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pleasantville

celebrates 50 years

pace’s corporate

rep program is back

meet our new

board chairman

The

FaculTy-

alumni

Bond

relationships

shaped at

pace often

last a

lifetime

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Dear Pace Reader:

I am happy to bring you the current issue of Pace Magazine. It reflects many changes, the most

prominent being a complete redesign. The primary reason for this relaunch is simple: we felt that we

needed a publication that better reflected the vital, bold, resourceful, and innovative culture at Pace.

In this issue, you’ll see bold graphics, creative ideas, and more than a few surprises. We have

a vast array of information, news, profiles, and updates, which we know you will find interesting

and engaging. In a way, the University served as the inspiration—new curricula and programs are

being created to reflect opportunities and changes in our educational culture, so we thought our

magazine should be a part of that as well. Or as magazine-makers like to say: show, don’t tell.

We’d appreciate your opinions on this new look and welcome your ideas for stories and updates

in future issues. Please let us know at [email protected].

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• 03 Letter from the President • 05 Keeping Pace Convocation 2013,

New Schimmel season, Inside the Lubin eLab, Seidenberg PhD program,

Law professor earns honor, James Lipton wins an Emmy • 32 Research

at Pace • 35 Bookshelf • 36 Class Notes • 40 Initiative • 44 Big Data

• 12 The Faculty-Alumni Bond Relationships shaped at Pace often

last a lifetime: we profle four inspiring examples • 18 Pleasantville:

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow As our Pleasantville location celebrates

its frst half century, we look back to its founding in 1963 and ahead

to a dramatically reimagined campus • 26 Mr. Chairman Mark M.

Besca '81, the new Chairman of the University Board of Trustees, refects

on Pace’s greatest opportunities and challenges now and in the future

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PResiDeNt

Stephen J. Friedman

Vice PResiDeNt,

UNiVeRsitY RelatiONs aND cMO

Frederica N. Wald

eDitORial cONsUltaNt

Peter Sikowitz

DiRectOR,

cONteNt aND eDitORial

Greg Daugherty

assOciate DiRectOR,

Digital cONteNt

Tifany Lopes

MaNageR,

sOcial MeDia aND eDitORial

Alyssa Cressotti

cONtRibUtiNg WRiteRs

Sofa Dupi, Caitlin Kelly, Kaitie O’Hare

eDitORial iNteRN

Ashley Small

DesigN aND aRt DiRectiON

T. Koppel Design, Inc.

aRt seRVices

Sergio Girgenti, David Tryk, Milton B. Zelman

PRODUctiON

Maria De La Cruz

DiRectOR, iNtegRateD MaRketiNg/

accOUNt seRVices

Wendy Metzger

Pace Magazine is a publication of the

Department of Marketing and Communications,

Ofce of University Relations, published twice

a year, and distributed free to alumni and

friends of Pace University. The views expressed

in this publication do not necessarily represent

those of its staf or of Pace University.

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Copyright © 2013 Pace University

Pace University is committed to achieving full equal opportunity in all

aspects of University life. Pursuant to this commitment, the University does

not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age, ethnicity, marital status,

national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or veteran status.

Remember

PACE as You Plan

for Your Future Show your confidence in Pace’s future by including the University in your estate and gift plans. By funding a gift annuity or making a bequest to Pace in your will or living trust, you’ll experience the satisfaction of knowing you are helping generations of future Pace students.

For more information on

Planned Giving options—or about using the IRA

charitable rollover—please contact Marc Potolsky,

director of Planned Giving, at (212) 346-1619 or

[email protected].

Act Now The IRA charitable rollover

has been extended to the

e n d o f 2013 . C o n g r e s s

reinstated a law allowing

those 70.5+ years of age

to move up to $100,000

from an IRA directly to a

qualified charity such as

Pace University without

having to pay income taxes

on the money.

3www.pace.edu

“ W h e n I ta l k W I t h p e o p l e a b o u t W h at m a k e s pac e g r a d u at e s s o s p e c I a l , I t r y to c a p t u r e t h e m a g I c t h at h a p p e n s b e tW e e n pa c e s t u d e n ts a n d fa c u lty.”

Letter from the President

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Pace Enters a New Era

Fall 2013 is a time oF great renewal and refection for Pace. We have new leadership on the Board of trustees. We welcomed an unprecedented number of new faculty mem-bers. We launched several exciting academic programs that refect the changing pro-fessional landscape. and, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pleasantville location, we have broken ground on an ambitious new building plan that will position this beautiful campus for the next 50 years.

Helping to drive this renewal across the University is the new Chairman of the Pace Board of trustees, mark Besca ’81. a longtime Board member and New York City ofce manag-ing Partner at ernst & Young llP, mark is a wonderful example of the Pace thinking professional. He brings to this important role a proven record of success as a professional leader, a thoughtfulness of purpose, and a passion for en-couraging individuals to pursue their talents to the fullest. mark and i share the conviction that Pace graduates are vital to the progress of our nation today, and i look forward to working closely with him in the years ahead. You’ll fnd an interview with mark later in this issue.

When i talk with people about what makes Pace graduates so special, i try to capture the magic that hap-pens between Pace students and faculty, when bright, hard-working young people realize, through the guid-ance of expert, caring faculty members, that a Pace educa-tion can take them wherever they want to go. indeed, Pace alumni often tell me about the professors who infuenced them the most, who motivated them to work harder and push themselves further than they ever had before. Professors are the cornerstone of Pace University, so i was especially delighted to welcome 39 new full-time faculty members to Pace this year. this exciting infux of talented scholars will further enliven our classrooms and help advance our intellec-tual leadership in a wide range of disciplines.

as we welcome new people, we continue to launch new academic programs including:

• a PhD in Computer science at the seidenberg school of Computer science and infor-mation systems;

• a Ba in Global asia studies and a BFa in Production and Design in the Dyson College of arts and sciences;

• a Bs in Disabilities and Community living in the school of education; and

• a Concentration in Health Care management at the lubin school of Business’ BBa program in management.

Just as we must look forward to anticipate the educational

needs of each new generation of students, the Pace communi-ty takes great pride in looking back and honoring the history of this great University. For the past year, Pace students, faculty, staf, and alumni have been hard at work planning a series of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pleas-antville location. the establish-ment of Pleasantville in 1963 represents a milestone event in the continuing evolution of our University, and this anniver-sary gives us an opportunity to remember all those who made it possible, chief among them former Pace President edward J. mortola Jr., and to refect on the contributions that the campus has made to the life of the University and its sur-rounding community.

this anniversary also coin-cides marvelously with a project that will transform Pleasant-ville for the next 50 years. this fall, we broke ground on the frst phase of the Pleasantville master plan. over the next several years, we will build two new residence halls; new social, dining, and athletics facili-ties; and a new home for the environmental Center. We will transform the landscape with more green spaces and walking paths. We will see beautiful changes on campus, but even more important, we will be able to deliver our mission of Opportunitas even more efectively. that remains ever our goal.

sincerely yours,

stephen J. FriedmanPresident

President Friedman addresses

the crowd at a celebration

marking the 50th anniversary

of the Pleasantville location.

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Pace Magazine V o l u m e X X X N o . 2 F a l l 2 0 1 3

Do you have a

favorite Pace story?

Is there a teacher who inspired you? Do you want to sugest an article or feature? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please send correspondence to:

Pace Magazine

One Pace Plaza

New York, NY 10038

or e-mail us at

[email protected]

PResiDeNt

Stephen J. Friedman

Vice PResiDeNt,

UNiVeRsitY RelatiONs aND cMO

Frederica N. Wald

eDitORial cONsUltaNt

Peter Sikowitz

DiRectOR,

cONteNt aND eDitORial

Greg Daugherty

assOciate DiRectOR,

Digital cONteNt

Tifany Lopes

MaNageR,

sOcial MeDia aND eDitORial

Alyssa Cressotti

cONtRibUtiNg WRiteRs

Sofa Dupi, Caitlin Kelly, Kaitie O’Hare

eDitORial iNteRN

Ashley Small

DesigN aND aRt DiRectiON

T. Koppel Design, Inc.

aRt seRVices

Sergio Girgenti, David Tryk, Milton B. Zelman

PRODUctiON

Maria De La Cruz

DiRectOR, iNtegRateD MaRketiNg/

accOUNt seRVices

Wendy Metzger

Pace Magazine is a publication of the

Department of Marketing and Communications,

Ofce of University Relations, published twice

a year, and distributed free to alumni and

friends of Pace University. The views expressed

in this publication do not necessarily represent

those of its staf or of Pace University.

eDitORial Office

Pace Magazine

Marketing and Communications Department


Phone: (212) 346-1218


seND aDDRess chaNges tO:

Ofce of Alumni Relations

Pace University


Phone: (212) 346-1489

Fax: (212) 346-1210


Copyright © 2013 Pace University

Pace University is committed to achieving full equal opportunity in all

aspects of University life. Pursuant to this commitment, the University does

not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age, ethnicity, marital status,

national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or veteran status.

Remember

PACE as You Plan

for Your Future Show your confidence in Pace’s future by including the University in your estate and gift plans. By funding a gift annuity or making a bequest to Pace in your will or living trust, you’ll experience the satisfaction of knowing you are helping generations of future Pace students.

For more information on

Planned Giving options—or about using the IRA

charitable rollover—please contact Marc Potolsky,

director of Planned Giving, at (212) 346-1619 or

[email protected].

Act Now The IRA charitable rollover

has been extended to the

e n d o f 2013 . C o n g r e s s

reinstated a law allowing

those 70.5+ years of age

to move up to $100,000

from an IRA directly to a

qualified charity such as

Pace University without

having to pay income taxes

on the money.

3www.pace.edu

“ W h e n I ta l k W I t h p e o p l e a b o u t W h at m a k e s pac e g r a d u at e s s o s p e c I a l , I t r y t o c a p t u r e t h e m a g I c t h at h a p p e n s b e t W e e n pa c e st u d e n t s a n d fa c u lt y.”

Letter from the President

1section

Pace Enters a New Era

Fall 2013 is a time oF great renewal and refection for Pace. We have new leadership on the Board of trustees. We welcomed an unprecedented number of new faculty mem-bers. We launched several exciting academic programs that refect the changing pro-fessional landscape. and, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pleasantville location, we have broken ground on an ambitious new building plan that will position this beautiful campus for the next 50 years.

Helping to drive this renewal across the University is the new Chairman of the Pace Board of trustees, mark Besca ’81. a longtime Board member and New York City ofce manag-ing Partner at ernst & Young llP, mark is a wonderful example of the Pace thinking professional. He brings to this important role a proven record of success as a professional leader, a thoughtfulness of purpose, and a passion for en-couraging individuals to pursue their talents to the fullest. mark and i share the conviction that Pace graduates are vital to the progress of our nation today, and i look forward to working closely with him in the years ahead. You’ll fnd an interview with mark later in this issue.

When i talk with people about what makes Pace graduates so special, i try to capture the magic that hap-pens between Pace students and faculty, when bright, hard-working young people realize, through the guid-ance of expert, caring faculty members, that a Pace educa-tion can take them wherever they want to go. indeed, Pace alumni often tell me about the professors who infuenced them the most, who motivated them to work harder and push themselves further than they ever had before. Professors are the cornerstone of Pace University, so i was especially delighted to welcome 39 new full-time faculty members to Pace this year. this exciting infux of talented scholars will further enliven our classrooms and help advance our intellec-tual leadership in a wide range of disciplines.

as we welcome new people, we continue to launch new academic programs including:

• a PhD in Computer science at the seidenberg school of Computer science and infor-mation systems;

• a Ba in Global asia studies and a BFa in Production and Design in the Dyson College of arts and sciences;

• a Bs in Disabilities and Community living in the school of education; and

• a Concentration in Health Care management at the lubin school of Business’ BBa program in management.

Just as we must look forward to anticipate the educational

needs of each new generation of students, the Pace communi-ty takes great pride in looking back and honoring the history of this great University. For the past year, Pace students, faculty, staf, and alumni have been hard at work planning a series of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pleas-antville location. the establish-ment of Pleasantville in 1963 represents a milestone event in the continuing evolution of our University, and this anniver-sary gives us an opportunity to remember all those who made it possible, chief among them former Pace President edward J. mortola Jr., and to refect on the contributions that the campus has made to the life of the University and its sur-rounding community.

this anniversary also coin-cides marvelously with a project that will transform Pleasant-ville for the next 50 years. this fall, we broke ground on the frst phase of the Pleasantville master plan. over the next several years, we will build two new residence halls; new social, dining, and athletics facili-ties; and a new home for the environmental Center. We will transform the landscape with more green spaces and walking paths. We will see beautiful changes on campus, but even more important, we will be able to deliver our mission of Opportunitas even more efectively. that remains ever our goal.

sincerely yours,

stephen J. FriedmanPresident

President Friedman addresses

the crowd at a celebration

marking the 50th anniversary

of the Pleasantville location.

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A new school year begins

with Convocation 2013.

The Schimmel cenTer

announceS iTS new SeaSon.

The Seidenberg School

introduces a new Doctor of

Philosophy degree in

Computer Science.

ProfeSSor BridgeT crawford

named one of The BeST law

TeacherS in The naTion.

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Entrepreneurship Lab, where

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ConvoCation 2013

S u S a n H e r m a n

Keynote speaker, Associate Professor in the Criminal

Justice Department, and U.S. Department of Justice

National Crime Victim Service Award recipient

“Sometimes we come to appreciate justice when we

witness an injustice. Many of you have experienced

injustice first-hand. Some of you come from communities

where injustice is a daily fact of life. But every day, all

of us are struck by stories of unfairness and inequality

and oppression, the public raping of women, the violence

perpetrated against gays and lesbians, or the racial profiling

of citizens. These are injustices that occur around the world

and right here in America. Many of you have already learned

that trying to achieve justice is not a spectator sport.

Justice is an action verb and activism takes courage.”

O l i v i a D r a b c z y k ' 1 1

“Two and a half years ago, I, in a cap and gown similar to

this one, stood on this very stage in this very gymnasium,

and looked out to an audience full of my professors,

my peers, and their loved ones, and proclaimed that

‘the unerring devotion we show towards humanity will

undeniably matter.’ What I learned at Pace and what has

been continuously validated by my experiences with my

students in Nepal and now throughout New York City, is

that this unerring devotion we show towards humanity

will undeniably matter. And that in our seemingly endless

efforts to define, understand, serve, do, or bring about

justice, that unerring devotion towards humanity…

matters. And that subsequently the stories which make

us all uniquely human matter, too.”

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“When I think of Pace, I think of opportunity."

Justicewas this year's Convocation

theme.

The incoming class of 2017 heard from an award-winning professor, an

accomplished alumna, and a fellow sTudenT as parT of convocaTion 2013.

The evenT was held in The goldsTein cenTer in pleasanTville on sepTember 3.

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≥ The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts on Pace’s New York City Campus opened its latest Pace Presents season in September with Sonorama, presented by Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica, a big band dedicated to performing the work of the late Juan Garcia Esquivel, known as “the king of space age pop.” Led by Mr. Ho (Brian O’Neill), the group has rescued the arrangements via meticulous by-ear transcriptions of Esquivel’s recordings, which were known for exploiting the new format called “stereo” in the 1950s and '60s.

Still upcoming in November and later: Yamato the Drummers

of Japan take the stage on November 24. On a self-described mission “to make the world a little more happy,” the group travels the world with Japan’s traditional Wadaiko drums. Founded in 1993, it comes to the Schimmel as part of its ongoing 20th anniversary tour.

The Gelsey Kirkland Academy brings Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic The Nutcracker to the Schimmel on December 12 to 15.

As the center’s Pace Presents season continues into 2014, highlights will include the experimental dance theater company JUNK, formed by MOMIX alumnus Brian Sanders; the Montréal-based RUBBERBANDance Group; an evening of classic Indian instrumentation in Ragamala: A Tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar; the return

of the American Ballet Theater Studio Company; and Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham’s From the Horse’s Mouth, which reunites at the Schimmel after a special collaboration in 2012.

For more informa-tion about these and other events, visit schimmel.pace.edu.

Schimmel Center Launches Its New Season

Pace Alumsget a 20%

discount on

Pace Presents

shows.

Seidenberg School Boots Up New PhD Program in Computer Science

≥ Pace University’s Seidenberg

School of Computer Science and

Information Systems has introduced a

new Doctor of Philosophy in Computer

Science degree program starting in

the fall 2013 semester.

The White Plains-based program

is the first PhD in computer science

to be offered between New York

City and Albany and accepts only

students with research experience.

From the start, students are

integrated in strategically important

applied research projects focusing

on telehealth and biometrics,

web computing and information

assurance, artificial intelligence and

robotics, and software engineering

and formal methods.

“The United States urgently needs

quality computing innovators to

enhance its competitiveness in the

global market and create new job

opportunities,” says Amar Gupta,

PhD, dean of the Seidenberg School.

