the next President of Baruch College. He took office on August 2, 2010.

Presidents of Baruch College

	President	Tenure
1.	Robert Weaver	1968–1970
2.	Clyde Wingfield	1971–1976
3.	Joel Segall	1977–1990
4.	Joyce Brown (Interim)	1990-1991
5.	Matthew Goldstein	1991–1998
6.	Lois Cronholm (Interim)	1998–1999
7.	Sidney Lirtzman (Interim)	1999–2000
8.	Edward Regan	2000–2004
9.	Kathleen Waldron	2004–2009
10.	Stan Altman (Interim)	2009–2010
11.	Mitchel Wallerstein	2010–Present

Bernard Baruch

Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American Jewish financier, statesman, and presidential adviser to four U.S. Presidents. Bernard Baruch made his fortune in the stock market in his 30s but incidentally changed his course when he made his first million.

He stated, "I could not forget my father’s look the day I proudly informed him I was worth a million dollars. The kindly, quizzical expression told me, more clearly than words, that in his opinion, money making was a secondary matter… Of what use to a man are millions of dollars unless he does something worthwhile with them”

After his success in business, he devoted his time to advising Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters. He coined the term "Cold War" in 1947 to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s.

Academics

Baruch College is composed of three academic schools, the Zicklin School of Business, the Weissman School of Arts & Science, and the School of Public Affairs.

The Zicklin School of Business grants a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in 19 different business related areas, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 14 business related areas, and a Masters of Science (MS) in 8 business related programs.

The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences grants a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in over 26 different arts and science related areas, a Masters of Arts (MA)in Corporate Communications and Mental Health Counseling, and a Masters of Science (MS) in Financial Engineering and Industrial Organizational Psychology. The School of Public Affairs grants a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Public Affairs, a Masters of Public Administration (MPA) in 5 different public affairs related areas and a Masters of Science in Education (MSEd) in Higher Education Administration.

Baruch College also houses several doctoral (PhD) programs offered through the CUNY Graduate Center. They include Business (with specializations in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Marketing or Organizational Behavior) as well as Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Though Baruch College is often recognized because of its business programs, they have various programs which have highlights. One such program is the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This program allows selected students from the Metropolitan area to complete an independent psychological research study with the guidance of a faculty member from Baruch's Department of Psychology. Students engage in every aspect of research, from conducting a literature review to presenting their findings at a conference.

Facilities and Teaching Methodology

Newman Vertical Campus

The Newman Vertical Campus is 786,000 square feet, 17-floor building, which cost a total of $327 million to erect. It was honored in 2003 by the American Institute of Architects with the highest award it offers to an individual building. It houses classrooms, faculty offices, additional computer labs for student use, along with the Athletic and Recreation Complex (ARC), Cafeteria, and Baruch Bookstore. The Administration Building, located on East 22nd Street, is home to the School of Public Affairs and several administrative offices.

The East 25th Street entrance of the William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus serves as the entrance façade of the hospital at which Nurse Jackie and her colleagues work in the Showtime drama Nurse Jackie.

Baruch College's largest lecture hall which accommodates roughly 500 students. It occupies two floors (4th & 5th) of the Vertical Campus building. Lecture halls at Baruch College are usually used for introductory courses. This is a modern lecture hall; microphones and large projection screens are used to help students.

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  Newman Vertical Campus

17 Lexington Building

The building at 17 Lexington Avenue (or 23rd St building, as it is commonly referred to) is still in use by the college today. The building is now named the Lawrence and Eris Field Building. In 1998, after decades of renting space for classrooms, Baruch began construction of what would later be called the Newman Vertical Campus, named after businessman William Newman. Inaugurated on August 27, 2001, the 17-story building is now home to the Zicklin School of Business and the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences (the School of Public Affairs is housed in a separate building at 135 East 22nd Street). East 25th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues was renamed “Bernard Baruch Way,” and the college now uses the Vertical Campus as its official address.

Information and Technology Building

The Information and Technology Building, opened in 1994, is located across East 25th Street from Newman Vertical Campus. It is home to the Newman Library, featuring multiple floors with Wi-Fi access and designated "study-pod" areas. A 320 seat computer lab, known as the Baruch Computing and Technology Center (BCTC) can be found on the sixth floor. The building also contains the offices of the Registrar, Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid and the International Student Center. It is colloquially known as the "Library Building" by students and staff.

