Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

P A C E U N I V E R S I T Y W W W . P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 4 Inside Dyson Pace Named a 2024 Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting Pace University is proudly one of the campuses in New York State that have secured on-campus polling sites following a 2022 law to make voting easier across the state. On the New York City campus, nine student employees worked on voter outreach, six additional students volunteered with voter outreach, and five students served as poll workers through the Board of Elections at the on-campus polling site. In Pleasantville, five student employees worked on voter outreach. These results were achieved: 743 students registered to vote in the fall semester in New York City and Pleasantville. Approximately 950 citizens voted on campus in New York City and 500 in Pleasantville. Pace was named a 2024 Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. Highlights from the Center for Community Action and Research The Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) continues to strengthen oppo unities for students and increase civic engagement in suppo of the University's commitment to educating for active community pa icipation and social responsibility. L to R: Erin Mysogland, assistant director, CCAR; Toby Parks '26; Michael Anaya, SAGE member; Jose Luis Sanchez, SAGE manager of volunteer and corporate engagement; Professors Welty and FitzGerald. Continuing Community Pa nerships In New York City, CCAR's pa nership with SAGE, an advocacy and service organization for LGBTQ+ older people, thrives both in and outside the classroom with these results: 20+ students volunteered with SAGE as pa of their Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies course. In September 2024, a SAGE staff member and SAGE member joined our fall volunteer fair to connect students with volunteer oppo unities. In December 2024, CCAR pa nered with the LGBTQA+ Center and the Women's and Gender Studies depa ment's Queer Studies program to host a holiday gathering on campus for Pace students volunteering at SAGE and SAGE members, featuring talks from the queer elders about history and intergenerational community building. On-site voter outreach in Pleasantville

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