When November comes around each year, I think of two things: one, dreaded midterms, and two, it is less than a month’s time from eat-ing tons of food on Thanksgiv-ing. I remember in elemen-tary school, whenever the holi-day season approached my teachers would always make us write a short paper on “what I am thankful for.” So, in mem-ory of my younger days, I re-flect on the things for which I am thankful. Anyone who knows

me is aware that the first things on my list are my family and friends. Without them I would not be who I am today. I think it is easy to forget how lucky and privi-leged we all are to be going to college, so I always remember to be thankful for being able to attend Pace University. Going here not only provides me with an education, but it has given me so many opportunities to improve myself and discover who I am as a person. Pace has allowed me to see parts of the world that I otherwise may

never have visited, such as Barbados and Fiji. I have met so many people along the way, and I plan to keep in touch with them for many years to come. Regardless of what is going on in your life, you should be thankful for some-thing. So I ask, what are you thankful for (besides being able

to read Scholastica)?

ICE CREAM ICE BREAKER BY PATRICK FINNEGAN

The Pforzheimer Honors College’s

annual Ice Cream Ice Breaker was held this year

on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 in Butcher

Suite, Kessel Student Center. It was a great op-

portunity for the students in the Honors College

to learn about the wide array of honor societies,

while enjoying many different flavors of ice

cream.

139 Pace students attended the Ice

Breaker and after they waited patiently in line

for their ice cream and drinks, they got the

chance to listen to nineteen advisors of honor’s

societies, clubs, and services. Dr. Benton

opened the presentations and introduced the pro-

fessors and advisors before they spoke. Each

presenter was given a few minutes to give a de-

scription of their program, its eligibility require-

ments, and it’s activities.

Among the presentations were those of

Professor Malinowski from the Alpha Chi Na-

tional College Honor Scholarship Society, Pro-

fessor Fitzgerald of the Alpha Phi Sigma Na-

tional Criminal Justice Honor Society and

Professor Walther of Golden Key International

Honor Society.

But let’s not forget about the ice cream

and snacks! This year, students were provided

with a range of different ice creams from the

standard chocolate and vanilla to the more un-

common flavors such as banana split and root

beer float. The toppings ranged from rainbow

and chocolate sprinkles to crushed Oreos and

cherries.

Everyone in attendance benefited from

the presentations that were given at this event.

Past Honors Event Reviews

2

Honors Professors 101 4

Remaining Fall Events 6

Spring 2010 Honors Courses

7

Honors $1,000 Research Grant

8

Student Showcase 9

Honors Student Semester at Sea

10

How to Receive Financial

Aid 11

Inside this issue:

SCHOLASTICASCHOLASTICASCHOLASTICASCHOLASTICA

November 2009 Volume 12, Issue 2

A FEW WORDS FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CHRIS UHLICK

Pace University

Pleasantville, NY

∗ Janetta Rebold Benton, Ph.D.

Director of Honors

College, Pleasantville

∗ Christopher Walther, M.S.

Honors Advisor

∗ Christopher Uhlick

Editor-in-Chief

Honors students bombarding the ice cream table.

On

September 18,

2009, thirty

Honors students

experienced the

phenomena of

Yankee stadium

from a “behind-

the-dugout”

tour. The sta-

dium, in its

highly antici-

pated inaugural

season, has

drawn media frenzy and fans from across the country. The tour

allowed students to see the inner workings of the stadium and the

priceless memorabilia housed there.

“First up” was the museum which is always a stop for

fans before a ball game and we were lucky enough to have the

physical proof of the Yankees’ legacy all to ourselves. The re-

nowned Monument Park has been a fan favorite for years and has

been even further polished in the new stadium. Twenty plaques

pay tribute to the careers and legacies of major Yankees icons

like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and

Yogi Berra. The Park even has a statue in memory of the victims

of September 11, 2001 and three commemorative plaques that

acknowledge the visits of three popes. Also in the park are the

retired jerseys of famous Yankee players and even Jackie Robin-

son’s number 42.

A student favorite of the tour was the dugout. We were

escorted into the place where “greatness sits” and got the oppor-

tunity to view the field from the players’ eyes. Exiting the tunnel

in the dugout led us to our next stop, the Yankee batting cages, an

indoor practice

area for players

before and dur-

ing a game.

“Being inside

the Clubhouse

was definitely a

memorable ex-

perience,” said

Marissa Olivier,

an Honors

sophomore and

an avid Yankee

fan noting that,

“seeing their

lockers and fan

mail really made the stadium come alive for me.” At the conclu-

sion of our tour, we were given Yankee key chains, courtesy of

Zales Jewelry Company. We returned to the Pleasantville campus

with many pictures and memories of a day from inside the dug

out.

What started out as a dismal Saturday in Pace’s North Hall parking lot, ended up being an eventful day with thrills that people of any age could enjoy. After checking in with Professor Walther, mem-bers of the Honors College boarded the Pace bus and be-gan the two-and-a-half-hour journey. At first, our moods were dampened by the clouds and the rainy forecast, but as we made our way to Jackson, NJ, the sun eventually came out and had everyone excited for the rides to come. Although the ride to Six Flags was a quiet one, everyone was awake and alert as the bus pulled into the parking lot. Many of us questioned how daring we felt as we looked up at the enor-mous rollercoaster, Kingda Ka. The tallest and fastest rol-lercoaster in the world taunted us as we exited the bus and made our way into the park. Due to the predicted thunderstorms, a game plan had to be made. After some deliberation, it was determined that two

o’clock was going to be the meeting time to decide the fate of the remaining day. That being said, the group parted ways, deciding which rides to go on first. The overcast weather seemed to have kept many patrons away from the outdoor theme park; lines for the rides were very short, if there were any at all. Members of the Honors College were able to go on just about any ride they wanted. El Toro, which holds the record for the country’s steepest wooden rol-lercoaster, seemed to be a crowd favorite. Other pulse-pounding roller coasters included Nitro, which had a twenty-three story drop, and the new ride Bizarro, a coaster that let riders experience fire and fog while soaring through the air. Unfortunately, when the group met at two o’clock, the rain had already started, causing our day to end early. Despite the weather, we had a great time at Six Flags, getting on most of the rides we wanted - - without hav-ing to wait on a long line. All in all, it was a great day, and I can’t

wait to go back next year!