“The goal of the new PhD program is

to build on Pace’s successful BS in

Computer Science, MS in Computer

Science, and DPS in Computing

programs, and cultivate advanced

computing research scholars and

professionals who will be competent

in both industry and academia.”

Computer science is a dynamic

discipline that requires faculty to

perform advanced research in order

to remain current and produce

quality computing researchers and

professionals. The new program will

enable the Seidenberg School to

partner with other Pace colleges/

schools and other universities to offer

advanced interdisciplinary degrees in

areas important to New York and the

national economy.

Learn more about the program at

www.pace.edu/seidenberg.

Belgian rapper and crooner Baloji and L'Orchestre de la Katuba performs on April 17.

Keeping Pace


≥ Pace Law School

Professor Bridget

Crawford (right) has

been named one of the

26 best law teachers

in the United States in

the new book What the

Best Law Teachers

Do, published by

Harvard University

Press. The book is the

first study of its kind

regarding the strate-

gies, methods, and

personal traits that make

for exceptional law

professors—professors

who have significant,

positive, and long-

term effects on their

students.

After four years of

research, authors

Gerry Hess, professor

at Gonzaga University

School of Law; Sophie

Sparrow, professor

at University of New

Hampshire School

of Law; and Michael

Hunter Schwartz, dean

and professor of law

at the UALR William H.

Bowen School of Law,

concluded that the best

law professors “are re-

nowned for their exact-

ing standards: they set

expectations high, while

also making course

requirements—and their

belief that their students

can meet them—clear

from the outset. They

demonstrate profes-

sional behavior and tell

students to approach

class as they would

their future profes-

sional life: by being as

prepared, polished, and

gracious as possible.

And they prepare

themselves for class

in depth, even when

they have taught the

course for years.”

The authors

Bridget Crawford named one of nation’s Best law teaChers

“ E xc E p t i o n a l

l E a r n i n g

E x p E r i E n c E s

a r E t h E o n E s

t h at p u s h u s t o

t h i n k h a r d E r ,

w r i t E b E t t E r ,

a rt i c u l at E m o r E

c l E a r ly, E xc E E d

o u r i m ag i n E d

l i m i tat i o n s , a n d

s E E t h E wo r l d

i n n E w way s .

t h at k i n d o f

m ag i c h a p p E n s

i n c l a s s r o o m s

E v E ry s i n g l E day

at pac E .”

— Professor Bridget Crawford

≥ The Lubin School of Business’

Entrepreneurship Lab kicked

off its second year in October

with presentations on entrepreneurial thinking skills,

building sales forces for startups, and creating and

developing a fashion brand. The eLab, as it’s known for

short, not only gives students a chance to learn about

entrepreneurship, but provides resources and serves

as an incubator for putting their ideas into action.

“The Entrepreneurship Lab is a collaborative work-

space designed to bring together students from Pace's

six schools and colleges in order to promote cross-

disciplinary problem solving, experiential learning, and

the development of an entrepreneurial mindset,” says

Bruce Bachenheimer (above), clinical professor of

Management and director of the Entrepreneurship Lab.

In the coming months, the eLab will host several

events on campus aimed at encouraging entrepreneurial

thinking and interdisciplinary engagement. In Novem-

ber, the eLab and the MIT Enterprise Forum co-hosted

a groundbreaking discussion on the role of universities

in New York City’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.

In December, author Karen Leland, president of

Sterling Marketing Group, visits Pace as part of the

eLab’s speaker series, addressing strategic branding

and marketing.

This semester, in the eLab’s second annual Mobile

App Contest, students are being challenged to design

an app that will meet previously ignored user needs.

In early 2014, the Pace Pitch Contest takes new

shape as the first of several mini pitch contests gets

underway. These mini contests are designed to pre-

pare students for the 10th annual Pace Pitch Contest,

scheduled for April 2014. At that event, finalists will

have exactly three minutes to pitch their new venture

ideas to a panel of Pace alumni, entrepreneur judges,

and an enthusiastic audience.

The eLab is housed at Pace’s 163 William Street loca-

tion. For more information visit www.pace.edu/elab.

Pace's eLab Helps Make Entrepreneurial Dreams a Reality

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conducted lengthy

interviews with the

professors and their

deans, colleagues,

students, and alumni,

and observed each

professor’s classroom

behavior. According

to co-author Sparrow,

the authors left these

visits feeling moved,

inspired, and excited to

make changes in their

own teaching based

on what they observed

and heard.

“I am delighted that

Professor Bridget

Crawford has received

national recognition for

what we have known

at Pace for a long

time,” says Pace Law

School Dean Michelle

Simon. “She is an

energetic, dedicated,

rigorous professor

who cares deeply

about her students as

people and as future

lawyers.

“At Pace Law School,

we pride ourselves

on our commitment to

teaching, and Bridget

Crawford embodies so

many of our highest

and best values as a

faculty [member]. In

addition to being a

top-notch scholar and

an engaged member

of the community, she

is a superb teacher.

Her expectations

for students, class

preparation, classroom

teaching, and devo-

tion to students are

very much worthy of

recognition and

emulation.”

≥ In an e-mail to Pace

President Stephen J.

Friedman, just after

midnight on September

16, James Lipton kept it

short and sweet: “We just

won the Emmy.”

After 250+ episodes, 19

seasons, 16 Emmy nomi-

nations, and the National

Academy of Television

Arts & Sciences Lifetime

Achievement Award in

2007, the host and execu-

tive producer of Bravo’s

Inside the Actors Studio

and dean emeritus of

The Actors Studio Drama

School at Pace Univer-

sity, picked up the show’s

first Emmy for Outstand-

ing Informational Series

or Special presented at

the 2013 Creative Arts

Emmys at the Nokia

Theatre in Los Angeles.

Filmed at the Schimmel

Center on Pace’s New

York City Campus and

serving as a master class

for Actors Studio Drama

School students, Inside

the Actors Studio reaches

94 million homes in the

United States and is seen

in 125 countries.

The show, which is the

fifth most nominated in

Emmy history, celebrated

its 250th episode last

May, bringing back

former guests including

Robert De Niro, Jennifer

Lopez, Christopher

Walken, Barbara Walters,

and ASDS alumnus

Bradley Cooper.

In a later comment,

Lipton observed: “Sweet

sixteen! The Academy

has honored our school,


School of Pace Universi-

ty, its students, and fac-

ulty. Because time is so

short on the stage if you

win, I could not include

some of the important

people who share this

honor–Bravo President

Frances Berwick; Steve

Friedman, the president

of Pace University; and

Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino,

and Ellen Burstyn,

the co-presidents of

The Actors Studio.”

James Lipton, dean emeritus of The Actors

Studio Drama School at Pace University,

has added an Emmy to his many honors.

InsIde the Actors studIo

is seen in 125 countries.

Keeping Pace


≥ Pace Law School

Professor Bridget

Crawford (right) has

been named one of the

26 best law teachers

in the United States in

the new book What the

Best Law Teachers

Do, published by

Harvard University

Press. The book is the

first study of its kind

regarding the strate-

gies, methods, and

personal traits that make

for exceptional law

professors—professors

who have significant,

positive, and long-

term effects on their

students.

After four years of

research, authors

Gerry Hess, professor

at Gonzaga University

School of Law; Sophie

Sparrow, professor

at University of New

Hampshire School

of Law; and Michael

Hunter Schwartz, dean

and professor of law

at the UALR William H.

Bowen School of Law,

concluded that the best

law professors “are re-

nowned for their exact-

ing standards: they set

expectations high, while

also making course

requirements—and their

belief that their students

can meet them—clear

from the outset. They

demonstrate profes-

sional behavior and tell

students to approach

class as they would

their future profes-

sional life: by being as

prepared, polished, and

gracious as possible.

And they prepare

themselves for class

in depth, even when

they have taught the

course for years.”

The authors

Bridget Crawford named one of nation’s Best law teaChers

“ E xc E p t i o n a l

l E a r n i n g

E x p E r i E n c E s

a r E t h E o n E s

t h at p u s h u s t o

t h i n k h a r d E r ,

w r i t E b E t t E r ,

a rt i c u l at E m o r E

c l E a r ly, E xc E E d

o u r i m ag i n E d

l i m i tat i o n s , a n d

s E E t h E wo r l d

i n n E w way s .

t h at k i n d o f

m ag i c h a p p E n s

i n c l a s s r o o m s

E v E ry s i n g l E day

at pac E .”

— Professor Bridget Crawford

≥ The Lubin School of Business’

Entrepreneurship Lab kicked

off its second year in October

with presentations on entrepreneurial thinking skills,

building sales forces for startups, and creating and

developing a fashion brand. The eLab, as it’s known for

short, not only gives students a chance to learn about

entrepreneurship, but provides resources and serves

as an incubator for putting their ideas into action.

“The Entrepreneurship Lab is a collaborative work-

space designed to bring together students from Pace's

six schools and colleges in order to promote cross-

disciplinary problem solving, experiential learning, and

the development of an entrepreneurial mindset,” says

Bruce Bachenheimer (above), clinical professor of

Management and director of the Entrepreneurship Lab.

In the coming months, the eLab will host several

events on campus aimed at encouraging entrepreneurial

thinking and interdisciplinary engagement. In Novem-

ber, the eLab and the MIT Enterprise Forum co-hosted

a groundbreaking discussion on the role of universities

in New York City’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.

In December, author Karen Leland, president of

Sterling Marketing Group, visits Pace as part of the

eLab’s speaker series, addressing strategic branding

and marketing.

This semester, in the eLab’s second annual Mobile

App Contest, students are being challenged to design

an app that will meet previously ignored user needs.

In early 2014, the Pace Pitch Contest takes new

shape as the first of several mini pitch contests gets

underway. These mini contests are designed to pre-

pare students for the 10th annual Pace Pitch Contest,

scheduled for April 2014. At that event, finalists will

have exactly three minutes to pitch their new venture

ideas to a panel of Pace alumni, entrepreneur judges,

and an enthusiastic audience.

The eLab is housed at Pace’s 163 William Street loca-

tion. For more information visit www.pace.edu/elab.

Pace's eLab Helps Make Entrepreneurial Dreams a Reality

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conducted lengthy

interviews with the

professors and their

deans, colleagues,

students, and alumni,

and observed each

professor’s classroom

behavior. According

to co-author Sparrow,

the authors left these

visits feeling moved,

inspired, and excited to

make changes in their

own teaching based

on what they observed

and heard.

“I am delighted that

Professor Bridget

Crawford has received

national recognition for

what we have known

at Pace for a long

time,” says Pace Law

School Dean Michelle

Simon. “She is an

energetic, dedicated,

rigorous professor

who cares deeply

about her students as

people and as future

lawyers.

“At Pace Law School,

we pride ourselves

on our commitment to

teaching, and Bridget

Crawford embodies so

many of our highest

and best values as a

faculty [member]. In

addition to being a

top-notch scholar and

an engaged member

of the community, she

is a superb teacher.

Her expectations

for students, class

preparation, classroom

teaching, and devo-

tion to students are

very much worthy of

recognition and

emulation.”

≥ In an e-mail to Pace

President Stephen J.

Friedman, just after

midnight on September

16, James Lipton kept it

short and sweet: “We just

won the Emmy.”

After 250+ episodes, 19

seasons, 16 Emmy nomi-

nations, and the National

Academy of Television

Arts & Sciences Lifetime

Achievement Award in

2007, the host and execu-

tive producer of Bravo’s

Inside the Actors Studio

and dean emeritus of


School at Pace Univer-

sity, picked up the show’s

first Emmy for Outstand-

ing Informational Series

or Special presented at

the 2013 Creative Arts

Emmys at the Nokia

Theatre in Los Angeles.

Filmed at the Schimmel

Center on Pace’s New

York City Campus and

serving as a master class

for Actors Studio Drama

School students, Inside

the Actors Studio reaches

94 million homes in the

United States and is seen

in 125 countries.

The show, which is the

fifth most nominated in

Emmy history, celebrated

its 250th episode last

May, bringing back

former guests including

Robert De Niro, Jennifer

Lopez, Christopher

Walken, Barbara Walters,

and ASDS alumnus

Bradley Cooper.

In a later comment,

Lipton observed: “Sweet

sixteen! The Academy

has honored our school,


School of Pace Universi-

ty, its students, and fac-

ulty. Because time is so

short on the stage if you

win, I could not include

some of the important

people who share this

honor–Bravo President

Frances Berwick; Steve

Friedman, the president

of Pace University; and

Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino,

and Ellen Burstyn,

the co-presidents of

The Actors Studio.”

James Lipton, dean emeritus of The Actors

Studio Drama School at Pace University,

has added an Emmy to his many honors.

InsIde the Actors studIo

is seen in 125 countries.

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The Faculty- Alumni Bond

relationships

shaped at pace often

last a lifetime

12

Pleasantville: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

18

26

section

Mr. Chairman Mark M. Besca '81, the new chairManof the University Board of trUstees,reflects on Pace’s oPPortUnities and challenges now and in the years to coMe


Relationships shaped at Pace

alumni

bond

The faculty-

often last a lifetime

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I saw from day one the passion she had, not only for the

students, but for her profession. That was really inspiring.

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Sharing a passion for global entrepreneurship“I’ve gotten e-mails from him at three in the morning and wondered—‘Does he ever sleep?’”

Students of Professor Bruce Bachen-heimer, a high-energy serial entrepreneur who teaches global entrepreneurship, know that’s a fairly common experience, says Rumit Mehta '03, a former student who has remained close to his former pro-fessor, even a decade after graduation.

Mehta arrived at Pace in 2001 to earn an MBA, and Bachenheimer was one of his professors. Both men, who share a passion for global adventures, had taken unusual and circuitous paths into the classroom where they met.

A trained architect, Mehta had worked for many years in Savannah, GA, before deciding he needed a totally new career, although he was unsure what his next step should be. He chose Pace because of its international focus. Mehta was born in Kenya and grew up in Tanzania, in East Africa, and hoped to use his contacts there for a future business, its exact nature yet to be determined.

Bachenheimer, a clinical professor of Management and director of entrepre-

neurship at the Lubin School of Business, had trod many successful paths before returning to Pace—where he received

his undergraduate business degree— to share his global business expertise. Among other things, he had worked for the Bank of Tokyo and Westpac, a major Australian bank, then lived aboard his 36-foot sailboat in the Caribbean for a few years. After that he started a teak-importing company based in Annapolis, MD, catering largely to fellow sailors. He attended business school himself at 40 in Australia.

All of which deeply impressed Mehta. “He was fresh of the boat. He’s very

involved with business. He’s very fresh when it comes to content. That’s what struck me,” he says.

Their growing mutual respect deepened into friendship when Mehta started a specialized tour company in Tanzania. In 2007, four years after graduation, Mehta took a group including his former professor to the East African nation, introducing them to a wide variety of high-level contacts, including businessmen and government ofcials. He even organized several safaris.

Today, Mehta is the founder and owner of Immersion Journeys, a full-service destination management company that arranges private tours and awareness programs to East and Southern Africa and Ghana. He works with several corporate and academic institutions such as Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, Pace University, Babson College, and The Africa Channel.

“I think that was the tipping point when we got to know one another as well as we did,” recalls Mehta. “We bonded peer-to-

peer then, more than as professor-student.”“Rumit was international and entrepre-

neurial,” says Bachenheimer. “Part of the appeal was his international aspirations and interest.”

The two even share a birthday, June 2 (albeit ten years apart), which they’ve celebrated together.

“Rumit is really detailed and committed to excellence,” says Bachenheimer admir-ingly. “He’s very focused on the quality of the experience his company provides and he’s someone I know I can count on.

“Sometimes we’ll meet, just he and I. I’ll ask his thoughts and he’ll ask mine,” adds Bachenheimer.

The two men look forward to many more years of friendship. “He’s defnitely someone I would stay in touch with for the rest of my life,” says Mehta. “He’s my unpaid cheerleader. Whenever I have a problem I need some advice with, I know we can have a glass of wine and fgure it out.”

A tough love approach for molding marketing students For Christine Leone '12, who now works in marketing for New York Sports Club, studying with Lubin Clinical Professor of Marketing Paul Kurnit ofered an

15 www.pace.edu

unprecedented experience—getting her frst grade that wasn’t an A. (It was a B+.)

She was also working harder, as Kurnit warned his students they would, than she had ever imagined possible.

“We’d be working on our projects until fve in the morning, go home to shower and come right back at 7:00 a.m. to keep going,” she recalls. But Leone was eager for more, knowing the world of advertising and marketing would be just as demand-ing after graduation.

“He gets it. He knows what it takes. He understands the pressure,” says Leone gratefully. “He’s the best professor ever.”

Kurnit has taught at Pace for 15 years, after running a 200-person advertising agency, Grifn Bacal Inc., which was later sold. Leone immediately impressed him, he says, “with her high energy and passion. She did a lot. She was a major contribu-tor. Some students are good in one area or another, but Christine was really excellent at pulling it all together. She’s an organizer and took the reins of production. She drank the Kool-Aid.”

