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See also: Pace University High School
Pace University
Seal of Pace University
MottoOpportunitas (Opportunity)
TypePrivate
Established1906
Endowment$102.6 million[1]
PresidentDavid A. Caputo
Academic staff
1,238
Students14,177[2]
Undergraduates8,928
Postgraduates4,471 (778 law)
Location
New York, NY
Westchester County
,
NY
,
USA
CampusNew York City: Urban
950,000 sq ft (88,000 m²)
Westchester: Suburban
212 acres (858,000 m²)
Athletics19 varsity teams, Division II
ColorsBlue and Gold            
MascotSetter File:PaceSetters.jpg
Websitewww.pace.edu
Pace University Logo

Pace University is a private, co-educational and comprehensive multi-campus university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County in the U.S. State of New York. Pace was founded by two brothers, Homer S. Pace and Charles A. Pace in 1906, initially as a business school for men and women. The sixth and current president is David A. Caputo, former president of CUNY-Hunter College.

The environmental law program at the Pace University School of Law is widely renowned and has received national accolades from the annual report on law schools done by US News and World Report and The Princeton Review; it ranks number three in the nation in environmental law[3]. Similarly, the Lubin School of Business is among fewer than three percent of business schools internationally with dual accreditation from AACSB International, which is regarded as being the most prestigious business accreditations worldwide. The MBA program has consistently ranked among the top 20 programs nationwide, while the undergraduate business program ranks among the top 50 private university business programs in the country and among the top four undergraduate business programs in New York City[4]. Furthermore, the only Actors Studio MFA program in the United States is located at Pace[5]. Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts is home to the television show Inside the Actors Studio hosted by James Lipton, as well as the National Actors Theatre.


History

Pace Brothers
The first home of Pace in 1906: a rented classroom in the New York Tribune building on Park Row in Manhattan - today the site of the building complex of One Pace Plaza. 41 Park Row is to the right.

In 1906, the first class of the Pace brothers partnership ("Pace & Pace", later named the Pace School of Accountancy) was composed of ten men and three women who were taught accounting and business law by Homer Pace and Charles Ashford Pace. Taking a loan of $600, the Pace brothers rented a classroom on one of the floors of the New York Tribune building, today the site of the One Pace Plaza complex. Due to rapid growth over the succeeding years, the school was forced to relocate several times around the Lower Manhattan area.

In addition to its school in New York, the Pace Institute (as it was then called) expanded nationwide featuring courses in accountancy and business law in a number of cities throughout the United States. 4,000 students were taking the Pace brother's courses in YMCAs in the New York-New Jersey area. The Pace Standardized Course in Accounting was also offered in Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle. Eventually, concerned about quality control at distant locations, in the 1920s the Pace brothers divested themselves of their private schools outside New York in order to devote their full attention to the lower Manhattan school, eventually to become one of the campuses of Pace University.[6]

In 1947, Pace Institute was approved for college status by the New York State Board of Regents. Then, in 1951 the college purchased its first campus building located at 41 Park Row in Lower Manhattan. This building, designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in March 1999, was the 19th-century headquarters of The New York Times. In 1963 the Pleasantville campus was established using land and buildings donated by General Foods president and Pace alumni 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.[7]

The New York State Board of Regents approved Pace College's petition for university status in 1973. Shortly thereafter, in 1975, the College of White Plains (formerly known as Good Counsel College) consolidated with Pace and became the White Plains campus which at the time was used to house both undergraduate courses and Pace's new law school created in that same year. In September 1976, Pace began offering courses in Midtown Manhattan in the Equitable Life Assurance Company building (now AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company) on Avenue of the Americas, and moved once before moving to its current location in 1997. Briarcliff College was acquired in 1977 and became the Braircliff campus. A graduate center was opened in 1982 in White Plains, and in 1987 the newly named Evelyn & Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center moved to the Westchester Financial Center in downtown White Plains. In 1993, undergraduate programs in White Plains were transferred to the Pleasantville campus and the White Plains campus on North Broadway was given to the law school. Finally in 1997, Pace purchased the World Trade Institute at 1 World Trade Center from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton,
Pace University Centennial, 2006