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TRIP TO SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE BY DANA TRANI

View of Yankee Stadium from up top.

YANKEE STADIUM TOUR BY DIANA CAVALLO

Honors students enjoying the view from where the

current Yankees would sit.

The world’s fastest and largest

rollercoaster, Kingda Ka.

A shot of El Toro, a fan favorite.

On Saturday, October 17, 2009, fifty Pace University Students participated in the annual Paint-A-School Day with New York Cares. This service event was lead by the Center for Com-munity Action and Research, formerly the Center for Community Outreach. The event is hosted every year in conjunction with New York Cares in order to provide schools with the help (and some TLC) that they may go without over the course of the year, if it were not for volunteers. We traveled to HS 721x, the Stephen D. McSweeny School in the Bronx. This is a special education school that sought assistance this year because the faculty and staff needed help sorting files, painting new pieces of art, and planting flowers for the spring. Students who participated in this year’s Paint-A-School day represented many different groups, clubs, organizations, and

schools at Pace. Along with Honors college, students from Lambda Sigma National Honor Society (Pleasantville and NYC), Alpha Phi Delta Fraternity Inc., S.N.A.P, HIV/AIDS task-force, A.S.A.P and OLAS participated in the event. Students split up into three different groups for the day. One group worked on cleaning up storage spaces and organizing the school’s files. This was something that the school desperately needed assistance with; as most teachers and other faculty do not have the time to do things other than teach and focus on their students rather than the upkeep of the school’s files etc. Another group planted flow-ers in the school’s garden. The last group painted on six foot drawings to be hung on the walls of the cafeteria as well as other spaces in the school. These drawings were important because they depicted children partaking in various activities including reading, walking to school and playing a sport. This was impor-tant because it not only helped to beautify the school, but it will also help to give students positive images to look at and follow. Each group also rotated so that everyone was able to do a little bit of each activity. This year’s Paint-A-School day went by very quickly thanks to the hard work of our volunteers. Even though this year’s activities involved more than just painting, I think that students did an amazing job and we hope that they understand how much of an impact their work will have on the students of McSweeny.

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY - PAINT-A-SCHOOL BY HANNAH TALL

Have you ever wanted

to read to children? To sit

somewhere and read stories,

while they sat listening to your

every word? This opportunity

occurred on Sunday, October 18,

2009, at the Mt. Pleasant Library

in Pleasantville. The eight

students from Pace’s Honors

College participating in the

event met at the library a little

early, eager to begin what they

knew was going to be a fun-

filled day. After waiting in the

rain for a few minutes for the

library to open, the students went

inside to pick out the books that

they enjoyed when they were

younger. The subjects of the

books that were read ranged from Halloween to planting to fish

to search and find.

The children really seemed to enjoy the books the

Honors students selected. The search and find wass especially

well-received as

the children

enthusiastically

looked for the

objects listed in

the book. Some

kids sat and

listened to the

stories and

others listened

as they were

frantically

searching for

their own books

on the

numerous shelves of the library.

At the end of the day, the children were pleased with the

stories they heard and the objects they found. The Honors

students and their listeners then parted ways. Overall, this was a

fun event for both students and children, and it was a great way to

give back to the community, even if only through reading a book.

PACE READS AT THE MT. PLEASANT LIBRARY BY KIM SALAMONE

Hannah Tall reading to some very attentive children

at the Mt. Pleasant Library.

Honors student, Gina Camilli,

reading the book of choice to the

young crowd.

The captured memory of a day filled with hard work and fun.

Dr. Clare Brown – ENG

201: Writing in the Dis-

ciplines

Clare Brown’s educa-tional background in-cludes a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Litera-ture from the Franciscan University of Steuben-ville, a Master of Theo-

logical Studies degree from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America, and a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. Her area of specialization in literature is eight-

eenth-century British fiction.

Dr. Robert Chapman –

ENV 110: Nature and Cul-

ture: A Study of Connec-

tions

Robert Chapman is Professor of Philosophy and Environ-mental Studies at Pace Uni-versity where he is the Ed-

ward J. Mortola Scholar in Philosophy, Director of the Pace Institute for Environmental and Regional Studies (PIERS) and coordinates the Environmental Studies major. Professor Chap-man was the recipient of the Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence in 2007 and Visiting Scholar at Pratt Institute School of Architecture in 2006. Professor Chapman teaches courses in philosophy and environmental studies and from 2001 to 2004 lectured at the American Museum of Natural History on ethics and bio-diversity. He has presented papers on environmental phi-losophy at conferences in Albania, Canada, Cuba, Nicaragua, and United States.

Dr. Patricia Gloster-Coates

– HIS 270: History of South

Africa

Dr. Patricia Gloster-Coates is the Chair of the History De-partment. She holds a B.A., Oberlin College; M.I.A., Columbia University; M.

Phil., Columbia University; M.R.E., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Columbia Uni-versity

Prof. Jonathan Hill –

Learning Community:

Art and Interactivity:

Introduction to Digital

Design and Computing –

CIS 101: Introduction to

Computing

Jonathan Hill coordinates the Introduction to

Computing program at Pace University’s School of Computer Science and Information Systems. He is a member of the faculty in the Technology Systems Department. Professor Hill came to Pace with significant private sector managerial experience after Travelocity.com, United Airlines, and Aeroflot Russian Airlines, combined with 15 years on the faculty of City University of New York. At CUNY he worked to develop several successful educational and training programs for international students, and he started the Honors Entrepreneurship program at Queens College. At Pace, in addi-tion to the CIS 101 program, Prof. Hill works with a number of technology companies, in-cluding Microsoft, HP, and Apple, to incorpo-rate technology into the classroom. He was part of the team that received a Pace University Presidential Grant for community service. He has served as a trainer and consultant to a num-ber of colleges and universities on technology education and service learning, and he has trained teachers for the New York City Depart-ment of Education. He and his family live in Central New Jersey with a large dog and a

small cat.