Kurnit invites his most promising stu-dents to join Ad Team, his intense, focused practical sessions that demand from each participant all the skills and attitudes they’ll need to succeed in the industry. After taking one of his classes, Leone was eager to join Ad Team. “He just had so much energy, so much knowledge, and so much creativity,” she says.

But Ad Team is not for the faint of heart, Kurnit says. “It takes students from unformed clay to fabulous sculpture.” The sculpting process, like anything involving

sharp instruments, is rarely smooth or easy. “I teach tough, and I teach tougher every year, because millennials are often distracted. They’re not as disciplined as they need to be, or should be,” he says.

Hence the importance of students like Leone, who act as a necessary “irritant” to their peers, spurring them to the high-est standards possible. Kurnit’s students quickly learn to expect what he calls “love notes.” These are no classic billets-doux, but “notes” in the Hollywood sense—specifc, no-nonsense demands for laging students to step up their game.

Leone welcomed them.“We’d been spoon-fed our entire

lives, and he’d demand huge changes in our work. The notes would really call us out. But it made me a better performer and a better student and I’m grateful for that,” she says.

Leone, who attended a small private high school, is especially grateful she chose Pace, a place where professors “just genuinely care about us. There was noth-ing in high school like the relationships I had with my teachers at Pace. They’re amazing people.”

“It’s all about connecting with my students,” says Kurnit.

Leone now considers her former profes-sor a personal friend. “He motivates you to be the best you can be.” She calls him for advice, and, when he ofered her a lead to a recent job and prepped her for the interview, (which she aced, winning the job), she knew he would be there for her, as he always has been.

"He’s seen me grow up.”

We bonded peer-to-peer then,

more than as professor-student.

”

“

(left image)

Professor

Bruce Bachenheimer

(right image)

Professor

Paul Kurnit



Sharing a passion for global entrepreneurship“I’ve gotten e-mails from him at three in the morning and wondered—‘Does he ever sleep?’”

Students of Professor Bruce Bachen-heimer, a high-energy serial entrepreneur who teaches global entrepreneurship, know that’s a fairly common experience, says Rumit Mehta '03, a former student who has remained close to his former pro-fessor, even a decade after graduation.

Mehta arrived at Pace in 2001 to earn an MBA, and Bachenheimer was one of his professors. Both men, who share a passion for global adventures, had taken unusual and circuitous paths into the classroom where they met.

A trained architect, Mehta had worked for many years in Savannah, GA, before deciding he needed a totally new career, although he was unsure what his next step should be. He chose Pace because of its international focus. Mehta was born in Kenya and grew up in Tanzania, in East Africa, and hoped to use his contacts there for a future business, its exact nature yet to be determined.

Bachenheimer, a clinical professor of Management and director of entrepre-

neurship at the Lubin School of Business, had trod many successful paths before returning to Pace—where he received

his undergraduate business degree— to share his global business expertise. Among other things, he had worked for the Bank of Tokyo and Westpac, a major Australian bank, then lived aboard his 36-foot sailboat in the Caribbean for a few years. After that he started a teak-importing company based in Annapolis, MD, catering largely to fellow sailors. He attended business school himself at 40 in Australia.

All of which deeply impressed Mehta. “He was fresh of the boat. He’s very

involved with business. He’s very fresh when it comes to content. That’s what struck me,” he says.

Their growing mutual respect deepened into friendship when Mehta started a specialized tour company in Tanzania. In 2007, four years after graduation, Mehta took a group including his former professor to the East African nation, introducing them to a wide variety of high-level contacts, including businessmen and government ofcials. He even organized several safaris.

Today, Mehta is the founder and owner of Immersion Journeys, a full-service destination management company that arranges private tours and awareness programs to East and Southern Africa and Ghana. He works with several corporate and academic institutions such as Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, Pace University, Babson College, and The Africa Channel.

“I think that was the tipping point when we got to know one another as well as we did,” recalls Mehta. “We bonded peer-to-

peer then, more than as professor-student.”“Rumit was international and entrepre-

neurial,” says Bachenheimer. “Part of the appeal was his international aspirations and interest.”

The two even share a birthday, June 2 (albeit ten years apart), which they’ve celebrated together.

“Rumit is really detailed and committed to excellence,” says Bachenheimer admir-ingly. “He’s very focused on the quality of the experience his company provides and he’s someone I know I can count on.

“Sometimes we’ll meet, just he and I. I’ll ask his thoughts and he’ll ask mine,” adds Bachenheimer.

The two men look forward to many more years of friendship. “He’s defnitely someone I would stay in touch with for the rest of my life,” says Mehta. “He’s my unpaid cheerleader. Whenever I have a problem I need some advice with, I know we can have a glass of wine and fgure it out.”

A tough love approach for molding marketing students For Christine Leone '12, who now works in marketing for New York Sports Club, studying with Lubin Clinical Professor of Marketing Paul Kurnit ofered an

15 www.pace.edu

unprecedented experience—getting her frst grade that wasn’t an A. (It was a B+.)

She was also working harder, as Kurnit warned his students they would, than she had ever imagined possible.

“We’d be working on our projects until fve in the morning, go home to shower and come right back at 7:00 a.m. to keep going,” she recalls. But Leone was eager for more, knowing the world of advertising and marketing would be just as demand-ing after graduation.

“He gets it. He knows what it takes. He understands the pressure,” says Leone gratefully. “He’s the best professor ever.”

Kurnit has taught at Pace for 15 years, after running a 200-person advertising agency, Grifn Bacal Inc., which was later sold. Leone immediately impressed him, he says, “with her high energy and passion. She did a lot. She was a major contribu-tor. Some students are good in one area or another, but Christine was really excellent at pulling it all together. She’s an organizer and took the reins of production. She drank the Kool-Aid.”

Kurnit invites his most promising stu-dents to join Ad Team, his intense, focused practical sessions that demand from each participant all the skills and attitudes they’ll need to succeed in the industry. After taking one of his classes, Leone was eager to join Ad Team. “He just had so much energy, so much knowledge, and so much creativity,” she says.

But Ad Team is not for the faint of heart, Kurnit says. “It takes students from unformed clay to fabulous sculpture.” The sculpting process, like anything involving

sharp instruments, is rarely smooth or easy. “I teach tough, and I teach tougher every year, because millennials are often distracted. They’re not as disciplined as they need to be, or should be,” he says.

Hence the importance of students like Leone, who act as a necessary “irritant” to their peers, spurring them to the high-est standards possible. Kurnit’s students quickly learn to expect what he calls “love notes.” These are no classic billets-doux, but “notes” in the Hollywood sense—specifc, no-nonsense demands for laging students to step up their game.

Leone welcomed them.“We’d been spoon-fed our entire

lives, and he’d demand huge changes in our work. The notes would really call us out. But it made me a better performer and a better student and I’m grateful for that,” she says.

Leone, who attended a small private high school, is especially grateful she chose Pace, a place where professors “just genuinely care about us. There was noth-ing in high school like the relationships I had with my teachers at Pace. They’re amazing people.”

“It’s all about connecting with my students,” says Kurnit.

Leone now considers her former profes-sor a personal friend. “He motivates you to be the best you can be.” She calls him for advice, and, when he ofered her a lead to a recent job and prepped her for the interview, (which she aced, winning the job), she knew he would be there for her, as he always has been.

"He’s seen me grow up.”

We bonded peer-to-peer then,

more than as professor-student.

”

“

(left image)

Professor

Bruce Bachenheimer

(right image)

Professor

Paul Kurnit



Helping a quiet accounting student fnd his voiceHe was quiet and shy, un-comfortable speaking up in class. But Lubin Accounting Professor Barbara Farrell, EdD, quickly saw—with 34 years experience in the classroom—that Nick Bueti '99 could have a terrifc career in accounting.

First, however, she had to get her student to come out of his shell.

and skills. “She was really like an adviser. She really cared for her students and she knew her students really well, so she would match students to jobs,” he recalls.

The two got to know one another personally thanks to Bueti’s membership in Pace’s Accounting Society. Members of the 40-year-old volunteer group bring in 50 diferent accounting professionals—from major frms, banks, the IRS, and even the FBI—to help stu-dents get a better feel for their chosen profession. Bueti still returns to campus frequently, even bringing 15 of his staf members, to meet with and mentor Farrell’s current stu-dents.

“You have to become more assertive,” she told him.

Today—14 years after leav-ing Pace—Bueti is a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, in Stamford, CT, thriving in his accounting career.

“I went to a smaller high school with smaller classes, so that’s what I was looking for when I chose Pace. I really wanted to have that connec-tion, to know that professors would know me and I would know them,” he says.

“When I met Barbara, I saw from day one the passion she had, not only for the students, but for her profession. That was really inspiring.”

Farrell urged him to apply early for internships and sugested which frms would be the best ft for his personality

Professor Paul Kurnit

with students. "I teach

tough," he says.



Helping a quiet accounting student fnd his voiceHe was quiet and shy, un-comfortable speaking up in class. But Lubin Accounting Professor Barbara Farrell, EdD, quickly saw—with 34 years experience in the classroom—that Nick Bueti '99 could have a terrifc career in accounting.

First, however, she had to get her student to come out of his shell.

and skills. “She was really like an adviser. She really cared for her students and she knew her students really well, so she would match students to jobs,” he recalls.

The two got to know one another personally thanks to Bueti’s membership in Pace’s Accounting Society. Members of the 40-year-old volunteer group bring in 50 diferent accounting professionals—from major frms, banks, the IRS, and even the FBI—to help stu-dents get a better feel for their chosen profession. Bueti still returns to campus frequently, even bringing 15 of his staf members, to meet with and mentor Farrell’s current stu-dents.

“You have to become more assertive,” she told him.

Today—14 years after leav-ing Pace—Bueti is a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, in Stamford, CT, thriving in his accounting career.

“I went to a smaller high school with smaller classes, so that’s what I was looking for when I chose Pace. I really wanted to have that connec-tion, to know that professors would know me and I would know them,” he says.

“When I met Barbara, I saw from day one the passion she had, not only for the students, but for her profession. That was really inspiring.”

Farrell urged him to apply early for internships and sugested which frms would be the best ft for his personality

Professor Paul Kurnit

with students. "I teach

tough," he says.

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In the fve years of his Pace undergradu-ate work, Bueti did come out of his shell, largely thanks to Farrell’s insistence he do public presentations and work on his speaking skills. “At frst, I was a little apprehensive as it pushed me out of my comfort zone,” he says. “But she warned me ‘You’re going to be on with all your clients all the time.’ She was right. Every-thing we do is like that. These skills have proven very important.

“By the end, I was a completely diferent person.”

Farrell also knows she can call on Bueti to coax students like him from their shells as well. “I can call Nick and say, ‘I have a very quiet student like you once were. Will you meet with them one-on-one to prepare them for job interviews?’ It’s so helpful to have this chance with a professional currently working in the feld.”

Today, the two try to meet once every few months to grab a bite and share what’s happening in their lives. “She’s defnitely become a friend,” says Bueti.

“I’ve kept this sort of relationship up with many students over the years,” Farrell says. “It’s so wonderful to see them go from being a young kid to a very success-ful professional you’re just beaming about. You feel so proud. It’s like being a parent.

“It’s unique to Pace, keeping these rela-tionships with alumni as strong as we do,” she continues. “Many of us had lives before we came to Pace and we can talk about our real-life experiences. Students appreciate that. They like knowing someone cares enough about them, even after they’ve left.”

A gifted teacher of teachers Students of Sister M. St. John Delany, PhD, associate professor of Education and director of the Center for Literacy Enrich-ment, know they’re meeting someone

special, as her reputation precedes her. “We always heard she was the best,”

says former student Jan Cheluget (née Kutscher) '11, “and from the moment we met, I knew she was. When we all met her, we knew there was something special about her. You’d do anything to get into her class because she makes you feel so welcome. She just makes you want to be a better educator. What I liked about her classes was that they were really hands-on with lots of engagement.”

Almost two years after leaving Sr. Delany’s classroom, “I still use her read-ings today,” Cheluget says.

The two remain close, seeing one an-other a few times a week, as Cheluget now tutors Sr. Delany’s students.

“When people ask me if they can tutor, I ask ‘Are you consistent, responsive, and knowledgeable?’” says Sr. Delany. “I need people like Jan who are very on top of things. She’s very able to handle situa-tions.” Sr. Delany says she saw that in Cheluget from the start. “She was a very mature young lady, a very smart girl. She has a presence about her.”

Sr. Delany sets a high bar, she readily admits. But her passion for teaching, and connecting with her students, remains undimmed. “I love them to death.”

Pace students have a rare and precious asset in these ongoing friendships—when they compare notes with friends who’ve attended other universities, even small ones, their tight bonds with faculty some-times provoke envy.

For the professors who keep committing their lives and talents to their students, for years after graduation, it’s who they are and what they have chosen to do. “I’m in the life-changing business,” says Kurnit.

Caitlin Kelly is a Westchester County, New

York-based writer, and frequent contributor to

The New York Times Sunday Business section.

Her books include Malled: My Unintentional

Career in Retail (Portfolio Trade).

It’s unique

to Pace,

keeping

these

relationships

with alumni

as strong as

we do.

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(bottom left image)

Professor Barbara Farrell

(right image)

Professor Sister M.

St. John Delany

Pleasantville:Yesterday,Today,and Tomorrow

As our PleAsAntville locAtion celebrAtes its first

hAlf century, we look bAck to its founding in 1963

And AheAd to A drAmAticAlly reimAgined cAmPus

Pleasantville:Yesterday,Today,and Tomorrow

As our PleAsAntville locAtion celebrAtes its first

hAlf century, we look bAck to its founding in 1963

And AheAd to A drAmAticAlly reimAgined cAmPus


The seven acre

site had been

donated to the

University a

year earlier by

Wayne Marks ’28,

a General Foods

Corp. executive,

and his wife,

Helen.

Ground was

broken in the

spring of 1963

and construction

began a month

later. It has hardly

stopped since. In

the decades that

followed, the

University con-

tinued to expand,

adding both land

and new facilities

to accommodate

a growing student

body. Today the

Pleasantville

site covers some

200 acres and

serves some 2,320

students.

As Pace celebrates

Pleasantville’s

50th anniversary

this year, the

University is also

embarking on the

frst phase of an

ambitious renova-

tion project that

will transform the

campus yet again

and prepare it

for the next 50

years, or more.

The plan includes

the construction

of two residence

halls, a new and

enhanced home for

the Environmental

Center, upgraded

athletic facilities,

landscaped path-

ways, a new central

campus green, and

the expansion of

the Kessel Student

Center to add

dining capacity

and more student

gathering spaces.

We ofer a sneak

preview on pages

24 and 25.

When Pace University’s Pleasantville

location opened for business in

September 1963, with a freshman

class of 143 day students and another

265 in the evening program, the

campus was still very much under

construction. Students were known

to joke that they would drive over dirt

roads on their way to campus and

over blacktop on their way home.

Pace bene-

factors Wayne

Marks ’28

and wife

Helen, above.

Below left :

Students

marked the

opening of

Pleasantvi l le

by trekking

up from the

New York

City Campus.

At right:

Wil lcox Hal l ,

completed

in 1965.


The seven acre

site had been

donated to the

University a

year earlier by

Wayne Marks ’28,

a General Foods

Corp. executive,

and his wife,

Helen.

Ground was

broken in the

spring of 1963

and construction

began a month

later. It has hardly

stopped since. In

the decades that

followed, the

University con-

tinued to expand,

adding both land

and new facilities

to accommodate

a growing student

body. Today the

Pleasantville

site covers some

200 acres and

serves some 2,320

students.

As Pace celebrates

Pleasantville’s

50th anniversary

this year, the

University is also

embarking on the

frst phase of an

ambitious renova-

tion project that

will transform the

campus yet again

and prepare it

for the next 50

years, or more.

The plan includes

the construction

of two residence

halls, a new and

enhanced home for

the Environmental

Center, upgraded

athletic facilities,

landscaped path-

ways, a new central

campus green, and

the expansion of

the Kessel Student

Center to add

dining capacity

and more student

gathering spaces.

We ofer a sneak

preview on pages

24 and 25.

When Pace University’s Pleasantville

location opened for business in

September 1963, with a freshman

class of 143 day students and another

265 in the evening program, the

campus was still very much under

construction. Students were known

to joke that they would drive over dirt

roads on their way to campus and

over blacktop on their way home.

Pace bene-

factors Wayne

Marks ’28

and wife

Helen, above.

Below left :

Students

marked the

opening of

Pleasantvi l le

by trekking

up from the

New York

City Campus.

At right:

Wil lcox Hal l ,

completed

in 1965.

Feature — Pleasantville

21 www.pace.edu



23 www.pace.edu

The Edward and Doris Mortola Library (above) is the hub of

technology-based learning at Pace’s Pleasantvi l le location. Together

with its satel l i te operation at the Graduate Center in White Plains,

i t provides print and digital resources in support of classroom

teaching, col laborative and interactive learning, independent study,

scholarly research, and l i felong learning programs.

