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In alignment with the mission of Macaulay Honors College to “offer exceptional students transformative opportunities to develop their potential beyond what they ever imagined” the Career Development Office aims to advise students and alumnae:
-to build a meaningful academic or professional career based on their interests and skills
-connect with professional development and employment resources that will help reach their goals and maximize community impact
-empowers Macaulay students to foster their talent on order to achieve their professional and post-graduation goals

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Build the skills to get hired. Life-time alumni services.

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The mission of Feminist Thought at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York is to educate the members of student body about the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes, to raise the consciousness of Macaulay students to the effect of their own actions on current feminist issues across the globe, to serve as a forum for discussion and a source of information on feminist issues, and to engage with and establish strong and lasting ties with other organizations across CUNY and the greater New York City area whose mission aligns with that of this organization.

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Membership benefits include access to and participation in a community of peers interested in learning about and advancing women's rights, rooted in equality of the sexes. Members will also have access to events, mentors, and internship and community service opportunities.

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At Humans of Macaulay, we aspire to unite the students of Macaulay from across the 8 campuses by sharing their experiences and stories in the form of interviews.

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Members have the opportunity to interview students across all CUNY campuses, fostering a sense of community. These interviews can be done in person, or even virtually through platforms such as Zoom. We hold fun workshops every semester that revolve around the storytelling of our students, to help everyone form connections!

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The Macaulay Art Tank is responsible for uniting Macaulay students from all campuses interested in arts opportunities and events in New York City. The Art Tank encourages and supports collaborative and interdisciplinary thinking, spontaneity, and creativity of all kinds. We aim to bring opportunities to students through museum/gallery trips and art-making workshops. Art Tank aims to build lasting connections between Macaulay and New York City Cultural Institutions.

Every Spring, the Macaulay Art Tank also curates Macaulay Arts Night. This initiative is one of Macaulay's biggest annual events, where a group of student curators transform the entire Macaulay Building into a giant art exhibition. The event serves as a showcase of Macaulay creative talent, featuring artwork, performances, interactive installations, and workshops. Arts Night aims to represent all Macaulay campuses through its curatorial team, artwork, and performances as a way of highlighting the diverse range of creative thinking within the Macaulay student body.

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1. Mingle and share art with a community of artists around all 8 campuses
2. Submit art to be showcased at Macaulay Arts Night in the Spring.
3. Introduce members interested in leadership to curatorial experience.
4. Attend diverse art workshops [online and hopefully later in person]

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The Macaulay Book Club offers students with the opportunity to engage in conversations about books they have read or would like to read, writing, authors, and more by selecting books to read together. Club members will then be able come together to discuss their thoughts and opinions with other Macaulay students.

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Being a part of a community, getting insights into the book industry, meeting with authors, visiting bookstores.

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The purpose of MBC is to bring the power of business to CUNY. To do this, our overarching, long-term goals are to introduce students to the numerous fields open to them, prepare them to enter these fields, and provide an environment where they can give back to the CUNY and Macaulay community.

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- Build professional networking skills.
- Build upon yourself as a professional, including resume, cover letter and elevator pitch workshops.
- Gain access to exclusive internships at places like EY, PwC, Nomura, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.
- Exposure to various sectors such as finance, accounting, marketing, management, law, etc.

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To facilitate the playing of chamber music among Macaulay Honors College students who are also classical and/or jazz musicians.

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Meet fellow talented Macaulay students from multiple campuses! Pursue the opportunity to play your instrument in college!

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As Macaulay's center for chess-related activities, MCC strives to engage students with this timeless game. We will bring all that a chess community could offer to the table on both a social, and intellectual front. Additionally, MCC aims to foster a strong relationship with NYC through competition and community service.

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-Increased chess knowledge
-Potential prizes and winnings from tournaments

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The mission of this club is to offer a space and community for those Macaulay Honors and CUNY students to collaborate in a meaningful way on comedy writing and improvisation. This club strives to give students a space to be creative and experience comedy writing, whether that be for stand-up or sketch, and be able to see their work come to life.

