WHAT’S  HAPPENING  IN  YOUR  HALLS?  

Pace  University  –  Westchester  Campus  

FEBRUARY  2013  

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NORTH HALL North Hall Speed Dating

Residents came out and met one another at

our speed-dating event.

How it Worked: Each resident sat across from another resident and answered interesting questions

about themselves. After 2 minutes, they switched and met the next resident at the table.

There were chocolate covered strawberry cake pops and lots of candy!

Meet Jesus Ventura: Jesus, yes that is his real name, is a sophomore, here at Pace; however, this is his first year living on campus. A vibrant blend of Mexican and Puerto Rican has blessed him with the good looks needed to be a part time model. He is from the Bronx, NY and was a star football player in high school. In his spare time, he likes to play video games and sometimes twiddles his fingers on the saxophone, which he played for 4 years. Jesus recently applied to be an RA and is waiting to find out his fate. Good Luck Jesus!

Resident Spotlight

North Hall Newsletter

Blast from the PAST!

It was only months ago that the 6 of us met. At first, we did not truly know if we were going to get alone because we are all so different. Now, we have become one big family; looking out for one another and fighting like siblings. I love you, guys! - Kim

Townhouses

February in Review

Our Resident Assistants put on some great programs this month.

Our building wide event, led by RA Kelly and RA Aziza, was Alcohol Jeopardy. We

educated our residents on alcohol and alcohol facts. We had a great turn out

and the residents were more than delighted to receive their prize, a hefty

set of toilet paper.

RA Kris put on two programs this month. One of his programs was a Valentine’‛s

Day event where he had residents send messages on an online forum and hand

delivered the messages to the recipients.

Our newest addition to the staff, RA JJ – formerly from Hillside/HoJo, had a

Valentine’‛s Day event as well. He provided the residents with rocks and

supplies to paint – incase someone forgot to get their Valentine a gift.

Townhouse Staff would like to welcome….

JJ!!

We are so lucky to have this great addition to the staff! He has had a

great first month and we are looking forward to a great semester

together!

*Always willing to lend a helping hand with a great sense of humor ~ RA

Aziza

Looking Forward

As Spring approaches our Resident Assistants are preparing events that will get our residents outside to enjoy the weather! We have a s’‛mores event coming up on March 9th at 2pm. Some other events we have coming up are: egg decorating, _______________.

As always the Townhouse Staff welcomes everyone to our events!

DOW HALL

jb After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Ann curry

asked herself “What  can  I  do?”  She  went  on  twitter  and  created  the  26  

Acts of Kindness to honor the 20 children and six teachers that lost their

lives in the shooting. The 26 Acts of Kindness was created to not only give

back to Newtown, but to impact other communities around the world for

the better.

Dow Hall had an event and adopted the 26 Acts of Kindness in

order to help honor the people who lost their lives in Newtown. The

residents have until the day before spring break to do as many acts of

kindness as possible for good karma and a $25 gift card. Each Resident

Assistant has five specific tasks on their doors for the residents to

accomplish. The Resident Director has 26th act of kindness on her door.

Some examples of the 26Acts of Kindness are to compliment a

stranger, buy someone coffee, leave extra money in the vending machine,

and to volunteer anywhere. But the catch is not to just do good deeds, but

to also tell the person to whom you are doing it to about the reason you

are doing it and for that person to continue to do the same. If you were to

leave extra money in the vending machine, you would also add a sticky

note explaining why you left extra money so that the person would know

there was a reason behind the extra money. The residents would need to

take a picture or get a signature of the task they completed and then show

it to the RA that has that task on his or her door.

This program is not just for Dow Residents, it can be done by

everyone!  Let’s  all  start  being  proactive  in  our  communities  so  we  can

honor the terrible tragedy in Newton and promote a better and happier

community.

26 Acts of Kindess

VALLEY HOUSE NEWSLETTER

Valley House

Newsletter

February

WHERE DID SHE GO? - Many of you may have wondered where RA Samara was during one

week in February. RA Samara had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala and teach students from Guatemala City as well as present at an International Literacy Conference. During her time there she got to meet many new people, teach children who are not as privileged as we  are  and  experience  the  Amazing  culture  of  Guatemala.  “What  an  amazing experience it was to experience something so different and Unique”  said  RA  Samara.  Here  RA  Samara  is  helping  a  family  make  a  quilt for the 1st Sunday of lent where a procession of a Jesus statue would walk about the Carpet. The families believe that this is a blessing from Jesus to watch over their family and home.