Wil l iam F.

McAloon, PhD,

(right in top

photo), then-Dean

of Pace Col lege

Westchester,

surveyed plans

during the early

years of Pace’s

Pleasantvi l le

expansion. For the

upcoming campus

transformation,

the Environmental

Center (seen left)

wil l be relocated

and enhanced

with geothermal

heat and solar

power in the

new classroom.

Choate Pond wil l

be revital ized

with the removal

of sediment, the

reshaping of

the pond’s bottom

and sides, and

the addit ion of

a perimeter

walking path and

lookout point.


The Mas te r P l an ca l l s fo r re l oca t i ng a l l p a r k i ng capac i t y f rom the cen t ra l pa r t o f t he campus t o t he pe r ime te r ,

P i c t u re d b e l ow i s o n e o f s e ve ra l F i e l d H o u s e co n c e p t s


25 www.pace.edu

, a n d b u i l d i n g a l a n d s c a p e d q u a d a n d p e d e s t r i a n p a t h w a y s a t t h e c a m p u s co re ( a b ove , i n a n a r t i s t ’s re n d e r i n g ) .

o n c e p t s t h a t h a ve b e e n p ro p o s e d a s p a r t o f t h e c a m p u s t ra n s fo r m a t i o n .


The Mas te r P l an ca l l s fo r re l oca t i ng a l l p a r k i ng capac i t y f rom the cen t ra l pa r t o f t he campus t o t he pe r ime te r ,

P i c t u re d b e l ow i s o n e o f s e ve ra l F i e l d H o u s e co n c e p t s


25 www.pace.edu

, a n d b u i l d i n g a l a n d s c a p e d q u a d a n d p e d e s t r i a n p a t h w a y s a t t h e c a m p u s co re ( a b ove , i n a n a r t i s t ’s re n d e r i n g ) .

o n c e p t s t h a t h a ve b e e n p ro p o s e d a s p a r t o f t h e c a m p u s t ra n s fo r m a t i o n .


Mr.

Chairman

Mark M. Besca '81, the new Chairman of the University Board of Trustees,

refects on Pace’s opportunities and challenges now and in the years to come

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Besca today and, at

left, as an undergrad.


Feature — Mr. Chairman

In July, Mark M. Besca, BBA ’81,

became Chairman of Pace’s

Board of Trustees, succeeding

Aniello A. Bianco ’61, who

held the post for 14 years.

¶ A longtime member of the

Pace board, Besca is also a

familiar face to national tele-

vision viewers, representing

his employer, Ernst & Young

LLP, at awards shows includ-

ing the Emmys and American

Music Awards. Besca joined

EY, then Arthur Young, in 1980

as an intern through the Pace

co-op program. He currently

serves as the frm’s New York

City Ofce Managing Partner.

¶ Besca, who grew up in the

Bronx, now lives in Manhattan

with his wife, Geri, a profes-

sional singer; two daughters;

and a Bernese Mountain dog

named Jeter. Pace Magazine

interviewed him in October

about where he sees the

University heading in the

future and asked him to

reminisce a little about his

own undergrad days.

pace magazine: So

how’s it going after four

months as Chairman?

mark m. besca: I think everything we’re doing now is pretty exciting. We’ve got a lot of mo-mentum going. As you’ve probably heard President Friedman say, our goal is to be a national leader in providing education, but education with clear value. We want to com-bine very strong liberal arts with professional preparation, and ofer an education that helps our students to succeed in their careers and in

From Top: Besca with Yankees

pitcher Mariano Rivera; at the

American Music Awards; with

Lubin Dean Neil S. Braun and their

wives; with Derek Jeter (and photo

of dog Jeter); greeting Kareem

Abdul-Jabbar at the Emmys; and on

the feld with Orlando Hernández,

aka “El Duque.”

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We want to produce graduates from

every school who are genuinely more

effective in today's world than those

coming from other schools.

musical note

Along with golf and tennis, Pace’s new Chairman plays electric

guitar. Among his guitar heroes: Slash, of Guns N’ Roses fame.


their lives. So what you’re going to hear a lot about in the coming year is something that we call the Pace Path.

pm: Can you tell us a bit more about that?

besca: The Pace Path combines a number of ideas. One draws on our history of providing experiential learning opportuni-ties. Historically it was the accounting program that was best known for produc-ing students who were more ready to hit the ground running when they went out into the workforce than the graduates of many other universities. Now that’s going to be true for all our schools. We’re also going to enhance the ways we give our students real-life experiences through internships, undergraduate research, and travel courses, and apply coaching and mentoring to the process. So when you simplify all this, what we’re saying is that we want to produce graduates from every school who are genuinely more efective in today’s world than those coming from other schools.

We want to be better than anybody else at doing what I’ve just described. We’re already ranked number 5 by U.S. News &

World Report in terms of placing under-graduates in internships.

pm: Care to look further out into the

University's future?

besca: Well, when we look into the future we look at basically three things: academic progress, meaning real growth in our programs and adding to our faculty; physi-cal change, such as we’re seeing now with our building programs in Pleasantville and downtown; and technology. In some ways technology could be the most important.

pm: Can you elaborate?

besca: We’re trying to address how and what we teach in light of the changing technology. We have hundreds of online programs already. We have a hybrid Execu-tive MBA course that combines online learning and quarterly residencies. We have a highly rated all-online degree pro-gram. And although many of these things are in their infancy, we know that the way we teach our students is going to be diferent in the future, and how we combine technology with real classroom experience will change over time. No university has the perfect solution at this point, but we’re very focused on trying to get that right mix. We see technology

changing the landscape for the better, and it could make education more efcient in terms of cost.

pm: Do you foresee a day when college

education is totally virtual?

besca: There are some exciting things going on in that area, such as massive open online courses, where you can get the top professor in a particular feld to teach people all over the world. That will probably be part of our formula as well. But no, I don’t think it’s going to be all virtual. That’s what you might hear, but I think you still need that relationship with the student at the university. What’s interesting is how you can combine virtual learning with traditional learning, and what the percentage of each will be.

pm: What would you say are the biggest

challenges facing Pace and other

universities today?

besca: One is certainly the growing cost of education. That has put incredible stress on afordability and value in general at every university. And frankly I think a lot of other colleges don’t provide the value to match what students are paying.

pm: What about opportunities?

besca: I think one thing that makes Pace diferent from other universities is that we have a huge competitive advantage being in New York City and downtown in New York City, right at the heart of the capital markets. There’s no other institu-tion that’s positioned like us there, and we ofer the option for folks who want to be on a traditional campus to be only 40 minutes away. That is pretty unique, and I’m not sure we have always marketed that as well as we could. People want to come to New York.

pm: How would you say Pace has changed

since your years as an undergrad?

besca: For one thing, the neighborhood was very diferent in those days. Now it’s so vibrant, but back then, downtown really shut down at night. There weren’t a lot of residential buildings. I lived in Maria’s Tower, and our dining room was China-town, which was wonderful, great food. We still had the beneft of being in the city, so we’d go out and do other things, but downtown was not what it is today.

And of course, the technology has changed pretty dramatically. I can remember

sitting in the Birnbaum Library, sifting through books for hours, looking for answers to questions we were researching. Students can now get those answers in sec-onds. What they have at their fngertips is just amazing compared with what we had. In fact, one of my frst jobs at Pace was in the computer lab, where I ran computer programs using punch cards. We used to have the lab open almost all night so folks could process their data. How diferent the world is now, with everyone walking around with a laptop.

pm: Do you remember a favorite teacher

you had at Pace?

besca: I had many great teachers. One was Ivan Fox, the best-loved professor in maybe the whole world. He’s passed, but he was a legend at the University. He knew how to teach with humor and tools that helped us remember core law, and his one-hour class felt like fve minutes. One reason Pace students did so well on the CPA exam was that the law part was easy for anybody who took Fox. Tony Pustorino and Rudy Jacob were outstanding accounting professors who knew how to take accounting and apply it in a practical way. Rudy’s the Chair of the Accounting Department today and still looks like he’s 20.

pm: Could you tell us a little about your

upbringing? We understand your parents

were Holocaust survivors.

besca: Yes, they came here from Greece with nothing. They had been afuent in Greece before the war. They were educat-ed, and they were going to make sure that my generation would get educated and turn things around for the family. Their whole mantra was get an education. That’s why a lot of us on the Pace board are so passionate about the University, because of Opportunitas. Pace was there for me and I just can’t forget it, because without Pace I wouldn’t be where I am today.


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RESEARCHMedia and Gender issues

developinG peaceful drones

a virtual therapy doG

children’s Mental health WarninGs

BOOKSHELF

CLASS NOTESprofiles, MarriaGes, Births, enGaGeMents, in MeMoriaM

INITIATIVEpace relaunches its corporate rep proGraM

top 10 corporate eMployers of pace aluMni

BIG DATAGrant funders put their Money on pace

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their lives. So what you’re going to hear a lot about in the coming year is something that we call the Pace Path.

pm: Can you tell us a bit more about that?

besca: The Pace Path combines a number of ideas. One draws on our history of providing experiential learning opportuni-ties. Historically it was the accounting program that was best known for produc-ing students who were more ready to hit the ground running when they went out into the workforce than the graduates of many other universities. Now that’s going to be true for all our schools. We’re also going to enhance the ways we give our students real-life experiences through internships, undergraduate research, and travel courses, and apply coaching and mentoring to the process. So when you simplify all this, what we’re saying is that we want to produce graduates from every school who are genuinely more efective in today’s world than those coming from other schools.

We want to be better than anybody else at doing what I’ve just described. We’re already ranked number 5 by U.S. News &

World Report in terms of placing under-graduates in internships.

pm: Care to look further out into the

University's future?

besca: Well, when we look into the future we look at basically three things: academic progress, meaning real growth in our programs and adding to our faculty; physi-cal change, such as we’re seeing now with our building programs in Pleasantville and downtown; and technology. In some ways technology could be the most important.

pm: Can you elaborate?

besca: We’re trying to address how and what we teach in light of the changing technology. We have hundreds of online programs already. We have a hybrid Execu-tive MBA course that combines online learning and quarterly residencies. We have a highly rated all-online degree pro-gram. And although many of these things are in their infancy, we know that the way we teach our students is going to be diferent in the future, and how we combine technology with real classroom experience will change over time. No university has the perfect solution at this point, but we’re very focused on trying to get that right mix. We see technology

changing the landscape for the better, and it could make education more efcient in terms of cost.

pm: Do you foresee a day when college

education is totally virtual?

besca: There are some exciting things going on in that area, such as massive open online courses, where you can get the top professor in a particular feld to teach people all over the world. That will probably be part of our formula as well. But no, I don’t think it’s going to be all virtual. That’s what you might hear, but I think you still need that relationship with the student at the university. What’s interesting is how you can combine virtual learning with traditional learning, and what the percentage of each will be.

pm: What would you say are the biggest

challenges facing Pace and other

universities today?

besca: One is certainly the growing cost of education. That has put incredible stress on afordability and value in general at every university. And frankly I think a lot of other colleges don’t provide the value to match what students are paying.

pm: What about opportunities?

besca: I think one thing that makes Pace diferent from other universities is that we have a huge competitive advantage being in New York City and downtown in New York City, right at the heart of the capital markets. There’s no other institu-tion that’s positioned like us there, and we ofer the option for folks who want to be on a traditional campus to be only 40 minutes away. That is pretty unique, and I’m not sure we have always marketed that as well as we could. People want to come to New York.

pm: How would you say Pace has changed

since your years as an undergrad?

besca: For one thing, the neighborhood was very diferent in those days. Now it’s so vibrant, but back then, downtown really shut down at night. There weren’t a lot of residential buildings. I lived in Maria’s Tower, and our dining room was China-town, which was wonderful, great food. We still had the beneft of being in the city, so we’d go out and do other things, but downtown was not what it is today.

And of course, the technology has changed pretty dramatically. I can remember

sitting in the Birnbaum Library, sifting through books for hours, looking for answers to questions we were researching. Students can now get those answers in sec-onds. What they have at their fngertips is just amazing compared with what we had. In fact, one of my frst jobs at Pace was in the computer lab, where I ran computer programs using punch cards. We used to have the lab open almost all night so folks could process their data. How diferent the world is now, with everyone walking around with a laptop.

pm: Do you remember a favorite teacher

you had at Pace?

besca: I had many great teachers. One was Ivan Fox, the best-loved professor in maybe the whole world. He’s passed, but he was a legend at the University. He knew how to teach with humor and tools that helped us remember core law, and his one-hour class felt like fve minutes. One reason Pace students did so well on the CPA exam was that the law part was easy for anybody who took Fox. Tony Pustorino and Rudy Jacob were outstanding accounting professors who knew how to take accounting and apply it in a practical way. Rudy’s the Chair of the Accounting Department today and still looks like he’s 20.

pm: Could you tell us a little about your

upbringing? We understand your parents

were Holocaust survivors.

besca: Yes, they came here from Greece with nothing. They had been afuent in Greece before the war. They were educat-ed, and they were going to make sure that my generation would get educated and turn things around for the family. Their whole mantra was get an education. That’s why a lot of us on the Pace board are so passionate about the University, because of Opportunitas. Pace was there for me and I just can’t forget it, because without Pace I wouldn’t be where I am today.


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RESEARCHMedia and Gender issues

developinG peaceful drones

a virtual therapy doG

children’s Mental health WarninGs

BOOKSHELF

CLASS NOTESprofiles, MarriaGes, Births, enGaGeMents, in MeMoriaM

INITIATIVEpace relaunches its corporate rep proGraM

top 10 corporate eMployers of pace aluMni

BIG DATAGrant funders put their Money on pace

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35

36

40

44

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H o w t H e M e d i a C o v e r G e n d e r i s s u e sDyson Associate Professor Emilie Zaslow and recent graduate Brian Rentas ’13 examine the media’s portrayal of gender variance issues among children.

When emilie ZasloW, PhD, and student Brian Rentas ’13 (pictured above) teamed up as

part of Pace’s Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Initiative, it was an opportunity for

both to explore media and communications from a new perspective.

“My work has typically been about what it means to be a girl and how the media depicts

girls,” says Zaslow, an associate professor of Communication Studies in Dyson College

of Arts and Sciences. “I’ve worked with a lot of students on their honors theses, and I’ve

had students help me on my own research, but I’ve never worked so collaboratively with a

student. It was an interesting thing to develop ideas together.”

Rentas and Zaslow analyzed videos and transcripts of recent television coverage, focus-

ing primarily on the handling of six stories, including those of Bobby Montoya, a 7-year-old

transgender child looking to join the Girl Scouts; J. Crew Creative Director Jenna Lyons, who

painted her son’s toenails pink because that’s his favorite color; and McKenna Pope, who

petitioned toymaker Hasbro to create an Easy Bake Oven in gender neutral colors so that

A glimpse at some of the fascinating projects in progress at Pace

her brother could play with it.

Their research also looked

at stories about a baby named

Storm, whose parents would

not share the baby’s sex with

friends and family and were rais-

ing the child as gender neutral.

They found that the story about

Storm was typically presented

in a very negative light, whereas

the one about McKenna Pope

crusading for a gender-neutral

toy oven was represented

more positively. Partly, Zaslow

and Rentas believe, that was

because the latter story involved

an attempt to prevent a boy

from playing with a girl’s toy.

Even efforts at positive

coverage often leave the public

with mixed messages, their

research found. “They bring

on a psychiatrist or a mother

of one of these children and

say we should love and accept

the child for who they are, but

then they ask viewers, ‘Would

you love and accept your child

under these circumstances?’”

says Zaslow. “It basically nulli-

fies the frame of acceptance.”

Zaslow and Rentas plan to

publish their findings and hope

that the work they’re doing

will add to public discourse on

gender issues and how televi-

sion affects them. “Americans

spend nearly 40 hours a

week watching television, and

children generally spend

much more time with media

than do adults,” Zaslow says.

“We learn about who we are,

who our children are, what

gender is, what it means to be

a boy or girl.”

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Developing drones for peaceful purposesSeidenberg Professor Richard Kline

and Keith McPherson ’13 (pictured

below) team up to explore the uses of

a flying drone quadcopter as part of

the Undergraduate Student-Faculty

Research Initiative.

If you ask recent Seidenberg grad Keith McPherson ’13 why he and Professor Rick Kline, PhD, teamed up to build their own drone, he won’t try to wow you with a lot of scientifc jargon. “Flying robots are cool!” he says. “It’s as simple as that.”

McPherson and Kline’s drone is techni-cally an autonomous quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle, otherwise known as a fying quadcopter, a miniature helicopter lifted and propelled by four rotors.

Their interest in quadcopters goes back two years, to a college-level robotics competition. Professor Kline mentored a team, captained by McPherson, which built a fying robot for the event, only to see it crash on the frst day of com-petition. That attempt may have ended poorly for the pair, but it didn’t dampen their interest in the feld. When the Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Initiative opportunity came up, they decided to start over again from scratch.

