SECOND ANNUAL FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
A SUCCESS

Once again, CSIS, with the support of the Athletic Department and the President's Office, hosted a FIRST LEGO League Tournament on Sunday, February 6 in Pleasantville. Twenty-four teams of middle school age children from throughout New York State competed in the annual robotics competition initiated by Dean Kamen, the well-known innovator and inventor of the Segway Human Transporter.

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CSIS INVITES TRENDSETTERS TO PACE UNIVERSITY

At the invitation of CSIS, the Trendsetters Network organization will hold its 2005 Conference on Nontraditional Careers on the New York City campus on Saturday, March 19. In attendance will be 700 New York City high school girls who will be given the opportunity to learn more about nontraditional career options open to them ranging from careers in science and technology to those in news media and the building trades.

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CSIS IN THE NEWS

Numerous CSIS faculty members and an undergraduate student have recently been cited in the press both nationally and locally, online and in print.

• Dr. James Gabberty, Information Systems was cited twice in Business Week and once on Wired Magazine:
- "Blackboard's Wide, Wide Reach", Business Week, Oct. 11, 2004
- "Silver Lining in the Outsourcing Cloud," Business Week, Nov. 15, 2004
- "Brand on the Run", Wired, Jan. 2005

• Dr. Daniel Farkas, Information Systems, had a Letter-to-the-Editor published in The New York Times:
- "Do Not Try This in Class", The New York Times, p. A16, Jan. 24, 2005

• Dean Susan Merritt was quoted in msn Encarta on the long-term outlook for job opportunities in computing:
- "Where the Jobs Are: The Rebound in Internet Technology", MSN Encara

• Dr. Pauline Mosley, Technology Systems, service learning course Web Design for Nonprofit Organizations was written up in Westchester.com and the Yonkers Tribune:
- "Greenburgh Central 7 Partners with Pace University", Westchester.com
- "Greenburgh Central 7 Partners with Pace University's Web Design Program", Yonkers Tribune

• William Mosley, undergraduate IS major, made his voice heard in "Students Speak Out" in Computerworld:
- "Sidebar: Students Speak Out ", Computerworld, Nov. 29, 2004

CSIS STUDENTS CREATE WEB SITE FOR WTC MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Last fall, Pace was approached by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to design and develop a Web site for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to oversee fundraising and construction of a permanent memorial in lower Manhattan to honor those who died in the horrific attacks of 9/11.

CSIS students including Seung-Seok Choi (MS/CS), Andrew Capitulo (BS/CS), Ishan Chatterjee (BS/CS), Hoi-Neng Ip (BS/CS), Anthony Oren (BS/IS) and Oleg Yunakov (MS/CS) rose to the occasion and created an elegant and tasteful site which was accepted by the foundation and is currently in use.

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CSIS AWARDED NUMEROUS GRANTS

During the fall semester, CSIS received notification of grants from a number of prestigious organizations including the Sloan Foundation, Verizon, Microsoft and Peoplesoft, Inc. The awards, which total more than $1.5 million, will be applied towards a variety of focused projects.

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FALLEN HERO: LANCE CORPORAL JEFFREY LAM

Lance Corporal Jeffrey Lam, a student in Pace's BBA in information systems program, was killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq in early November. Lam, the son of immigrant parents from Hong Kong, was proud to be an American citizen and joined the Marine Corps Reserve's 6th Communications Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group in Brooklyn because he "wanted to do something very meaningful."

In addition to his parents and brother, Lam leaves behind a wife and infant daughter. His wife was also a Pace student.

D.P.S. CELEBRATES FIRST FIVE YEARS

On Saturday evening, December 4, CSIS dean, Susan Merritt, hosted a reception celebrating the first five years of our unique Doctor of Professional Studies (D.P.S.) in Computing program. Nearly 90 people, including graduates and current doctoral students and their guests, were in attendance at the event held in the Tudor Room on the North Broadway campus. Proceeds from the event benefited the Marilyn Mead Endowed Scholarship Fund.

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PCLC OFFERS NEW UNIX PROGRAM

The Pace Computer Learning Center will soon be offering a new certificate program in UNIX using Red Hat Linux. This 140-hour program begins March 1st at the Pace Midtown Center, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York City.