Southern Life, May 2010

Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (top), pub-lisher Thomas O. Ryder (below, left) and editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart will deliver the commencement addresses at this year’s ceremonies on May 27 and 28.

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An AcAdemy AwArd-winning screenwriter, an internationally recognized editorial cartoonist and one of the icons of the publishing industry will address graduates at this month’s commencement ceremonies.

The undergraduate ceremony at the Connecticut Tennis Center in Westville on May 28 will feature Geoffrey Fletcher, who became the first African American to win an Academy Award for screen-writing when he received the Oscar for best adapted screenplay last March. Commencement ceremonies begin at 10:15 a.m.

On May 27, the 2 p.m. graduate ceremony for the schools of Arts and Sciences, Business and Health and Human Services will feature Thomas O. Ryder, one of the most highly respected magazine publishers in the country. Bob Englehart, editorial cartoonist for The Hartford Courant, will deliver the commencement address at the 7 p.m. graduate ceremony for the schools of Education and Communication, Informa-tion and Library Science. Both graduate commencements will be held in the Lyman Center for the Performing Arts.

“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” is the Connecticut-born Fletcher’s first produced feature script.Hailed by critics as “the most jarringly honest, heartrending movie to screen in American

megaplexes this year,” “Precious” represented a breakthrough for Fletcher, who had toiled for more than a decade to make his voice as a writer and film-maker heard.

“Filmmaking is the love of my life and I feared I might never get the opportunity to express myself or make a living at it,” he said in an interview with the Writers Guild of America. “Writing this (Precious) restored a sense of fulfillment, purpose and contentment.”Heralded by Variety magazine as one of

its “10 Screenwriters to Watch,” Fletcher has also been nominated for a WGA Award, a BAFTA Award, a Critic’s Choice Award, a NAACP Image Award for Best Adapted

Screenplay and an Indepen-dent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. “’Push’ is a very gritty book,” said Lee Daniels, producer of “Precious.” “And Geoffrey brought his elegance to it. It’s a woman’s story, but he wrote it in the way that a very elegant man would write it. He’s a very classy act.”

Fletcher teaches at Colum-bia University and New York University as an adjunct profes-sor of film and is currently at work on his feature directorial debut from an original script – a film re-creation of the 1971 Attica state prison rebellion.

Words of WisdomCommencement Speakers Drawn from Across the Literary Spectrum

President Cheryl J. Norton departs Southern at the end of May after six years as president of the university. Her farewell letter is on Page 2, while photographs from a May 19 community celebration in her honor appear on PAge 8.

The universiTy wAs recognized for more than a century of meritorious service to the region and the state when it was honored with the Corporate Heritage Award at last month’s 216th Annual Meeting of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce.

Southern was praised for its role as the state’s pacesetter for teacher education, its wide range of program offerings in the health and human service fields, its innovative partnerships with area corporations and non-profits and its emphasis on volunteerism and community engagement.

“Southern Connecticut State University has been a huge contribu-tor to the community-at-large, and we don’t always find that,” said Anthony Rescigno, president of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, who presented the award. “To have a university that becomes a real partner with not only the business community but the community-at-large is a real credit to the institution.”

During his remarks, Rescigno took special note of the univer-sity’s “continuing ability to grow, modernize and diversify, with new fields of study and research.”

Recently, for example, the university established a new Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders, providing the state with a distinc-tive resource to improve the educational experiences of children who have been diagnosed with a form of autism. The center will feature a mix of clinical services, parental support, and training and technical assistance to schools, allied with information on the latest research developments in the field.

Also noted was the naming of the university to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its strong commitment to leadership, volunteering, service learning and civic engagement. More than 2,800 Southern students — nearly a quarter of the entire student body — were engaged in some kind

of leadership and/or community service during the past year. About 95 percent of those students contributed at least 20 hours of community service per semester, and 38,000 service hours were logged overall.

President Cheryl J. Norton, who accepted the award on behalf of the university, said it was fitting that this honor was bestowed by the chamber.

“Throughout our 117-year history, we at Southern have valued our community partnerships – and none are more important than the partnership we have forged with this Chamber,” Norton said. “Both are long-established institutions with a mission of promoting the economic vitality of our region and enhancing the lives of its citizens through educational and cultural opportunities.”

Never has this mission been more important than during these times of economic challenge, Norton said: “These are times for resolve, for creativity – and for the range of knowledge and expertise that both of our institutions can provide.”