Dr. Lawrence Hunders-

marck – Learning

Community: The Person –

PHI 110: Introduction to

Philosophy

Lawrence Hundersmarck says he has had the honor of teaching at Pace for the past 28 years. The former chair

of the University-wide department of Philoso-phy and Religious Studies, he has taught a vari-ety of courses in the disciplines of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Interested in the religions of the world and the history of Eastern and Western thought, he has lectured throughout the United States and in Europe. And speaking of Europe, he is looking for Honor College students who want to take the grand tour with him of all the most awesome and unforgettable places in Rome, the Eternal City, a spring 2010 INT 197 course, that spends 3 glorious weeks in Rome this May/June of 2010.He is also an avid skiier,

so ask him about skiing when you next see him.

Prof. Gus Karam – Learning Community: INT 189E Eco-

nomic, Political, and Social Di-

mensions of Immigration –

ECO 359

Gus Karam was born in Lebanon. His undergraduate schooling was completed at the American Uni-versity of Beirut. Professor Karam did his

graduate work at the New School For Social Research in NYC. He is married to a lovely midwesterner and has three children, a boy and

two girls, as well as two cats.

Professor Karam notes, “Although I have three children, yet I maintain that I try to prac-tice what I preach in environmentalism: I ob-tained the right for the third child from one of

my brothers who does not have any children”.

Dr. Robert Keegan – Learning

Community: The Person –

PSY 111: Introduction to Psy-

chology

Robert Keegan received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Cog-nitive Studies at Rutgers Univer-sity. In recent years, he has made a major commitment to expanding the teaching of Social

Psychology, both in his role as External Advi-sor for Psychology with the International Bac-calaureate Organization and as a member of the team in the Pleasantville Psychology Depart-ment that established a new Social Psychology major in the fall 2009 semester. As part of this new major, Dr. Keegan teaches Environmental Psychology and is preparing a course on Con-

servation Psychology.

Dr. Susan Merritt – CIS

101: Introduction to Com-

puting

Susan M. Merritt may be the only person who has had a faculty appointment in three schools of the Uni-

versity. She was hired by the Lubin School of Business to teach information systems; then was invited to move to the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences to start the new computer science department; and then was appointed dean of the School of Computer Science and Information Systems (now the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems), a role in which she served for 25

years.

Dr. Merritt holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. She is co-author of one textbook and has published and presented hundreds of schol-arly papers. She has been honored by the ACE National Women’s Leadership Network, the IEEE, the Computer Science Accreditation

Board ,and others.

After a year’s sabbatical, she is back on the faculty this fall as a Professor Emerita- in- Residence. She is teaching Honors CIS 101

and enjoying it greatly!

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PROFESSORS 101 MEET THE PROFESSORS TEACHING THIS SEMESTER’S HONORS COURSES

Prof. Will Pappen-

heimer - Learning Com-

munity: Art and Inter-

activity: Introduction to

Digital Design and

Computing – ART 186:

Digital Design

Will Pappenheimer is an artist and professor at

Pace University, New York, working with new media artworks, participatory media, and infor-mation aesthetics. He has exhibited at the FILE 2005 International Festival in Sao Paulo, Kun-straum Walcheturm in Zurich, the ICA and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the ISEA 2006/ZeroOne at the San Jose Museum of Art, and at Florence Lynch, Postmasters, Vertexlist and Pocket Utopia galleries in New York. His grants include an NEA Fellowship, Turbu-lence.org and Rhizome,org commissions, and a large scale public artwork featuring a 25 foot steel sculpture and internet project for the City of Tampa and the 2009 Super Bowl. His work has received a half-page photo citation in the New York Times at Art Basel Miami 2003, a chapter of Gregory Ulmer’s book Electronic Monuments, and is included in Whitney Mu-seum curator Christiane Paul’s new historical

edition of Digital Art.

Dr. Joseph Pastore –

MGT 396 Ethics: From

Descartes to Wall Street

and UNV 101: Introduc-

tion to the University

Community

Joseph Pastore says he has been blessed with a career focused in higher education ever since he taught his first class at age 23 in 1965. He

has held tenured faculty positions at St. Bonaventure University, Pace University, and Boston College. He served for 23 years as a Dean, Provost and/or Executive Vice President at each of those institutions while continuing to teach, author, or co-author over 40 articles, book chapters, and monographs, and to lecture in a number of executive development pro-grams for major corporations. He also has 30 years of experience in arbitration and mediation and led an effort to settle a major Federal judi-ciary school desegregation case involving six parties and over $300 million dollars. Dr. Pastore likes to do "feel good" things such as public service: he serves as a Board Trustee (former Chairman) at Siena Col-lege; a Trustee at Abbott House (a child care agency); and as a member of the President's Council for Northern Westchester Hospital. But it almost need not be said that his real love is his wife Pattie, his three "kids,” and seven grandkids… and, in a poetic sense, his larger "family" which includes the thousands of stu-dents he considers himself privileged to know

in one way or another. Mingled in all of this is a reasonably frequent tennis match, an increas-ingly frequent round of golf, lots of reading, gardening when the weeds call, traveling, and, in recent years, joining a group of friends to make red wine.

Prof. George Picoulas - Learning Community: INT

189E Economic, Political,

and Social Dimensions of

Immigration – POL 219 George Picoulas has been working as a Political Sci-ence professor at Pace since 2005. He freelances as a

political campaign consultant, specializing on issue framing and strategy. Since 2004, Prof. Picoulas has been an active blogger and is the author of “Liberal Citizien.” Prior to coming to Pace, Prof. Picou-las worked as a staffer for the Kerry 2004 cam-paign in Cleveland, OH. He has also worked as a United Nations correspondent, a journalist for various publications, had his own public radio show on WNYE 91.FM, and briefly worked with a lobby firm and a PAC in Washington, DC. Prof. Picoulas enjoys his hobby of photog-raphy.