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- A safe and supportive environment for students to workshop comedy writing for sketches and stand up routines
- Support with promoting one's comedy on various social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok
- The opportunity to be involved at an end of year showcase
- Monthly stand-up nights for students to work through their material

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The purpose of this organization is to offer a space and community for those Macaulay Honors and CUNY students to collaborate in a meaningful way.

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Members have a space in order to collaborate and educate themselves on content creation, and progress into being the best version of themselves.

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The club would allow members to participate in character and world-building elements of a live Dungeons and Dragon game by teaching game rules and strategies and running both one-shot and semester-long Dungeons and Dragon campaigns.

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By joining the Macaulay D&D Guild members would improve their improvisation, story-telling, and visualization skills. The club can also be a space for veteran and beginner Dungeon and Dragons players to have a community to play the game with fellow CUNY students.

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The purpose of this organization shall be to promote Bollywood Fusion Dance and South Asian culture using dance through the creation of a competitive and performance Bollywood-Fusion dance team at Macaulay Honors College.

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Members of Macaulay Deewane are exposed to a variety of dance styles, as well as music; through observing choreography, learning, and practicing, members are challenged in their physical abilities and are supported as they master new forms of dance. Team members are also placed in a positive, energetic, and culturally diverse environment in which they are able to learn from and interact with students from all CUNY campuses, establishing relationships that may have otherwise been difficult. Members will be responsible for purchasing their own gear (one-time purchase), and other than that, there are no other membership fees or expenses that incur on members while participating in activities throughout the year.

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Macaulay Diversity Initiative is a team focused on uplifting the voices of Black and Latinx students at Macaulay Honors College.

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Being a member of the Diversity Initiative allows you to gain professional, public speaking, and leadership skills. It opens up your network and allows you to interacts with students across the 8 campuses. Being part of the Diversity Initiative allows you to be part of a community of changemakers who want to make a difference at Macaulay Honors College.

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To improve the physical health and well being of the Macaulay community through events and community outreach.

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When you join Macaulay FIT, you join a wonderful community of students that value health and fitness. By attending our events, you will have the opportunity to make new friends, try out a new sport, and have a fun time working out! No experience is necessary! Get them gains by participating in our weekly challenges, aka Flex Fridays (and receive prizes for it, too!). Stay informed about our upcoming events and collaborations with other clubs (and keep in touch with your new friends) on our group chat. We also share nutrition and fitness related info, resources, and volunteer opportunities. Be sure to follow us on our Instagram @macaulayfit!

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- To explore different types of cuisines around New York City
- To educate college students on cooking, the culture of food, and its application to a healthy lifestyle
- To bring the different parts of the community together through food
- To bring together all CUNY campuses through food

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Opportunity to meet foodies from across all 8 CUNY campuses.
Free or reduced pricing on food events.
Opportunities to volunteer at food events.

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We strive to educate the Macaulay community about current environmental challenges, advocating for environmentally conscious behaviors, responsible consumer choices, and sustainable college policies. Our aim is to raise the consciousness of Macaulay students about the effect of their own actions on the environment and their power to influence change. Furthermore, we serve as a forum for discussion and a source of information on environmental issues.

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Offer community service opportunities (beach clean-up)
Learn easy sustainable cooking recipes
Resources on composting, recycling, etc.

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This club is dedicated to helping students be more aware of the growing problems around the increasing numbers of the homeless. We hope to spark thinking within students and push them to actively understand the problems that homeless people face daily. Meetings will be held monthly and there will be several events a month. In order to achieve this, we will help the homeless community by organizing food and clothing drives, writing cards, going to soup kitchens and homeless shelters, and much more! In terms of expanding our knowledge about the homeless community, we will have informative meetings, which will consist of discussing laws, policies, statistics, and treatment surrounding the homeless, and media coverage of news articles describing what is happening in real-time with the homeless community.

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Members will be in a safe and open space to be able to learn about the political, social, and statistical aspects of homelessness and become more aware of the hardships homeless people face daily. From learning about homeless people's struggles, members will hopefully become advocates for the homeless.

