Alumni Hall Residents to Quarantine for 2 weeks
Katie Walsh, Managing Editor
September 25, 2020
18/20 of Pace Pleasantville's positive COVID-19 cases were residents of Alumni Hall. In response to this, the university administered a text message on Sept. 24th. to Alumni residents issuing that the students must return to their rooms and to order dinner using a form if they had not eaten yet....
Alumni Hall put on temporary lockdown after 18 residents test positive for COVID-19
Emily Teixeira, Contributing Writer
September 25, 2020
18 out of 20 of Pace’s confirmed COVID cases are Alumni residents. As of 9 P.M, September 24, 2020, Alumni Hall was put under quarantine for an undetermined amount of time. Residents received text and email alerts earlier in the evening informing them of the impending curfew, and at 9:30 p.m. there...
Pace Professor chosen as American Academy of Nursing Fellow
Ibrahim Aksoy, Contributing Writer
September 19, 2020
Pace University nursing professor Joanne Singleton, PhD, RN, was chosen as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing for her interprofessional education, practice in health care professions, and Canines Assisting in Health last Tuesday. With more than 2,700 members, American Academy of Nursing serves the public and the nursing pro...
This virus means business: How has COVID-19 affected Pace’s on-campus food services?
Brianne Gonzalez, Contributing Writer
September 19, 2020
Students working on campus at Pace are continuing to work with caution as COVID-19 continues to be a threat. Businesses such as Pace Delivers and Pace Perk Cafe have reopened and have altered operations to prioritize health and safety. As Pace Delivers begins to offer their delivery services, students...
How Campus Tours are Working Amidst Social Distancing Guidelines
Colby Payne, Contributing Writer
September 19, 2020
Pace University prides itself on its tours, but everything had to change once COVID-19 reached the area. In early March, classes were being held in-person and all was relatively normal as tours were constantly running. Tours were scheduled Monday through Friday for 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., and they also...
Randomized testing begins, Campuses to be treated separately
Emily Teixeira, Contributing Writer
September 12, 2020
Earlier this month, Pace launched its COVID-19 dashboard, a page on the school website where students, staff, and faculty can monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 on each campus. The dashboard comes with a color-coding system so that the community can see at a glance where each campus stands in terms ...
Pace takes action during COVID
Miaira Raiford, Contributing Writer
September 5, 2020
During the first week of the semester, students were removed from housing after violating the semester's guest policy multiple times. Pace is holding students responsible for their behaviors in regards to following the new rules the campus has implemented upon the COVID-19 pandemic. Rachel Carpenter,...
Pace reports COVID-19 positives; University launches COVID-19 dashboard
Katie Walsh, Managing Editor
September 3, 2020
Pace has launched a COVID-19 dashboard, similar to other universities, to report COVID-19 cases. As of Sept. 4, the Pleasantville campus had four students test positive and has 12 students in quarantine/isolation. The dashboard combines the two situations, however they are not interchangeable and h...
Students push for the animals to remain; Pace reflects on farm impact
Katie Walsh, Managing Editor
September 2, 2020
GoFundMe’s, social media pages, petitions, mask fundraising etc.. have all been created by students over the past few weeks. These platforms are a reaction to the announcement that Pace is planning on getting rid of the animals located at the farm, as well as the animal keeper James Eyring at the end ...
Pace student athletes organize march for DJ Henry
Sequoia Cumming, Editor In Chief
September 1, 2020
Over 200 Pace students marched against racism and police brutality on Sunday in a continued effort to receive justice for the death of DJ Henry. The march began at the Pace Pleasantville campus and ended in a rally outside the Thornwood CVS, feet away from the site of Henry’s murder. Danroy “...
A bill based on the research conducted by the #PaceU Environmental Policy Clinic was signed into law by @NYGovCuomo. It "[increases] New York State's powers to protect endangered species." Read more @PatchTweet: https://bit.ly/2SbE3zL
PACE PLV’s COVID-19 dashboard has been changed from Green to Yellow. Yellow indicates capacity in campus spaces may be reduced and testing may be increased. (Note that quarantine/isolation capacity does not include isolation in “family unit room”
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