On this episode of RADical Hope Radio, Lucy is talking to Jerry McKinstry who is the Director of Public Affairs for Pace University in Westchester County.
“The parties are going at each other with claws,” said Bennett Gershman, a former prosecutor in the New York state anti-corruption office who teaches law at Pace University.
“I think this took far too long. They should have hit the gas immediately upon starting the investigation,” Dr. Darrin Porcher, a former NYPD lieutenant and adjunct professor at Pace University’s School of Criminal Justice, says.
As with other images featuring beautiful bookshelves, people go absolutely bananas for it. Mr. Winslow’s post received 1,700 comments, including one from a professor at Pace University who has been using the photo as his Zoom background.
Marvin Krislov became the eighth president of Pace University in August 2017. He is deeply committed to Pace’s mission of Opportunitas—providing all students, regardless of economic background, access to the transformative power of education.
Calling all proposals for this year’s Institute for Teaching and Learning. Submit your interactive workshop or presentation that celebrates stories of resilience, diversity, and wellness through challenging times. Faculty should submit their proposals no later than February 27.
The yearly Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) promotes faculty excellence through dialogue with others throughout the University, encouraging collaboration from all disciplines and levels.
This year’s ITL celebrates a diverse vision of our resilience during a challenging time and provides the opportunity to share how we have risen through these difficulties to highlight positive outcomes, featuring three keynote addresses:
Keynote Speaker: Estela Lugo will highlight her work as a disabilities advocate and provide attendees a motivational perspective on wellness and the forces that drive us to find purpose.
Keynote Speaker: Laura Tamman, a veteran political strategist who has advised hundreds of candidates, brings her expertise in ways to support the Pace Community in shining a positive light on our work from a more public perspective.
Keynote Speaker: Bryan Dewsbury, PhD, will discuss his team’s research projects that investigate the social context of teaching and learning, as well as his work helping faculty transforming their practice pertaining to inclusive education.
Consistent with the theme of cultivating a diverse vision of resilience, this call for proposals invites interactive workshops and presentations that address any of the following topics:
Please use this link to submit a proposal. Your proposal should be 150-words describing a 45-minute session that demonstrates innovative and unconventional efforts that faculty, staff, and/or students can use to advance the ITL’s overall theme of a diverse vision of resilience. If you have any questions, please email facultycenter@pace.edu.
The deadline to submit a proposal for ITL is Sunday, February 27. Responses to proposals will be sent out by March 31.
At Pace, Aissatou Gningue has consistently challenged herself. She’s been a UN Millennium Fellow, Orientation leader, and is launching a new Entrepreneurship Club—in addition to being in a five-year MBA program and double majoring in accounting and political science with a minor in pre-law. Her philosophy: “What’s the point if it’s not challenging?”
What does it take to be one of New York’s famed Rockettes? A lot! Hundreds of dancers compete for just 80 spots, and this year 14 of those spots went to current Pace students and alumni.
Studying in New York City has always been a dream of Maud-Amelie’s. We talked to her about her time at Pace and how the relationships she has been building here have impacted her studies.
From pitching a Pace partnership with Lyft to completing a summer internship at Comcast, Julian Alston ’18 is preparing to conquer the business world while taking in all that the Pleasantville Campus has to offer.
Julian Alston ’18 values his tight knit-community at Pace Pleasantville—a smaller university setting full of unique opportunities and experiences in the heart of a campus that has fostered his immense pride for Pace.
My favorite thing about being a Pace student is the diversity of my campus. Pleasantville is smaller but it still feels big because of all the different people we have here from across the country and the world.
As a junior, Alston has already explored a wide range of organizations, internships, and job opportunities on campus to help him reach his goal of leaving a positive legacy on the Pleasantville Campus.
He currently serves as Student Government Association (SGA) Vice President of Administration, he is a mentor in the African American, Latino, Asian, and Native American (AALANA) program, and he is a member of the Lambda Sigma National Honor Society, the Urban Male Initiative, and the Black Student Union.
After getting elected to SGA and considering ways he could positively impact the community, Alston realized there was a need for better transportation to help make getting around the community easier and safer, he says.
“I want to leave my mark in a positive way and have my community taken care of,” he says. “On campus, there are a lot of parking and driving issues, so I thought, is there a possibility to have a partnership with Lyft?”
Instead of driving your own car, waiting for a bus, or calling a cab, Lyft users can request a ride through an app on their phone and be taken to their destination by a local driver in a matter of minutes—providing an easier way for students to go to and from the airport, bars, grocery store, and more.
He pioneered and pitched an idea for a partnership between Lyft and Pace through which students would be able to score special discounts and Lyft would provide more drivers in “hotspots”—popular pick up and drop off locations such as Shoprite in Pleasantville and Grand Central in NYC.
“I want to keep my campus safe, and I know the NYC Campus could really benefit from it too,” Alston says.
As a Lyft Campus Ambassador, he executes marketing campaigns on the Pleasantville Campus and the New York metropolitan area and works closely with the Lyft NYC headquarters. He says he is hoping for a launch of the partnership in the near future on both campuses.
His skill for navigating the business world landed him an internship at the global headquarters of Comcast in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a summer business operations and strategy analyst. In his role, he oversaw national supply chain and logistics flow, worked with five warehouses across the country, participated in brand strategy, reconciled financial statements, and managed the upkeep of weekly financial reports.
“The most useful tip I learned at this internship was my networking skills—I learned that your network is net worth,” Alston says. “I have taken many of the lessons I have learned at my internships and applied them into real life situations, such as how to carry one’s self in a business-like setting.”
When he is not working 10 hours per week in the SGA office or working 16 hours per week at his two on-campus jobs at the College of Health Professions Center of Excellence and the Goldstein Fitness Center, he is building connections that will continue to lift him toward success.
“The best part is connecting with professors and the relationships I have with my advisors and my managers at my three on-campus jobs,” Alston says. “Pace is a great community—it feels like a home away from home. You can’t find that at a lot of universities.”
The in-person event for the 2022 Summit, which will be limited to 500 people, will occur at the Goldstein Fitness Center on the Pleasantville Campus of Pace University from 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. The day will feature the three keynote speakers, networking, a vendor expo area, activities, and six TED-styled talks. Tickets will include breakfast, lunch, and a cocktail reception that runs from 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. COVID-19 protocols will be in effect and subject to change … more information will be provided closer to the event date.
Pace University emeritus professor and author of "Live Sustainably Now: A Low Carbon Vision of the Good Life," Karl S. Coplan says: "A great deal of plastics 'recycling' tends to be shipped overseas or burned or even land-filled. I do not consider it worth the wash water to clean out plastic containers for recycling."
Most recently, Holmes was named the new executive director of Pace University’s Pace School of Performing Arts. In addition to her experience in the U.S. education system—which includes a B.A. from Vassar College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University—Holmes co-founded Global Empowerment Theatre, an international nonprofit theatre organization.
