D Y S O N N E W SA Publ icat ion of the Dyson Col lege of Arts and Sc iences

Our harbinger of spring this year is not the robin, but Dyson’s DistinguishedAchievement Awards Reception and

Dinner on March 31, 2005. Last year’s gala eventset a new standard in ambiance, size, and scope forthis occasion, bringing in much needed scholar-ship funds for our students and recognizing the

notable accomplishments of our hon-orees. This year, with your help andthat of our new director of develop-ment, Adrienne D. Capps, we hope todo even better.

Capps started at Pace in Septemberand has already brought a new energyand dynamism to Dyson, bringing faculty, staff, and students togetherwith friends, alumni, and AdvisoryBoard members to brainstorm waysto provide the college with the re-sources we need to better serve the

Dyson community. Capps, who recently became acertified fundraising executive, has been involvedwith notable fundraising events for a child studycenter, and after-school child care and mentalhealth programs whose honorees include WhoopiGoldberg, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., and GovernorGeorge E. Pataki.

As our signature event, the Dyson awards cere-mony provides a platform to honor some of themost accomplished leaders, alumni/ae, and educa-tors who demonstrate their continued dedicationto enhancing the arts and sciences education atPace University and in the community. As afundraiser, this reception helps provide scholar-ship aid to the nearly 3,000 students of DysonCollege each year as well as supports a Dean’sFund to foster student and faculty excellence andprogram enhancement at the college.

This year we will honor Bonnie Fuller, chief ed-itorial director, American Media, Inc., and FrankR. Gatti, chief financial officer, Educational TestingService, for their Distinguished Leadership in

Business and Industry. We will also recognizeLinda Anstendig, EdD, professor of English andcodirector of the Writing Program, with theDistinguished Faculty Award; Bert Ruiz, publishedauthor, speaker, and researcher, with the Disting-uished Alumni Award; and Denolyn Carroll, deputymanaging director, Essence, for Dedication andService to the MS in Publishing Program at DysonCollege. (See pages 2 and 3 for their profiles.)

The 2005 celebration will be particularly notableas we will also recognize the 20th anniversary of thepublishing program. Academic programs such asthis embody the strong characteristics that we willcontinue to develop in our liberal arts and sciencesdegrees; programs that match educational excel-lence with practical experience, command the sup-port and commitment of the profession, spark theinterest and dedication of their students, and creategraduates who are now leaders in the field. We con-gratulate Professor Sherman Raskin for his com-mitment to this fine program since its inception.

We hope you will support Dyson College by pur-chasing tickets or an advertisement in the dinner’sjournal, or by making a contribution, and look for-ward to seeing you at the dinner. For further detailsabout sponsorship packages and deadlines, pleasecontact Adrienne Capps at the number below. Yoursupport of the college is vital to our success and verymuch appreciated. —Nira Herrmann, PhD

Dean Nira Herrmann

The Dyson DistinguishedAchievement Awards An evening celebrating accomplishments of leaders in the liberal arts

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The Ninth Annual Dyson Distinguished Achievement AwardsHonoree Profiles

Antibacterial Soap: Doing More Harm than Good? Pace biology research findings sound an alert

Student Spotlight Olga Tkachenko '06

Students Learn Civic Competency in Brazil

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The Ninth Annual Dyson Distinguished Achievement Awards

Thursday, March 31, 20056:00 p.m.

Cocktail Reception7:00 p.m.

Dinner and Awards PresentationThe Tribeca Rooftop

2 Debrosses Street, New York, NY

Individual tickets are $200, sponsorship packages available.

For more information, visitwww.pace.edu/dyson or contact Adrienne Capps,

(212) 346-1685 or acapps@pace.edu.

D E A N ’ S M E S S A G E‘‘This reception helpsprovide scholarship

aid to the nearly 3,000 students of Dyson College

each year as well as supports a Dean’s Fund

to foster student and faculty excellence and

program enhancementat the college.’’

FOR DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIPIN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

BonnieFuller

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Bonnie Fuller was named exec-utive vice president and chief

editorial director of AmericanMedia, Inc. (AMI), in July 2003.In this newly created position,she oversees AMI’s 20 weekly, bi-weekly and monthly magazines,in addition to monthly specials,mini-mags, digests and the com-pany’s paperback book division.Some of the AMI titles she over-sees include: the new Star maga-zine, Shape, Men’s Fitness, Muscle& Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers,Natural Health, Fit Pregnancy,Flex, and Country Weekly.

Fuller was editor in chief ofGlamour and of Cosmopolitan,where she revamped the title. Inrecognition of her work there,Advertising Age named her Editorof the Year. She went on to be-come the editor in chief of UsWeekly, where she redesigned thethen Us magazine and increasednewsstand sales more than 100percent. For her achievements,she was again named AdvertisingAge’s Editor of the Year.

