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 In
1990, Dr.
Patricia O'Donnell Ewers was inaugurated as the fifth President of Pace
University.
In
1991, the
University marked its 85th anniversary with a celebration at the Pace Downtown
Theatre. Opportunitas, an illustrated history of Pace in hardcover, was
published. VIA Pace (Volunteers in Action at Pace) was established and in its
first year, placed 1,000 volunteers in 100 + agencies in the New York area.
In
1992, Standard
and Poor's Executive College Survey of 70,000 senior executives at 55,000
public corporations in the U.S. ranked Pace in the top 6.8% of colleges from
which executives had received their baccalaureate degrees.
In
1995, the Ann and
Alfred Goldstein Academic Center containing computer and accounting
laboratories, offices and student-faculty meeting facilities was dedicated.
Trustee emeritus, Dr. Charles Dyson, pledged $10 million in honor of
Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Edward J. Mortola. The Dyson Family Challenge required
the University to raise an additional $30 million by the end of the decade.
In
1996 the Lubin
School of Business received accreditation from AACSB (The American Assembly of
Collegiate Schools of Business.)
In
1997, Pace
acquired the World Trade Institute from the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey, which divested itself of all non-transportation enterprises. Renowned
for its programs in international trade, foreign languages, logistics and tax,
the Institute occupies 46,000 square feet of space at One World Trade Center.
In
1998, the Middle
States accreditation team which visited the University, deemed Pace's recently
completed technology infrastructure, including electronic classrooms and
teleconferencing facilities, one of the most advanced in the U.S. On the White
Plains campus, construction of a new law school building proceeded in
accordance with a plan for the formation of a quadrangle on the upper portion
of the campus. The Law School was again ranked by U.S. News and World
Report as one of the three best institutions in the U.S. for the study of
Environmental Law.
As the decade of the
nineties drew to a close, the University faced the future with optimism as a
result of the following initiatives implemented during the mid and late
1990's: a strategic planning process, the broadening and development of the
Board of Trustees, the enhancement of alumni engagement and cultivation, the
development and implementation of the first comprehensive campaign, the
strengthening of academic programs and the achievement of more defined and
developed governance structures, university-wide, on the level of the
colleges/schools.
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