by Kelly Filipczuk ‘ 24 Honors recently hosted a trip to the iconic Queens Botanical Garden. Students, as well as Honors Academic Advisors Eli and Justin, met outside One Pace Plaza and together took the 4 and 7 trains to Flushing. After reaching our destination stop, we began the short walk to the garden. Several… Read More Honors Trip to the Queens Botanical Garden Pumpkin Patch
by Marg Kelly ‘24 Going to college in the city opens up endless opportunities for fun activities that other college students can’t experience. One of the best examples of this is the Honors $5 tickets. This time around, Honors students had the opportunity to put their name in for a Yankee game, and a lucky… Read More Take Honors Out to the Ballgame!
Welcome Week begins August 31 and ends on September 3. It will be the first in-person version since the pandemic. I asked Greyson Corley the following questions to provide insight from an upperclassman enrolled in the combined degree program regarding what Honors Welcome Week is. How would you describe Welcome Week? In other words, what… Read More What Is Welcome Week? Comments From an Honors Upperclassmen
by Shania Foy ’25 This semester in my TS-105 class it was a requirement to volunteer involving technology. At first, I thought the experience would just come and go, but in the short time that I spent volunteering it expanded my outlook on concepts such as aging and time, which I really want to share.… Read More Volunteer Experience: Virtual Senior Center
By Evan Altman ‘23 Everyone, including myself, gets nervous when thinking about applying to their first internship. April and May is always a stressful time for students. You have to worry about finding an internship for the summer while also juggling finals. This spring, the Honors Advisory Board hosted an intern panel composed of honors… Read More What I Learned From the Honors Intern Panel
by: Joe St. Pierre ‘25 POV: it’s 1757 and you’re in the thick forests of Pennsylvania, negotiating land claims and secretly plotting to sabotage one of your colleague’s reelection campaigns. Or how about this: it’s June 1968 and you’re protesting the Vietnam War outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Or POV: it’s present-day at… Read More Honors Course Highlight: American Reacting to the Past
by Katie Sabatini ‘24 So, you’ve heard about the Honors Advisory Board time and time again, but what exactly is it? The Honors Advisory Board is made up of a select group of Pforzheimer Honors College students. Each week, these students gather to brainstorm, plan, and implement events and activities for fellow members of the… Read More Honors Advisory Board Experience
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 Kelly Filipczuk ‘24 Congratulations to Mohini Gobin for her new position as Associate Director of the Honors College for both the New York City and Pleasantville campuses! For those who are unfamiliar, Mohini has been working within our community for several years now as an academic advisor to approximately 300 students. She has also… Read More Mohini Gobin’s New Title Within Honors
by Abbey Kelly ’25 Coming into Pace last fall I had heard of all the amazing events and experiences the university and Honors would host and I was excited to see what my freshman year would bring. I made an effort to attend as many events as I could since it is a great way… Read More Attending Events in Honors