Dr. Deborah Poe –

CHI 154B: Chinese

Film and Litera-

ture in Transla-

tion: “Beijing

Bicycle”

Deborah Poe is Assistant Professor

of English at Pace University and fiction editor of the international online journal of the arts, Drunken Boat. She is the author of the poetry collections Elements (Stockport Flats Press, 2010) and Our Parenthetical Ontology (CustomWords, 2008). She has received several literary awards including three Pushcart Prize nominations for her poetry and the Thayer Fel-lowship of the Arts (2008) for her poetry and fiction. She has taught at Western Washing-ton University, where she received her Master of Arts, and at Binghamton University, SUNY, where she received her doctoral degree. She has also taught as afternoon faculty at the Post

Townsend Writer’s Workshop in Washington.

Dr. Jeremy Savian – ANT

101: Introduction to An-

thropology

Jeremy Savian earned his BFA at Carnegie Mellon

University, and his PhD at the University at Buffalo. As his degrees might suggest, Dr. Savian has been bouncing back and forth be-tween thinking about and doing craft. While a

Fine Arts degree may not seem akin to a social science degree, his dissertation research on the nature of the acquisition of craft skills in ap-prenticeship in Japanese woodcarving is closely alligned with his background in the fine arts; both deal with the seemingly mysterious nature of what people often consider 'gifted' profes-sions. The intention of these disparate modes of inquiry is to learn both the visceral and the culturally historic ways that people come to formulate identities for themselves within the

limiting scope of tradition.

Dr. Zachary

Snider – ENG

120 Critical

Writing

Zachary Snider has career multi-ple-personality-disorder. While his PhD is in Postmodern Fiction with sub-foci in Creative Writing and Postmodern Fiction, his MA is in Professional Writing/Publishing, and his BA is in Speech Communication Prior to this, Dr. Snider worked as a journalist, writing for multi-ple internationally-marketed magazines. His journalism career expanded from print to broad-cast, by working as a producer-writer, and sometimes on-camera talent, for Entertainment

Tonight for eight years, in NYC, Los Angeles, London, and occasionally across Europe. At Pace, Dr. Snider teaches a me-lange of writing courses, specializing in Ad-vanced Writing, Travel Writing, Creative Non-fiction, and Fiction, among others; this aca-demic year year, her is teaching ENG 120 and ENG 201 for the honors College. Dr. Snider's recent publications include "Big Bucks and Fake Tears: Celebrity Journalism's Hyperreal-ity," "Go White Boy: Teaching as Young White Professor in the Multicultural Fondues of NYC and London," "Millennial Media Pirates: Pla-giarism in the 21st Century," and "Changing Images of the Businessman in Fiction: Wall Street Goes Metrosexual."

Prof. Jesse Valiante-Colvin –

UNV 101: Introduction to

the University Community

Jesse Valiante-Colvin joined Pace’s Center for Academic Excellence as Associate Di-

rector of First Year Programs and is teaching an Honors section of UNV 101. Prof. Valiante-Colvin comes to us from the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he earned his B.S. in Art Education as well as his Master’s Degree in Humanistic and Multicultural Educa-tion. In his previous position at SUNY, he served students in the role of Area Coordinator of Leadership Development for the Department

of Residence Life.

He brings to Pace a background in

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Each semester, the Honors College holds events on and off campus. Honors students are required to attend a minimum of two Honors events each semester. For events requiring reservations, please call Prof. Christopher Walther at (914) 773-3961 or e-mail him at cwalther@pace.edu.

Honors Open

Meeting Guest Speaker: Dr. Reza Afshari, Professor of History, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Monday, November 2, 2009 12:20-1:15pm (common hour) *Snacks will be served* Gottesman Room, Kessel Student Center Share your ideas for future Honors events and Honors courses with Dr. Benton and fellow Honors students.

Trip to the

United

Nations Manhattan, NY Friday, November 13, 2009 10:00am-3:00pm *Reservations required* Bus leaves Pace at 10:00am from Miller Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 3:00pm. Explore the United Nations with a guided tour. Lunch is not provided, but there will be an opportunity to purchase lunch after the tour. Co-sponsored with the UNICEF C.H.I.L.D. Project.

Wrapping Gifts for

Underprivileged

Children

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:35-4:30pm (common hour) *Pizza will be served* Gottesman Room, Kessel Student Center

Make the holiday season brighter--join the Honors College in wrapping presents for underprivileged children. Let your creative side emerge for this worthwhile event! Ms Phina Geiger, Director of Volunteers at the Pleasantville Cottage School, will speak. Co-sponsored with Golden Key International Honor Society.

Honors Yoga

Workshop

Thursday, December 3, 2009 4:00-5:00pm *Reservation required* 1st floor, Goldstein Fitness Center Relax all of your pre-finals stress and anxiety by attending a yoga workshop taught by Prof. Laurice Nementz. Please wear comfortable clothing.

Decorate the Pleasantville

Cottage

School for

the Holidays Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:30am-1:20pm *Reservations required* Bus leaves Pace at 10:30am from North Hall on the Pleasantville campus, and should return by 1:20pm. The Honors College and the Center for Community Action and Research will decorate four cottages for the holidays at the Pleasantville Cottage School, while getting an introduction to residential treatment centers from Ms Phina Geiger, Director of Volunteers at the Pleasantville Cottage School. Co-sponsored with the Center for Community Action and Research and the Golden Key International Honor Society.

first-year orientation, the first-year seminar, advising, and academic support. You may contact him by visiting the Center for Academic Excellence on the third floor of Mortola Library, by calling 914 773-3756, or by email at jvaliantecolvin@pace.edu.

Prof. Christopher

Walther – UNV 101:

Introduction to the

University

Community

Christopher Walther is teaching an Honors

section of UNV 101 this Fall and is also an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department. He is the advisor for Golden Key International Honor Society and the UNICEF C.H.I.L.D. Project here on the Pleasantville

campus.

Born and raised in Manhattan, Prof. Walther is an Honors College graduate of the Class of 2002 and is currently the Pforzheimer Honors College Senior Academic Advisor on the Pleasantville Campus. Prof. Walther took his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and his Master’s degree in Counseling at Pace. He has taught classes in Social Psychology, Psychology of Civic Engagement, Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Personal Adjustment, Psychology of Cultural Diversity, and Psychopathology for the Psychology Department. You can contact Prof. Walther by

visiting the Honors College office on the third floor of Mortola Library, by calling 914 773-3961, or by email at cwalther@pace.edu.