The year 2006 marks Pace University's Centennial. 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 MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority), to take Pace's New York City students, alumni, faculty and staff to Pace's Pleasantville campus. Former President Bill Clinton received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Pace during the ceremony, which was held at the Goldstein Health, Fitness and Recreation Center. Following reception of the honorary degree, he addressed the students, faculty, alumni and staff of Pace, officially kicking off the Centennial anniversary of the University.[8]

Since her last visit in celebration of Black History Month in 2005, Dr. Maya Angelou again visited the Pace community in celebration of Pace's Centennial Founder's Day on October 4, 2006.

Schools and colleges

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

Campuses

Pace University campuses are located in New York City and Westchester County, in Pleasantville, Briarcliff Manor, and White Plains. The University's shuttle service provides transportation between the New York City, White Plains, and Pleasantville-Briarcliff 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

One Pace Plaza and 41 Park Row
Maria's Tower of One Pace Plaza, view from the Brooklyn Bridge

The New York City campus, the birthplace of Pace, is located in the Civic Center of lower Manhattan, next to the Financial District. The campus is walking distance to well-known New York City sites including Wall Street, the World Trade Center, World Financial Center, South Street Seaport, Chinatown and Little Italy. Pace has about 950,000 square feet (88,000 m²) of space in Lower Manhattan. The main building, One Pace Plaza, located directly across from City Hall and adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, houses most of the classrooms, administrative offices, a 2,000 square foot (190 m²) student union, a 750-seat community theater, and an 18-floor high-rise residence hall (known as "Maria's Tower"). 41 Park Row was the 19th-century headquarters of The New York Times and today houses many faculty offices, the University's bookstore, as well as some classrooms. 41 Park Row also houses the Haskins Laboratories, 2700 square feet (250 m²) of the late Dr. Seymour H. Hutner[9][10], where medical experiments are held, like the Green tea extract study in the international media[11]. The buildings of 157 Williams Street, 161 Williams Street, and 163 Williams Street were acquired by Pace following the September 11 attacks to make up for loss of the entire 55th floor, 45,943 square feet, (4268 m²) in the North Tower of the World Trade Center which used to house Pace University's World Trade Institute and World Trade Conference Center (See the section below entitled September 11, 2001). The Willam Street buildings house classrooms, offices of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems, the university's business incubators, along with Pace's Downtown Conference Center where the eMBA residency sessions are held (Pace also has leased office space in 156 William Street). One block away from the site of the proposed Fulton Street Transit Center[12]is one of Pace's own residence halls known as "Fulton Hall", the former Fulton Plaza Hotel on 106 Fulton Street. Pace also leases residence accommodations at the Hotel St. George and The Clark Residence in Brooklyn Heights; frequent shuttle service is provided between the campus and the Brooklyn Heights student residences. Pace also offers classes in midtown Manhattan in the art deco Fred F. French Building on at 551 Fifth Avenue; a few blocks away from places such as Grand Central Terminal, Bryant Park, Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, and Rockefeller Center. It is a popular location which offers flexibility and convenience to students who live or work in midtown and for students commuting from the borough of Queens.

Westchester

Pleasantville-Briarcliff campus

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Mortola Library at dusk, reflected on Choate pond, Pleasantville

Classes began in Westchester County in Pleasantville, New York in 1963. [1] The campus today consists of the former estate of then Vice Chairman of General Foods Corporation, Wayne Marks (Class of 1928) - previously belonging to 18th century noted physician Dr. George C. S. Choate (which gave its name to a pond and a house on the campus.)[13]

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Dow Hall, Briarcliff

Located on the campus is the Environmental Center - it was constructed around the remnants of a 1779 farmhouse. The center, which is dedicated to the environmental studies program, provides office and classroom space; the original barn and stable still exist and provide accommodations for the Equestrian Studies program, which houses the University's animals such as horses, chicken, goats, sheep, reptiles, insects, and various small animals. Adjacent to the Trump National Golf Club, the campus in Briarcliff Manor, New York was added in 1977 when Pace acquired Briarcliff College - residence halls, recreational facilities and administrative offices are also located there. A short distance apart, these two locations are administered as a unit making the Pleasantville-Briarcliff campus a total of over 200 acres (0.8 km²) in Westchester County in Pleasantville and Briarcliff Manor, New York. Frequent shuttle service is provided between the two locations.