Norton noted that the concept of community engagement by the university “is an intentional effort to ensure that the city of New Haven and the region are richer because Southern Connecticut State University is here.

“Southern provides an educational outreach to the community that helps to make it more culturally vibrant and economically viable,” Norton said.

Southern joins a prestigious list of area corporations and institu-tions to receive the Heritage Award, including: Yale University; the New Haven Register; the Visiting Nurses Association of South Cen-tral Connecticut; NewAlliance Bank; C. Cowles Co.; the Knights of Columbus; the Hospital of St. Raphael; Sargent Manufacturing and The United Illuminating Co. :

For The FirsT Time, Southern students will be wearing “green” caps and gowns when they march into the Connecticut Tennis

Center for undergradu-a te commencement

exercises. Not green in color, mind you, as the tradi-

tional black garb will continue to be the order of the day. But the attire will be green in the environmental spirit.

The university recently opted to purchase environmentally friendly caps and gowns that are made from recycled plastic bottles – on average, 23 bottles for each gown. Southern purchased the apparel, part of the “GreenWeaver” line, from a Virginia-based company, Oak Hall Cap & Gown. The “green” garb costs only $1 more than traditional caps and gowns.

Heather Stearns, the university’s recy-cling coordinator, praised the efforts of Southern’s Commencement Committee for “going green.”

“As the university moves forward with sustainability efforts on campus, it only makes sense that we look for ways our students can see firsthand how their efforts to recycle have paid off,” Stearns said. “The GreenWeaver caps and gowns are made of 100 percent post-consumer plastic and prove that our initiatives to recycle plastic bottles on campus have come full circle.” :

Graduation Goes Green

Prestigious Award Marks a Century of Service Farewell

wisdom continued on page 6.

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SouthernLife is published monthly when classes are in session, from September through June, by the Southern Connecticut State University Office of Public Affairs, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1355. News and calendar inquiries should be addressed to Wintergreen 162, campus mail, or call (203) 392-6586. Story ideas, news items and comments can also be e-mailed to the editor at DILGERP1. The editor reserves the right to consider all submissions for timeliness, space availability, and content.

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A Message from the President

News from the Vice Presidents’ Offices

Southern recently greeted a group of community college students taking part in the state’s new Dual Admission Program, which enables those students to be granted admission to a CSUS university after completing an associate’s degree at one of Connecticut’s community colleges. More than 40 such students have been approved for admission to Southern in the first year of the program and the university invited them to a welcome luncheon, where they met President Cheryl J. Norton (back, second from left), and Provost Selase W. Williams (back, center), among other campus administrators and staff.. Most of the students will be eligible to enroll at Southern in the fall of 2011. The program is designed to provide a smooth transition from community colleges to four-year universities and for coordinated academic advisement.

TrAnsFer comPAcT BeArs FruiT

Dear Colleagues,The academic year is rapidly

coming to a close, and so, too, is my presidency at Southern Con-necticut State University. As you know, I will leave campus May 31 to research K-12 educational reform during a year-long sab-batical. I am eager to begin this activity and the rich experience I expect it to be. I am hopeful that my work will provide insight into the achievement gap and ways that universities like Southern can address this societal issue.

Before we end this semester

and go our separate ways, however, I want to take the opportunity to again thank you for your many contributions to Southern and your support of my presidency during the last six years. I have learned much from the people of this community, and together, we have brought Southern to a level of recognition unsurpassed in its history.

Of most importance has been our shared commitment to student success, which has resulted in historic numbers for the institution: record full-time enrollment; the highest-ever level of academic accomplishment for incom-ing freshmen; and retention and graduation rates that are also at record levels. Each of you should be proud of the innovative thinking, collaborative teamwork and sheer hard work that have helped to ensure that our students are receiving the best support possible for academic and personal growth.

I believe that a public institution of higher learning, such as Southern, should exist for the good of the public. Indeed, our university has not been simply a place to come to work, but a place that helps to make lives better. As a result, Southern not only provides the opportunity for individual transformation, but the transformation of the community around us. I hope you will continue your insistence on academic excellence while fostering the development of leadership skills within our students. With your help, they will become

citizens who will pass on a commitment to higher education and help to ensure a better future for all of Connecticut’s residents.