FOR DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIPIN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Frank R.Gatti

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Frank Gatti is chief financial officer/senior vice president of

finance, strategic planning andmarketing, business development,

and administration. Prior to join-ing ETS he was vice president fi-nancial management for the NewYork Times Company and, beforethat, he was with Deloitte &Touche.

A certified public accountant,Gatti holds a BBA from BaruchCollege/CUNY, an MBA fromRutgers University, and has com-pleted several executive programsat the Harvard Business School.He is a member of the Dean’sAdvisory Board at the DysonCollege, the MS in publishingprogram at Pace University, andthe Rutgers University FinancialAdvisory Board. Gatti serves onthe Boards of Directors of thePrinceton Regional Chamber ofCommerce and Blackboard, Inc.,and is a member of CFOMagazine’s Editorial AdvisoryBoard as well as the ConferenceBoard’s CFO Council.

FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD

Bert Ruiz

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Bert Ruiz left the battlefields ofVietnam and landed on the

peaceful Pace Pleasantville cam-pus in 1972. He wanted to be ajournalist and for many years hetold family and friends thatDyson College was the turningpoint of his life. Upon graduationin 1976 Ruiz completed his stud-ies in 1978 as a Ford FoundationFellow in Journalism at New YorkUniversity’s Graduate School ofArts and Science. After two yearswith the Knight Ridder news or-ganization, Ruiz left journalismfor the financial corridors of Wall

Street. Over an 18-year careerwith Balfour Maclaine, MerrillLynch, and Smith Barney, heworked as an analyst, broker andinvestment banker. In October of2001 Ruiz returned to his aca-demic roots with the publicationof his first book, The ColombianCivil War, a nonfiction work thatreceived Congressional recogni-tion for its “accurate accounting”of the facts.

FOR DISTINGUISHEDFACULTY AWARD

LindaAnstendig,EdD

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Linda Anstendig has beenteaching at Pace since 1986. As

director of writing for her depart-ment and as codirector ofWriting Across the Curriculumand the Pforzheimer FacultyDevelopment Center, Anstendighas led workshops on teachingwriting, using writing to learncourse content, developing courseassessment techniques and incor-porating technology. She recentlywon Presidential Grants for usingelectronic portfolios to assess stu-dent competencies and promotingstudent civic engagement withinlearning communities.

Anstendig’s publications in-clude the book Writing throughLiterature, written with DavidHicks, and numerous refereedjournal articles on writing acrossthe curriculum, service learning,and writing with technology,many of which have been writtenin collaboration with Pace col-leagues. Recent publications are achapter in Peter Seldin’s bookTeaching Portfolios, and a chapterin a book for college teacherscalled It Really Works: Ideas fromAward Winning English Teachers.Anstendig has also served as aconsultant for local colleges andhigh schools on teaching writing,and has been an active advocatefor the Westchester LibrarySystem. She holds an EdD fromTeachers College, ColumbiaUniversity.

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Denolyn Carroll

Bert Ruiz

Bonnie Fuller

Frank R. Gatti

Linda Anstendig

HonoreesAchievement Awards

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THE NINTH ANNUAL

There are many antibacterial products on themarket that claim to kill germs that cancause disease. But, there is a potential

downside to these products—they may actually beallowing bacteria to become resistant to antibioticdrugs due to the presence of the antibacterialagent, triclosan.

In response to this, researchers in Dyson College’sbiology department on the New York City campus areworking to demonstrate that the use of antibacterialsoap leads to antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Assistant Professor of Biology Marcy Kelly, PhD,explains. “When we wash our hands with antibac-terial soap containing triclosan, we don’t wash ourhands long enough, or often enough. We should bewashing our hands for at least 15 seconds, everyeight hours in order for antibacterial soap to effec-tively kill all bacteria—but we simply don’t do this.Because of the improper use of antibacterial soaps,many of the Staphylococcus aureus [staph] bacteriaare not destroyed, but have been exposed to tri-closan. This exposuregives the bacteria timeto develop resistance totriclosan. Our researchseeks to demonstratethat this, in turn, leadsto a resistance to theantibiotic drug cipro.”

Notably, cipro is oneof the only antibiotic drugs left that effectively killsmany of the staph infections that are now resistantto all other types of antibiotics. “It is something of alast resort antibiotic, which we believe is being com-promised by the misuse of antibacterial soap,” saysKelly. An increasing concern to the medical and sci-entific community, staph infections, transmittedmostly in hospitals, have become much more difficult to combat due to their growing resistanceto antibiotics.

LEARNING AND TEACHING INFORMED BY RESEARCH

Kelly and her team of student researchers havebeen working on this research for the past year.They have found, from a series of tests on staphthat have no resistance to any drug and were ex-posed to triclosan, that 50 strains of staph becameresistant to triclosan. And from these 50, they havefound that eight became resistant to cipro.