STARR Career Development Center

Named after the Starr Foundation, the mission of the STARR Career Development Center (SCDC) is to provide comprehensive career services to Baruch College undergraduates and to Weissman graduate students. The SCDC staff assists students in all aspects of their career development as they make decisions about majors, apply to graduate and law schools, prepare for internships and jobs, and develop the soft skills. Recently, SCDC has started a program under the name of STARR Employers. STARR Employers are a select group of employers who have expanded their partnership with the Baruch College Starr Career Development Center and have provided generous financial support for its programs. Current 4 STARR Employers, which recruit heavily from Baruch are JP Morgan, Bank of Montreal, Grant Thornton International, and Macy's. Baruch had the highest call-back rate of any college in US for the interviews conducted by Goldman Sachs.

The Starr Career Development Center's Financial Leadership Program (FLP) focuses on training students for top financial analyst programs in a variety of firms. The program's mission is to increase recruiting for Baruch's diverse and talented students into top financial analyst programs across industries. By providing intensive training on technical, leadership, and professional skills to a select group of top-performing juniors, FLP cultivates successful finance professionals.

Strategic Plan 2011-2016

According to the new five-year plan, Baruch will be working towards two aims; expanding its residential footprint in conjunction with some of the other CUNY sister campuses, and focusing on strengthening the Baruch brand further to avoid being over-shadowed by NYU and Columbia University.

Academic Centers

Subotnick Financial Center

In March 2000 the Zicklin School opened the Subotnick Financial Services Center, a state-of-the-art instructional facility that integrates hands-on financial services practice into the business curriculum. The Subotnick Center is the only business school resource of its kind in New York and one of a handful of comparable facilities at top educational institutions nationwide. Its centerpiece is the Bert W. and Sandra Wasserman Trading Floor, a fully equipped, simulated trading environment featuring 42 high-end networked computer workstations, continuous live data feeds, real-time market quotes, and computerized trading models. Actual market technology is used to teach students about markets and financial services-valuable experience for graduates seeking leading positions in the financial, banking, or accounting services industries. The Center also features a 60-seat seminar room and a 25-seat development lab.

The Subotnick Financial Center is featured frequently in popular magazines and newspapers such as Fortune Magazine, BusinessWeek, New York Times, Crain's New York Business, Traders Magazine, New York Post, Securities Industry News, and Associated Press

Baruch's own trading floor is often quoted in magazines as a competitive edge over its rival business schools: Columbia and Stern. One of the issues of Financial Times stated: Students are turning down colleges that do not have trading floors. The text books are out there. Whether you are at New York University or Columbia the theory is all the same. What do you need? You need the edge to put this theory into practice.

Center for Educational Leadership

It engages in policy research on issues of importance to principals and other school leaders. This research serves as the basis for technical assistance to New York City public schools; policy papers written to guide policy makers, practitioners, and researchers; and curriculum development.

Center for Equality, Pluralism and Policy

It examines the opportunities and barriers American citizens and non-citizens face in a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse society. The primary objective of this center is to critically examine issues of economic and social policies in New York City, State and the whole of United States, where the government creates and implements policies that affect its people.

Center for Innovation and Leadership in Government

The center trains newly-elected City Council members. It serves as a research, training, and resource center for government, with emphasis on New York City Government. In 2001 and 2005, CILG partnered with the New York City Council in presenting briefing materials and preparing a two day orientation program for newly elected City Council members. The Center continues to sponsor a series of policy discussions, featuring leaders in New York's civic and governmental communities debating such issues as health policy, public schools, political lobbying, polling, and youth media. In addition CILG provides access to non-partisan, interdisciplinary, scholarly, and academically rigorous policy research that gives government officials the ability to address complex issues. The Center has adopted a broad range of activities including serving as the home of the archives of New York City's fiscal crisis of the 1970s.

Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management

Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management (CNSM) was established to address the needs of nonprofit organizations that are pivotal to the health and well-being of New York City. CNSM is a collection of outstanding professors and practitioners devoted to the nonprofit sector: its study, its practice, and its collective mission.

Center for the Study of Business and Government (CSBG)

The CSBG is a think tank in the Zicklin School of Business. Its primary activity is research and its distinguishing feature is the application of quantitative, theoretically grounded analysis to an array of economic and social issues. The goal of the CSBG is to provide analysis that will help to sharpen and inform public decision-making. The Center has made notable contributions in areas such as welfare reform, health policy, labor market policies, Social Security reform, federal budget issues and monetary policy and inflation.

Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship

The Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in establishing the Zicklin School of Business as a leading business school with a specialty in entrepreneurship. The Center's vision mirrors its parent institution Baruch College - it is guided by the overarching principles of research, teaching, and service. The Field Center is a model of entrepreneurship education build around the collaboration of an institution of higher education, government, and the private sector. Faculty and students from Baruch's Zicklin School of Business, Baruch's SBDC Business Advisors, alumni and volunteers are brought together to support the entrepreneurial endeavors of start-ups and established businesses and the college's constituents.

Weissman Center for International Business

Founded in 1994, the Weissman Center for International Business is designed to enable Baruch College to respond to the global economy with programs appropriate to a preeminent school of business. Guided by an advisory council, the Center’s activities enrich Baruch Student’s preparation for careers in global work-place by building bridges between the worlds of academia and international business. Here are some of the activities and programs designed to help Baruch students and alumni build their global skills and stay connected:

• International Internships with firms in the New York metropolitan area.
• Study Abroad with destinations around the world.
• Global Student Certificate program is an inter-disciplinary, co-curricular program for undergraduate students aspiring to become leaders in their fields.
• Scholarships for graduate and undergraduate study in international business and international marketing and for study abroad and internships overseas.
• International Business Alumni, an association of graduates of Baruch who have a professional interest in international business.

Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity is a forum for discussion of a broad range of contemporary issues confronting US corporations and capital markets. The Center's concerns include: transparency of corporate reporting, corporate governance, examining legal and ethical corporate behavior, spotlighting executive accountability, corporate responsibility in global business development, risk assessment and amelioration, resolving conflicting corporate stakeholder interests, and evaluating the role of governmental regulation.

Partnerships

Zicklin-JP Morgan Chase Partnership

Zicklin School of Business and JP Morgan Chase have established a corporate-university partnership. This collaboration is modeled after one established in June 2007 between JP Morgan Chase and Syracuse University. Zicklin and JPMC work together, leveraging expertise on both sides, to embellish a curriculum in the financial services. As part of the program, Baruch students work extended internships at JPMC (typically January through August).

CFA Program Partner

Baruch College is one of the 34 CFA Program Partners in United States. The partnership allows Baruch students to gain access to CFA Institute's exclusive textbooks, journals, and sample papers. Moreover, Baruch students pay a discounted CFA Exam Fee of US$225, instead of the actual US$1020.

Baruch College Campus High School

Baruch College Campus High School (BCCHS) is a New York City public high school with a total enrollment of approximately 400 students. Each year, about 7,500 students apply to BCCHS, taking the acceptance rate to as low as 1.3%. Baruch College Campus High School had the highest number of applications among the New York City high schools in 2011. The school is affiliated to Baruch College.

Baruch College's Zicklin Business School and AGS

American Graduate School in Paris is a graduate school in Paris, France. The Executive Master of Science in Finance and the Executive Master of Science in Marketing at the American Graduate School of Business and Economics are affiliated programs of the Baruch College at the City University of New York.

Student Life

101 Ludlow

101 Ludlow Street is a high-rise building in Manhattan. Instead of the student body being primarily from one school, Ludlow houses students from three colleges: Baruch College, King's College, and originally the School of Visual Arts. The step adheres to Baruch's policy of maintaining a high level of diversity within its student body. Baruch students occupy 6 floors of the residency building.

Student Body Diversity

Baruch had been ranked #1 for seven consecutive years as the 'Most Ethnically Diverse College' in United States by US News. In 2011, Baruch's rank fell to #2.

Student Organizations

There are over 170 undergraduate and 18 graduate student run clubs/organizations at Baruch College. The Ticker has been the student newspaper since 1932. The school is home to several diverse business organizations, including large chapters of such national and international organizations such as ALPFA (The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance & Accounting), AIESEC, Toastmasters, American Humanics, and Golden Key). The complete list of student organizations can be found at baruch.cuny.edu.

