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W W W. P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 3 Inside Dyson For the past several years, Pace University's International Disarmament Institute, the Political Science Depa ment, and the Peace and Justice Studies program have collaborated to cra a joint statement on youth engagement and disarmament education to deliver to the UN's First Commi ee during the General Assembly session. This fall, Taylor Mangus '23, Political Science, and Jeremiah Williams '23, Political Science and Communication and Media Studies, led the effo in collect- ing research and information from their classmates in Professor of Political Science Ma hew Bolton's (PhD) class and reaching out to activists and organizations who are focusing on these issues nation- ally and internationally. In addition to writing a longer statement to submit, Mangus and Williams worked to create a sho er, punchier version that was delivered via Zoom to the First Commi ee on Friday, October 8, 2021. Williams, selected by his classmates and the Peace and Justice Studies program to present the statement, then put on the finishing touches, using his public speaking background as the president of Pace Debates, the University's student debate team, to finesse the language and delivery. "This statement is not only a fantastic experience for Pace students, but it is really impo ant for the United Nations to hear the voices of youth and to take them seriously as expe s who have very real stakes in the work of the UN," said Emily Welty, PhD, associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies and director of the Peace and Justice Studies program. Addressing the UN: Par for the Course (work) At Pace, delivering a speech to the United Nations is pa of the curriculum. Dyson Students Shine as Millennium Fellows Seven Go-Ge ers spearhead change-making campus initiatives through this United Nations-sponsored program. This academic year, seven Dyson College students were selected to pa icipate in the prestigious United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network Fellowship Program. In this semester-long global program, students convene with the coho of fellows from their institution to lead projects that advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals—a list of 17 objectives focusing on areas such as social justice, sustainability, equity, and education. While leading projects on their own campuses and in their own communities, students in the program also collaborate with fellows at peer institutions around the world, creating a global network. This year, more than 25,000 students applied to be Millennium Fellows, and the eight students chosen from Pace University—including the seven from Dyson—were among just over 2,000 selected. Applicants hailed from more than 2,000 institutions across 153 countries, and Pace was among 121 institutions (just 6 percent) chosen to host a coho of fellows. The Dyson College students who were selected for the UN Millennium Fellows Class of 2021 are Sarahlouise Baldwin '22, Biology; Alexandra Kennedy '22, Sociology/Anthropology; Marina Lopez '22, Biology; Marisa Medici '22, Communication and Media Studies; Tasfia Rahim '23, Economics and Political Science; Madison Turunen '23, History; and Cairna Zimmerman '23, Peace and Justice Studies. This year, the Dyson coho of fellows spearheaded projects ranging from initiatives geared toward comba ing food insecurity on campus, raising awareness of the plights of the homeless community, promoting physical and mental health on campus, developing awareness campaigns for cholera, and devising educational advocacy tool kits to address human trafficking. Jeremiah Williams '23 (below, in front of the United Nations building in Manha an) delivered a speech to the United Nations First Commi ee that he wrote alongside Taylor Mangus '23 and their political science classmates.

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