The building of the quadcopter included plenty of snags and took far longer than the pair anticipated, but the websites and forums run by other drone enthusiasts, especially one called AeroQuad, were of great help in overcoming problems they encountered. “One of the bigest surprises for me while working on this project was

discovering how big the Internet commu-nity is of people who are interested in build-ing these things and sharing their expertise and designs,” Kline says. “That allowed us to do a whole lot more than if we were starting from and working in a vacuum.”

Since neither professor nor student had any formal engineering training, these and other resources were essential for their work. But drawing on their software expertise, McPherson and Kline were able to develop code that would allow them to control their quadcopter using a WiFi connection to a laptop, taking input from handheld game controllers, and produc-ing a virtual cockpit instrument display in real time on the screen.

“With the software and computer pro-gramming, we can tell the vehicle to not only move here or there, but to do fips, take photos, and record and stream live video,” says McPherson. Kline adds that, “Technology keeps evolving so quickly. The control board that handles the live video costs $35, is the size of a credit card, and has the same power as a $2,000 desk-top machine from 10 years ago.”

As they investigated diferent applica-tions for the quadcopter, they encoun-tered another group of drone enthusiasts who hoped to develop one for news reporting around the world, particularly in regions of confict. Should Internet access and other traditional means of communication be shut down, images

captured by fying drones could still show what’s happening on the ground. McPherson shared ideas with them and volunteered to do some web site develop-ment work for the project.

The pair also explored the use of drones for commercial purposes, such as captur-ing aerial images of neighborhoods and buildings for use in real estate sales. Unfortunately, they discovered that this type of drone use is currently illegal, though fight regulations should be changing in the near future.

McPherson and Kline now hope to share their advances with other enthusiasts via the AeroQuad site, which they credit for much of their own knowledge. “Research publications are always nice—and they are what’s expected of a faculty member,” Kline says. “But for a student to be able to have signifcant contributions to a huge open source project, that’s exciting to me, and I hope we’ll be able to pull it of.”


H o w t H e M e d i a C o v e r G e n d e r i s s u e sDyson Associate Professor Emilie Zaslow and recent graduate Brian Rentas ’13 examine the media’s portrayal of gender variance issues among children.

When emilie ZasloW, PhD, and student Brian Rentas ’13 (pictured above) teamed up as

part of Pace’s Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Initiative, it was an opportunity for

both to explore media and communications from a new perspective.

“My work has typically been about what it means to be a girl and how the media depicts

girls,” says Zaslow, an associate professor of Communication Studies in Dyson College

of Arts and Sciences. “I’ve worked with a lot of students on their honors theses, and I’ve

had students help me on my own research, but I’ve never worked so collaboratively with a

student. It was an interesting thing to develop ideas together.”

Rentas and Zaslow analyzed videos and transcripts of recent television coverage, focus-

ing primarily on the handling of six stories, including those of Bobby Montoya, a 7-year-old

transgender child looking to join the Girl Scouts; J. Crew Creative Director Jenna Lyons, who

painted her son’s toenails pink because that’s his favorite color; and McKenna Pope, who

petitioned toymaker Hasbro to create an Easy Bake Oven in gender neutral colors so that

A glimpse at some of the fascinating projects in progress at Pace

her brother could play with it.

Their research also looked

at stories about a baby named

Storm, whose parents would

not share the baby’s sex with

friends and family and were rais-

ing the child as gender neutral.

They found that the story about

Storm was typically presented

in a very negative light, whereas

the one about McKenna Pope

crusading for a gender-neutral

toy oven was represented

more positively. Partly, Zaslow

and Rentas believe, that was

because the latter story involved

an attempt to prevent a boy

from playing with a girl’s toy.

Even efforts at positive

coverage often leave the public

with mixed messages, their

research found. “They bring

on a psychiatrist or a mother

of one of these children and

say we should love and accept

the child for who they are, but

then they ask viewers, ‘Would

you love and accept your child

under these circumstances?’”

says Zaslow. “It basically nulli-

fies the frame of acceptance.”

Zaslow and Rentas plan to

publish their findings and hope

that the work they’re doing

will add to public discourse on

gender issues and how televi-

sion affects them. “Americans

spend nearly 40 hours a

week watching television, and

children generally spend

much more time with media

than do adults,” Zaslow says.

“We learn about who we are,

who our children are, what

gender is, what it means to be

a boy or girl.”

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www.pace.edu/ugresearch

Developing drones for peaceful purposesSeidenberg Professor Richard Kline

and Keith McPherson ’13 (pictured

below) team up to explore the uses of

a flying drone quadcopter as part of

the Undergraduate Student-Faculty

Research Initiative.

If you ask recent Seidenberg grad Keith McPherson ’13 why he and Professor Rick Kline, PhD, teamed up to build their own drone, he won’t try to wow you with a lot of scientifc jargon. “Flying robots are cool!” he says. “It’s as simple as that.”

McPherson and Kline’s drone is techni-cally an autonomous quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle, otherwise known as a fying quadcopter, a miniature helicopter lifted and propelled by four rotors.

Their interest in quadcopters goes back two years, to a college-level robotics competition. Professor Kline mentored a team, captained by McPherson, which built a fying robot for the event, only to see it crash on the frst day of com-petition. That attempt may have ended poorly for the pair, but it didn’t dampen their interest in the feld. When the Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Initiative opportunity came up, they decided to start over again from scratch.

The building of the quadcopter included plenty of snags and took far longer than the pair anticipated, but the websites and forums run by other drone enthusiasts, especially one called AeroQuad, were of great help in overcoming problems they encountered. “One of the bigest surprises for me while working on this project was

discovering how big the Internet commu-nity is of people who are interested in build-ing these things and sharing their expertise and designs,” Kline says. “That allowed us to do a whole lot more than if we were starting from and working in a vacuum.”

Since neither professor nor student had any formal engineering training, these and other resources were essential for their work. But drawing on their software expertise, McPherson and Kline were able to develop code that would allow them to control their quadcopter using a WiFi connection to a laptop, taking input from handheld game controllers, and produc-ing a virtual cockpit instrument display in real time on the screen.

“With the software and computer pro-gramming, we can tell the vehicle to not only move here or there, but to do fips, take photos, and record and stream live video,” says McPherson. Kline adds that, “Technology keeps evolving so quickly. The control board that handles the live video costs $35, is the size of a credit card, and has the same power as a $2,000 desk-top machine from 10 years ago.”

As they investigated diferent applica-tions for the quadcopter, they encoun-tered another group of drone enthusiasts who hoped to develop one for news reporting around the world, particularly in regions of confict. Should Internet access and other traditional means of communication be shut down, images

captured by fying drones could still show what’s happening on the ground. McPherson shared ideas with them and volunteered to do some web site develop-ment work for the project.

The pair also explored the use of drones for commercial purposes, such as captur-ing aerial images of neighborhoods and buildings for use in real estate sales. Unfortunately, they discovered that this type of drone use is currently illegal, though fight regulations should be changing in the near future.

McPherson and Kline now hope to share their advances with other enthusiasts via the AeroQuad site, which they credit for much of their own knowledge. “Research publications are always nice—and they are what’s expected of a faculty member,” Kline says. “But for a student to be able to have signifcant contributions to a huge open source project, that’s exciting to me, and I hope we’ll be able to pull it of.”


Can a talking dog help elderly patients stay healthy and happy? Assistant Professor

Sharon Wexler, PhD, RN, BC, and Pace’s Gerontechnology Research Team are working dog-

gedly to find out. They’re collaborating with GeriJoy, an MIT startup, on the development of a

virtual best friend and health guard dog they call Dougie.

Dougie, the talking dog, is really an Android app that runs continuously on a tablet that

has been specially modified for use by older adults. It is connected to a remote support

staff that works around the clock to talk with patients, monitor unusual goings-on inside

the patients’ homes, and report any changes to the patients’ family members. If neces-

sary, the staff can request that a Pace nursing grad student conduct an in-home visit.

“We have live staff talking to users 24/7, through the persona of the dog. The first time

Sharon took the GeriJoy Companion home, she asked the dog what its name was, and

the staff member on the other end happened to say ‘Dougie.’ That’s how we named the

study: ‘I am Dougie, your virtual service dog: An Intervention to Address Loneliness in

Older Adults,’” says Victor Wang, CEO of GeriJoy.

GeriJoy, the company that developed this virtual service animal, teamed up with Wexler,

as well as Seidenberg Associate Professor Jean F. Coppola, PhD, and College of Health

Professions Professor Lin Drury, PhD, RN, of Pace’s Gerontechnology Research Team.

“We’ve been so busy this summer,” says Wexler. “We’ve been deploying GeriJoy and trying

to get it in the hands of older or homebound adults at the Henry Street Settlement. We’ve also

been working with Mt. Sinai Medical Center to pilot our study with hospitalized older adults.

Not to mention we’ve written God-knows how many grants to further our work with GeriJoy.”

Through the app, the GeriJoy staff can see,

hear, and communicate with the patient.

They can also passively monitor any unusual

light, sound, or motion changes, such as

yelling, movement in the middle of the night,

etc. So far, the majority of patients intro-

duced to the virtual dog have taken to it—

they can chat with the person on the other

end and it keeps them cognitively active and

engaged. After approval by the Institutional

Review Board, and securing funding through

the Provost’s grant for Thinkfinity and the

Jeffrey Hewitt Fund for Faculty Development

and the Nursing Research Endowment Fund

from the Lienhard School of Nursing, the

team sent nursing students to administer a

battery of standardized measures for cogni-

tive status, loneliness, and geriatric depres-

sion, and to collect demographic data.

“We’re hoping GeriJoy will allow us to dem-

onstrate that having this virtual pet reduces

loneliness, depression, isolation, and cogni-

tive decline,” Drury says.

The Pace professors are working with all-

level students from Seidenberg and the College

of Health Professions to pilot this study. The

students go on home visits, offer tablet train-

ing, and work directly with patients, families,

and the vendors and creators of GeriJoy.

“The most rewarding thing for all of us is

to see the students working together, col-

laboratively,” says Wexler. “They’re all so

excited and committed to the patients. I don’t

think we’ve had any student reluctant to do

anything—they’ve all risen to the occasion in

such an incredible way.”

M i s s i n g t h e E a r l y S i g n s o f C h i l d r e n ’ s M e n t a l H e a l t h P r o b l e m sS c h oo l S h oot i n g S a n d

other acts of violence by young people have brought new attention to the question of how soon in l ife children’s mental health problems can be identified and addressed.

“Red flags for mental and behavioral health problems are often clear before the end of second grade,” says Andrea Spencer, PhD, dean of the School of Education and author of the recent report “Blind Spot: The Impact of Missed Early Warning Signs on Children’s Mental Health.”

“ I t is imperat ive that we improve screening and iden-tification so support for these chi ldren can be provided before their academic careers are at r isk,” she adds.

In her report , Spencer examined the educat ional records of chi ldren referred to the Center for Chi ldren’s Advocacy, a Connect icut nonprof i t that provides legal support for abused and neglected chi ldren and where Spencer is an educat ional consul tant . The records revealed that ear ly s igns of mental and behavioral heal th problems were often not ident i f ied unt i l middle school years.

Her research found that more than 70 percent of students diagnosed with mental i l lness and behav-

ioral health problems by middle school had exhibited warning signs by second grade. Almost 25 percent had done so during their pre-Kindergarten years. The red f lags included develop-mental and health issues, adverse social factors, and exposure to trauma. Twenty-f ive percent of the chi ldren had traumatic experiences in their records.

The report shows a direct l ink between undiagnosed and unaddressed mental heal th issues and increases in school suspensions, expuls ions, and entry into the state’s juveni le just ice system. Spencer argues that systemic change is cr i t ica l to improving the odds for chi ldren with ear ly indicators of r isk .

A virtuAl dog

to keep older

Adults heAlthy

Pace’s gerontech Research team ushers in a new kind of telehealth as it partners up with geriJoy, the talking dog brainchild of Mit’s Victor Wang.

Dougie in action.

35 www.pace.edu

A Crash Course in Chords

By Lee evans, edd

A Crash Course in Chords (Hal Leonard

Corporation), by Dyson Professor of Music

Lee Evans, EdD, is a theory and perfor-

mance workbook for the intermediate-

level student. Written exercises cover basic triads and

7th chords, inversions, transposition, harmonization, and

more. Evans explains concepts in easy-to-understand

language and applies them in a variety of performance

exercises and lead sheet examples.

H a n d b o o k f o r t h e H u m a n i t i e s

(Pearson Education) by Dyson

Distinguished Professor and art historian Janetta

Rebold Benton, PhD, provides a foundation of the

most pertinent information needed to appreciate

a l l that the humanit ies has to offer and

includes advice to students on how to write

about them with confdence. The handbook can be

used in conjunction with primary and secondary

sources or as the core material in the classroom.

Women & Retirement PlanningBy Donald Gudhus ’69 and Carol J. Ventura

Alumnus

Donald Gudhus

’69 teams up

with certifed

fnancial

planner Carol

J. Ventura

for Women &

Retirement

Planning

(iUniverse).

Many women

are now the

primary fnan-

cial decision

makers in their

households,

though histori-

cally they have

been under-

served by the

fnancial

community, a

problem the

book attempts

to address.

H a n d b o o k f o r t h e H u m a n i t i e sBy Janetta ReBold Benton, Phd

New titles from alumni, faculty, staff, and students

A Game

for Life:

Golf ’s Rules

& Rewards

By Gene Westmoreland ’65

In A Game for Life: Golf ’s

Rules & Rewards (Tatra

Press), alumnus Gene

Westmoreland explains

the often-complex rules

of golf with stories and

anecdotes, many of

which are drawn from

the author’s lifetime

of experiences on the

course. The book also

provides insights into

the unwritten rules of

golf, including etiquette,

sportsmanship, and why

being a good golfer has

little to do with the fnal

number on a scorecard.

P l a g u e - M a k i n g a n d t h e A I D S E p i d e m i c : A S t o r y o f D i s c r i m i n a t i o n

By Gina M. Bright, RN, PhD ’94

Plague-Making and the AIDS Epidemic: A Story of

Discrimination (Palgrave Macmillan) weaves

portraits of Bright’s AIDS patients over the past

25 years with an in-depth cultural analysis of how

and why AIDS was made a plague in our Ameri-

can society from its emergence until the present

day. The “plague-making” of any disease, such as bubonic plague

in the Middle Ages, results in discrimination against marginal-

ized groups. The book argues that gays, drug users, women, and

blacks were severely discriminated against in the 1980s and 1990s,

and still are to a lesser degree today, because AIDS was treated as a

plague by the American media, arts, and government.

For MoreNew Books

visit www.pace.edu/

bookshelf


Can a talking dog help elderly patients stay healthy and happy? Assistant Professor

Sharon Wexler, PhD, RN, BC, and Pace’s Gerontechnology Research Team are working dog-

gedly to find out. They’re collaborating with GeriJoy, an MIT startup, on the development of a

virtual best friend and health guard dog they call Dougie.

Dougie, the talking dog, is really an Android app that runs continuously on a tablet that

has been specially modified for use by older adults. It is connected to a remote support

staff that works around the clock to talk with patients, monitor unusual goings-on inside

the patients’ homes, and report any changes to the patients’ family members. If neces-

sary, the staff can request that a Pace nursing grad student conduct an in-home visit.

“We have live staff talking to users 24/7, through the persona of the dog. The first time

Sharon took the GeriJoy Companion home, she asked the dog what its name was, and

the staff member on the other end happened to say ‘Dougie.’ That’s how we named the

study: ‘I am Dougie, your virtual service dog: An Intervention to Address Loneliness in

Older Adults,’” says Victor Wang, CEO of GeriJoy.

GeriJoy, the company that developed this virtual service animal, teamed up with Wexler,

as well as Seidenberg Associate Professor Jean F. Coppola, PhD, and College of Health

Professions Professor Lin Drury, PhD, RN, of Pace’s Gerontechnology Research Team.

“We’ve been so busy this summer,” says Wexler. “We’ve been deploying GeriJoy and trying

to get it in the hands of older or homebound adults at the Henry Street Settlement. We’ve also

been working with Mt. Sinai Medical Center to pilot our study with hospitalized older adults.

Not to mention we’ve written God-knows how many grants to further our work with GeriJoy.”

Through the app, the GeriJoy staff can see,

hear, and communicate with the patient.

They can also passively monitor any unusual

light, sound, or motion changes, such as

yelling, movement in the middle of the night,

etc. So far, the majority of patients intro-

duced to the virtual dog have taken to it—

they can chat with the person on the other

end and it keeps them cognitively active and

engaged. After approval by the Institutional

Review Board, and securing funding through

the Provost’s grant for Thinkfinity and the

Jeffrey Hewitt Fund for Faculty Development

and the Nursing Research Endowment Fund

from the Lienhard School of Nursing, the

team sent nursing students to administer a

battery of standardized measures for cogni-

tive status, loneliness, and geriatric depres-

sion, and to collect demographic data.