Admissions

Undergraduate

Baruch's main feeder schools reflect a heavy Northeastern U.S. presence, and particularly a strong New York City influence. Among Baruch's top feeder schools are prestigious high schools including Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High School, Bronx High School of Science and several top high-schools in the north east. 2010-2011 was another record year for Baruch College with 18,835 total applicants for the Class of 2015, and an acceptance rate of 23%. According to CollegeProwler, an online student-run college guide, Baruch College's admission difficulty is Very Hard. The median SAT Score of incoming class of 2010 was 1216 (Critical Reading and Math), which has risen by 74 points this year to 1290.

Orientation

Baruch has two types of orientations. They have a standard orientations which consist of consecutive days where students meet with advisors to choose their classes, students undergo credit evaluation, go on a tour of the campus and meet with leaders, professors and other students. The second type of orientation is a overnight weekend stay at Baruch. The overnight weekend begins on a Friday night where students learn about the history of Baruch. Then Saturday is an activity-packed day where students receive their credit evaluations, register for classes and meet with professors who directly advise them. Sunday students go on tour of the campus and are then free to leave.

Master in Financial Engineering (MFE)

The acceptance rate for Fall 2010 admission was 7%. The number of applicants to the MFE program for Fall 2010 admission increased by 33%. Moreover, the average GRE Quantitative score of all the applicants increased from 770 to 781, an all-time high. The MFE Program tied with Columbia, NYU, Cornell, and UC Berkeley in 2009 Quant Network Ranking.

Semester	Applicants	Admitted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield	Full-Time and Part-Time	International
Fall 2002	58	25	43%	20	80%	11 & 9	6
Fall 2003	95	27	28%	14	52%	7 & 7	2
Fall 2004	132	48	36%	38	79%	16 & 22	8
Fall 2005	129	36	28%	26	72%	13 & 13	6
Fall 2006	184	42	23%	34	81%	15 & 19	9
Fall 2007	337	48	14%	35	76%	19 & 16	13
Fall 2008	514	57	11%	40	70%	28 & 12	13
Fall 2009	352	29	8%	24	83%	16 & 8	5
Fall 2010	567	35	7%	28	80%	21 & 7	10

Rankings

Baruch houses one of the oldest business schools in the world. It is situated a short subway ride from both midtown Manhattan and Wall Street. Baruch was ranked as a Top Public #3 University, and Top #21 Regional(North) University by 2012 US News & World Report|US News, #22 Most Desirable Large School by Newsweek, and Best College Buy by Forbes Magazine. Baruch tied at #2 with Harvard University for the number of graduates in "100 Most Influential People in Accounting Worldwide" and ranked #1 nationwide for people with Advanced Degrees who pass the CPA exam. Baruch is ranked 25th among business schools in the United States by Social Science Research Network. Baruch's MBA was ranked #1 in 'MBAs with Most Financial Value at Graduation' by US News.

• In America's Best Colleges 2012, Baruch was ranked #3 public, and 36th Master's University in by U.S. News & World Report.
• Baruch tied at #2 with Harvard University for the "Number of Graduates in 100 Most Influential People in Accounting Worldwide." and ranked #1 nationwide for people with Advanced Degrees who pass the CPA exam.
• Baruch's MBA Program topped US News & World Report's 2010 M.B.A.s With Most Financial Value at Graduation ranking.
• The Undergraduate business programs were ranked #2 in New York-New Jersey area, and #33 nationally. (U.S. News & World Report, "America's Top Colleges 2009")
• In October 2009, Baruch's MS program in Financial Engineering was ranked among the top ten in North America by QuantNetwork
• For 9 years, Baruch has topped the list of the Most ethnically-diverse institutions of higher education in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, "America's Top Colleges 2008")
• Baruch is among the Top 10% of U.S. colleges according to The Princeton Review, which selected the College for inclusion in "The Best 368 Colleges: 2009 Edition." It is also labeled as one of the nation's best value undergraduate institutions in 2008, and in 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" and "Best Business Schools" listings.
• Baruch's Part-Time MBA is ranked #17 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report ("America's Best Graduate Schools 2007"), making it #2 in New York City. The Full-Time MBA was ranked in the Top 3 of New York programs. Both were the only ranked public programs in New York State.
• The 2006 edition of the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey ranked Baruch 50th among the nation's top 50 regional undergraduate business colleges.
• A joint survey by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review ranked Baruch #17 out of the top 25 undergraduate entrepreneurial colleges in the nation in 2010.
• Baruch's MBA program ranks among the Aspen Institute's Global 100 list of colleges and universities included in its Center for Business Education's Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2007 MBA survey, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools that are driving discussions of social and environmental issues into the core curriculum and addressing these topics in terms of mainstream business decision-making.
• In the 24th Annual Survey of Accounting Professors in the U.S., conducted by the Public Accounting Report (2005), Baruch's undergraduate accounting program ranked #15; Baruch's graduate accounting program was #22.
• Public Accounting Report's Annual Survey of accounting professors ranked Baruch's undergraduate and graduate accounting programs among the best in the country in its 2008 rankings, at 20th and 22nd respectively and Baruch's doctoral program in Accounting was listed in the "Honorable Mention" category.
• Baruch's School of Public Affairs is ranked in the Top 20 in the nation for its Master of Public Administration program by U.S. News & World Report (2006).
• In rankings produced by Arizona State University and the University of Texas at Dallas, based on research and publications done by faculty at each school, Baruch achieved 45th and 43rd respectively.

