By Isabella Coraci ‘25 At Pace, every Honors freshman is required to take an Honors learning community if they do not have enough college credits to be considered a transfer student. A learning community is two classes that are paired together with subject matter that is related and the same students take both classes. It… Read More Honors Learning Community Spotlight
By Griffin Lalli ‘24 As an Honors student, I must take one Honors course per semester. As I was looking through the wide array of Honors classes that the Honors College offered last semester, I saw that Dr. Welty was teaching a class called “The Artist as the Activist” and I knew I had to… Read More Honors Course Experience: “The Artist as the Activist”
by Amy Yarygina ‘25 In high school, I was never able to experience working in a laboratory at a college level because my AP Chemistry class was online during the pandemic. Instead, I had to create a project of laboratory protocols and memorize them two weeks before my AP exam. Therefore, I was looking forward… Read More BIO 101 Lab Experience for an Honors Student
By Justin Wong ‘25 Hello, potential future Honors College peers! My name is Justin Wong, and I’m currently a freshman in the Honors College, majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience and minoring in Women & Gender Studies. My pronouns are he/him/his, I’m originally from Basking Ridge, NJ, and am currently tutoring at the NYC Learning Commons in… Read More The Benefits of Being in Honors
by Shadman Rahman ’24 Starting a new semester online gave me flashbacks to my freshman year. After spending my entire first year online and getting a taste of one semester in person, it seemed like a step back to be back online. It was a simple reminder that the pandemic was still ongoing and, at… Read More Starting a New Semester Online and the Transition to In-Person
by Greyson Corley ’23 When deciding what college I wanted to attend I often considered what options would be best to set me on a path of success that I felt was right. I knew that I wanted to do something that involved writing, but I also felt like I would need to do something… Read More Combined Degree Program Experience: Publishing
by Maddie McCool ’25 Those of us with undecided majors generally get a reputation for being lazy, careless, or having no motivation for our futures. I, however, humbly yet firmly disagree with each of these stereotypes. When I entered into a new phase of life back in September, I thought I had it all planned… Read More Undecided Major Experience
by Kelly Filipczuk ‘24 A lot of pressure goes into selecting your major, especially when you find yourself either unsure or stuck between two options. Before applying to college, I heard from guidance counselors that a decent percentage of students end up changing their majors and that doing so is not a bad thing. After all,… Read More Changing Your Major
by Lindsey Lee Hello from Thesis Land! Since this is my first blog entry, I’ll start with introducing myself. I am Lindsey Lee (she/her), Honors Thesis Advisor and an adjunct in the English Department. I graduated from Pace Honors in 2006, then got a masters from NYU in 2008 and one from Bard College in… Read More Honors Thesis Presentations
by Rylie Yeager ’25 At Pace, one of the many opportunities students have in the classroom is to expand their knowledge within very specialized and intricate courses. I remember receiving my fall semester schedule in August after my advisor created it for me and thinking, “What is this?” As a Communication Studies major, a few… Read More Nonviolent Activism in Modern Asia: The Specialized Courses of Pace