In closing, thank you for embracing Henry and me as members of the Southern commu-nity. Your kind words and generous expressions of encouragement in the last few months have been much appreciated. As this phase of my life comes to completion, Henry and I are look-ing forward to exploring the new opportunities that lie ahead. We believe the best is yet to come. In a similar way, I believe the best is yet to come for Southern and that your future will be bright as well.

I am extremely proud of this institution. It was truly an honor for me to serve as its presi-dent. I am richer for having worked alongside each and every one of you, and I hope that our paths will cross often in the future. As the poet William Butler Yeats once wrote:

“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends,

And say my glory was I had such friends.”

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Cheryl J. NortonPresident

ACADEMIC AFFAIRSBarbara Walvoord, a professor emerita

from the University of Notre Dame, will be the keynote speaker during the Office of Faculty Development’s annual Teaching Academy June 2 and 3.

Bonnie Farley-Lucas, faculty development director, noted that Walvoord is also an author and has consulted or led workshops at more than 350 higher education institutions across the country. In 1987, she was selected as the Maryland English Teacher of the Year for Higher Education. Among the topics she will address are the assessments of both student learning and of liberal education initiatives.

During the program’s second day, Robert Smart, chairman of the English Department at Quinnipiac University, will talk about writing and critical thinking across the curriculum, according to Farley-Lucas.

All faculty members are invited to the intensive professional workshop, which begins at 8:30 a.m. June 2 in Engleman Hall, Room A120. For further information, contact Farley-Lucas at (203) 392-5488.

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONSouthern must reduce its budget by $3.8

million for fiscal year 2011 as a result of the 2010-11 state budget recently adopted by state officials, Executive Vice President James E. Blake has announced.

The General Assembly passed a budget, signed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, which reduces the Connecticut State University System’s unrestricted fund balance (reserve account) by $13 million. Southern’s proportional share of that cut is $3.8 million, according to Blake. He said that while a cut had been projected,

the actual reduction is larger than anticipated. In Southern’s case, the difference is about $2 million between what was anticipated and what was ultimately adopted.

At press time, Blake said the university had not yet identified specific budget cuts, but that President Cheryl J. Norton would be meeting with her Cabinet and interim President Stanley F. Battle to make those determinations. He said it could involve some combination of reduc-tions to Southern’s own fund balance, reducing new initiatives planned for the upcoming year and opting not to fill some vacant positions that were scheduled to be filled during the 2010-11 academic year.

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENTAtlanta and the nation’s capital played host

to two well-attended receptions for alumni and friends of Southern. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Megan A. Rock and Alumni Relations Director Michelle R. Johnston attended both events, sharing news on the latest developments at the university with guests, who enjoyed the opportunity to connect with fellow alumni.

Some 35 alumni attended the Atlanta reception, which was held on May 4 at the beautiful and historic Georgian Terrace Hotel on Peachtree Street. On May 6, an equally well-attended reception was held in Washing-ton, at the law offices of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner. Attorney William Pratt, ’76, a partner with the law firm and a member of the SCSU Foundation Board of Directors, hosted the event, which treated guests to delicious refreshments and wonderful views of the city. Chris Piscitelli, ’93, president of the SCSU Alumni Association, was also on hand to welcome alumni and friends.

In other news, the Development Office had a very positive response to its first phonathon for parents of Southern students. An impres-sive $27,500 was pledged, with the average gift totaling $53. The drive was conducted entirely by Southern students during the spring semester. Gifts raised through the phonathon are unrestricted and will be used to fund the university’s areas of greatest need.

STUDENT AND UNIVERSITY AFFAIRSFor the first time this year, New Student

Orientation will include a “common read” component. Ronald Herron, vice president for student and university affairs, says that the book “Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference” was chosen by a selection committee of staff, faculty and students as the title for Southern’s inaugural First-Year Experi-ence summer reading program.

The book tells the story of a soccer team made up of refugee children from all over the world who have been resettled in Georgia, and their coach, a Jordanian woman who sees the unmet needs of the children as well as their great soccer talents.

Incoming students will receive copies of the book at orientation in June, read the book independently over the summer and be invited to participate in online reading groups. In the fall, the book’s author, Warren St. John, will visit campus for a lecture and book-signing.

Plans for other related programs and lec-tures are under way. Faculty are being invited to integrate the book’s subjects of forced migra-tion, refugee situations, globalization, women’s studies, child development, leadership and athletics into their classes.

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The cAmPus residence hAlls that tradi-tionally house freshmen and sophomores will be alcohol-free starting with the fall semester, based on the recently revised university alcohol policy.

