Pace University

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    Pace University is a

    Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace.[5]
    Pace enrolls about 13,000 students as of fall 2021 in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.

    Pace University offers about 100 majors at its seven colleges and schools, including the College of Health Professions, the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, the

    The Actors Studio Drama School[7][8] and is home to the Inside the Actors Studio television show.[9] The university runs a women's justice center in Yonkers,[10] a business incubator[11] and is affiliated with the public school Pace High School.[12]

    Pace University originally operated out of the

    41 Park Row in 1951 and opened its first Westchester campus in 1963. Pace opened its largest building, 1 Pace Plaza, in 1969. Four years later, it became a university.[5]

    History

    Homer St. Clair and Charles Ashford Pace
    One Pace Plaza). 41 Park Row
    is to the right.

    In 1906, brothers

    One Pace Plaza complex. The Paces taught the first class of 13 men and women. The school grew rapidly, and moved several times around Lower Manhattan
    .

    The Pace brothers' school was soon incorporated as Pace Institute, and expanded nationwide, offering courses in accountancy and business law in several U.S. cities. Some 4,000 students were taking the Pace brothers' courses in

    The George Washington University).[14][15] In 1927 the school moved to the newly completed Transportation Building at 225 Broadway, and remained there until the 1950s.[16]

    After Charles died in 1940 and Homer in 1942, Homer's son Robert S. Pace became the new president of Pace. In 1947, Pace Institute was approved for college status by the New York State Board of Regents. In 1951, the college purchased its first campus building:

    New York City designated landmark, was the late-19th-century headquarters of The New York Times. In 1963, the Pleasantville Campus was established using land and buildings donated by the then-president of General Foods
    and Pace alumnus and trustee Wayne Marks and his wife Helen.

    In 1966,

    U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey and New York City Mayor John Lindsay broke ground for the One Pace Plaza Civic Center complex, with then Pace president Edward J. Mortola. The former New York Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street, across from 41 Park Row, was demolished to make way for the new building complex.[17]

    The New York State Board of Regents approved Pace College's petition for university status in 1973. Shortly thereafter, in 1975, the College of

    Avenue of the Americas, and moved once before moving to its current location in 1997. Briarcliff College was acquired in 1977 and became the Briarcliff campus. A graduate center was opened in 1982 in White Plains, New York, and in 1987 the Graduate Center moved to the newly built Westchester Financial Center complex in the downtown business district of White Plains; which at the time of its opening, Pace's graduate computer science program was the first nationally accredited graduate program in the state of New York.[citation needed
    ]

    In 1994, all undergraduate programs in White Plains were consolidated to the Pleasantville-Briarcliff campus, and the White Plains campus on North Broadway was given to the law school; resulting in the university's Westchester undergraduate programs in Pleasantville and its Westchester graduate programs in White Plains. Finally, in 1997, Pace purchased the World Trade Institute at

    1 World Trade Center from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
    .

    On March 5, 2006, Pace students, alumni, faculty, and staff from all campuses convened on the Pleasantville Campus in a university-wide Centennial Kick-Off Celebration; there was a Pace Centennial train, provided free of charge by the

    honorary doctorate of humane letters from Pace during the ceremony, which was held at the Goldstein Health, Fitness and Recreation Center. Following the reception of the honorary degree, he addressed the students, faculty, alumni, and staff of Pace, officially kicking off the Centennial anniversary of the university.[18]

    Since her last visit in celebration of

    NASDAQ stock market opening bell in Midtown Manhattan to mark the end of the 14-month centennial celebration.[19]

    The opening ribbon ceremony at One Pace Plaza with university administration and New York City officials

    On May 15, 2007, Pace University President

    Securities and Exchange Commission and as co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton. Friedman retired as president of Pace University in July 2017. In 2015, in an effort to consolidate Pace University's Westchester campuses into a single location, Pace University sold the Briarcliff campus.[20]

    The former president of Oberlin College, Marvin Krislov, was appointed president of Pace University in February 2017.[21]

    In February 2017, Pace University embarked on a $190 million renovation process known as the 'Master Plan'.

    facade of One Pace Plaza.[24]

    Academics

    Admissions

    Pace University's 2019 undergraduate admission acceptance rate was 75.9%, with admitted students having an average high school GPA of 3.4, an average SAT composite score of 1160 out of 1600 (570 Math, 590 Reading & Writing), and an average ACT composite score of 25 out of 36.[25]

    Rankings

    Forbes[26]
    		400
    U.S. News & World Report[27]202
    Washington Monthly[28]235
    WSJ / College Pulse[29]285

    The 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Pace as 202nd among universities in the United States.[30]

    Schools and colleges

    The university consists of the following schools, each with a graduate and undergraduate division:

    Pace University was ranked tied for 202nd among national universities by

    New York State by average professor salaries.[32]

    Campuses

    Pace University campuses are located in

    Westchester County. The university's shuttle service provides transportation between the New York City and Pleasantville campuses. Furthermore, Pace University has a high school located just ten blocks away from the university's New York City Campus (see Pace University High School
    ).

