DYSON COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

 

Faculty and Staff

Active citizenship and social responsibility extends to all areas of the university community.  Pace’s faculty and staff lead by example.  The Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) provides opportunities for faculty development, support for creating an AOK1 course, research on service-learning, as well as volunteering, and adjudicates the Jefferson Awards at Pace University.

Did You Know?

University Director for Student Success, Susan Maxam, received the 2008 Jefferson Award Gold Medallion for Service at the national ceremony in Washington D.C.

Over 60 faculty teach community-based learning courses.  Professors Bob Chapman, Dan Greenberg, Roger Salerno, and Distinguished Professor Karla Jay have been incorporating community-based learning into their classrooms for over a decade.

Faculty Development Opportunities
The Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) provides opportunities for publication and funding. 
 

Request for Proposals: Periclean Faculty Leadership Program
Deadline: February 1, 2010

The National Project Pericles Office, in conjunction with The Teagle Foundation and the Eugene M. Lang Foundation is requesting nominations from Periclean colleges and universities for faculty participants in the Periclean Faculty Leadership Program. One grant in the amount of $5000 will be awarded to a faculty member at each Periclean Institution. The first class of 30 Periclean Leaders will be selected by April 2010 and will begin their fellowship in April 2010. The fellowship will end in December 2011. At the campus level, we anticipate that the Periclean Leader will serve as a model for other faculty at their campus and will serve as both an advocate and thought leader for campus civic engagement activities. At the national level, the Periclean Leaders will achieve a broad impact by presenting their work to hundreds of their peers. Half of the grant will be awarded when the Periclean Faculty Leaders are announced and half after the Faculty Leader completes all required activities including the evaluation.

Proposal packages must be emailed to mmurphy@pace.edu by February 1, 2010. In addition, a hard copy should be submitted to: Dr. Mary Ann Murphy, Director of Project Pericles at Pace University.

>> View eligibility and program requirements
 

Announcing the 2009 Project Pericles Faculty-Student Research Grant Winners

Project Pericles at Pace University is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Chris Malone and students Stephanie Robayo and Jaclyn Kopel are the recipients of the 2009 Project Pericles Faculty-Student Research Grant. Malone, Robayo and Kopel will investigate levels of civic engagement and political participation among New York City high school students. Pace University is a member of Project Pericles, a national organization of colleges and universities committed to making socially responsible and participatory citizenship an essential part of educational programs in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community. Project Pericles at Pace offers grants, teaching assistantships, and community placement assistance for faculty and students.

Project Pericles Faculty-Student Research Grant
Pace University’s community based learning initiative, specifically, its Civic Engagement and Public Values (AOK1) course requirement has been extremely successful and has led to Pace University receiving a Carnegie Foundation designation for both Community Partnerships and Curricular Engagement. As a consequence Project Pericles at Pace solicits proposals for faculty-student research projects that investigate important social issues.

>> View the grant proposal guidelines
>> View the grant cover sheet