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Our purpose is to create a welcoming community for all Macaulay/CUNY students regardless of their status in this country. We want to foster an environment in which they feel like the limitations they may face in different aspects of their lives--academic, professional, and emotional--could be overcome with the proper tools and skills, which we hope to provide through this student club.

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Being a part of the Macaulay Immigrant Support Network (MISN) will open up your network and allow you to meet fellow talented Macaulay and CUNY students from multiple campuses! Some benefits you can attain are:
- Enhance your public speaking and leadership skills by educating the CUNY community on immigration.
-Join our warm community of like-minded individuals looking to make a positive change in the world.
-Develop communication skills in a safe environment.
-Participate in community service projects and events related to helping the NYC immigrant community.
-Becoming understanding, socially aware, and up to par with relevant news in your communities.
-Engage in your civic duty via letters to your local congressman.

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The aim of the CUNY Macaulay Honors College Quadball Club is to represent the principles and values of US Quadball and uphold the rules as put forth by the US Quadball Rulebook. The club also aims to foster an appreciation for physical fitness through competitive athletic activity, as well as provide a platform for students of all CUNY campuses to interact and build relationships that can develop beyond the club itself. The opportunity will also exist through quadball to create and build relationships with students from other universities. The club will help to enforce a greater understanding and application of sportsmanship and accountability in practices, matches, and everyday life.

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Access to member-only events such as Team Bonding and members only chats.
Travel with the team to games and tournaments within the North East region of the United States.
Team jerseys and personal training from captains and coaches at practices (upon request).
Participation in planning and preparing community events.

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The Musicians' Collective is a club for all CUNY Students who enjoy playing rock, jazz, funk, and/or fusion to rehearse, write, record, and perform music together.
The Collective has a very strong emphasis on musical improvisation and collaboration.

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The Musicians' Collective provides opportunities for students to hang out and learn classic jazz standards and how to express themselves through improvisation. We also offer students to perform at a variety of events and venues, as well as help to develop original material in the form of recording and composition.

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To establish a mentoring program between members and alumni in their respective fields.
To provide engaging events that educate members on current developments in their fields.
To engage members with events that spark interest and conversations in pre-health fields.

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Benefits of this club are to educate and prepare students with necessary information about their pre-health track for undergraduate and future endeavors.

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The purpose of this organization shall be to inspire, connect, and educate students who are interested in the law. The Macaulay Pre-Law Club is a CUNY-wide organization which aims to provide students with the resources necessary to pursue and explore careers in law.

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Law school and law firm tours; LSAT and Law School Application Workshops; Alumni and Legal Professional Networking; Pre-Law Professional Assistance from Current Law Students; Legal Volunteer Experience

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To create a safe space for LGBTQ+ Macaulay students and their allies, while working to actively connect with the greater LGBTQ+ community of New York City. To achieve this goal, the Macaulay Queer Alliance will create programming for members that is focused on education, advocacy, and active engagement. Moreover, Macaulay Queer Alliance aims to create a vibrant community of LGBTQ+ students within the City University of New York (CUNY).

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Membership benefits include finding and bonding with fellow LGBTQ+ Macaulay students in a safe space as well as developing a greater understanding of LGBTQ+ issues and history.

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The Mission of the Macaulay Scholars Council (MSC) is to create an informed, enthusiastic, and involved student body.

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Macaulay Service Initiative (MSI) is a cross-campus initiative aimed at promoting and fostering a spirit of service within the Macaulay community. We aim to engage students by organizing and sharing information about virtual and in-person community service opportunities, in addition to hosting fundraising events whose proceeds will be donated to charities and/or non-profit organizations.

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Members will be exposed to and/or engage in various community service and volunteering opportunities with a diverse set of non-profit organizations. In addition to community service events, members will also be able to engage with the Macaulay Service Initiative and the Macaulay community through fundraising events, with proceeds going toward charitable causes.

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To Promote STEM Initiatives and Culture at Macaulay.