White Plains campus

File:Preston Hall.png
Preston Hall, Law School campus,
White Plains
Pace University's Evelyn & Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center in White Plains

A 30-minute train ride and some 20 miles (32 km) north of Lower Manhattan in Westchester County is the site of The Evelyn & Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center in downtown White Plains and the Pace University School of Law. The Graduate Center is located across the street from the White Plains Station of the Metro-North Railroad, while the Law School's 12 acre (49,000 m²) campus lies several blocks away on North Broadway. The Graduate Center houses programs in business, education, computer science and information systems, and public administration. The New York State Judicial Institute, located on the Law School's campus, serves as a statewide center for the education, training and research facility for all judges and justices of the New York State Unified Court System[14]; the first of its kind in the nation[15][16]. On the Law School's campus is the nationally recognized Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic where Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, and alumnus of Pace, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. serves as Co-Director.

Other properties

Hudson Valley Center for Emerging Technologies
Located in New Windsor in Orange County, New York, Pace occupies 5,500 square feet (510 m²) of space in New York International Plaza at Stewart International Airport near Newburgh, New York. The Hudson Valley Center is a collaboration between Pace University, Marist College, and SUNY-New Paltz to provide a research base in emerging technologies to support existing e-business in the Hudson Valley region[17].

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 New York City school district Region 9, and is located in a separate wing of Middle School 131 at 100 Hester Street in lower Manhattan, 10 blocks away from the university's New York City campus. See Pace University High School.

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.[18] Visit the website at http://www.sci2.org.

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[19]. The Yonkers office of the Women's Justice Center is located at the Westchester Family Court, 53 South Broadway in Yonkers. [20] Visit the website at www.law.pace.edu/bwjc.

Shanghai MS accounting program
Pace University offers the Master of Science in Accounting to Chinese students in Shanghai, China's largest city. All instruction takes place at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) and taught by Pace University professors in Shanghai. Established in 1917, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is recognized as one of the leading business institutions in China; it was one of the first Chinese higher education institutions authorized to award master and doctorate degrees in economics and management science and MBA degrees.[21]

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 Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts is home to both the television show Inside the Actors Studio hosted by James Lipton and the National Actors Theatre, a theatre company founded by the late actor Tony Randall - it is the only professional theatre company housed in a university in New York City and Broadway's only not-for-profit house (located in Lower Manhattan) solely dedicated to presenting classic works of theater and theatrical education delivered at no cost to the students or their schools. Theater productions at Pace have included such stars as Tony Randall, Al Pacino, Steve Buscemi, Dominic Chianese, Billy Crudup, Charles Durning, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Chazz Palminteri, Linda Emond, Len Cariou, Roberta Maxwell, and Jeff Goldblum. Pace is also one of the venues for the Tribeca Film Festival, the Tribeca Theater Festival, the New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) the River-to-River Festival (New York City’s largest free-to-the-public summer festival), and Grammy Career Day of Grammy in the Schools. The Woodward Hall 135-seat theater at the campus at Briarcliff Manor in Westchester is home to the Hudson Stage Company.

Athletics

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Pace's sports teams are called the Setters; the University's mascot is the Setter. Pace University sponsors nineteen intercollegiate varsity sports. Its affiliations include the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II, Northeast Ten Conference, and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). The school's official colors are blue and gold.