Dr. Marie Werner –

Learning Community: INT

189E Economic, Political,

and Social Dimensions of

Immigration – SOC 227

Dr. Marie Werner of the Criminal Justice and Human Services Department has been

at Pace for almost 30 years. She started at the Pace White Plains campus and migrated to Pleasantville over 15 years ago. She did some time at Pace New York, but her heart is definitely in the garish pink building overlooking the Pleasantville campus. After completing a B.S. at the University of Connecticut and a M.A. at NYU, Dr. Werner began her professional career with a stint as a high school teacher in Yonkers. Finishing a Doctorate in Education at Columbia University was a major achievement, but it was her time teaching at Hunter, Brooklyn, and Bronx Community Colleges in the late 1960s that led to her most meaningful degree, a Masters in Social Work, also from Columbia. Working with disabled Vietnam veterans and a population of “at risk” community college students made it clear that she needed more sophisticated counseling skills, so she went on for training at the New York (city) Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and the

Center for Family Learning in Westchester. Her doctoral work was on the developing women’s movement in the late 1960s, but more recent work, such as a Masters in Sociology, was in sociology, with a concentration on race relations and immigration issues. Dr. Werner is lucky to have survived two serious bouts with cancer and is quite open about sharing her experiences, especially with students who have been through the illness

themselves.

Dr. Ruis Woertendyke –

THR 196A: From Page

to Stage

Ruis Woertendyke, Ph.D., has been involved in the theater as an actor, director, playwright, and

producer for forty years. He is chair of the Performing Arts Department in NYC where he developed the BFA Acting program. He recently performed Anton Chekhov’s On the Harmfulness of Tobacco in NYC, saw his play, Ivan’s Way Out performed in Omaha, NB, and directed the Kids College performing arts program in Rockland County, NY. His production of Moliere’s The Misanthrope will be presented at the Schaeberle Studio Theater in Manhattan. He is also producing a new play festival of 24 one-act plays in December of this

year.

REMAINING FALL 2009 EVENTS

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ART 216 ART HISTORY: AMERICAN ART, 3 credits, crn 22937 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: AOK 2 or 4 Evening: M 6:00-8:45 pm, Constantin Marinescu Course description: This course studies American painting, sculpture, and architecture from the 17th through the 20th century. Relationships between the fine arts and intellectual, political, economic, and social developments are emphasized. European influ-ences on American art and art forms indigenous to America are discussed. This course includes a trip to the new American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. COM 200 PUBLIC SPEAKING, 3 credits, crn 21682 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: Foundation requirement Day: W 9:05-12:10, Ellen Mandel Course description: This course is devoted to instruc-tion in the mechanics of writing and presenting one's own material. Included are outlining, addressing varied audiences, style, and appropriate techniques of delivery, as well as the use of technology to enhance one's presentation. This pragmatic, skills-oriented course is designed to provide a context for practicing the construction and presentation of well-reasoned public messages. CRJ 305 CRIMINAL LAW, 3 credits, crn 23045 Prerequisite: None, suggested for sophomores, jun-iors, and seniors Fulfills: AOK 2 (pending approval), Writing-Enhanced Day: M 10:10-12:10 pm and one hour online/web-assisted, Margaret FitzGerald Course description: This course explores the common law and statutory law affecting criminal behavior. An examination is made of proscribed behavior subject to penal sanctions including capacity, culpability, and defenses. The classification of crimes, constitutional limitations, and analysis of specific crimes such as homicide, theft, rape, drug abuse, and other statutory prohibitions are covered. EDU 200M TOPIC: INTERNATIONAL EDUCA-

TION, 3 credits, NEW COURSE! crn 22913 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: AOK 1 (pending approval) Day: R 2:30-4:30 and one hour online/web-assisted, Ainsley Adams Course description: Do politics, economics and his-tory shape educational systems? This introductory course will focus on and compare educational sys-tems on a global level as well as their effect on the American educational system. Education is examined in its scope from pre-kindergarten through high school and beyond in various parts of the world.

ENG 201 WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES, 3 credits, crn 21070 Prerequisite: ENG 120, suggested for second semes-ter sophomores and juniors Fee: $20 Fulfills: Foundation requirement Day: M 3:35-5:35, W 3:35-4:30, Zachery Snider Course description: This course is an upper level writing requirement. It focuses on writing effective essays and research papers in disciplinary modes and in students’ fields of interest. It may include inter-views, analysis of journal articles, and appropriate documentation style formats. HIS 119 THE MIDDLE EAST: AN HISTORI-

CAL SURVEY, 3 credits, crn 20349 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: AOK 3 Day: M 2:30-3:25, W 1:25-3:25, Reza Afshari Course description: After a survey of the medieval Arab world and the Ottoman Empire, the course focuses on political, social, economic, and cultural developments in the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, and Iran. The Israeli-Arab conflict is emphasized. This course examines Islamic empires; European colonial powers; local elites; nationalism, modernization, and urbanization; the impact of WWI; the Zionist move-ment; the Mandate of Palestine; the impact of WWII; Israel and Palestine; Nasserism; the role of the US during the Cold War; Iran, its Shah, Ayatollah, and interactions with the US; and finally, the rise of Islamist movements. LIT 296B TOPIC: GREAT BRITAIN: LITERA-

TURE, ART, AND CULTURE, 3 credits, NEW COURSE! crn 22955 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: AOK 2 or AOK 4 (pending approval), Writ-ing Enhanced (pending approval) Day: T 10:10-12:10, R 11:15-12:15, Bette Kirschstein Course Description: This course studies how the arts were shaped by and, in turn, reflected the country’s history and culture. Using the arts as a mirror, the 18th-century Industrial Revolution is seen to have resulted in fundamental change. The rise and fall of the global British Empire are considered. Evolving gender roles and other social changes, as Great Brit-ain transformed itself into a modern society, are ex-amined. Writers studied include Wordsworth, Blake, Austen, Tennyson, Kipling, Wilde, and Woolf. PSY 314 PSYCHOLOGY OF

CREATIVE THINKING, 3 credits, crn 22903 Prerequisite: None (waived for students in the Honors College) Fulfills: AOK 4 or AOK 5 Day: M, T, R 1:25-2:20, Robert Keegan Course description: This course examines various theories of creativity, conscious versus unconscious aspects of creative thinking, methods for studying creativity, and the development of thinking in several individuals generally recognized as highly creative thinkers, including Darwin, Picasso, and Einstein. Special topics such as child prodigies and “idiot sa-vants” are also considered.