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Be part of a network that promotes STEM events, culture, and projects to the Macaulay student body. Connect Macaulay with NYC STEM Institutions.

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To help bring the powerful nature of the performing arts into the Macaulay world, and bring together students with passions, or even just small interests, in singing, dancing, and acting alike. We bring together the eight Macaulay campuses to explore theatrical techniques and their physical, psychological, emotional, social, and vocational elements. Theater can be a powerful tool, and we hope to work as a community to create a piece of entertainment for our audience while we learn about ourselves in the process.

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To participate in a theatrical production in an inclusive and team-oriented environment.

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To provide the Macaulay community with fresh new music.
To spread the Macaulay name nationwide.
To serve as a creative outlet for Macaulay students.
To entertain.

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Perform at different venues throughout New York City
Create a community between the members from various campuses in Macaulay
Opportunities to travel to other colleges to perform

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Our mission is to gather Macaulay students across the eight campuses and discover our interests in the field of computer science together. We will create together, we will compete together. This is a community interested in accelerating a technologically driven future.

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Mentorship from upperclassmen for specific programs in CUNY that would greatly accelerate underclassmen's growth in technology-related fields, alumni, and industry veterans from startups to large-sized companies. Find other Macaulay students to participate in hackathons, and also receive some help where we work together to brainstorm ideas, share experiences and struggles, teach each other the latest development tools, form groups based on similar interests, and compete to win hackathons. Work on your resume and other professional practices to tailor them to land their first technical job. Students will leave this club with a resume full of skills, a portfolio full of projects, priceless connections, internship opportunities, and a lucrative career.

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To expand Peace Action New York State’s vision and mission to the Macaulay Honors College and CUNY at large: to mobilize, connect, and organize students, faculty, alumni, and community activists to demand an end to militarism and build a positive peace through a diversity of tactics.

To be a decentralized, horizontal student organization that seeks to tap into the revolutionary and radical potential of the student body of CUNY, creating an open and safe space for students to express their identities and politics and thereby allowing radical ideas and actions to be easily and freely produced and reproduced.

To support abolition and liberation in all forms, and being unafraid in doing so. Militarism and war, which the national and state Peace Action activists have dedicated their work to opposing, cannot be removed from the systems of racism, cis-heteronormative patriarchy, imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and carceralism. A genuine, positive peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but also the absence of any forms of oppression or social tensions. Action for peace involves reimagining our world and justice.

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Engage with other students in activism and education on important issues through cross-campus events, with professional organizations, and by attending conferences like the Student Peace Conference with students from across New York State.

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The Orientation Leaders/Peer Mentors help incoming Macaulay Honors College students
discover and pursue their passions and interests, adjust to life at Macaulay Honors College, and
develop the skills needed to become strong leaders within and outside Macaulay Honors College.
The Orientation Leaders/Peer Mentors pair new Macaulay Honors students with upper-class
mentors who will lead small group sessions designed to help students discover their passions and
interests and to set themselves up for postgraduate success. They will cultivate discussions about
model participation in an academic discussion through careful listening and incisive but
respectful speaking. Peer Mentors will also check in with students to ensure that they are thriving
in their college and extracurricular environment, and help connect the student to resources when
necessary.

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Each new honors student is placed on a team led by one to two peer mentors. Mentors, who have
undergone a rigorous selection process, are committed to helping first-year students not only
adjust to college life, but also discover and pursue their passions and interests, and develop the
necessary skills to become great leaders on campus. Mentors and mentees meet regularly over
the course of the academic year through small group meetings and one on one check-ins.

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The purpose of Scribe shall be to serve as a creative outlet for the Macaulay community. The Creative Writing Club will be a place for all members of the Macaulay community to meet, get inspired, and create and share their creative works. At the same time, Scribe will seek out these creative works—whether they are art, photography, novels, short stories, or in some other medium—and publish them in periodic print issues, as well as in accessible digital formats as necessary. We want to provide the creative writers of the Macaulay community with constructive peer-editors who will revise and give suggestions on creative works before they are published.