Pace's athletic facilities are highlighted by the 75,000 square foot (7,000 m²) Goldstein Health, Fitness and Recreation Center in Pleasantville, which boasts a 2400-seat arena, eight-lane swimming pool, weight/fitness room, aerobics/dance room, training room, locker rooms, equipment room, meeting rooms, and offices of the athletics department.[22]

School song

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"Acrobat in the Ring", sculpture by Chaim Gross, New York City Campus

The alma mater of Pace University was written by Professor of Business Law, Ivan Fox (1954). The lyrics to the song are as follows:

Alma Mater, hearts and voices sing to thee our everlasting praise;
Each and every heart rejoices at the thought of happy days.
Pace, Oh Pace, we'll ne'er forget you, nor the friends we hold so dear;
Memories will linger ever and will brighten coming years.
Alma Mater, stand forever, love is strong as we go marching by;
So thee, we raise our voices with your standard held on high.
Pace, Oh Pace, we'll ever follow where thy beacons show the way;
True to thee we'll be forever as we labor day by day.


September 11, 2001

On the day of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Pace University, four blocks from Ground Zero, lost 4 students and over 40 alumni. On September 11, 2001, students were made to leave classes and evacuate to other locations in One Pace Plaza at 10:00 AM. The New York City EMT cleared out the Admissions Lobby and made it into a triage center for victims of the attack. Many of the patients were New York City police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers. Debris and about three inches of dust and ashes laid over the Pace New York City campus area and local streets. All Pace buildings were not severly damaged, except in the World Trade Center. Pace lost the entire 55th floor, 45,943 square feet, (4268 m²)[23][24] in the North Tower of the World Trade Center which used to house Pace University's World Trade Institute and the Pace University World Trade Conference Center[25] (now the Downtown Conference Center). A memorial to students and alumni who lost their lives on 9/11 stands on all three campuses of Pace University. A gift from the American Kennel Club, a statue of a German Shepherd dog stands in front of One Pace Plaza to commemorate Pace's support as a traige center on 9/11 [2]. Click here to read the first issue of The Pace Press (New York City campus student newspaper) printed after 9/11.


The following is list of Pace alumni and students who lost their lives on September 11, 2001:

ALUMNI


STUDENTS

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Pace University People

Notable graduates and students at Pace include:

Trivia

Bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding a copy of the Pennsylvania Gazette by Ernst Plassman, commissioned as a gift to the City of New York from Albert De Groot in 1872 when the area was known as Printing House Square, corner of Pace Plaza, (Park Row and Spruce Street), New York City campus. [29]
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 5, episode 13 - "Proud Flesh" - was filmed on the New York City campus, including the inside of One Pace Plaza; (originally aired March 12, 2006.)[30][31]
  • Joseph R. Baczko, the current dean the Lubin School of Business, is former President/COO of Blockbuster Entertainment and founder/President of Toys "R" Us International.
  • The NFL football team New York Giants trained preseason between 1975-1987 at Pace University in Pleasantville; players used to stay at North Hall, one of the residence halls.
  • Pace was one of the sites for NBA New York Knicks Summer Camp in 2006[32]
  • Pace University was chosen to be one of the venues for the 2007 Empire State Games in the State of New York[33]
  • The student-run coffeehouse of the Briarcliff Commons at Briarcliff is named 'Pace Perk' (Opened February 4, 2000) in reference to 'Central Perk' of the TV show 'Friends'.
  • Actress Francis Lee McCain, widely known as 'Billy's mother Lynn Peltzer' in the film 'Gremlins' (1984), lived in 33 Crane Avenue, White Plains, NY; a house that is now part of the University's law school campus in White Plains, which currently houses the office of Alumni Relations and Development & Pace's Center for Continuing Legal Education.
  • The architect designers of One Pace Plaza were Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers, architects of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
  • The New York City campus is the site of a New York City Park, Drumgoole Plaza.
  • Pace University hosted the 2003 Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate[34]
  • In 2004, Pace hosted a rally for the Kerry-Edwards campaign at the Willcox Gym in Pleasantville, as well as a speech given by John Kerry in 2003.[35]
  • From July-August 2006 Pace University hosted the 2006 Debates and Town Hall Meetings: Democratic debate for governor of the State of New York, Republican debate for U.S. Senate, New York State Attorney General Town Hall Meeting, Democratic debate for Attorney General of the State of New York, U.S. Senate Town Hall Meeting, New York State Governor Town Hall Meeting[36]
  • American School & University magazine's Educational Interiors Showcase named the New York State Judicial Institute, at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, an outstanding classroom project. The building is a three-story building designed for teaching seminars for judges from all over the country[37]. American School & University magazine's Educational Interiors Showcase also named Marks Hall on the Pleasantville campus as outstanding interior renovation.[38]
  • An all-University commencement ceremony for all campuses was held at Madison Square Garden until 1989. Radio City Music Hall is the regular home of commencement ceremonies for the New York City campus, the Westchester commencement is held at the university's Goldstein Health, Fitness and Recreation Center in Pleasantville (prior to 2003 at Westchester County Center), while the Law School commencement is held outdoors at their campus.