Students who are at least 21 years old have been allowed to bring limited amounts of alcoholic beverages into the residence halls, provided they inform their hall director that they are doing so and that they do not permit anyone under the legal drinking age of 21 to consume the beverages. But under the revised policy, no alcohol will be permitted in the traditional-style residence halls, such as Neff, Hickerson, Chase, Wilkinson and Farnham halls, as well as the West Campus Residence Complex.

The changes are being made in response to students’ concerns about the social envi-ronment of the residence halls on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Because some students – albeit a relatively small percent-age – were at least 21 and were allowed to drink in the residence halls, many students have said that it made it more difficult for them to study.

“We often hear from students who want to live in an environment that is free of the pressures and the problems of underage or

Revised Alcohol Policy Designed to Enhance Residence Halls binge drinking,” says Peter Troiano, assistant vice president/dean of student affairs. “There are many students who do not drink and prefer to spend their time with students who share the same values around alcohol use.”

Ronald Herron, vice president for student and university affairs, agrees.

“While we want residence life students to have fun, socialize and enjoy the college experience, we also want to ensure that stu-dents have the ability to focus on their studies – which is, of course, the primary reason they are here,” Herron says. “The changes in the alcohol policy are designed to reflect that philosophy.”

Students living in the North Campus Townhouses and North Campus Midrise, as well as Brownell and Schwartz halls, will be allowed to bring in limited amounts of alcohol, provided they are at least 21 years of age and that they sign in. Those complexes include apartment and suite-style living arrangements.

Herron says the new policy will be vigor-ously enforced by the offices of Residence Life and Judicial Affairs, as well as the Uni-versity Police Department. He notes that residence life staff will be required to notify university police of all incidents involving

possession of alcohol by underage students, as well as those cases in which individuals who are of legal age are believed to have provided alcohol to underage individuals. Residence life staff also will be required to notify university police regarding alcohol par-ties regardless of the age of the guests, and hosts of such a party will be referred to the Office of Judicial Affairs.

Residential students with guests involved in alcohol-related offenses risk the loss of guest privileges and guests may be banned from entering residential buildings.

All students who violate any portion of the alcohol policy a second time will be referred to judicial affairs and such students are at risk of losing the opportunity to reside in campus housing.

Residential students who require medi-cal transportation to the hospital for an alcohol-related concern must complete the requirements of the Office of Judicial Affairs, as well as a mandated assessment and education program offered by the Drug and Alcohol Resource Center, before being allowed to return to housing, Herron says. “We want to be sure that those students are educated about the effects of alcohol.”

Students who are removed judicially from

campus housing will not receive a refund for their housing costs, the policy states.

Herron notes that state law provides the University Police Department with the authority to issue infractions for providing or possession of alcohol. The following legal penalties can be imposed, in addition to university sanctions:

Possession of alcohol by an individual under the age of 21 on public or private property – first offense, $136 infraction and possible suspension of driver’s license; second offense, $200-$500 fine and possible suspen-sion of driver’s license.

Providing alcohol to an individual under the age of 21 – first offense, $136 infraction; second offense, fine of up to $500 and/or imprisonment of not more than one year.

“The combination of alcohol-free hous-ing, the presence of university police in responding to concerns, the potential loss of housing and the requirement for students to participate in an educational sanction are designed to encourage students to make good decisions about alcohol before being involved in an incident,” says Angela Todaro, director of residence life. “These practices will help to resolve student and community concerns earlier.” :

Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno wowed a packed house when he delivered the 12th annual Mary and Louis Fusco Distinguished Lecture on May 12. An eight-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history, Ohno talked about the importance of finding one’s path in life and committing to it, using his own life as an example.

Although he has succeeded as an Olympic medalist, Ohno’s road to success was not smooth. In his inspirational speech, he discussed his years as a difficult, rebellious teenager and how he finally chose to turn his life around. His choice, and his dedication to it, led to him eventually becoming an Olympic gold medalist. He said he wants to have “no regrets” about how he is living his life, so he examines his behavior each day and asks himself, “have I done everything I can today to be my best?” His aim is to be able to say, “no regrets.” He advised the young members of the audience to figure out what they are passion-ate about and commit themselves to “giving 100 percent” at whatever it is they choose to do.