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Any Macaulay student who becomes a member of Scribe will be able to participate in periodic group activities and outings exploring our different interests in art, photography, culture, poetry, and prose. They will also have access to editors for advice on their art, photography, and writing and may be assigned to produce certain pieces for online publication.

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Foster community and celebration among the graduating class. Split into 3 subcommittees:
-Legacy Gift Subcommittee: Offers input and ideas on the senior class gift and helps to promote to other graduating seniors
-Senior Events Subcommittee: Plans and hosts 1+ student-run event for graduating seniors
-Senior Awards Subcommittee: Offers input and ideas for the Senior Awards Event; brainstorm how to recognize academic and leadership achievements; helps to promote to other graduating seniors

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-Help plan events and celebratory efforts for the senior class

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Spoon University is an online platform for college students around the world to share their thoughts and experiences with food, ranging from restaurant reviews to recipes to nutrition. CUNY's chapter of Spoon University aims to add diversity to this resource by sharing family traditions and study abroad experiences. We are also here to build a reputation for Macaulay and CUNY as New York City's hidden academic and cultural mine.

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Spoon University members will have the chance to build a publication and to write and publish original articles, photos, and videos that add diversity to the online platform. Members will also have the chance to experiment with different marketing strategies to grow their audience. Joining CUNY's chapter of Spoon University gives members a space to share their traditions and experience with a larger community while having their work published online.

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The Student Lounge Volunteers (SLVs) are current Macaulay students who volunteer their time and energy to supporting the Macaulay student community. They host virtual lounge rooms and events, plan virtual student activities, and serve as a peer resource for any student looking to be more connected.

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TEDx is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of TED’s overall mission to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.” TEDxCUNY brings the spirit of TED to the CUNY community by providing a space for CUNY's brightest thinkers to share their experiences. TEDxCUNY received its license on July 26th, 2014 and has since become a recurring CUNY event gathering students, faculty, staff, affiliates, and the broader public for a day of idea-sharing.

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Full-access to planning meetings, conference convenings, and other valuable networking events are among the many benefits of membership. These events are organized by passionate individuals who seek to uncover new ideas and to share the latest research in their local areas that spark conversations in their communities.

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We want to keep you connected to Macaulay and your fellow alumni with events, services and professional opportunities designed just for you.

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Your former classmates understand the value of a Macaulay experience better than anyone. They readily provide recommendations, guidance and information to help you succeed post-graduation.

Lifetime professional services are available from us no matter when you graduated.

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As Macaulay Honors College's official student newspaper and news site, The Messenger's mission is to inform and engage its readers by reporting on the topics that matter to everyday Macaulay students. Through honing in our journalism skills, we will serve as a nonpartisan student publication whose work is grounded in fact and research, and attempt to highlight the important and interesting stories that Macaulay students care about.

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By participating in The Macaulay Messenger, club members will be able to develop an understanding of various journalism skills, concepts, and ideas. Students will also have an opportunity to build a name for themselves by reporting on different stories, and then have their work published on The Messenger’s website, thereby building a mini portfolio for themselves to use as reference. In the end, students, regardless of their major, passions and/or experiences with journalism, will develop a greater appreciation for writing and storytelling.

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The mission of this organization shall be to foster a network of research-oriented individuals in a variety of fields and to offer support to said individuals through speeches and networking with guest professors who come to speak about their research. The Research Club will serve as a support group not just to the STEM research field but also research within humanities, in which we will meet twice a month to discuss the progress of students’ research and organize events that will aid in their research, such as bringing in professors, librarians, and other college professionals. We will ask students to bring any form of research (articles, social media posts) with them to meetings so they can share things that they learned. We also want to remind students that research is not always associated with STEM, as that is a common misconception. Students should understand that research in humanities is required for the advancement of society, and we will do that by inviting researchers from humanities fields and discussing research in humanities. The ultimate goal is to have students connect with potential professors and possibly get them research opportunities and experiences that they can take with them throughout their academic careers.

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Membership benefits include exposure to research methods, as well as networking opportunities with professionals.