Further reading

See also

Dyson Hall, Pleasantville

References

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  2. ^ Pace University - About Us - Fast Facts, accessed August 9, 2006
  3. ^ US News and World Report Law Specialties: Environmental Law
  4. ^ Pace University - Lubin School of Business, Lubin at a Glance: Points of Distinction
  5. ^ Actors Studio MFA, Pace University - Actors Studio MFA, accessed August 9, 2006
  6. ^ Pace Institute in Troy, Michigan became Walsh College in 1922, History Highlights, accessed August 9, 2006; and Pace Institute in Washington, D.C. later became Benjamin Franklin University (now part of The George Washington University), GWU Special Collections, Schools That are Now Part of GW, accessed August 9, 2006.
  7. ^ Pace University - Remembering Edward J. Mortola, accessed August 9, 2006. One Pace Plaza Groundbreaking, The New Campus, accessed August 9, 2006
  8. ^ Bill Clinton's Speech, Pace University Centennial - Centennial Kick-Off Event, accessed August 9, 2006
  9. ^ Pace University - Haskins Laboratories, accessed August 9, 2006
  10. ^ Haskins Laboratories at Pace University, Haskins Founder Dr. Seymour H. Hutner, accessed August 9, 2006
  11. ^ Green Tea Extract Study at Haskins Laboratories at Pace University, Pace University - Press Room, accessed August 9, 2006
  12. ^ Lower Manhattan: Fulton Street Transit Center, accessed August 9, 2006
  13. ^ Choate House (New York)
  14. ^ New York State Unified Court System, New York State Judicial Institute, accessed August 9, 2006
  15. ^ Colleges & Grad Schools, New York State Judicial Institute Opens at Pace University School of Law, accessed August 9, 2006
  16. ^ Dormitory Authoriy of the State of New York - News, accessed August 9, 2006
  17. ^ The New York Times - IN BUSINESS; Colleges to Collaborate On Commerce Links
  18. ^ News 12 Westchester: Pace University opens new organization to help businesses grow in Yonkers; Pace University News Release: Ribbon cutting and tour of Pace SCI² Incubator at nValley
  19. ^ Westchester Family Court-Yonkers branch http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/9jd/Westchester/family_yonk.shtml
  20. ^ Pace Women's Justice Center information http://www.wlln.org/english/detail.cfm?ID=195
  21. ^ Pace Expands in China http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=14105, accessed August 10, 2006
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  25. ^ History of Downtown Conference Center, accessed August 9, 2006
  26. ^ The New York Post, originally printed December 27, 2005, page 10
  27. ^ Light and the Sufferer The Cast
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  32. ^ NBA New York Knicks Community Index - Youth Basketball, accessed August 9, 2006
  33. ^ New York State - Governor Press Releases, Governor Announces Westchester to Host the 30th Empire State Games
  34. ^ Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate, Photo Essay, accessed August 9, 2006
  35. ^ John Kerry presidential campaign, 2004 campaign speech, The Pace Press - Kerry Speaks to Students About Environment, accessed August 9, 2006
  36. ^ 2006 New York State Debates and Town Hall Meetings at Pace University, (Eliot Spitzer, et al), 2006 Debates and Town Hall Meetings, accessed August 9, 2006
  37. ^ American School & University magazine, School Designs - Pace University School of Law, The New York State Judicial Institute, White Plains, New York, accessed August 9, 2006
  38. ^ American School & University magazine, School Designs - Pace University, Welcome Center (Marks Hall), Pleasantville, New York, accessed August 9, 2006
Mortola Library, Pleasantville
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