Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

W W W. P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 3 Inside Dyson A record-number 16 Pace University students (including 14 from Dyson) were accepted into the 2022 class of the United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network (MCN) Fellowship. In this semester-long global program, students convened with the coho of Fellows from their institution to lead projects that advanced the UN's Sustainable Development Goals—a list of 17 objectives focusing on areas such as social justice, sustainability, equity, and education. The Dyson students selected included Maryam Aliyeva '23, Political Science; Lucie Flagg '25, Film and Screen Studies; Lily Frances Flanigan '22, Political Science; Danielle Harari '24, Criminal Justice; Ryan Kai Kinningham '25, Peace and Justice Studies; Demi Ma in '24, Biology; Mya McCovery '24, Political Science; Noëlle Frederique Meij '25, Psychology; Aryaa Moudgal '24, Peace and Justice Studies and Political Science; Juliet O'Connor '23, Applied Psychology and Human Relations; Lulu Okeke '24, Global Studies; Krish Persaud '23, Applied Psychology and Human Relations; Camden Robe son '23, Peace and Justice Studies and Political Science; and Natalia Rojas-Carmona '25, Psychology. As pa of the United Nations Millennium Fellowship, Lulu Okeke '24, Global Studies, represented Pace at an Academic Impact panel session at UN Day called "Higher Education and Multilateralism: Academia Responding to Global Challenges," with the discussion focused on the relationship between higher education and the United Nations. Okeke also sat on a second panel that day with fellow students to speak about her Millennium Fellowship project, an initiative to upli girls and women around the world through le er writing. Taylor Mangus '23, Political Science, was featured on a panel on "Disarmament Education as a Solution to Peace" at the United Nations as pa of the #Leaders4Tomorrow event. Mangus was joined on the panel by leaders such as Chair of the UN General Assembly First Commi ee Ambassador Mohan Pieris of Sri Lanka and Ambassador Thomas Goebel, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Molly Rosaaen '22, Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies, delivered a statement to the UN General Assembly First Commi ee (Disarmament and International Security), calling for "new momentum for disarmament" and "meaningful inclusion of youth—pa icularly from marginalized communities." The statement—wri en on behalf of 62 suppo ing organizations—was dra ed by Dyson College students Nora Bajor '26, Political Science; Joey Go lieb '25, English Language and Literature; Antje Hipkins '23, Peace and Justice Studies; Julia Morrison '26, Political Science; and Arnold Okyere '24, Political Science, with suppo from Professor of Political Science Ma hew Bolton, PhD, and Associate Professor of Peace and Justice Studies Emily Welty, PhD, the directors of Dyson's Disarmament Institute. Dyson Students Take the Mic at the United Nations Throughout the fall semester, a number of Dyson students pa icipated in events at the United Nations headqua ers in Manha an. A connection with the UN has become a mainstay in Dyson, through coursework in depa ments such as Peace and Justice Studies and Political Science, as well as through unique extracurricular programs such as the United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network Fellowship. Record Number of Pace Students Named UN Millennium Fellows Dyson students Lulu Okeke '24, Taylor Mangus '23 (center), and Molly Rosaaen '22 (right) each spoke and represented Pace at United Nations headqua ers.

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