Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

W W W . P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 23 Opportunitas in Action Dyson Profs, Alumna Receive Inaugural Awards Shipshape In April, Dyson College welcomed world-renowned Washington, DC–based think tank the Brookings Institution for a live, participatory demonstration of its online simulation policy challenge, the Fiscal Ship. Brookings chose the Pace New York City campus as the first in the region to host such an experience. Approximately 50 students participated in playing the game. Their objective: to set the federal budget on a sustainable course by selecting from a menu of tax and spending options matching a specified set of values and priorities. Moderator Louise Sheiner, PhD, an economist and policy director for the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings, led discussion and encouraged networking. Two Dyson professors and a distinguished alumna received Pace University's first-ever Opportunitas in Action Awards. This honor, presented at the 2019 commencement ceremonies, recognizes innovative thinkers who have contributed to the community in the spirit of the University's mission of Opportunitas. In New York City, Matthew Bolton, associate professor of Political Science, and Emily Welty, associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies, were recognized for empowering students to make a difference, both in the classroom and through Pace's award-winning Model UN program. Their work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, involved student participation. In Pleasantville, the recipient was Shirley Acevedo Buontempo '84, '12, MPA, who was honored for her work establishing Latino U College Access, a nonprofit that provides college resources and support to first- generation students and their families. Pace University President Marvin Krislov and Provost Vanya Quiñones presented Matthew Bolton, associate professor of Political Science, and Emily Welty, associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies, with the first Opportunitas in Action Award in New York City. (Inset) Shirley Acevedo Buontempo '84, '12, MPA, received the first Opportunitas in Action Award in Pleasantville.

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