Projects

Baruch Green IT Project

During the Spring 2010, each student in the Computer Information Systems class was loaned a Kindle that came preloaded with the course textbook. The Kindles were used as part of a test program to evaluate the viability of e-readers and other electronic reading methods. The program is being repeated this semester with 150 students. The college is interested in developing an e-reader loan program, and already has plans to begin circulating iPads with preloaded texts for loan by mid-semester.

Baruch Taxi Project

Baruch College was hired by Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) under the supervision of Mayor Bloomberg in an effort to discover the magnitude of the refusal of fares to the boroughs outside Manhattan. David Yassky, the Chairman of TLC contacted Baruch College to conduct a study. The study began on January 26, 2011 and is being conducted by four School of Public Affairs students; Phillip Braun, Jason Cascone, Samantha Ehrlich and Fernando Jimenez, who will hand in a report to the TLC.

Entrepreneurial Immigrants Project

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the plan as part of three new programs aimed at aiding New York's immigrant entrepreneurs. The Deutsche Bank, in conjunction with the city's Economic Development Corporation and Department of Small Business Services, are funding the programs. In collaboration with Baruch College, the Pratt Center for Community Development and the South Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation, New York City Administration is planning to hold a business expo for local immigrant-run food manufacturing businesses. Baruch College's Newman Conference Center in Manhattan will host the expo on May 25, 2011.

Baruch VITA

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is an IRS-sponsored outreach program. VITA offers free tax help for low to moderate-income residents who can neither prepare their own tax returns nor afford services from a paid preparer. The program also offers student interpreters for Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Russian and Korean speakers. Certified volunteers receive training to help prepare basic tax returns in communities across the New York City. VITA sites are generally located at community and neighborhood centers, libraries, schools, shopping malls, and other convenient locations. Most locations also offer free electronic filing. Baruch College students gain a supplementary academic training with hands-on experience through this project, while helping the general public at the same time. The program saves an average household around $75, which would normally go to a tax agency for its service

Notable alumni

The number of Baruch College's Living Alumni is 107,277 as of 2007-08. It is represented by alumni in all 50 US states and 85 countries abroad.

