Pace University recently announced that Joseph Ianniello, the chief operating officer of CBS Corp., committed $2 million toward the construction of a new athletics field house on its Pleasantville campus.
The athletics field house is part of the university”™s $120 million construction project, “Campaign for Pleasantville,” which includes new residence halls, a new environmental center and a renovated and expanded student center, which opened this semester. The school’s Pleasantville and Briarcliff Manor campuses will be consolidated in Pleasantville.
“Through our ”˜Campaign for Pleasantville,”™ we are enhancing the student experience at Pace and this gift will have a tremendous impact on the daily lives of our student-athletes and the entire Pace community,” Pace University President Stephen J. Friedman said in a statement from the university.
When the 14,010-square-foot Ianniello Field House opens later this year, it will be one of the most heavily trafficked buildings, according to the statement. Spectators and visitors will travel through the field house to enter the outdoor athletic complex, and all Pace athletes and coaches will use the facility for practice, conditioning and gatherings. The field house also will include new strength and conditioning facilities and a sports medicine component.
Ianniello earned a bachelor”™s degree at Pace and was a member of the university”™s football team and the Alpha Chi Epsilon fraternity on campus. He frequently mentors Pace students; he recently returned to Pace”™s Lubin School of Business to share career and industry advice with Pace students. He is a new member of the university’s board of trustees.
“Pace University provides high-quality education with a strong focus on the kind of experiential learning that is invaluable in today”™s business world, and I am honored to be able to give back to my alma mater in this way,” Ianniello said.