As part of the First-Year Experience Program, new incoming students and their parents will attend two-day orientation sessions scheduled on cam-pus throughout the month of June. Orientation organizers are seeking volunteers to assist in the New Student Orientation check-in process. About 250 students and more than 300 parents are expected to attend each session. The parent/family orientation check-ins will be held on the following dates: June 8, 15, 21, 25 and 28, as well as at Transfer Student Orientation on Aug. 10. Volunteers are needed between 7:30-9 a.m. on these dates. Volunteers will assist with student/parent check-in, answer questions and direct students and parents to specific locations. If you are able to volunteer for any or all of the dates listed, contact Janet Schneider at 203-392-5513 or at [email protected] by June 2.

Winners of the 2010 Undergraduate Writing Contest include (fiction) Erin Jones, first place; Amanda Gamache, second place; Jamie Conway, honorable men-tion; (poetry) Michael Bozzuto, first place; Jared Coffin, second place, and Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, honorable mention. Each writer’s winning piece was published in the 2010 edition of Folio. The 2010 Graduate Writing Contest winners were (poetry) Emily Fiskio and Lee Keylock and

(fiction) Marlene Schade. The graduate winners’ works appear in the 2010 issue of Noctua Review. The winners read their work at a celebratory gathering in the Adanti Student Center earlier this month.

Current students are reminded to activate their new Owls Mail accounts if they have not yet done so. The activation period was April 1-May 15, and since May 15, all e-mail from the university to students is being forwarded to the Owls Mail account. Students who fail to activate their accounts risk missing important messages about course registration, billing, financial aid, housing, graduation or other matters pertaining to their SCSU student status. Old student e-mail addresses will continue to forward to Owls Mail accounts, but these old addresses will be deactivated. More information about Owls Mail and the features that accompany it, along with instructions on activating accounts, is available at www.southernct.edu/live/

Honors Convocation, which took place at Lyman Center earlier this month, is an annual event to honor stu-dents who have performed with distinction in scholarship, leadership, and service to the university. Seniors who have achieved collegiate honors are announced: those maintain-ing a 3.5-3.69 GPA are graduated cum laude; those with

a 3.7-3.89 GPA receive magna cum laude and those with 3.9-4.0 G.P.A. graduate summa cum laude. As a follow-up to the Honors Convocation ceremony, honors theses abstracts have been uploaded to the university’s Web site for the community’s perusal. To see the abstracts, visit www.southernct.edu/academics/honorscon-vocation/ and click on the link at the bottom of the page.

A fire sprinkler enhancement project in Schwartz Hall has required the temporary relo-cation of the administrative offices housed there. As a result, the Office of Residence Life has moved to a temporary home in the Wintergreen Building. The office will remain in Wintergreen through the summer until early fall 2010. Residence Life staff will be located in the area just behind the Bursar’s Office that was formerly occupied by Student Support Services.

A total of 113 Southern students was inducted into Psi Chi, an international honor society in psychology, during a recent ceremony in the Archie Tracy Lecture Hall (Engleman A120). Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and be in the top 35 percent of their class to be accepted into the honor society. The number of inductees is believed to be the largest on record at Southern.

‘No Regrets’ is Olympic Champ’s Motto ***


AlThough lisTening To your FAvoriTe tune with the volume cranked up may seem enjoyable now, those extra decibels can have a lasting effect on your hearing, according to Kevin McNamara, director of the Center for Communication Dis-orders at Southern.

McNamara says over the past two years, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has been promoting a hearing awareness campaign, particularly to people using ear buds with their MP3 players. More than 30 million Americans are exposed to hazardous sound lev-els on a regular basis, according to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

Unlike headphones that sit on the outside of the ear and allow for some noise to dissipate, ear buds offer a more intense sound than other listening options by directing virtually all of the sound into the ear. McNamara says that people prefer the ear buds because they provide the best listening experience, but notes the importance of managing the volume.

“It’s not an all or nothing situation, just watch out for extremes,” McNamara says. “If someone

mAny young PeoPle see it as just another example of multi-tasking, while some older individuals may never have even heard of the term “driving while texting.” But make no mistake: this activity is endangering motorists of all ages and the public needs to be educated about its potential for deadly consequences.

So says a group of public health stu-dents that has researched the growing practice of driving while sending and checking text messages. The students explored the subject for a public health class and recently participated in South-ern’s annual Health and Wellness Fair in an effort to inform their peers about this growing societal problem.