“We’re hoping GeriJoy will allow us to dem-

onstrate that having this virtual pet reduces

loneliness, depression, isolation, and cogni-

tive decline,” Drury says.

The Pace professors are working with all-

level students from Seidenberg and the College

of Health Professions to pilot this study. The

students go on home visits, offer tablet train-

ing, and work directly with patients, families,

and the vendors and creators of GeriJoy.

“The most rewarding thing for all of us is

to see the students working together, col-

laboratively,” says Wexler. “They’re all so

excited and committed to the patients. I don’t

think we’ve had any student reluctant to do

anything—they’ve all risen to the occasion in

such an incredible way.”

M i s s i n g t h e E a r l y S i g n s o f C h i l d r e n ’ s M e n t a l H e a l t h P r o b l e m sS c h oo l S h oot i n g S a n d

other acts of violence by young people have brought new attention to the question of how soon in l ife children’s mental health problems can be identified and addressed.

“Red flags for mental and behavioral health problems are often clear before the end of second grade,” says Andrea Spencer, PhD, dean of the School of Education and author of the recent report “Blind Spot: The Impact of Missed Early Warning Signs on Children’s Mental Health.”

“ I t is imperat ive that we improve screening and iden-tification so support for these chi ldren can be provided before their academic careers are at r isk,” she adds.

In her report , Spencer examined the educat ional records of chi ldren referred to the Center for Chi ldren’s Advocacy, a Connect icut nonprof i t that provides legal support for abused and neglected chi ldren and where Spencer is an educat ional consul tant . The records revealed that ear ly s igns of mental and behavioral heal th problems were often not ident i f ied unt i l middle school years.

Her research found that more than 70 percent of students diagnosed with mental i l lness and behav-

ioral health problems by middle school had exhibited warning signs by second grade. Almost 25 percent had done so during their pre-Kindergarten years. The red f lags included develop-mental and health issues, adverse social factors, and exposure to trauma. Twenty-f ive percent of the chi ldren had traumatic experiences in their records.

The report shows a direct l ink between undiagnosed and unaddressed mental heal th issues and increases in school suspensions, expuls ions, and entry into the state’s juveni le just ice system. Spencer argues that systemic change is cr i t ica l to improving the odds for chi ldren with ear ly indicators of r isk .

A virtuAl dog

to keep older

Adults heAlthy

Pace’s gerontech Research team ushers in a new kind of telehealth as it partners up with geriJoy, the talking dog brainchild of Mit’s Victor Wang.

Dougie in action.

35 www.pace.edu

A Crash Course in Chords

By Lee evans, edd

A Crash Course in Chords (Hal Leonard

Corporation), by Dyson Professor of Music

Lee Evans, EdD, is a theory and perfor-

mance workbook for the intermediate-

level student. Written exercises cover basic triads and

7th chords, inversions, transposition, harmonization, and

more. Evans explains concepts in easy-to-understand

language and applies them in a variety of performance

exercises and lead sheet examples.

H a n d b o o k f o r t h e H u m a n i t i e s

(Pearson Education) by Dyson

Distinguished Professor and art historian Janetta

Rebold Benton, PhD, provides a foundation of the

most pertinent information needed to appreciate

a l l that the humanit ies has to offer and

includes advice to students on how to write

about them with confdence. The handbook can be

used in conjunction with primary and secondary

sources or as the core material in the classroom.

Women & Retirement PlanningBy Donald Gudhus ’69 and Carol J. Ventura

Alumnus

Donald Gudhus

’69 teams up

with certifed

fnancial

planner Carol

J. Ventura

for Women &

Retirement

Planning

(iUniverse).

Many women

are now the

primary fnan-

cial decision

makers in their

households,

though histori-

cally they have

been under-

served by the

fnancial

community, a

problem the

book attempts

to address.

H a n d b o o k f o r t h e H u m a n i t i e sBy Janetta ReBold Benton, Phd

New titles from alumni, faculty, staff, and students

A Game

for Life:

Golf ’s Rules

& Rewards

By Gene Westmoreland ’65

In A Game for Life: Golf ’s

Rules & Rewards (Tatra

Press), alumnus Gene

Westmoreland explains

the often-complex rules

of golf with stories and

anecdotes, many of

which are drawn from

the author’s lifetime

of experiences on the

course. The book also

provides insights into

the unwritten rules of

golf, including etiquette,

sportsmanship, and why

being a good golfer has

little to do with the fnal

number on a scorecard.

P l a g u e - M a k i n g a n d t h e A I D S E p i d e m i c : A S t o r y o f D i s c r i m i n a t i o n

By Gina M. Bright, RN, PhD ’94

Plague-Making and the AIDS Epidemic: A Story of

Discrimination (Palgrave Macmillan) weaves

portraits of Bright’s AIDS patients over the past

25 years with an in-depth cultural analysis of how

and why AIDS was made a plague in our Ameri-

can society from its emergence until the present

day. The “plague-making” of any disease, such as bubonic plague

in the Middle Ages, results in discrimination against marginal-

ized groups. The book argues that gays, drug users, women, and

blacks were severely discriminated against in the 1980s and 1990s,

and still are to a lesser degree today, because AIDS was treated as a

plague by the American media, arts, and government.

For MoreNew Books

visit www.pace.edu/

bookshelf


1972

Shaun higginS, BBa, joined Marvin Traub Associates in New York, NY, as Operating Partner, Consumer Food and Beverage. He was formerly President at Coca Cola Enterprises-Europe.

1976

John M. Devlin Jr., MBa, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Coupon Express, Inc. in New York, NY.

1977

DonalD CiaraMella, Ba, was promoted to President of Corporate Communications at The Lippin Group.

ThoMaS SilveSTri, Ba, was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame for outstanding profes-sional achievement and contributions in the news-paper business.

1980

laurel roSSi, BBa, founder and President of Havas World-wide Strat Farm, was honored by the Girl Scouts of Greater New York (GSGNY) as one of fve Women of Distinction who serve as exemplary role models for today’s girls.

WalTer a. WhiTney, MBa, was appointed Vice President, Senior Commercial Lender at Fairfeld County Bank in Ridgefeld, CT.

1981

Mark M. BeSCa, BBa, succeeded Aniello A. Bianco ’61 as Chairman of the Pace University Board of Trustees.

CharleS MCCaBe, MBa, was named to Accounting Today’s annual list of the “Top 100 Most Infuential People in Accounting.”

Mark J. STellWag, BBa, was promoted to Vice President of M&T Bank, in Poughkeepsie, NY.

1982

Frank PaTaFio, MBa, was ap pointed to the Board of Directors of Northfeld Ban-corp, Inc., in Woodbridge, NJ.

Stay connected to your Pace classmates

Julie Gill ’12 BS in Computer SCienCe

Gill is a developer at the popular NYC

real estate site StreetEasy, which was

acquired by real estate giant Zillow

in August. As part of the acquisition

announcement, she and her

colleagues attended the NASDAQ

opening bell ceremony and Gill was

featured on the huge NASDAQ display

in Times Square.

37 www.pace.edu

1983

James altadonna Jr.,

BBa, was appointed Town Clerk and sworn into the Town Council of Oyster Bay, NY.

John W. Vail, BBa, has joined PrizeLogic as Chief Marketing Ofcer.

1984

Bart hecht, Bs, was appoint ed Senior Vice President of Enterprise Solu-tions and Sales Operations at hybris in Chicago, IL.

Brian m. Posner, mBa, was appointed Chief Financial Ofcer of Alliqua, Inc., in Langhorne, PA.

1988

deBorah anne doWnie, ms, has joined First Financial Federal Credit Union in Wall, NJ, as the Director of Business Development.

scott m. hacker, mBa, accepted a position at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Quincy, MA, as a Project Manager

in the University’s Ofce of Program Development and Enterprise Project Manage-ment. He also became a trustee of the New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue (www.neoesr.org) and spon-sored a plan to assist in the adoption of dogs older than 11 years by paying veterinary bills associated with the adoption. Hacker adopted the frst dog, an 11 year old female named Sandy.

1990

GreGory koPP, BBa, has rejoined Hay Group, based in Philadelphia, PA, returning as a Senior Principal of the Northeast Region Executive Compensation practice.

1991

JosePh molluso, BBa,

was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Ofcer of Virtu Financial in New York, NY.

1992

michael t. marino, BFa,

mPa ’06, was recently pro-moted to Director of Research from Associate Director of Research at New York University in New York, NY.

1995

GaBriella o’connor, msed,

mPa ’12, was appoint ed Assistant Super intendent for Business for the Rye City School District in Rye, NY.

1998

Francis P. tricamo sr.,

mBa, has joined HCC Insur-ance Holdings, Inc., to lead the company’s Construction Property Risk Division in New York.

Paulette alViti, mBa, was named Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Ofcer at Foot Locker, Inc., based in New York, NY.

2000

mattheW Bonilla, BBa,

msed ’08, accepted the position of Vice President for Student Administrative Services at Touro College.

Cliff Gelb ’70 BA in History And EducAtion, And

mEn’s BAskEtBAll plAyEr

A fve-time Emmy Award-winning

producer for ABC-TV News, Gelb won

a Peabody Award for September 11,

2001 coverage. Among the athletes and

entertainers he has worked with in his

career are Wilt Chamberlain, Mickey

Mantle, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan,

Bob Hope, and Arthur Ashe.

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the conversation at www.pace.edu/alumnicommunity.

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Class Notes


1972

Shaun higginS, BBa, joined Marvin Traub Associates in New York, NY, as Operating Partner, Consumer Food and Beverage. He was formerly President at Coca Cola Enterprises-Europe.

1976

John M. Devlin Jr., MBa, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Coupon Express, Inc. in New York, NY.

1977

DonalD CiaraMella, Ba, was promoted to President of Corporate Communications at The Lippin Group.

ThoMaS SilveSTri, Ba, was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame for outstanding profes-sional achievement and contributions in the news-paper business.

1980

laurel roSSi, BBa, founder and President of Havas World-wide Strat Farm, was honored by the Girl Scouts of Greater New York (GSGNY) as one of fve Women of Distinction who serve as exemplary role models for today’s girls.

WalTer a. WhiTney, MBa, was appointed Vice President, Senior Commercial Lender at Fairfeld County Bank in Ridgefeld, CT.

1981

Mark M. BeSCa, BBa, succeeded Aniello A. Bianco ’61 as Chairman of the Pace University Board of Trustees.

CharleS MCCaBe, MBa, was named to Accounting Today’s annual list of the “Top 100 Most Infuential People in Accounting.”

Mark J. STellWag, BBa, was promoted to Vice President of M&T Bank, in Poughkeepsie, NY.

1982

Frank PaTaFio, MBa, was ap pointed to the Board of Directors of Northfeld Ban-corp, Inc., in Woodbridge, NJ.

Stay connected to your Pace classmates

Julie Gill ’12 BS in Computer SCienCe

Gill is a developer at the popular NYC

real estate site StreetEasy, which was

acquired by real estate giant Zillow

in August. As part of the acquisition

announcement, she and her

colleagues attended the NASDAQ

opening bell ceremony and Gill was

featured on the huge NASDAQ display

in Times Square.

37 www.pace.edu

1983

James altadonna Jr.,

BBa, was appointed Town Clerk and sworn into the Town Council of Oyster Bay, NY.

John W. Vail, BBa, has joined PrizeLogic as Chief Marketing Ofcer.

1984

Bart hecht, Bs, was appoint ed Senior Vice President of Enterprise Solu-tions and Sales Operations at hybris in Chicago, IL.

Brian m. Posner, mBa, was appointed Chief Financial Ofcer of Alliqua, Inc., in Langhorne, PA.

1988

deBorah anne doWnie, ms, has joined First Financial Federal Credit Union in Wall, NJ, as the Director of Business Development.

scott m. hacker, mBa, accepted a position at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Quincy, MA, as a Project Manager

in the University’s Ofce of Program Development and Enterprise Project Manage-ment. He also became a trustee of the New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue (www.neoesr.org) and spon-sored a plan to assist in the adoption of dogs older than 11 years by paying veterinary bills associated with the adoption. Hacker adopted the frst dog, an 11 year old female named Sandy.

1990

GreGory koPP, BBa, has rejoined Hay Group, based in Philadelphia, PA, returning as a Senior Principal of the Northeast Region Executive Compensation practice.

1991

JosePh molluso, BBa,

was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Ofcer of Virtu Financial in New York, NY.

1992

michael t. marino, BFa,

mPa ’06, was recently pro-moted to Director of Research from Associate Director of Research at New York University in New York, NY.

1995

GaBriella o’connor, msed,

mPa ’12, was appoint ed Assistant Super intendent for Business for the Rye City School District in Rye, NY.

1998

Francis P. tricamo sr.,

mBa, has joined HCC Insur-ance Holdings, Inc., to lead the company’s Construction Property Risk Division in New York.

Paulette alViti, mBa, was named Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Ofcer at Foot Locker, Inc., based in New York, NY.

2000

mattheW Bonilla, BBa,

msed ’08, accepted the position of Vice President for Student Administrative Services at Touro College.

Cliff Gelb ’70 BA in History And EducAtion, And

mEn’s BAskEtBAll plAyEr

A fve-time Emmy Award-winning

producer for ABC-TV News, Gelb won

a Peabody Award for September 11,

2001 coverage. Among the athletes and

entertainers he has worked with in his

career are Wilt Chamberlain, Mickey

Mantle, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan,

Bob Hope, and Arthur Ashe.

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Class Notes


Marissa L. Meyer, Ms, was named a New York Times best-selling author in 2013 for her fairy-tale/sci-f children’s series, The Lunar Chronicles. She has spent this past summer on a book tour promoting her series and upcoming novel, Cress.

2011

stephen a. Ferrara,

Dnp Bs ’96, Bsn ’99, Ms

’00, adjunct faculty in the Lienhard School of Nursing, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

2012

Courtney a. Bihn, Ba, entered law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, FL.

raCheL r. raiMonDi, Ms, had an essay published in the anthology Daring to Repair, from Wising Up Press.

2013

sophie KauFMan, Dps, was appointed to Assistant Dean for Grants and Initiatives at Pace University’s College of Health Professions.

organizations; and partnership building. Iadeluca invites all to view her company’s website: www.metavisions.net.

2003

niCoLe (proweLL) hart,

Ba, premiered her frst feature-length documentary, Losing LeBron, at the 2013 Atlanta Film Festival. The flm examines the impact of LeBron James’ departure on the city of Cleveland. For more information, please visit www.losinglebron.com.

2005

steven winter, BBa/MBa, was made Tax Partner at Grant Thorton LLP, in New York, NY.

2009

JenniFer Garvey, Ba, earned a master’s degree in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronx-ville, NY, in May.

Maria GaLDos, Ms, was appointed Senior Manager of Healthcare Compliance at QPharma, Inc.

vereLyn GiBBs, MBa, was named President of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

iGor Gourari, MBa, joined Stovehaven LLC, in New York, NY, as Controller.

Luisa M. iaDeLuCa, MseD, founded her own consulting company, Meta Visions Enterprises Consulting Group, Inc. Iadeluca’s com-pany consults on shared and consolidation of services in school districts and municipalities; efciency and efectiveness strategies in

2002

suzette Bather, MBa, Director of the New York Manhattan Minority Business Development Agency, was named to The Network

Journal’s “Forty Under 40” Class of 2013.

CheuK L. Chan, Ms, accepted a job at the NCR and is relocating from New York to Washington, DC.

Michael Ross albeRt ’11MFA, Actors studio drAMA school

Albert’s new play For a Good Time, Call

Kathy Blanchard had its world premiere

at the New York International Fringe

Festival on August 10. Every member of

the production—writer, director, actors,

and designers—are alumni of the

Actors Studio Drama School at Pace.

Class Notes

39 www.pace.edu

M a r r i a g e s

Lindsay Marie BoniLLa, Ms ’13, and Joseph CharLes Constantino, Ba ’07,

MBa ’11, were married on September 8, 2012, at Saint Mary’s Church in Ridgefeld, CT. The couple also works for the University; Joseph is currently an IT Project Manager, and Lindsay is a Grant Manager for Pace’s Thinkfnity Initiative program. Lindsay’s brother, Matthew BoniLLa, BBa ’00,

Msed ’08, served as best man.

Joseph deiorio, BBa ’88, married Thomas Henry Shipley Jr. on September 14, at Fort Washington Collegiate Church.

Joseph di Vito Jr., Md, Bs ’90, married Michael Froehlich on June 30, at the W Hotel in Manhattan, NY.

MiChaeL s. FriedMan, Ms ’07, married Abby Appelbaum Borovitz on September 1, at the Liberty Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY.

Lauren Barrett henkeL, Ms ’09, married Elizabeth Mary Lorenz on May 25,

at the Queens County Farm Museum in Glen Oaks, Queens, NY.

dana hoFFMan, Jd ’09, married Steven Santo Briganti on June 22, at the Capitale, NY.

