Winnie Chin, a Baruch Scholar, has found a unique way to merge art and commerce. To satisfy her desire for financial security, she made marketing her major. For aesthetics, Chin decided on an art history minor. “I love studying and analyzing the visual arts,” she says. Today, she interns in the marketing department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art working on its Web team and, in the process, studying art. “This is my second time interning there. I love it so much. Luckily they like me too.”
To broaden her horizons even further, the Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch sent Chin to do an internship at Jupiter Research, an e-commerce research company in London, where she was also part of a Web team. “I was only there for two months, but in that time I accomplished a lot.” She took advantage of sightseeing opportunities as well. “I was doing everything alone. But in a way that’s even better. You can really have your own experience.”
Back in the U.S., Chin has been the program director of the Golden Key International Honor Society for the past two years. “I direct all the community service events throughout the College. I recruit volunteers and manage a whole team of coordinators.”
Chin was drawn to Baruch because of its multicultural mix. “It’s the most diverse college in the nation. This is what makes America America. You are taking pieces of the whole world and bringing them together. You are surrounded by all this richness.”
That’s why after graduation Chin would like to stay at the Met.

“I’m definitely aiming for a job there. I love what I do, and it
coincides with what I’ve been studying at Baruch perfectly. The Met, like Baurch, fosters diversity and cultural understanding. I can’t imagine working anywhere else.”

—CF