The student research team, which designed thisresearch method, will be presenting their findingsat the American Society of Microbiology annualmeeting this June. They include Jehona Marku;Daniella Kovascics; Jessica Shepard; OlgaTkachenko; Amy Joy; and Salena Morrongiello. Anarticle written by the students, “The effects of theantimicrobial agent triclosan on the emergence ofantibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus,” waspublished in the scholarly journal BIOS this fall.

“We want to show the public that using theseproducts is not good,” says Kelly. In addition, theresearch team is hopeful that their findings willhelp in the design of new antibiotic drugs that de-stroy bacteria.

Kelly adds, “We can all benefit from washing ourhands with regular soap, for at least fifteen sec-onds, every time we wash. This will effectively re-move bacteria from our hands without the use oftriclosan. If we do this, we can help stop bacteriafrom becoming resistant to antibiotic drugs.”

Antibacterial Soap:Doing More Harm than Good?Pace biology research findings sound an alert

FOR DEDICATION AND SERVICETO THE PUBLISHING PROGRAM

DenolynCarroll

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Agraduate of Pace University—where she earned a master’s

degree in publishing—DenolynCarroll has amassed more than14 years in the industry. She

started her career in magazinesat Class, a publication that wasgeared to a Caribbean, Hispanic,and African-American readership.During her five years there, sheserved as senior editor, manag-ing editor, and executive editor.

After leaving Class, Carrollfreelanced as a copy editor andwriter for several publications, in-cluding Essence. In December1999, Essence made her its edito-

rial production manager/copy ed-itor. Three months later, Carrollwas promoted to assistant manag-ing editor, a position she filleduntil her promotion this past Juneto deputy managing editor. InNovember, she began mentoringtwo of Essence’s junior editors.

A college-trained teacher,Carroll has been lecturing injournalism at Pace Universitysince 1997.

From left: Daniella Kovascics, Professor Kelly, Jessica Shepard,and Jehona Marku. Not pictured are Olga Tkachenko, AmyJoy, and Salena Morrongiello.

Olga Tkachenko ‘06Antibacterial Products

Researcher

A NATIVE OF UKRAINE who cameto the United States at the age of 10, Tkachenko is one of the studentresearchers working with AssistantProfessor Marcy Kelly on the effectsof anti-bacterial products on antibioticresistance in bacteria.

”It’s been very exciting to work on this research with Professor Kellybecause she has such passion for it. Ienjoy being a part of it because ourresearch findings may help the scien-tific community find solutions to thegrowing problem of antibiotic resist-ance in bacteria. And this knowledge

will help alert the public that the useof antibacterial products may not bethe best way to protect their health,”says Tkachenko. The research teamwill give a poster presentation on theirresearch findings at the 105th GeneralMeeting of the American Society ofMicrobiology in Atlanta this June.

Tkachenko credits AssistantProfessor Kelly with piquing her in-terest in biology. “She explains con-cepts very clearly, and makes themeasy to understand. Before taking abiology class with her, I was unsureabout my major. After that class, Iknew that I wanted to study biology,so I switched my major. Since then,my QPA has greatly improved.”

As a discussion group leader forbiology students, Tkachenko leadsdiscussions and fields questions abouttopics in biology with freshmen. “Ithelps me reinforce my own learningand I enjoy helping my fellow studentsas well.”

With medical school in her sights,Tkachenko hopes to become a pedi-atrician or obstetrician.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

‘‘This knowledge will helpalert the public that the use of antibacterial products may not be the best way to protect their health.’’

‘‘We want to showthe public that using

these products isnot good.’’—

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In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an enclave of peo-ple with little means have bound togetherto create a community center with what-

ever resources they could scrape together.With no help from the government, they havesucceeded in creating a center that providesservices such as employment placement, daycare, drug treatment, and refuge for batteredwomen. It is the hub of a favela, or shanty-town, in the Jacaresinho neighborhood of thecity, and offers relief to those who live inurban poverty and homelessness. But helpwas needed in finishing the project.

This is where Pace students came in, under theguidance of Professor Daniel Greenberg, PhD,and with the support of a Dyson InternationalInitiatives grant. In the multidisciplinarycourse Service and Study in Latin America,students traveled to this favela to paint thechild care and community meeting rooms atthe center. Notably, this was the first Americancollege course to work in a favela community.

According to Greenberg,“Students learn first-hand what civic competency is all about in thistravel course. Their involvement with the volun-teers working on the center, who have so verylittle in terms of material possessions, helpedthem understand how important it is to contri-

bute to and be a part of a community of people.”“What was surprising about this experience

was that these people, though very poor, hadgreat dignity and were happy,” says MariamHagert, an international management majorand Latin American studies and Spanish minor.

“It was an amazing experience to briefly getto know people from an entirely different cul-ture, and to help them. In the face of extremepoverty, these people held their heads high. Itwas an experience that we all could learnfrom,” says Hagert.

Students Learn Civic Competency in Brazil

Greenberg and his class with members of theJacaresinho community

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