• William Newman ('47) – Founder and chairman of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc
• Lawrence N. Field ('52) – Founder and principal of NSB Associates
• Fernando Ferrer – New York City mayoral candidate in 2001 and 2005
• Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, government minister
• Po Sit ('85) – Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Dennis Levine – a prominent player in the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the mid-1980s
• Tarkan  – Turkish language singer
• Monte Conner ('86) – Senior Vice President of Roadrunner Records, A&R Dept.
• Sidney Harman ('39) – Founder and executive chairman of Harman Kardon
• Ellsworth John (BBA '87) - Ambassador, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
• James Lam ('83) – Author and first CRO (Chief Risk Officer)
• Abraham Beame ('28) – Mayor of New York City
• Sidney Harman, Owner of Newsweek
• Arthur Ainsberg (BBA '68, MBA ‘72) – Director of Independent Research, Morgan Stanley
• William F. Aldinger III ('69) – Chairman & CEO, HSBC North America Holdings
• Marvin Antonowsky (B.B.A. '49, MBA '52) – Former Executive Vice President, Columbia Pictures
• Abraham Beame ('28) – Mayor of New York City
• Nora McAniff – Former President, People Magazine and Former COO, Time, Inc.
• Larry Quinlan – CIO, Deloitte & Touche
• Carlos D. Ramirez (1946–1999), publisher of El Diario La Prensa.
• Stan Ross Vice-Chairman of Ernst and Young
• Michael I. Roth ('67) – Chairman & CEO, Interpublic Group of Companies
• JoAnn F. Ryan ('79, MS '83) – Former President & CEO of ConEdison Solutions
• Jonas Salk – Inventor of the polio vaccine and one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Important People of the Century
• Carl Spielvogel (BBA '57) – Former U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia
• Craig A. Stanley (born 1955), member of New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2008.
• David Tendler (BBA '59) – Former CEO, Phibro Corporation
• George Weissman (BBA '39 ) – Former CEO, Philip Morris International
• Larry Zicklin (1957) – Former Chairman, Neuberger Berman
• Ralph Lauren (dropped out)- Fashion designer (Polo)
• Dennis Levine ((BBA '74, MBA '76) - Prominent M&A Investment Banker
• Jennifer Lopez (dropped out)-Actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, fashion designer, television producer
• Ronald Hassen- CFO, NASDAQ
• Prince (Omubiito) Solomon Michael Okwiri Adyeri Ishagara, Omukama of Kingdom of Toro
• Michael Grimm (politician) – member of United States House of Representatives for New York's 13th congressional district.
• Akis Cleanthous - Former Minister of Education and Culture, Cyprus.

Notable faculty

• Ken Abbott - Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and Chief Operating Officer for the Market Risk Department.
• Lev Borodovsky - Co-founder of GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals), Co-author of FRM examination.
• Jim Gatheral - Head, Equity Quantitative Analytics Group, Merrill Lynch.
• Luis A. Molina - Managing Director, Commodities Index Trading, Credit Suisse.
• Sylvain Raynes - Principal, R&R Consulting.
• Robert Spruill - Head of Modeling and Analytics, Global Risk Services Group, State Street Corporation
• Leon Tatevossian - Consultant, Group Risk Management, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets.
• Martin Helm - Portfolio Manager, Deutsche Bank Alternative Trading.
• Alain Ledon - Senior Quant Developer, Portfolio Analytics Group, Bank of America.
• Jim Liew - CEO, JKL Capital Management, LLC.
• Terrence F. Martell - Former Senior Vice President, COMEX
• Anita Mayo - Consultant, IBM.
• Attilio Meucci - Chief Risk Officer at Kepos Capital LP.
• John H. Wahlert – Professor and Chair of natural sciences, Resource Faculty member of the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology and Director, American Museum of Natural History Mammal and Vertebrate Paleontology.
• David Aronson – professor of finance and a leading practitioner and proponent of objective Technical Analysis.
• Joel Brind – professor of biology and a leading scientific advocate of the abortion – breast cancer hypothesis.
• Abraham Korman – distinguished professor of Management, recognized for his contribution to theory of motivation and survey of antisemitism in the USA.
• Robert J. Myers – professor of communication and the Executive Director of the Association for Business Communication from 1994 to 2007.
• Yoshihiro Tsurumi – professor of international business, economist, internationally-recognized scholar in the fields of multinational business strategy and global competitiveness of a nation's economy
• Donna Shalala – Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Clinton Administration. Taught politics in the 1970s
• Ervand Abrahamian – The City University Distinguished Professor of History, and an expert on Middle Eastern affairs.
• Harry Markowitz – Professor of Finance, recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics (1990).
• Martin Zweig – Investor and father of the "9 to 1 Up to Down Volume Ratio".
• Jim Gatheral – Former Managing Director at Merrill Lynch. Author of the best selling book "The Volatility Surface: A Practitioner's Guide".
• Juan Jose Lázaro Sr. – Accused of spying for the Russians under deep cover inside the United States.
• Mario Cuomo – former 3-term Governor of New York State. Taught a public affairs seminar in the fall of 2008.
• Sanders Korenman - Senior Economist for labor, welfare, and education for President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. Faculty in the School of Public Affairs since 1996.
• Vera Haller - Former Editor in Chief of AM New York.
• Douglas Muzzio - A specialist in American public opinion, voting behavior and city politics and host of a public affairs program, “City Talk,” on CUNY TV.

See also

• City University of New York

References

Notes

External links

• Official website
• The Ticker newspaper web site