“A year ago, using a cell phone while driv-ing was the primary concern,” says Amanda Morin, a public health student. “But today, it’s texting.”

She notes that while cell phone use while driving continues to be a danger, texting is even worse when behind the wheel. Both distract a driver’s attention, but a person engaged in texting also takes his eyes off the road frequently while looking down at

the cell phone, Blackberry or other mobile device. Even a few seconds can make the dif-ference between safe driving and a collision.

“You can often tell when someone is texting because they tend to swerve and are often forced to slam their brakes to try to avoid accidents,” says Hollie Sabetta, another public health student. “When you see drivers doing that, there is a good chance they are either drunk or texting.”

And although driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs has become a societal taboo in recent years, texting while driving has yet to attain that same stigma.

Yet, the students point to sobering sta-tistics, including the fact that a person is six times as likely to get into an accident while texting than if they were driving under the influence of alcohol.

Nevertheless, nearly half of all drivers between 18 and 24 years of age have admit-ted that they text and drive, according to a recent survey.

“We want people to think before they act,” Morin says. “There is a proper place for texting, but it’s not when you are behind the wheel.”

Michele Vancour, associate professor of public health who taught the Health Promo-tion Interventions class, says she is proud of her students’ efforts to address this growing societal health issue. They handed out infor-mational leaflets, as well as pledge cards in which people promise not to text and drive. In addition, a game was created to educate people about the subject.

“The students were able to learn about a new-to-them topic that is just gaining popularity and apply the methods they were

iPods Represent New Challenge for AudiologistsThink Twice Before Turning Up the Volume on that iPod

else can hear the music from your iPod, it’s too loud.”

The damage occurs in the cochlea, a chamber within the inner ear that is filled with fluid and lined with tiny hair cells, McNamara says. Loud, prolonged noise damages these hair cells and permanently alters the transmission of sound, according to the ASHA.

“The ear is like a rug,” McNamara says. “If you keep walking over the same area, that area gets worn out. It’s the same thing with hair cells. They wear with age, and as a result, the higher pitches are often the first part of your hearing to go.”

Ear buds are not the only problem, he says, noting there are many other causes of hearing loss. Individuals who perform industrial or con-struction work are exposed to prolonged noise. People in the military have quick episodes of very high decibel noises, like gun shots. Even mowing your lawn can cause damage in the ear, he says.

“If your ears are ringing, like after a concert,” McNamara says, “then the exposure was too loud, for too long.”

Any noise above 80 decibels is considered to be potentially hazardous, according to the ASHA.

Riding a snowmobile generates 100 decibels, while blasting a car stereo can produce noises at a painful 120 decibels.

Hearing loss is not the only physical con-sequence of loud noise. It can increase blood pressure, have a negative cardiovascular effect, increase breathing rate, disturb digestion and intensify the effects of factors like drugs and alcohol.

McNamara says people are not well educated about what they are doing to themselves. They should wear ear plugs or protectors when their ears are exposed to loud noise, and also limit their periods of exposure, he says. Simply turning down the volume can help ease the wear and tear on the ears. People may not see the nega-tive effects of loud noise at an early age, but their actions may cost them a few years down the road, McNamara says.

“Younger people tend to have a sense of invincibility,” McNamara says. “If you are the guy in the car blasting the music everyone on the street can hear, you’re setting yourself up for long-term implications. You can cause permanent nerve damage to your ears.” :

Sobering Data on Driving While Texting

New Technology = Bad Habits ?

taught in the class,” Vancour says. “They were able to identify texting and driving as a public health issue before it was cited elsewhere as an epidemic. As a professor, I couldn’t ask for a better learning opportunity for my students.”

Connecticut state and local police recently cracked down on drivers in the Hartford area who were using their cell phones or texting. The week-long “Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other” campaign was aided by a federal grant. :

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Public health students have taken an active role in educating their peers about the dangers of sending and reading text messages while driving. Their project has included operating an informational booth (pictured above) at Southern’s Health and Wellness Fair on distracted driving.


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After her upcoming graduation, Leiss says she plans to take some time off to travel and has considered joining the Peace Corps or working for a nonprofit organization.

“We saw an abandoned health clinic (in Ethiopia),” says Leiss. “It bothered me; I thought a health clinic should always be open. You just realize how lucky we are to live here and have things like clean water. It makes me want to help.”

Leiss says her love of travel is one of the main reasons she chose to study anthropol-ogy. She hopes to see more of Europe and even explore within the United States.