RES 106 THE RELIGIONS OF THE GLOBE, 3 credits, crn 23051 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: AOK 3 Evening: W 6:00-8:45, Lawrence Hundersmarck Course description: This course studies the major religious systems of the globe and the formative influences that have on human culture. Consideration is given to Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. SCI 160H METEOROLOGY, 3 credits, crn lecture 22905, crn lab 22906 Prerequisite: None Fulfills: Lab Science requirement Fee: $45 Day: T 4:35-6:35 lab, R 4:35-6:35 lecture, Timothy Maloy, Mark Kramer, and James Witt (renowned meteorologist and weather forecaster) Course description: This course studies the composi-tion of the earth’s atmosphere, weather maps, high and low pressure systems, air masses, cold and warm fronts, atmospheric circulation, storms, and world weather patterns. Past and present world climates are discussed. Reading meteorological instruments, weather analysis, and forecasting are included. HONORS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

COURSES, 3 credits Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, 3.3 GPA minimum With the written approval of the appropriate profes-sor, the department chairperson, and the Director of the Honors College, a student may select a topic for guided research that is not included in the usual course offerings. The student meets regularly with the professor to review progress. To receive Honors credit, the results of this independent research must be presented at the Honors Conference held each April. Students may have their papers published in Transactions, the journal of the Dyson Society of Fellows. HONORS OPTIONS COURSES, 3 credits Prerequisite: None An Honors Option is designed for Honors-level work in a non-Honors course. To receive Honors credit, an additional paper (10-20 pages), project, or presenta-tion is required. Written approval of the appropriate professor and the Director of the Honors College are necessary. Honors students are limited to two Honors options; other Honors course requirements must be completed in Honors courses. Note: The Lubin Leaders 495 course for seniors may also count as an Honors College course if the student presents the results of his/her research at the Honors

Independent Research Conference held every April.

SPRING 2010 HONORS COURSES

Honors courses are designed to be innovative and challenging. They may be interdisciplinary, focus on great works and ideas, cover issues of keen interest, or present a topic in great depth with a faculty member who has expertise in the subject. Honors courses are open only to students in the Pforzheimer Honors College. Students who are not in the Honors College may be permitted to register for an Honors course with written permission from the Director of Honors, contingent upon the student’s GPA and space availability in the course. Each Honors course carries Honors credit which appears on the student’s transcript counts toward completing the requirements of the Honors College. For additional information, contact Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton, Director, Pforzheimer Honors College, Mortola Library, third

floor, Pleasantville campus, at 914 773-3848 or JBenton@pace.edu.

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The Pforzheimer Honors College Research Grants are designed to support and encourage Honors College students in research. Students devise and under-

take worthy research projects in collaboration with Pace University faculty mentors. The stipend, up to $1000, may be used on or off campus to support

research expenses or travel abroad related to the student’s research interest. This award is intended to foster a culture of undergraduate student research at

Pace that both enhances student learning and engages larger numbers of faculty members in guiding students in research.

This grant is open to student-faculty teams from all fields of study.

ELIGIBILITY:

The student must be a currently enrolled full-time undergraduate student at Pace University who joined the

Honors College as a first-year student. The student must be a Sophomore or Junior, have maintained an overall

grade point average of at least 3.3, and have prior experience either in completing a significant research or writing

project, participating in an internship, or engaging in community service or occupational involvement relevant to

the proposed research.

The faculty member must have an earned doctorate or the appropriate terminal degree. He/she must be currently

employed by Pace University as a full-time faculty member, and have previous experience working with students

in supervised research or academic projects.

THE PROPOSAL:

Grant proposals should include: a project description written in a manner understandable by those in different

disciplines, a statement of objectives and anticipated outcomes, a timetable for fulfillment, and a budget detailing principle items with brief explanations. If

the proposal involves participation by human subjects, it must undergo IRB review using the approved University processes. Budget items may include:

start-up costs, equipment (e.g., software), travel, photocopying, entrance fees (i.e., museums or archives), and other necessary and appropriate expenses. The

student is required to provide a resume and other personal information. He/she should also identify other sources of funding available or solicited to support

the proposed research project (e.g., a student who receives a Lang fellowship will not be eligible for an additional Honors Research Grant).

FUNDING, DURATION, AND OTHER INFORMATION:

Award amounts shall not exceed $1000. Projects may commence as early as July 1, 2010 and will continue throughout the 2010-2011 academic year.

Student/faculty teams are encouraged to use the summer months, if possible, for concentrated research. Final reports on the results are due at the close of

the Spring semester; grant recipients report on the results of their research at the Honors Independent Research Conference held each year at the end of

April or beginning of May.

All equipment, databases, and non-perishable materials of a substantial nature

purchased with these research funds shall be the property of Pace University and the

Honors College.

Grant applications by qualified students must be submitted to the Honors College office

on the campus they attend on or before April 3, 2010. A committee will evaluate

proposals and will recommend grants. Once approved, awardees will be notified by the

end of April.

Hard copies of the application are available in the Honors office. The electronic version

is available on the Honors College website.

Note from Dr. Benton:

Please let me know if you intend to apply. If you wish to talk with me about your

research project and how to write a good proposal, I will be happy to help. Please stop

by the Honors office, Mortola Library, 3rd floor, or phone (914) 773-3848, or e-mail

jbenton@pace.edu.

Attention: Honors students who joined the Honors College as first-

year students and who are currently Sophomores or Juniors!

