PLV- Fall 2010

Honors Ice Cream Ice Breaker
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

12:20-1:15pm (common hour)

*Ice Cream will be served*

Gottesman Room, Kessel

Student Center

Join the Pforzheimer Honors College for ice cream and the opportunity to meet fellow Honors students. The advisors from various honor societies on campus will speak about each of their prestigious organizations. Representatives from various university services will also speak.

 

 

Tour of Citi Field Baseball

Stadium

Friday, September 24, 2010

12:00-4:00pm

*Reservations required*

 

Experience the legend of Mets baseball by taking the ultimate behind the scenes tour of CitiField. Pace bus leaves at 12:00pm from Miller Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 4:00pm. There is a $5 charge, which must be paid in advance to reserve your seat on the bus.

 

 

Trip to Six Flags Great Adventure

Jackson, NJ

Saturday, October 2, 2010

8:30am-8:00pm

*Reservations required*

 

Travel to this theme park, home of the world’s largest and fastest roller coaster, Kingda Ka.  There is a $15 charge, which must be paid in advance to reserve your seat on the bus.

Pace bus leaves at 8:30am from North Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 8:00pm.

 

 

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Presentation: In Our Own Voices

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

3:35-4:30pm (common hour)

Butcher Suite, Kessel Student Center

 

NAMI has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. The In Our Own Voice (IOOV) presentation is a unique public education program developed by NAMI, in which two trained consumer speakers share compelling personal stories about living with mental illness and achieving recovery. IOOV is an opportunity for those who have struggled with mental illness to gain confidence and to share their individual experiences of recovery and transformation. Throughout the IOOV presentation, audience members are

encouraged to offer feedback and ask questions.

Co-sponsored with Golden Key International Honor Society.

 

 

Make A Difference Day – Pace Reads at the Mt. Pleasant Library

Sunday, October 17, 2010

12:45-3:15pm

*Reservations required*

 

Make A Difference Day is a national service day dedicated to helping other people - a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. We will be reading books to the children of the Pleasantville community. Bus leaves Pace at 12:45pm from North Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 3:15pm.

Co-sponsored with Golden Key International Honor Society and the Center for Community Action and Research.

 

 

Make A Difference Day - Paint a School Day with NYCares

Saturday, October 23, 2010

7:30am-3:30pm

*Reservations required*

Be one of 100 Pace students from Westchester and New York as we converge on an elementary school in New York City that needs a makeover! Pace students will be painting doors, the gym, colorful murals, and planting flower bulbs to help this needy school. Pace bus leaves at 7:30am from North Hall on the

Pleasantville campus, and should return by 3:30pm. Co-sponsored with the Center for Community Action and Research.

 

 

Honors Open Meeting

Guest Speaker: Dr. Alex Azarchs, Economics Department

Monday, November 1, 2010

12:20-1:15pm (common hour) *Snacks will be served*

Gottesman Room, Kessel Student Center

Share your ideas for future Honors events and Honors courses with Dr. Morreale and fellow Honors

students.

 

 

Trip to the United Nations 

Manhattan, NY

Friday, November 5, 2010

10:00am-3:00pm

*Reservations required*

Explore the United Nations with a guided tour. Lunch is not provided, but there will be an opportunity to purchase lunch after the tour.

Bus leaves Pace at 10:00am from Miller Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 3:00pm.

Co-sponsored with the UNICEF C.H.I.L.D.

Project and Golden Key International Honors Society.
 

 

Dinner and Dancing with Over the Top

Friday,

November 19, 2010

8:00-11:00pm

Victor's Restaurant Hawthorne , NY

*Reservations required*

 

Come and enjoy a night at Ciro’s with the band Over the Top, which headlines Honors student, Jessica Calamera. Victor's is an Italian family style restaurant, where all will enjoy a buffet meal while listening to Westchester’s number one party band. There is a $10 charge, which must be paid in advance to reserve your seat on the bus.

Pace bus leaves at 7:40pm from Miller Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 11:20pm.

 

 

Wrapping Gifts for Underprivileged Children
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

3:35-4:30pm (common hour) *Pizza will be served*

Butcher Suite, Kessel Student Center

Make the holiday season brighter--join the Honors College in wrapping presents for underprivileged children. Let your creative side emerge for this worthwhile event! Ms Candida Fitts, Director of Volunteers at the Children’s Village, will speak.

Co-sponsored with Golden Key International Honor Society.

 

 

Decorate the Pleasantville Cottage School for the Holidays
Saturday, December 4, 2010

10:30am-1:20pm

*Reservations required*

The Honors College and the

Center for Community Action and Research will decorate four cottages for the holidays at the

Pleasantville Cottage School, while getting an

introduction to residential treatment centers from

Ms Phina Geiger, Director of Volunteers at the Pleasantville Cottage School.

Bus leaves Pace at 10:30am from North Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 1:20pm.

Co-sponsored with the Center for Community Action and Research and the Golden Key t5

International Honor Society.

 

 

Honors Yoga Workshop
Thursday, December 9, 2010

4:00-5:00pm

1st floor, Goldstein Fitness Center

*Reservations required*

Relax all of your pre-finals stress and anxiety by attending a yoga workshop taught by Prof. Laurice Nementz. Please wear comfortable clothing.