December Newsflash

Commuters: Add Additional Funds to Meal Plan
A new web application developed by ITS in conjunction with Auxillary Services provides commuter students with the option to add additional funds using TouchNet to their campus meal plan.  Students can access the web application by visiting the following site: https://appsrv.pace.edu/MealPlan.

Justice Blog Site
Pace’s 2012-2014 theme, Justice – Equality, Freedom, has brought about the need for a dedicated page for student discussions and event information.  ITS and the Office of Student Success has developed a blog site to offer students a centralized discussion board blog for justice related articles, questions, and theme dialogue.  To view the blog site, refer to the following link: http://www.pace.edu/office-student-success/Justice/quotes-and-discussions.

Pace Cares Site
To assist in the recovery support efforts, Pace held a Pace Cares Day on Friday, November 16th.  ITS contributed technical support to build the Pace Cares website and volunteer day form.  View the results of this successful event and find more information on how to help those in need as a result of Hurricane Sandy: http://www.pace.edu/pace-cares. 

School News

New Law School Portal Channel
ITS and the Law School have worked together to create a Portal channel geared for Law School students.  This channel features Law School directory links so students can easily access key sites pertaining to the Law School.  The new channel is available within MyPace Portal (http://portal.pace.edu) under the Student tab.

Dyson Course Evaluations
Course evaluation is critical in providing constructive feedback to faculty and their departments on the quality of instruction delivered at Pace.  Dyson College is urging students taking Dyson courses to participate.  To begin the evaluation, refer to the following link: https://www.digitalmeasures.com/login/pace/student.  Log in using your MyPace Portal Username and Password.  It is important that you complete all of your Dyson College Course evaluations by Friday, December 14th to avoid the Dyson College grade delay.  For more details on the Dyson Course Evaluation process, please refer to the following link: Important Course Evaluation Information.