Many Honors College students play a significant role in the Pace community. George Beauzile is an extreme example of this. George’s resume includes having been an Orientation Leader, a Resident Assistant, oh, and he is the current President of the Student Association. The 21-year-old from Greenburgh, NY, decided to at-tend Pace University for its close proximity to home. George explains, “Pace allows me to stay close to the family while still being able to get my education.” That education has come in the form of studying in English and minoring in Pre-Law. When not working his office hours as Pace’s S.A. Presi-dent, George takes part in his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. George is also a bit of a singer. He has participated in Pace In-spirational Praise Ensemble (P.I.P.E.) performances. Along with singing, George enjoys drawing. George has enjoyed his time at Pace and being a mem-ber of the Honors College. His favorite part about being a mem-ber of Honors is the events. The “Wrapping Gifts” event for the Pleasantville Cottage School is noted as his favorite because he enjoys spreading holiday cheer. The friendly community that is Pace is something George appreciates very much.

If Pace does not offer some-thing such as a club or organization, students can help create it. This is something that George highlights as the most valued asset of Pace. George feels that “If you try hard enough, you can do anything; you can make it happen.” Many clubs and organizations have come into being because of this mentality. When George graduates this coming Spring, Pace will be losing a well-rounded student who contrib-uted to its community in so many ways. George has plans to work for a year before attending Law School. His dream would be to attend Law School at Cornell University. Before he parts ways with Pace, George extends these words of wisdom to the student body: “Make sure you have a balance between school and life; your main goal is to get an education, but some things cannot be

learned in a classroom.”

STUDENT SHOWCASE BY CHRIS UHLICK

GEORGE BEAUZILE

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Many commuter students are not known on campus, but this is not the case for Danielle Ricciardi. The 22-year-old native of White Plains, NY, is on campus more than she is in her own home, often found working in the Honors College office as a Student Aid. Not only does Danielle attend Honors events, she also helps coordinate some of them, such as Pace Reads and Paint a

School Day. She has also served on the e-board of Golden Key Interna-tional Honor Society and the UNI-CEF chapter here at Pace University.

Now in her fifth year of the 5-year program in Child-hood Education, Danielle continues her exceptional academic record by maintaining her 3.95 GPA with a 4.0 in her graduate classes thus far. She has even been nominated by the Honors College for the Student of the Year Award from the National Collegiate Honors Council. Danielle seeks to earn her Masters in Literacy and then work as a Literacy Specialist. Currently, Dan-ielle is substitute teaching and interning as a Literacy Specialist in the Port Chester School District. After she finishes at Pace, Danielle wishes to pursue a second Masters degree in Special Education.

When not substitute teaching or attending school, Dan-ielle takes part in theater performances. Ever since she was intro-duced to theater in high school, Danielle has had a passion for the acting, singing, and dancing that she displays in the many shows in which she has been featured. She has played the roles of Fren-chy in Grease and Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors, among others. Her performance as Ronnette even earned Danielle a nomination for the Helen Hayes Theater Award for “Best Duo/Group.” The Helen Hayes Theatre Awards are the high school equivalent of the Tony Awards. After reflecting on her time at Pace, Danielle highlights her trip to Greece for her World Mythologies class as one of her favorite experiences. When asked about Greece, Danielle says, “It inspired my travel aspirations and opened my eyes to the pos-sibilities of trying new things.” She also attributes the many Honors events, particularly the Broadway play Wicked, and working in the Honors office as being her favorite things about being a member of the Honors College. As the curtain begins to close on Danielle’s time at Pace, she wishes to leave some helpful tips for her fellow com-muter students. Danielle says that joining clubs and organiza-tions is a good way to get involved but students should “try to find a job on campus because it keeps you in the know of what is going on at the school.” Also, she expresses the importance of getting experience in your major because it will help you dis-cover if you really want to continue along that path. Given Dan-ielle’s success and involvement at Pace, these words of wisdom

should be highly considered.

DANIELLE RICCIARDI

George is dressing the part

as the President of Pace’s

Student Association.

Danielle displaying the

smile that earns her major

roles in theater.

The purpose of the Student Showcase is to let Honors students know about fellow Honors students who demonstrate leadership both at Pace University and in the real

world. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for a Student Showcase, please e-mail Prof. Christopher Walther at CWalther@pace.edu with an e-mail

address and telephone number for yourself or the person you are nominating. Please state why this person should be showcased.

While many students dread answering the daunting and relentless questions about summer activities, I smile and begin. This summer I attended Semester at Sea, a University of Virginia and Institute for Shipboard Education affiliate program. I sailed around the Mediterranean on a themed voyage studying Human Rights and Social Justice in the Mediterranean area. Sixty-seven days of travelling to eight different countries (and receiving nine credits for it) is probably the most amazing way I could have spent the summer of 2009. Semester at Sea offers a variety of courses making it con-venient for almost all majors, with courses varying from the sci-ences to law. Not only does it run during the summer, but there are fall and spring voyages, as well as reunion voyages and en-hancement voyages, all for your scheduling convenience. I am an international management major and found that my courses were exactly what I needed to help advance the checks on my list of courses required to graduate. Along with preferred courses, Se-mester at Sea only provides education from the best of the best. All of the professors are experienced travelers, extremely knowl-edgeable, insanely credentialed, and have outstanding insight on

the subjects they so passionately teach. In addition to classroom education, there are required fac-ulty- directed programs in which you take the learning out into the real world. Field trips pertaining to specific areas of classes help engage students in the learning process and offer experi-ences that are not possible during a lecture. For example, one of my classes visited an olive oil grove to study the production, laws, and economics of a European Union business. Trips are invigorating and exciting. Before each port, there are inter-port lecturers and student lecturers providing guidance, support, and advice for each coun-try. Semester at Sea’s focus is our safety and health; they never jeopardized our safety and always ensured our comfort. We all quickly developed into a community, even a family, and con-stantly were on the lookout for each other while on board and in

port. I think the closeness of our journey helped the students de-velop the long-lasting relationships. I would not give up friends I have made for the world and plan to continue my travels with them for as long as I can. There is honestly no easy way to describe what I have learned, felt, grown into, or seen. All I know is that I have be-come the person I was destined to be because of this program. Between friendships, experiencing wonders of the world, missing family and friends for months, and broadening my world perspec-tives, I truly believe that this opportunity is one that should not be bypassed or overlooked. If going on a Semester at Sea means taking out loans and cutting back on a few luxuries, do it; it is worth all that and more and in the end you can proudly say you are a Semester at Sea alumni and have an awesome story to tell

when someone asks you what you did over the summer.