    New York City

    See also:
    One Pace Plaza and Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
    One Pace Plaza

    The New York City campus is in the

    New York Downtown Hospital.

    33 Beekman
    33 Beekman

    The campus is within walking distance of well-known New York City sites including

    art deco Fred F. French Building on at 551 Fifth Avenue
    .

    In January 2019, Pace completed a $45 million renovation of One Pace Plaza and the adjoining 41 Park Row.[35]

    Westchester

    Pleasantville Campus

    Choate House
    , Pleasantville
    Dow Hall, Briarcliff Manor

    Classes began in

    George C. S. Choate
    (who gave his name to a pond and a house on the campus.)

    On the 180-acre (73 ha)[4] campus is the Environmental Center, constructed around the remnants of a 1779 farmhouse. The center, which is dedicated to the environmental studies program, provides office and classroom space; it houses the university's animals such as chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, and raptors. As part of the Pleasantville Master Plan, the Environmental Center was expanded and relocated to the back of campus. Two brand new residence halls, Elm Hall and Alumni Hall, were constructed in its place and the Kessel Student Center was remodeled.

    Kessel Student Center

    Elisabeth Haub School of Law

    Main article: Pace University School of Law

    Located within 30 minutes of New York City's

    NY Route 22 (North Broadway), the Law School has a 13-acre (5.3 ha) landscaped suburban campus with a mix of historic and modern buildings. Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is the only law school between New York City and the state capital of Albany, New York
    , 136 miles (219 km) away.

    In 2020, U.S. News & World Report ranked the law school's Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law program #3,[38] and gave the law school a general rank of #136.[39]

    On the Law School's campus is the recognized Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic where adjunct professor

    Securities and Exchange Commission and former co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton
    , is the immediate past dean of Pace Law School.

    Other properties

    Pace University High School

    Main article: Pace University High School

    Pace University established a public high school and opened its doors to its first class in September 2004. Pace High School is in

    Middle School
    131 at 100 Hester Street in Lower Manhattan, 10 blocks away from the university's New York City campus.

    SCI² business incubators

    In the fall of 2004, Pace University opened two business incubators to help early-stage companies grow in New York City in Lower Manhattan and Yonkers. SCI², (which stands for Second Century Innovation and Ideas, Corp.) maintains accelerator sites in 163 William Street in Lower Manhattan and in the 116,000-square-foot (10,800 m2) NValley Technology Center complex at 470 Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers.[42]

    Women's Justice Center at the Westchester County Family Court-Yonkers

    In 2001, the Women's Justice Center of Pace Law School opened a second site at the Westchester County Family Court in Yonkers, New York (the first being on the law school campus at the 27 Crane Avenue house). The Westchester County Family Court in Yonkers is one of three family courts in Westchester County.[43] The Yonkers office of the Women's Justice Center is located at the Westchester Family Court, 53 South Broadway in Yonkers.[44]

    International Disarmament Institute

    The International Disarmament Institute is a center for teaching and studying worldwide disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation.[45] Matthew Bolton, the director of the institute, worked on The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.[46][47]

    Theater and the arts

    Main article: Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts

    The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts is the principal theatre of Pace University and is located at the university's New York City campus in Lower Manhattan. The 750-seat

    Briarcliff Manor in Westchester is home to the Hudson Stage Company.[50]

    Athletics

    Main article: Pace Setters

    Pace's sports teams are called the Setters; the university's mascot is the Setter. Pace University sponsors fourteen intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, lacrosse, and swimming & diving; while women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, field hockey, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, and volleyball. Its affiliations include the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II and the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10). The school's official colors are blue and gold.

    September 11, 2001

    On the day of the

    One Pace Plaza at 10:00 a.m. The New York City EMT cleared out the Admissions Lobby and made it a triage center for victims of the attack.[51] Many of the patients were New York City police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers. Debris and about three inches (7.5 cm) of dust and ashes lay over the Pace New York City campus area and local streets. None of Pace's buildings were damaged except in the World Trade Center; Pace lost the entire 55th floor, 45,943 square feet (4,268.2 m2)[52][53] in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, which housed Pace University's World Trade Institute and the Pace University World Trade Conference Center[54] (now the Downtown Conference Center). A memorial[54] to students and alumni who lost their lives on September 11 stands on all three campuses of Pace University.[55] A gift from the American Kennel Club, a statue of a German Shepherd dog stands in front of One Pace Plaza (as of Fall 2007) to commemorate Pace's support as a triage center on September 11.[56]

    Notable alumni

    Main article: List of Pace University people

    Notable graduates and former students at Pace include:

    See also

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    Further reading

    • Weigold, Marilyn E. Opportunitas: The History of Pace University. New York, NY: Pace University Press, 1991.

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