THIS  MONTH  THE  RA’S  IN VALLEY RAISED MONEY TO DONATE TO THE ASPCA IN HONOR OF THE POOR ANIMALS WHO ARE ABUSED DAILY. FOR VALENTINE’S  DAY  THE  RA’S  HAD  AN EVENT CALLED PUPPY PARTY WHERE THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY A CAREFREE NIGHT, GET SOME GOODIES AND GIVE BACK TO A GREAT CAUSE. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DONATED BECAUSE OF YOU WE MADE $40.00. LOOK FOR THE NEXT FEW EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHERE THE  RA’S  WILL  BE  RAISING MONEY FOR THE MARCH OF DIMES.

What’s  coming  up  in March? Do you have what it takes to be Mr & Mrs. Valley? *Join us in our 1st Valley Pagent and see if you will take the crown* Sign up by March 8th and Join the fun March 12th at 9:15pm **We look forward to seeing you all there! Don’t forget to bring your pace one cards**

Good Luck to our residents who applied to be RA’s

Quote of the month:

“Keep  your  feet  on  the  ground  when  your  Head’s  in  the  clouds

On February 20th, college universi-

ties around the country celebrated

national RA Appreciation Day. On the

Pace University Briarcliff Campus,

New  Dorm  celebrated  their  RA’s  in  a  

very unique way.

Residents were given the opportunity

and encouraged to come to the New

Dorm lobby and make appreciation

cards  for  their  respective  RA’s.  The  

pro-

gram

was hosted and facilitated by New Dorm

Residence Director Stephanie Moody.

Stephanie, being a former RA herself at

Pace is familiar with the hard work and

dedication that it requires to be success-

ful in the position. Stephanie partici-

pated in the program as while by making

a  card  for  each  of  the  RA’s  that  she  su-­‐

pervises.

RA Appreciation Day February 20th, 2013

A NEW Appreciation in our DORM

One of the most popular ways to express affection to others  in  through  the  holiday  of  Valentine’s  day.  Al-­‐

though capitalism has evolved the holiday far from the original meaning of the celebration into tradition of

buying expensive gifts, the New Dorm storm thought of a simple but effective way to show affection.

Residence were given the opportunity to make Valen-tine’s  Day  Card’s  accompanied  with  candy  for  anyone  

in the building. The New Dorm staff would then deliver the cards to the intended person. Love was definitely

in the air!!

A New way to celebrate Valentine’s Day

Independent Business Owner and Member of Alpha Phi Alpha

Fraternity Inc. Gerald Thompson came into New Dorm and

worked with his Fraternity Brother RA Qadry Harris to host an

income builder workshop for the Pace Students. Here is a syn-

opsis  of  Mr.  Thompson’s  presentation.  

The environment, economy and the way people earn in-

come today are changing. Some use the stock market, other use

casinos, while the Y generation uses social media. With that said it

would be behoove college students to look for other options for

making money. The reality of what some graduates are facing af-

ter graduation in the job world is a tragedy.

As a marketer I assist and help the younger generation fight back against the lack of income and choices. Everyone has a dream and we all deserve the opportunity to work towards through  as  many  avenues  as  possible.  A  job  may  not  be  enough….

NEW DORM

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Favorites of the Month To get to know this awesome staff a little better, lets find out some of their favorites. This month is movies! Vinnie Liar Liar Trip Remember the Titans Moley The Lion, the Witch, & The Wardrobe Zeus The Departed Jessie Selena Dani The Proposal Ijeoma The Lord of the Rings Triology

Happy Birthday!! Although not in the month of February, it is only right to wish our very own staff mate John Tripodi a very happy 21st birthday! Trip has been an essential member of the Martin staff and we honestly  wouldn’t  know  where  we’d  be  without him (probably on a big green tractor or  something…).

What you may have missed…

Martin has had some very exciting updates this past month. Check them out and see: Fondue for 2 hosted by Ijeoma & Jessie was

amazing! 49 residents showed up! (#yay!!) Moley hand delievered some beautiful handmade

Valentine cards around the building. (#awwww) Zeus stil remains the undefeated Ping Pong

Champion (#uh…) Dani was  featured  in  Beyonce’s  new  documentary!!  

(#wait…what?) The new ping pong table and pool table have been a

big hit. We now have PING PONG TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAYS!

Waddup!

King of Country!

Martin Hall

#WeAreMartin

2013

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Housing Deposits are due!

Friday April 5th 2013!

Please bring your payment to OSA!

$400

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