Kicking It Off With Hot Cocoa

Anna giacalone While the recent polar vortex hasn’t quite had its sights on Pleasantville, our campus has undeniably been hit with some extreme cold in the first two weeks. Despite this, members of the Honors College were able to stay warm on Wednesday, January 30th thanks to the first Honors event of the semester. To … Read more

The Joy of Working at the Learning Assistance Center

Fariha Hossain At the start of the spring 2018 semester, I began working as a peer tutor at the Learning Assistance Center (LAC) at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus. Located on the third floor of the Mortola Library, the LAC is a community of its own with over 35 students working as part-time staff. As a … Read more

Honors Students “Fly to Agrabah on a Magic Carpet Ride”

Fariha Hossain On a cold Saturday afternoon in January, thirty-three Honors students boarded a bus in Pleasantville with Dean Susan Dinan and, within an hour, found themselves seated in the balcony section of the iconic art nouveau style New Amsterdam Theater, Playbills open in their laps, waiting anxiously to enter a whole new world. Aladdin, … Read more

Interview with Carol Turco, Senior Staff Associate

On October 24th, 2017, Honors student Micaela Quattrociocchi interviewed Carol Turco, the Pforzheimer Honors College’s head of staff and primary point of contact in Pleasantville. Micaela: How long have you worked in the Honors College? Carol: This is my third year in the Honors College. I came to Pace in 2005 and worked in Campus … Read more