Martin kLeinBard, Mst ’10, married Andrea Palmer on July 13, at the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor, ME.

Megan Martin, Jd ’01 BBa ’98, married Brian Long on April 6, at Cicada in Los Angeles, CA.

wiLLiaM Monaghan, Bs ’02, married Courtney Sempliner on September 7, at the Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island, NY.

stephanie Moody, Ba ’13, and Christopher gaur, BBa, ’12, were married on July 13, at Twin Lakes Lodge in Hurley, NY.

steVi (raaB) siBer-sanderowitz,

BBa ’08, and Noah Siber-Sanderowitz were married on September 22, at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale, NY.

B i r t h sraBBi arieL sChoChet, Ms ’08, and Rebecca Schochet announce the birth of their fourth child, Batsheva Meira, on August 30, 2013. Proud siblings are Esther Sarah, Rena Bracha, and Avraham Menachem. Proud grandparent: stuart sChoChet ’83.

i n M e M O r i a MLorraine Brenner ’82

John Joseph Davidson ’82

Anne G. Davis ’84

Anna F. Dooley ’98

Susan (Kramer) Feinberg ’05

Priscilla E. Fleming ’84

David Goldinger ’53

Sidney S. Graber

John F. Hubbard ’71

Harry C. Isaksen ’66

Keith W. Johnson ’84, ’91

Kathleen M. (Blohm) King ’78

Christopher V. Kulawik ’77

George J. Lee ’59

Ecron Lewis ’01

Kathleen M. Lippert ’73

Jermain L. McBean ’02, ’07

Mary McCready ’92

Suzanne M. Michaels ’90

Raymond T. Millner Jr. ’65

Peter C. Mueller ’83

Frank T. Natoli ’63

Noreen Papa ’92

Michele M. Parsons ’78

Louis A. Pekarovich ’49

John J. Quinn ’73

Patrick Roland ’92

Ruth M. Saunders ’76

John W. Scherer ’38

Joan Schleimer ’82

Patricia Seiz ’82

Arthur G. Singewald ’50

William Sosa ’49

Gladys H. Taylor ’82

Frank A. Tomasulo ’62

Christopher Tselepis ’07

Norman V. Wilkerson ’68

e n g a g e M e n t gianna sandri ’09 and

salvatore antolos ’09 met

their first day on campus

at a 50 Days and 50 Nights

event in August 2005.

They returned to Pace

to take their engagement

photos where their story

began. “Thank you for

letting us take our engage-

ment pictures in Dow

Hall!”—shared by Gianna

Sandri on Facebook.


Marissa L. Meyer, Ms, was named a New York Times best-selling author in 2013 for her fairy-tale/sci-f children’s series, The Lunar Chronicles. She has spent this past summer on a book tour promoting her series and upcoming novel, Cress.

2011

stephen a. Ferrara,

Dnp Bs ’96, Bsn ’99, Ms

’00, adjunct faculty in the Lienhard School of Nursing, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

2012

Courtney a. Bihn, Ba, entered law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, FL.

raCheL r. raiMonDi, Ms, had an essay published in the anthology Daring to Repair, from Wising Up Press.

2013

sophie KauFMan, Dps, was appointed to Assistant Dean for Grants and Initiatives at Pace University’s College of Health Professions.

organizations; and partnership building. Iadeluca invites all to view her company’s website: www.metavisions.net.

2003

niCoLe (proweLL) hart,

Ba, premiered her frst feature-length documentary, Losing LeBron, at the 2013 Atlanta Film Festival. The flm examines the impact of LeBron James’ departure on the city of Cleveland. For more information, please visit www.losinglebron.com.

2005

steven winter, BBa/MBa, was made Tax Partner at Grant Thorton LLP, in New York, NY.

2009

JenniFer Garvey, Ba, earned a master’s degree in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronx-ville, NY, in May.

Maria GaLDos, Ms, was appointed Senior Manager of Healthcare Compliance at QPharma, Inc.

vereLyn GiBBs, MBa, was named President of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

iGor Gourari, MBa, joined Stovehaven LLC, in New York, NY, as Controller.

Luisa M. iaDeLuCa, MseD, founded her own consulting company, Meta Visions Enterprises Consulting Group, Inc. Iadeluca’s com-pany consults on shared and consolidation of services in school districts and municipalities; efciency and efectiveness strategies in

2002

suzette Bather, MBa, Director of the New York Manhattan Minority Business Development Agency, was named to The Network

Journal’s “Forty Under 40” Class of 2013.

CheuK L. Chan, Ms, accepted a job at the NCR and is relocating from New York to Washington, DC.

Michael Ross albeRt ’11MFA, Actors studio drAMA school

Albert’s new play For a Good Time, Call

Kathy Blanchard had its world premiere

at the New York International Fringe

Festival on August 10. Every member of

the production—writer, director, actors,

and designers—are alumni of the

Actors Studio Drama School at Pace.

Class Notes

39 www.pace.edu

M a r r i a g e s

Lindsay Marie BoniLLa, Ms ’13, and Joseph CharLes Constantino, Ba ’07,

MBa ’11, were married on September 8, 2012, at Saint Mary’s Church in Ridgefeld, CT. The couple also works for the University; Joseph is currently an IT Project Manager, and Lindsay is a Grant Manager for Pace’s Thinkfnity Initiative program. Lindsay’s brother, Matthew BoniLLa, BBa ’00,

Msed ’08, served as best man.

Joseph deiorio, BBa ’88, married Thomas Henry Shipley Jr. on September 14, at Fort Washington Collegiate Church.

Joseph di Vito Jr., Md, Bs ’90, married Michael Froehlich on June 30, at the W Hotel in Manhattan, NY.

MiChaeL s. FriedMan, Ms ’07, married Abby Appelbaum Borovitz on September 1, at the Liberty Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY.

Lauren Barrett henkeL, Ms ’09, married Elizabeth Mary Lorenz on May 25,

at the Queens County Farm Museum in Glen Oaks, Queens, NY.

dana hoFFMan, Jd ’09, married Steven Santo Briganti on June 22, at the Capitale, NY.

Martin kLeinBard, Mst ’10, married Andrea Palmer on July 13, at the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor, ME.

Megan Martin, Jd ’01 BBa ’98, married Brian Long on April 6, at Cicada in Los Angeles, CA.

wiLLiaM Monaghan, Bs ’02, married Courtney Sempliner on September 7, at the Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island, NY.

stephanie Moody, Ba ’13, and Christopher gaur, BBa, ’12, were married on July 13, at Twin Lakes Lodge in Hurley, NY.

steVi (raaB) siBer-sanderowitz,

BBa ’08, and Noah Siber-Sanderowitz were married on September 22, at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale, NY.

B i r t h sraBBi arieL sChoChet, Ms ’08, and Rebecca Schochet announce the birth of their fourth child, Batsheva Meira, on August 30, 2013. Proud siblings are Esther Sarah, Rena Bracha, and Avraham Menachem. Proud grandparent: stuart sChoChet ’83.

i n M e M O r i a MLorraine Brenner ’82

John Joseph Davidson ’82

Anne G. Davis ’84

Anna F. Dooley ’98

Susan (Kramer) Feinberg ’05

Priscilla E. Fleming ’84

David Goldinger ’53

Sidney S. Graber

John F. Hubbard ’71

Harry C. Isaksen ’66

Keith W. Johnson ’84, ’91

Kathleen M. (Blohm) King ’78

Christopher V. Kulawik ’77

George J. Lee ’59

Ecron Lewis ’01

Kathleen M. Lippert ’73

Jermain L. McBean ’02, ’07

Mary McCready ’92

Suzanne M. Michaels ’90

Raymond T. Millner Jr. ’65

Peter C. Mueller ’83

Frank T. Natoli ’63

Noreen Papa ’92

Michele M. Parsons ’78

Louis A. Pekarovich ’49

John J. Quinn ’73

Patrick Roland ’92

Ruth M. Saunders ’76

John W. Scherer ’38

Joan Schleimer ’82

Patricia Seiz ’82

Arthur G. Singewald ’50

William Sosa ’49

Gladys H. Taylor ’82

Frank A. Tomasulo ’62

Christopher Tselepis ’07

Norman V. Wilkerson ’68

e n g a g e M e n t gianna sandri ’09 and

salvatore antolos ’09 met

their first day on campus

at a 50 Days and 50 Nights

event in August 2005.

They returned to Pace

to take their engagement

photos where their story

began. “Thank you for

letting us take our engage-

ment pictures in Dow

Hall!”—shared by Gianna

Sandri on Facebook.


The Office Of DevelOpmenT and Alumni Relations is relaunching Pace’s Corporate

Representative Program, an initiative designed to strengthen the University’s historic ties to

the business community through senior-level alumni at frms across the New York City area.

Originally formed in the 1980s, the program went on hiatus for a time, but will resume

this fall. In November, the frst six representatives from frms including JPMorgan Chase &

Co. and International Business Machines (IBM), as well as the

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will gather to discuss ways

to build alumni communities at their organizations, where

signifcant numbers of Pace graduates work.

“From my perspective,” says Mark Godwin, director of

Corporate and Foundation Relations at Pace, “one of the real

strengths that Pace has as an institution is a very strong pres-

ence in the corporate community through our alumni. It’s very

difcult to look at a company in the New York City region that

doesn’t have a signifcant group of Pace alumni there.”

Nearly 700 Pace graduates work at JPMorgan Chase, mak-

ing it the second largest corporate employer of Pace alumni,

just after IBM. This past June, two JPMorgan Chase employees,

Trustee Phil Bleser ’84, ’94, and Mike DiSimone ’92, ’98, hosted

one of the program’s first events for alumni at their firm.

“We had asked for a couple of volunteers from the Pace alumni who work here at JPMor-

gan, and people were jumping up and down to help us out,” says DiSimone. “They were very

passionate about being involved. There was very good attendance and a lot of strong feed-

back after the event. So I think people are passionate about their Pace heritage.”

As part of the Corporate Representative Program, members like DiSimone will serve two-

year terms. Their role is four-fold: to act as the main point of contact between Pace and

their organization; to serve as a conduit of information between alumni and the Univer-

sity; to host gatherings for alumni at their firms; and to assist with fundraising efforts.

“I think we all have a responsibility to give back to our school and the community in which

we live, to foster success in the future,” says Corporate Representative and Partner at Deloitte &

Touche LLP Marty McElroy ’88. “I was able to succeed, and I want to help others succeed as well.”

A two-wAy street

Current Pace students and alumni should benefit from the program through internship and

employment opportunities at the participating organizations, a strong network of business

leaders to call on, and mentorship opportunities. “At the end of the day, if enough alumni

get involved and we’re constantly exchanging feedback both ways, I think we can help Pace

build a stronger program, and it will keep evolving and generating better candidates for us

to use in the workforce, developing the next generation of leaders,” says DiSimone.

Helen Mucciolo ’93, a senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and

member of the Corporate Representative Program, also sees it as a win-win opportunity.

“I know that Pace has a very strong internship program—one of the best in the country—

so that can only benefit us as we’re trying to get some work done and get some folks

excited about our organizations,” she says. “I think the program will be a useful way for us

to leverage each other for the better-

ment of Pace students.”

Edward Murphy ’74, a Pace Trustee,

served as a chair of the program during

its early incarnation. Today, he con-

tinues his involvement, serving as the

Board Liaison. His advice to the latest

generation of reps: Don’t be shy about

asking your employers for support.

“I was at JPMorgan at the time, and I

didn’t actually know how the institu-

tion would adjust to or endorse my

involvement, and so

I approached it with

a little bit of trepida-

tion,” Murphy says.

“And to my pleasant

surprise, they were

very supportive and

were able and willing

to not only endorse

the program and

able to reach out

and identify all the

graduates of Pace at

the company, but also

to help fnancially, to

host meetings and receptions, etcetera,

because Pace was a big member of the

New York City business community.”

Murphy and members of the Corpo-

rate Representative Program are looking

forward to developing the program and

expanding its reach. “There may be six

companies now, but we’ll see where that

goes. Last time, we limited it to just

New York City corporations, but with

technology we’ll see if we can’t broaden

it further than that,” Murphy says.

Pace alumni interested in becoming a

Corporate Representative at their

organization should contact Director

of Corporate and Foundation Relations

Mark Godwin at [email protected]

or (212) 346-1721.

Pace Relaunches Corporate Rep Program

Pace Vice President for Development and Alumni

Relations Jennifer Bernstein, Mike DiSimone BBA

’92, MBA ’98, and Trustee Phil Bleser BBA ’84, MBA

’94, at the 19th Annual Lubin Luncheon.

41 www.pace.edu

Helen Mucciolo ’93

In her 20 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Helen Mucciolo has worked in many key areas, from markets and investments to cash and custody functions. However, her current role as a senior vice president has some extra luster.

As part of her latest respon-sibilities, she’s in charge of the world’s largest depository of gold, greater even than the famous stockpile at Fort Knox. Stored in the basement of her building, it includes gold from other central banks and institutions around the world. “It’s kind of a unique business,” she says.

When she’s not keeping tabs on precious metals, Mucciolo can be found giving back to her community. She’s actively involved with the bank’s Women’s Network, mentoring high school students, and now the Corporate Represen-tative Program.

As the group’s frst meet-ing nears, Mucciolo hopes to incorporate her interest in women’s and diversity initia-tives into the program. “I think it’s interesting to think about [the program] from a diversity perspective. I know Pace has quite a diverse student body, so I think that’s an element as well,” she says. “I like to be involved in the community, and if I have something that can help even one person think about their career, then that feels good to me.”

important to DiSimone,

he’s also eager to provide

JPMorgan with exclusive

Pace resources and benefits

through the program. “Pace

can also help us understand

what we can do to make our

environment more inviting

and attractive to the talented

people that Pace has to

offer,” he says.

If you ask Managing Director

and Head of HR Operations

at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mike DiSimone which of his

Pace memories stick out the

most, you might be surprised

at the answer. “There are

so many good ones, and this

is going to sound juvenile,

but the fondest memories

were studying for the CPAs,

spending all-nighters with

the few friends that cared

enough to stay up to study for

the exam,” he says.

Dedicated to Pace,

DiSimone has remained an

active alum since graduating.

For him, being involved in

the Corporate Representative

Program is all about the

opportunity to return to

academia and interact with as

many students, alumni, and

faculty as possible.

“I personally like being

in front of folks that like to

learn. I actually wanted to

be a teacher or a professor,”

he says. “When I was going

to school, people came and

spoke to us in the classroom

who had some real-life,

practical experience, and

those are valuable conversa-

tions and valuable insights to

have that really round out the

education process.”

While staying connected to

the classroom is personally

“I have been involved

with Pace since I

graduated in one way

or another,” says Marty

McElroy, partner at

Deloitte & Touche LLP.

That includes aiding in

Pace’s recruiting eforts

and serving on the

Lubin School of Busi-

ness Advisory Board.

After 25 years at

Deloitte, he continues to

fnd time in his schedule

to stay connected to

Pace and credits the

University with setting

him on the course to a

successful career.

“It gave me the

foundation and skills

to succeed and helped

me develop my critical

thinking,” he says.

McElroy says he’s

most looking forward

to “the opportunity to

meet with the students

and interact with the

other individuals at the

University” and to work

with his colleagues at

Deloitte “to give our

perspectives, because

it’s important for college

students to understand

the business world and

what’s out there,” he says.

Mike DiSimone ’92, ’98

Marty McElroy ’88

Initiative


The Office Of DevelOpmenT and Alumni Relations is relaunching Pace’s Corporate

Representative Program, an initiative designed to strengthen the University’s historic ties to

the business community through senior-level alumni at frms across the New York City area.

Originally formed in the 1980s, the program went on hiatus for a time, but will resume

this fall. In November, the frst six representatives from frms including JPMorgan Chase &

Co. and International Business Machines (IBM), as well as the

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will gather to discuss ways

to build alumni communities at their organizations, where

signifcant numbers of Pace graduates work.

“From my perspective,” says Mark Godwin, director of

Corporate and Foundation Relations at Pace, “one of the real

strengths that Pace has as an institution is a very strong pres-

ence in the corporate community through our alumni. It’s very

difcult to look at a company in the New York City region that

doesn’t have a signifcant group of Pace alumni there.”

Nearly 700 Pace graduates work at JPMorgan Chase, mak-

ing it the second largest corporate employer of Pace alumni,

just after IBM. This past June, two JPMorgan Chase employees,

Trustee Phil Bleser ’84, ’94, and Mike DiSimone ’92, ’98, hosted

one of the program’s first events for alumni at their firm.

“We had asked for a couple of volunteers from the Pace alumni who work here at JPMor-

gan, and people were jumping up and down to help us out,” says DiSimone. “They were very

passionate about being involved. There was very good attendance and a lot of strong feed-

back after the event. So I think people are passionate about their Pace heritage.”

