Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies
Spotlight
Pace Academy Launches New Faculty Scholars Program
The Pace Academy Faculty Scholars Program promotes the application of scholarship and research to pedagogy, service, and policy to advance a mutually enhancing relationship between humans and nature. A scholarly body of work will be cultivated and made available to the Pace community and beyond.
Applications due May 30, 2012The goals of the program are to:
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Recognize, reward and galvanize faculty involved in interdisciplinary, environmentally themed pedagogy, scholarship, policy development and service.
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Promote and connect the talent of faculty working collaboratively on environmental issues across disciplines at Pace University.
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Create and sustain a community of faculty scholars from diverse perspectives working on issues connected to environmental studies.
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Foster faculty-student research and scholarship.
- Encourage scholarly activity that advances the level and sophistication of environmental studies at Pace University.
The Hudson River Experience
Six professors, one course, a world-renowned river. Open to all undergraduate students, The Hudson River Experience is a model of interdisciplinary collaboration and learning that explores the Hudson’s role in the nation’s history and culture, science and technology, business and law.
The course (MGT396U/CIT396C) is running during the Spring 2012 semester, and is taught collaboratively by six faculty members from different departments and schools within the University. The course was developed with the intention of teaching students not only about the many environmental, business, and artistic influences of the river, but also how to cultivate the skills they need to think outside of the box and to work together in a collaborative way. Read more in Opportunitas.
Glenn T. Prickett - Fall 2011 Visiting Fellow
Pace Academy’s Visiting Scholar Program brought conservation expert, Glenn T. Prickett, to Pace University the week of October 17, 2011.
Glenn Prickett is Chief External Affairs Officer at The Nature Conservancy, the leading organization working around the world to protect lands and waters for people and nature. Glenn is a member of the Conservancy’s executive team and oversees international and U.S. government relations, corporate practices and sustainability efforts, and relationships with leading international institutions and nonâgovernmental organizations. Glenn joined The Nature Conservancy in January 2010 after two decades working on international environment and development policy.
Andrew Revkin Wins 2nd National Academies Communication Award
Andrew C. Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at Pace Academy, and Dot Earth blogger for The New York Times, is one of the most influential and respected reporters on the environment. He is the first two-time recipient of the National Academies Communication Award.
Bestowed jointly by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, this year, Revkin has been recognized for pioneering work in online environmental journalism in his New York Times Dot Earth blog. At Pace University, students in his “Blogging a Better Planet” will be collecting, testing, refining and disseminating ways to make information matter. Follow (and join) the discussions on Twitter using the hashtag #paceblog.
Pace Press ReleaseHudson River Advocate John Cronin Awarded Jefferson Gold Medal
Renowned environmentalist and Pace University Senior Fellow for Environmental Affairs John Cronin was presented with the prestigious Jefferson Award in a ceremony in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2011. Cronin was honored for a career spanning four decades "on the front line of water quality issues." The Jefferson Award, now in its 39th year, is named for Thomas Jefferson and was founded by former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as a "Nobel Prize for public service."
In remarks at the ceremony, Cronin credited folksinger Pete Seeger and Pace University as his sources of inspiration. "When Pete took me under his wing in 1973, he said, 'If we all work together we can change the Hudson River; we can even change the world.' At the time I thought it impossible but his words proved to be the truest I have ever heard. Pace University lives by that credo and has given me the opportunity to reach thousands. We all stand on the shoulders of giants. I have been privileged to stand on theirs." Read full press release.
Memberships
Pace Academy underwrites the University’s annual membership to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).
Pace University is a member of AASHE - the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and a subscriber to its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS). All members of the Pace community are encouraged to establish an individual account and subscribe to the AASHE Bulletin, a free weekly e-newsletter with latest news, resources, opportunities, and events related to campus sustainability.
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision-making.
NCSE specializes in programs that foster collaboration between the diverse institutions and individuals creating and using environmental knowledge, including research, education, environmental, and business organizations as well as governmental bodies at all levels.
Important Dates
Pace Students to Premiere Documentary Film
In a new documentary, “Battle Behind the Bottle: A Documentary on the Cork Question,” a team of Pace University student filmmakers explores “the connection between the bottle of wine on your table and the fate of faraway forests.”
The Pace Community and the public is invited to the premiere of the film on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30pm, Pace University, Willcox Hall auditorium. Refreshments will be served.
The student filmmakers and their professor Maria Luskay, along with Senior Fellow, Andrew Revkin, will hold a panel discussion on the making of the film.There is a connection between the bottle of wine on your restaurant table and the fate of forests that are repositories for wildlife across Southern Europe and parts of North Africa, and a source of livelihood for 100,000 people – the cork. The 2012 documentary course will focus on the cork industry in Portugal. Students wrote, shot and produced the documentary.
Follow the team on their blog.
7th Annual Student Summit of the Environmental Consortium
Be inspired, informed, and gain new perspective as professionals from diverse environmentally related employment sectors will join students during lunch and visit each table to highlight different career paths and provide industry insight. Event includes a career and graduate program fair. Details.
Programs
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSORTIUM
ENVIRONMENTAL DVD LIBRARY
Looking for a compelling documentary or film to complement your course curriculum? Don't have time to hassle with orders and funding? Look no further! Pace Academy's growing library of DVDs and videos is available to Pace faculty.
ENVIRONMENTAL GATEWAY
The Pace University Environmental Gateway is a University-wide resource which provides information and links to Pace's environmental degrees, courses, publications, institutes, international programs and student-focused opportunities. www.pace.edu/environment
GREENPACE
Pace Academy is the lead coordinator of Pace's university-wide sustainability committee, GreenPace. Established by the Office of the Provost in 2008, the committee consists of diverse representatives of the Pace community, including faculty, associate deans, students, alumni, senior administration, service and facility managers, and meets twice a semester to discuss and recommend goals, priorities, and sustainability projects.
www.pace.edu/sustainability
