Monthly YES Recognition Winners

New York City - August

Sia Bundor, Human Resources, New York

Recognized by Bernadette Baumann, Human Resources, NYC:
Sia worked diligently with me on updating two orientation presentations and presenting the material over a two-day period. Sia did this while assisting me with coverage while two of our staff members were on vacation. Sia was a wonderful co-presenter in both sessions and her expertise was greatly appreciated by Adjuncts and Chairs. The feedback from both sessions has been great. Our team is grateful for her hard work and dedication to our employees.

Recognized by Anna Beskin, Faculty Center, Pleasantville:
Bernadette and Sia, thank you for your flexibility, your warmth and your general willingness to help. We couldn't have asked for better presentations on both Tuesday 8/22 and Wednesday 8/23. Truly thank you!

Westchester - August

Cathy Raynis Meeker, First-Year Experience, Westchester

Recognized by Jennifer Talbot, New Student Experience and Transitions, Pleasantville:
I want to sincerely thank and recognize my three wonderful colleagues Allyson King, Cathy Raynis Meeker and Larry Ruth for all of their kindness and support in taking on numerous projects presentations and work to ensure our students and colleagues were supported Orientation sessions were successful and planning for the Fall semester while I was unexpectedly out of the office. Our department has a small staff and always a tremendous amount of work to do, most of it student-facing and my wonderful colleagues stepped in to support me and take on my work (on top of their own) without hesitation. As if this wasn't reason enough to be incredibly thankful, I am equally grateful for Allyson and Cathy welcoming our colleague Larry in his new role and helping him to become situated and to Larry for immediately jumping in to assist colleagues and students despite having only been in his new role for less than a week! I am truly grateful to each of my colleagues for their kindness, compassion, and expertise. Thank you all so very much!

Yes I Make It Happen Monthly Nominees

All Employees recognized in the month of August 2023 (PDF)

Previous University–Wide Monthly YES Winners

July 2023

Nicholas Carrozza, Information Technology Services, New York

Recognized by Jaclyn Kopel, Honors College, NYC: Thank you for everything you did for the Honors College this year! It takes a village to help our students and you help us make it happen. We appreciate all of your efforts to help us and our students whether it was with documents, events Degree Works changes, financial aid research, scheduling and more. Your partnership means the world to us and we look forward to continuing to work together in the future.

Jill Olimpieri, Seidenberg School of CSIS, Westchester

Recognized by Jaclyn Kopel, Honors College, NYC: Thank you for everything you did for the Honors College this year! It takes a village to help our students and you help us make it happen. We appreciate all of your efforts to help us and our students whether it was with documents events Degree Works changes financial aid research scheduling and more. Your partnership means the world to us and we look forward to continuing to work together in the future.

June 2023

Emily Bent, Women & Gender Studies, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences,New York*

Recognized by Sue Maxam, Office of the Provost/EVP Academic Affairs, NYC/Westchester: I can't thank you enough for volunteering to be interviewed by one of our SOE graduate students doing her capstone research project! Your kindness in wanting to support students doing research (especially during the summer when you are theoretically off!) is just so inspiring and appreciated!! I'm so grateful to you!!!!

Dana Cadman, English, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Westchester*

May 2023

Jeanne Costello, Office of the President, New York

Recognized by Nila Bhaumik, Vice President/CHRO, NYC/Westchester: I would like to nominate Jeanne for a YES award because she is just such an amazing person to work with and interact. She embodies the professionalism of the Office of the President but with a kind friendly demeanor that makes us feel very comfortable and easy even as a relative newcomer. Thank you!

Sven Latinovic, Seidenberg School of CSIS, Westchester

Recognized by Jean Gallagher, Administrative Planning, Westchester, and the Commencement Team: Thank you for working with us at Commencement 2023. It takes a tremendous team effort to make the day a success and we could not have done it without your hard work and commitment. Our graduates and their families appreciate your dedication as do all of us in the Pace Community. Again thank you!

April 2023

Meghana Nayak, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, New York

Recognized by Sue Maxam, Office of the Provost /EVP Academic Affairs, NYC/Westchester: Thank you, Meghana, for your profound empathy and compassion. I wish I would adequately describe what your support has meant to me. As Maya Angelou so eloquently said: “People will forget what you said people will forget what you did but people will never forget how you made them feel.” That is exactly the case with me as I will never forget your kindness!

Michael Falco, ITS, Westchester

Recognized by Nancy DeRiggi, Planning/Assessment/Research, Westchester: Michael assisted me when I had to pick up a monitor from the Pleasantville campus. He was extremely professional and helpful and even volunteered to carry the heavy item to my car. I have not been on campus for a few weeks and it was a good reminder of how friendly and helpful the ITS team is. Thank you Michael for being proactive professional and accountable!

March 2023

Maria Iacullo-Bird, History, New York*

Recognized by Heather Novak, Center for Community Action and Research, Westchester: CCAR is pleased to nominate the following individuals for their participation in the review process of the 2022-2023 Jefferson Award Nominations. They provide their insights and expertise to scout the next generation of winner and we could not do it without them. Not only do they demonstrate a high commitment to community engagement and are models to the Pace community as former winners but they take time out of their schedules to select their new colleagues. We receive more nominations than awards and it is a difficult task. They make it seem easy when it is not and we are grateful.

^{*Elizabeth Colon, Harriet Feldman, Jolina Halloran, Jessica Magaldi, Natalie Sobchak, Mary Stambaugh and Emily Welty were also nominated. Maria Iacullo-Bird was the winner of the random movie ticket drawing.}

Sue Maxam, Office of the Provost/EVP Academic Affairs, NYC/Westchester

Recognized by Janice Russo, Human Resources: Sue Maxam is the champion of anything positive at Pace. She never fails to provide encouragement, express gratitude, and offer a cheerful word to everyone she works with. She is professional, accessible, respectful, accountable, proactive, and so much more! Thank you, Sue, for being a champion of HR's Health & Wellness Program and for just being you! I so appreciate your presence in my work life.