Student Honors and Awards
 New York City Advertising Team with Keith Reinhard, Chairman, DDB Worldwide |
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 Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) |
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 Beta Alpha Psi |
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 National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) |
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 NYSSA Investment Research Challenge Team |
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 Pace University Marketing Association |
On the first day of the 2012 American Advertising Federation's (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC), the New York City Advertising Team placed third in a field of eight teams. The "client" for the 2012 competition was Nissan USA. The NSAC is the premier college advertising challenge and it is also referred to as the "Olympics of Advertising." It provides more than 3,000 college students with real-world experience by requiring them to devise an integrated marketing communications campaign for a corporate sponsor. For more information about the New York City Advertising Team and its activities, visit webpage.pace.edu/paceadteam or e-mail lchiagouris@pace.edu. For more information about the Pleasantville Advertising Team and its activities, e-mail pkurnit@pace.edu.
Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA)
The Pace University chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) ranked 1st place in the North East Region at the 2010 KPMG accounting case competition, held on August 2010 in Orlando, Florida. The ALPFA/KPMG case study competition is an annual event sponsored by KPMG LLP. The event provides finance and accounting students with the opportunity to compete on both a regional and national level with the assistance of partners and managers from KPMG. It also provides students with the opportunity to network with finance and accounting professionals from one of the leading Latino organizations in the United States. For more information about the chapter and its activities, visit pace.alpfany.org or e-mail ALPFAPaceChapter@gmail.com.
Beta Alpha Psi
In March 2012, Lubin's Iota Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi was the only one to place in all three professional categories of the Best Practices Competition at the 2012 Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting. The chapter placed first in the "Social Networking" category and second in both "Dealing With Changes" and "Out Of The Box" categories. Beta Alpha Psi is the national honors fraternity for financial information professionals. For more information about the chapter and its activities, visit webpage.pace.edu/betaalphapsi or e-mail bap@pace.edu.
Investment Research Challenge Team
The Pace NYSSA (New York Society of Security Analysts) Investment Research Challenge Team continues to do well. In NYSSA's Sixth Annual Investment Research Challenge equity research report competition in 2008, they placed second with a very creative report. The Pace team competed against teams from universities in the New York area, including Rutgers Business School, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, and Fordham University's Graduate School of Business. The Pace team has been involved in the competition since its inception and has won or placed well in four of six years. For more information about the Investment Research Challenge Team, e-mail P.V. Viswanath at pviswanath@pace.edu.
National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
For the seventh year of the past eight years, the Pace Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) attained first place in its membership Division in the Association's annual competition for the quality, variety and quantity of Chapter activities. The Pace Chapter of NABA was recognized at the 2009 NABA National Convention in New Orleans for its outstanding achievement. Chapter President Denisha Patrick and Chapter Secretary Tiffany Lovell were presented with a banner to commend the Chapter's excellent performance. For more information about the chapter and its activities, visit www.nabapace.org or contact Alan Rabinowitz at arabinowitz@pace.edu.
Pace University's Marketing Association (PUMA)
At the 2012 American Marketing Association International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans, Pace students represented the New York City and Pleasantville chapters of the Pace University Marketing Association (PUMA). The teams competed against many schools from across the country, winning a total of four awards. The New York chapter won awards for hosting the regional conference and for Outstanding Chapter Planning. The Pleasantville chapter won awards for Outstanding Chapter Planning and for Professional Development. For more information about the PUMA chapter and its activities, please contact dsandler@pace.edu (NYC) or pgopalakrishna@pace.edu (PLV).
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