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Amanda, right, posing with a friend while making a stop in Egypt

Amanda taking in the sights in Greece.

HONORS STUDENT SUMMER SEMESTER AT SEA BY AMANDA AMOS

A look at the luxurious ship for Semester at Sea.

Every year the cost of college increases, making the

ability to pay for a higher education more difficult. Many institi-

tions, Pace included, attempt to decrease the expenses of school-

ing through a number of scholarships, grants, and student loans.

The first thing needed in order to receive financial aid is

to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),

available on January 1 of each year by internet or on paper. Filing

by February 15 allows for priority consideration; applications

received after this date will be considered, but limited financial

aid will be available. For more information about the FAFSA,

students should go to www.FAFSA.ed.gov. (Note that websites

like FAFSA.com are not official and charge students to gain ac-

cess to this “free” form.)

Pace University’s Office of Financial Aid is the place to

go to discuss college costs and how to meet them. The purpose

of the Financial Aid office is “to enable students to pursue and

complete their studies and graduate.” At their office, students can

find information on the four types of financial aid that are avail-

able at Pace: scholarships, grants, work-study positions, and

loans. Employees of the Office of Financial Aid will attempt to

compile the best package they can offer each student. Pace has

provided over $208 million in aid during the 2007-2008 aca-

demic year.

There are more financial possibilities than those pro-

vided by Pace University - - students may apply for many other

scholarships and research grants. There is information about the

scholarships available to students in each of the five schools at

Pace on the Honors College website under Scholarships and Re-

search Opportunities or by the direct link,

http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=13775. Also,

the Honors College offers a $1000 stipend for an approved re-

search project during students’ junior or senior year.

A number of endowed scholarships, made possible by

generous Pace alumni and friends, are also offered to assist in

meeting the financial requirements of college. Information about

these scholarships can be found by going to the Financial

Aid/Scholarship Opportunities link under the Scholarship and

Research Opportunities link on the Honors College page or by

typing http://enrollment.pace.edu/asp/studentscholarship.

A great many outside scholarships are offered through

various websites. To note a few:

Www.CollegeBoard.com

CollegeNet.com

CollegeQuest.com

Www.CollegeScholarships.com

Www.FastAp.org

Www.FastWeb.com

Www.finaid.org/scholarships/

Www.Scholarships.com

Www.WiredScholar.com

The Office of Financial Aid also notes, “It is important

to recognize that many scholarship opportunities are overlooked

by students who are unaware of their availability. Be sure to

check all possibilities.”

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GOLDEN KEY

INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

I don’t need a Golden Ticket ifI don’t need a Golden Ticket ifI don’t need a Golden Ticket ifI don’t need a Golden Ticket if

I have a I have a I have a I have a Golden KeyGolden KeyGolden KeyGolden Key!!!!

Join Golden Key InternationalJoin Golden Key InternationalJoin Golden Key InternationalJoin Golden Key International

Honor Society today!Honor Society today!Honor Society today!Honor Society today!

For information, please contact the advisor, For information, please contact the advisor, For information, please contact the advisor, For information, please contact the advisor,

Prof. Christopher Walther, at CWalther@pace.edu or (914) 773-3961

and visit www.goldenkey.org

HELP IS ON THE WAY: HOW TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID BY CHRIS UHLICK

A Recipe for

Midterm Success

1. Look over your class notes even before you need to start studying.

2. Utilize your resources, i.e. Tutoring Center and classmates.

3. Midterms may be more difficult than finals because there are no “study days,” so make

your own, on the weekends if necessary.

4. Ask your professor questions on anything you are unsure of in class.

5. Don’t wait until the last minute to study because life events do not care if you have studying to do.

Ques t i on s? Commen t s? Adv i ce?Ques t i on s? Commen t s? Adv i ce?Ques t i on s? Commen t s? Adv i ce?Ques t i on s? Commen t s? Adv i ce?

F ee l f r e e t o con t ac t ou r o f f i c e :Fee l f r e e t o con t ac t ou r o f f i c e :Fee l f r e e t o con t ac t ou r o f f i c e :Fee l f r e e t o con t ac t ou r o f f i c e :

3rd floor,

Mortola Library

Pleasantville

Come visit! Phone

(914) 773-3848

Fax

(914) 773-3896

E-mail

JBenton@pace.edu

CWalther@pace.edu

Director of Honors

Janetta Rebold Benton, Ph.D.

Monday 1:00-5:30pm

Tuesday 1:00-5:30pm

Thursday 1:00-5:30pm

Friday 1:00-5:30pm

Honors Advisor

Christopher Walther, M.S.

Monday 9:00am-5:00pm

Tuesday 9:00am-5:00pm

Wednesday 9:00am-2:30pm

Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm

Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

Visit the Honors

Study Room

Couches, computers, and an ar-

ray of snacks fill the Honors Study Room. If

you’re in the library to study, why not take

advantage of these facilities? The Study Room

is open when the office is open, so stop by and

chat with Dr. Benton, Professor Walther, or the

Honors College staff before studying. The

Honors Scrapbook is also on display!

Check it out! Now!

Scholastica

is online! Visit www.pace.edu, select the letter

H in the A-Z Index, and then click on

Honors College-or-

Type in

http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.

cfm?doc_id=7608 to your browser

Study Abroad!

Studying abroad for an

entire semester counts as

one Honors course.

Stop by or call the Honors

office for more information!

Out to Lunch… With your professor, that is!

Somewhere between

McDonald’s and

Tavern on the Green…

is the chance to take your

Honors professor out to lunch, on us!

Contact the Honors Office

at (914) 773-3848 for more

information.

Want to see

your name in

Scholastica?

We’re looking for

writers!

Contact CWalther@pace.edu if

you’d like to write for us!