As part of the Corporate Representative Program, members like DiSimone will serve two-

year terms. Their role is four-fold: to act as the main point of contact between Pace and

their organization; to serve as a conduit of information between alumni and the Univer-

sity; to host gatherings for alumni at their firms; and to assist with fundraising efforts.

“I think we all have a responsibility to give back to our school and the community in which

we live, to foster success in the future,” says Corporate Representative and Partner at Deloitte &

Touche LLP Marty McElroy ’88. “I was able to succeed, and I want to help others succeed as well.”

A two-wAy street

Current Pace students and alumni should benefit from the program through internship and

employment opportunities at the participating organizations, a strong network of business

leaders to call on, and mentorship opportunities. “At the end of the day, if enough alumni

get involved and we’re constantly exchanging feedback both ways, I think we can help Pace

build a stronger program, and it will keep evolving and generating better candidates for us

to use in the workforce, developing the next generation of leaders,” says DiSimone.

Helen Mucciolo ’93, a senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and

member of the Corporate Representative Program, also sees it as a win-win opportunity.

“I know that Pace has a very strong internship program—one of the best in the country—

so that can only benefit us as we’re trying to get some work done and get some folks

excited about our organizations,” she says. “I think the program will be a useful way for us

to leverage each other for the better-

ment of Pace students.”

Edward Murphy ’74, a Pace Trustee,

served as a chair of the program during

its early incarnation. Today, he con-

tinues his involvement, serving as the

Board Liaison. His advice to the latest

generation of reps: Don’t be shy about

asking your employers for support.

“I was at JPMorgan at the time, and I

didn’t actually know how the institu-

tion would adjust to or endorse my

involvement, and so

I approached it with

a little bit of trepida-

tion,” Murphy says.

“And to my pleasant

surprise, they were

very supportive and

were able and willing

to not only endorse

the program and

able to reach out

and identify all the

graduates of Pace at

the company, but also

to help fnancially, to

host meetings and receptions, etcetera,

because Pace was a big member of the

New York City business community.”

Murphy and members of the Corpo-

rate Representative Program are looking

forward to developing the program and

expanding its reach. “There may be six

companies now, but we’ll see where that

goes. Last time, we limited it to just

New York City corporations, but with

technology we’ll see if we can’t broaden

it further than that,” Murphy says.

Pace alumni interested in becoming a

Corporate Representative at their

organization should contact Director

of Corporate and Foundation Relations

Mark Godwin at [email protected]

or (212) 346-1721.

Pace Relaunches Corporate Rep Program

Pace Vice President for Development and Alumni

Relations Jennifer Bernstein, Mike DiSimone BBA

’92, MBA ’98, and Trustee Phil Bleser BBA ’84, MBA

’94, at the 19th Annual Lubin Luncheon.

41 www.pace.edu

Helen Mucciolo ’93

In her 20 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Helen Mucciolo has worked in many key areas, from markets and investments to cash and custody functions. However, her current role as a senior vice president has some extra luster.

As part of her latest respon-sibilities, she’s in charge of the world’s largest depository of gold, greater even than the famous stockpile at Fort Knox. Stored in the basement of her building, it includes gold from other central banks and institutions around the world. “It’s kind of a unique business,” she says.

When she’s not keeping tabs on precious metals, Mucciolo can be found giving back to her community. She’s actively involved with the bank’s Women’s Network, mentoring high school students, and now the Corporate Represen-tative Program.

As the group’s frst meet-ing nears, Mucciolo hopes to incorporate her interest in women’s and diversity initia-tives into the program. “I think it’s interesting to think about [the program] from a diversity perspective. I know Pace has quite a diverse student body, so I think that’s an element as well,” she says. “I like to be involved in the community, and if I have something that can help even one person think about their career, then that feels good to me.”

important to DiSimone,

he’s also eager to provide

JPMorgan with exclusive

Pace resources and benefits

through the program. “Pace

can also help us understand

what we can do to make our

environment more inviting

and attractive to the talented

people that Pace has to

offer,” he says.

If you ask Managing Director

and Head of HR Operations

at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mike DiSimone which of his

Pace memories stick out the

most, you might be surprised

at the answer. “There are

so many good ones, and this

is going to sound juvenile,

but the fondest memories

were studying for the CPAs,

spending all-nighters with

the few friends that cared

enough to stay up to study for

the exam,” he says.

Dedicated to Pace,

DiSimone has remained an

active alum since graduating.

For him, being involved in

the Corporate Representative

Program is all about the

opportunity to return to

academia and interact with as

many students, alumni, and

faculty as possible.

“I personally like being

in front of folks that like to

learn. I actually wanted to

be a teacher or a professor,”

he says. “When I was going

to school, people came and

spoke to us in the classroom

who had some real-life,

practical experience, and

those are valuable conversa-

tions and valuable insights to

have that really round out the

education process.”

While staying connected to

the classroom is personally

“I have been involved

with Pace since I

graduated in one way

or another,” says Marty

McElroy, partner at

Deloitte & Touche LLP.

That includes aiding in

Pace’s recruiting eforts

and serving on the

Lubin School of Busi-

ness Advisory Board.

After 25 years at

Deloitte, he continues to

fnd time in his schedule

to stay connected to

Pace and credits the

University with setting

him on the course to a

successful career.

“It gave me the

foundation and skills

to succeed and helped

me develop my critical

thinking,” he says.

McElroy says he’s

most looking forward

to “the opportunity to

meet with the students

and interact with the

other individuals at the

University” and to work

with his colleagues at

Deloitte “to give our

perspectives, because

it’s important for college

students to understand

the business world and

what’s out there,” he says.

Mike DiSimone ’92, ’98

Marty McElroy ’88

Initiative


As the Corporate Representative Program begins to take shape, Trustee Edward Murphy will serve as a link between it and the Board of Trustees. The current Board Liaison and past chairman has seen the benefts frst-hand.

Murphy says that while fundraising is an im-portant aspect to the program, he hopes the new representatives will advance Pace in other ways as well, such as being able “to explain to the broader community all of the exciting things that are happening at the University, that are advancing at the University, and to reach out in a personal way, to touch, and inform, and seek input from the alumni.”

“Eventually, as people get excited about the program,” he says, “then they in turn will participate, both in terms of their time and their re-sources if need be, to help support the University as it goes forward.”

Vincent Parascandola, chief

sales ofcer and president

of AXA Advisors’ Continen-

tal Division, says he always

looks forward to returning to

campus to host seminars for

current Pace students. “I’ve

talked to a lot of students,

some of whom we’ve hired as

interns and fnancial repre-

sentatives. Any time I talk to

college students it just kind of

energizes me,” he says.

“I haven’t dealt with a lot

of alumni yet, which is why

I’m getting involved with the

Corporate Representative

Program,” he adds. “There

are over 100 alumni at my

company, and I think a lot

of them will want to get

involved. I just don’t think

they know the avenue to do

it. If I can spearhead that,

it’ll make a difference to the

folks that work here.”

Parascandola says Pace’s

lower Manhattan location was

one of the things he enjoyed

most as a student, because it

ofered him the ability to work

and study simultaneously.

“What’s cool about Pace

is that New York City is

the campus,” he says. “For

anybody who wants to get

involved in fnancial services,

which is what I’m involved

in, that’s a huge advantage.

You’re in the fnancial district

of the world.”

Andrew Bergman ’81, Managing Director, Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Michael DiSimone ’92, ’98, Managing Director/HRSD Executive, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Martin McElroy ’88, Partner/Principal, Audit, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Helen Mucciolo ’93, Senior Vice President, Financial Services Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Vincent Parascandola ’86, Chief Sales Officer & President, Continental Division, AXA Advisors, LLC

Paula Summa ’78, ’84, General Manager, IBM Inside Sales, International Business Machines Corporation

Edward Murphy ’74, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (retired)

Corporate Representatives *

Trustee

Edward Murphy ’74

Vincent

Parascandola ’86

*As of October 15, 2013

Initiative

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CorporateEmployers byNumber ofPace Alumni

IBM

The Bank of New York Mellon

JPMorgan Chase

EY (Ernst & Young)

Citigroup

Morgan Stanley

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Deloitte LLP

AT&T Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1

5

9

3

72

6 10

48


As the Corporate Representative Program begins to take shape, Trustee Edward Murphy will serve as a link between it and the Board of Trustees. The current Board Liaison and past chairman has seen the benefts frst-hand.

Murphy says that while fundraising is an im-portant aspect to the program, he hopes the new representatives will advance Pace in other ways as well, such as being able “to explain to the broader community all of the exciting things that are happening at the University, that are advancing at the University, and to reach out in a personal way, to touch, and inform, and seek input from the alumni.”

“Eventually, as people get excited about the program,” he says, “then they in turn will participate, both in terms of their time and their re-sources if need be, to help support the University as it goes forward.”

Vincent Parascandola, chief

sales ofcer and president

of AXA Advisors’ Continen-

tal Division, says he always

looks forward to returning to

campus to host seminars for

current Pace students. “I’ve

talked to a lot of students,

some of whom we’ve hired as

interns and fnancial repre-

sentatives. Any time I talk to

college students it just kind of

energizes me,” he says.

“I haven’t dealt with a lot

of alumni yet, which is why

I’m getting involved with the

Corporate Representative

Program,” he adds. “There

are over 100 alumni at my

company, and I think a lot

of them will want to get

involved. I just don’t think

they know the avenue to do

it. If I can spearhead that,

it’ll make a difference to the

folks that work here.”

Parascandola says Pace’s

lower Manhattan location was

one of the things he enjoyed

most as a student, because it

ofered him the ability to work

and study simultaneously.

“What’s cool about Pace

is that New York City is

the campus,” he says. “For

anybody who wants to get

involved in fnancial services,

which is what I’m involved

in, that’s a huge advantage.

You’re in the fnancial district

of the world.”

Andrew Bergman ’81, Managing Director, Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Michael DiSimone ’92, ’98, Managing Director/HRSD Executive, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Martin McElroy ’88, Partner/Principal, Audit, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Helen Mucciolo ’93, Senior Vice President, Financial Services Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Vincent Parascandola ’86, Chief Sales Officer & President, Continental Division, AXA Advisors, LLC

Paula Summa ’78, ’84, General Manager, IBM Inside Sales, International Business Machines Corporation

Edward Murphy ’74, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (retired)

Corporate Representatives *

Trustee

Edward Murphy ’74

Vincent

Parascandola ’86

*As of October 15, 2013

Initiative

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CorporateEmployers byNumber ofPace Alumni

IBM

The Bank of New York Mellon

JPMorgan Chase

EY (Ernst & Young)

Citigroup

Morgan Stanley

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Deloitte LLP

AT&T Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1

5

9

3

72

6 10

48


$1.5 million The largest

U.S. Department of

Education grant ever

received by the faculty of

the School of Education,

part of a five-year grant

to Professors Leslie

Soodak and Roberta

Wiener to upgrade teacher

education programs

so Pace can prepare

dually-certified general

and special educators for

grades 7–12.

$1,143,625 Awarded

to the Pace Women’s

Justice Center by

various funders.

$880,000 Awarded to

Seidenberg Professor

Li Chiou Chen over a

four-year period by

the National Science

Foundation for her work

with the Scholarship for

Service program.

$335,972 National

Science Foundation

grant awarded to Dyson

Professor Jack Horne

for the purchase of a

Zeiss LSM 700 confocal

microscope.

$300,000 Awarded

through a three-year

grant to Seidenberg

Professor D. Paul

Benjamin by the Army

Research Office.

$224,000 Renewed

annual funding from

the U.S. Small Business

Administration awarded

to Lubin Professor Ira

Davidson for Lubin’s

Small Business

Development Center.

$190,000 Awarded

by the National Science

Foundation to Lubin

Professor Theresa Lant

for building resources

through integrating

disciplines for group

effectiveness in science.

$180,000 National

Science Foundation

grant awarded to Dyson

Professor Marcy Kelly

and School of Education

Professor Lauren Birney

for a core genetics and

molecular biology course.

The year-long course will

be research-based and

laboratory-integrated.

Some Notable Examples

The number of grant applications

submitted by Pace faculty in FY

2013, the highest total ever. That’s

a 13 percent increase since 2012.

Total grant funding awarded to Pace in FY 2013

$10,394,094

151

Grant funders put their money on pace Research grants are an important part of the University’s funding, and Pace faculty have been notably successful

in recent years at competing for—and winning—significant awards. So far this year, the number of awards

received by Pace is up 5 percent, and counting. Alumni donations help make that possible by enhancing the

University's standing in independent national ratings. These numbers (and many more like them) tell the story:

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Saturday Nov. 9 LIU Post^

4:30 PM (M)

SATURDAY NOV. 9 QUEENS

5:00 PM (W)

Sunday Nov. 10 Dowling^

12:00 PM (M)

TUESDAY NOV. 12 ASSUMPTION

7:00 PM (W)

SATURDAY NOV. 16 LIU POST

1:30 PM (W)

Wednesday Nov. 20 St. Rose*

5:30/7:30 PM

SATURDAY NOV. 23 NEW HAVEN*

1:30/3:30 PM

TUESDAY NOV. 26 SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT* 5:30/7:30 PM

Saturday Nov. 30 Georgian Court 1:00 PM (M)

Tuesday Dec. 3 Dominican

7:00 PM (W)

WEDNESDAY DEC. 4 ADELPHI*

7:30 PM (M)

Saturday Dec. 7 Le Moyne*

12:00/2:00 PM

Tuesday Dec. 10 American Int’l*

5:30/7:30 PM

SATURDAY DEC. 14 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 1:00 PM (W)

SATURDAY DEC. 21 FELICIAN

1:00 PM (M)

Saturday Dec. 21 Felician

1:00 PM (W)

Thursday Jan. 2 Lincoln (PA)

7:00 PM (M)

THURSDAY JAN. 2 ADELPHI*

TBA (W)

Saturday Jan. 4 Philadelphia U. 2:00 PM (M)

WEDNESDAY JAN. 8 MERRIMACK*

5:30/7:30 PM

Saturday Jan. 11 Stonehill*

1:30/3:30 PM

Tuesday Jan. 14 Southern New Hampshire* 5:30/7:30 PM

SATURDAY JAN. 18 ST. ANSELM*

1:30/3:30 PM

WEDNESDAY JAN. 22 FRANKLIN PIERCE* 5:30/7:30 PM

Saturday Jan. 25 St. Michael’s*

1:30/3:30 PM

Tuesday Jan. 28 Assumption*

5:30/7:30 PM

SATURDAY FEB. 1 BENTLEY*

1:30/3:30 PM

SATURDAY FEB. 8 AMERICAN INT’L* 1:30/3:30 PM

WEDNESDAY FEB. 12 ST. ROSE*

5:30 PM/7:30 PM

Saturday Feb. 15 New Haven*

1:30/3:30 PM

Wednesday Feb. 19 Southern Connecticut* 5:30/7:30 PM

Saturday Feb. 22 Adelphi*

1:30/3:30 PM

TUESDAY FEB. 25 LE MOYNE*

5:30/7:30 PM

November 14Alumni Reception in

Washington, D.C.

November 19Using LinkedIn and Social

Media in Your Job Search (WP)

November 22–23P4K Dance Marathon to

beneft the Maria Fareri

Children’s Hospital (PLV)

November 23Deep Roots of Rock and Roll:

Black Rock Coalition (NYC)

November 24Rojyoh, the Beat on the Road:

Yamato the Drummers of

Japan (NYC)

December 4Community Holiday Open

House (PLV)

December 1020th Annual Lubin Luncheon

(NYC)

December 11Alumni Holiday Party (NYC)

December 11–15Pace Performing Arts

presents Blue Room (NYC)

December 12–15Gelsey Kirkland Academy

presents The Nutcracker (NYC)

December 15Dancespace (NYC)

December 20Maria T. Balanescu Quartet

(NYC)

January 22–26Pace New Musicals (NYC)

January 29InsideTrack with President

Friedman and Brandon

Steiner (NYC)

January 31MLK Brunch (PLV)

February 66th Annual MLK Lecture and

Reception featuring Danny

Glover (NYC)

February 7'60s Throwback Snow Ball (PLV)

February 9Voce at Pace: Nadine Sierra (NYC)

February 16FIRST Tech Challenge (PLV)

February 19–March 12Art History Alive: The Great

Masters Series with Janetta

Rebold Benton (NYC)

February 27Acoustic Underground:

Session 2 (NYC)

March 1American Showstoppers: An

Evening with Jerry Herman

(NYC)

March 6–8Brian Sanders' experimental

dance-theater JUNK

(NYC)

March 13–14New York début of La Curva

by famenco dancer Israel

Galván (NYC)

March 20–22RUBBERBANDance Group

(NYC)

March 28ABT Studio Company

(NYC)

April 7Lecture with world-renowned

historian Kenneth Jackson

(PLV)

April 11Pace Performing Arts

presents Dance Out Loud

(NYC)

April 17Tenth Annual Pace Pitch

Contest (NYC)

May 7–11Pace Performing Arts

presents Big Love (NYC)

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