“If I had the money I would start at one end of the world and work my way to the other end,” she says. “I want to travel in the United States, too, to get a better idea of my own world. I have been to South America and Africa, but I have never been to California.” :

Southern students Amanda Leiss (third from left) and Kimberly Anderson (far right) join Michael Rogers, professor of anthropology (second from right) and three Ethiopians during one of their many excavation ventures in Ethiopia in February. The group can be seen digging (top photo), while Leiss is all smiles after finding an artifact (right photo).

in The dAys leAding uP to the 2010 Honors Convo-cation, Ryan Dostie’s Facebook status revealed that she was scared about giving her speech. The irony is that her speech was about fear. “I am scared but that is the point, I am doing it anyway,” her Facebook page read. She says, “Whenever I come across something I am afraid of, I make it a point to do it because I know that it pushes me out of my comfort zone, and if you are pushed out of your comfort zone you are growing.”

Dostie has spent much time outside her comfort zone, including 15 months in combat with the U.S. Army in Iraq. And she has grown over the years. Music Professor Terese Gemme, director of the Honors College, asked Dostie to deliver the Honors Convocation speech, in part, because she had just won the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, a major accomplishment, but also because of her remarkable experiences and personal qualities. “Her military experience, her linguistic fluency, her academic accomplishment, and her personal integ-rity made her stand out in a field of really exceptional students this year,” Gemme says.

Dostie will use her scholarship to travel to Ireland this summer for an eight-week intensive program in classical Greek — her sixth language — at Cork College University.

A history major in her senior year at Southern, Dostie has studied abroad three times, and recently presented an award-winning paper at the National History Honor Society Regional New England Conference. Her paper, “Queen Zenobia: A Reinterpretation of the Warrior Queen,” was based on her honors thesis. Byron Naka-mura, assistant professor of history and Dostie’s adviser, says she “has academic talent, focus and discipline, a strong work ethic; she is a very good writer with strong language skills, but also, as a nontraditional student, a bearing about her that comes from life experience.”

Indeed, Dostie’s language skills and hard work also brought her success in the military. She spent a year of high school studying in Japan, and when she joined the

when AmAndA leiss wAs oFFered an opportunity to excavate artifacts and fossils in Ethiopia, she uncovered more than the stone tools and bones she was hoping to find. She gained a new perspective about herself after “roughing it” in the desert for the last three weeks of her trip, which were spent digging up fossils during the day and sleeping in a tent at night.

“It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life,” Leiss says. “It was physically taxing, emotionally draining and at the same time, completely amazing. The most important thing for me was my personal growth. I really learned so much about myself.”

Leiss was part of a group that included classmate Kimberly Anderson; Michael Rog-ers, professor of anthropology; and native Ethiopian Sileshi Semaw, a faculty member

Army she intended to become a Japanese interrogator. However, the Army had other plans for her and sent her to the prestigious Defense Language Institute of Monterey for an intensive program in Persian Farsi, the language spoken in Iran. She also learned Dari, an Afghani language. Her recruiter told her, “Don’t worry, no one’s going to go to war with America.” She remembers exactly where she was on 9/11: “I was at Monterey, and my Iranian teachers were all saying, ‘please don’t let it be Iran.’”

Of the U.S. forces initially deployed to Iraq in March 2003, 15 percent were women. Dostie was in that group, which she says “had nothing because we were the first ones there. Some of us didn’t even have back plates on our bulletproof vests. We hear now about armor plating on Humvees but at that time we didn’t even have doors on our Humvees. I rode around Iraq with my legs stick-ing out of the truck.“

One possibility for Dostie after she finishes her college education is graduate school, where she would pursue her plan to become a professor of ancient history. But she has always wanted to be a writer and she finds herself torn between writing and academia. “I have a great pas-sion for history and teaching, so even though graduate school is plan B, I would still love to do it.” To help her decide on a path, she will do a second thesis in creative writing this fall. English Professor Tim Parrish has asked her to write about being a woman in the military and post-traumatic stress syndrome. “It is going to be a really rough piece for me to write,” Dostie says. “But I think writing this will help me get into the writing world and into something that I really want to do.”

After the Honors Convocation, her Facebook status changed. “Hell: Sitting on a stage, surround-ing by highly accomplished students, sweating under hot lights while waiting in terror to deliver a speech. Heaven: The feeling just as you step away from the podium, and hearing everyone tell you you knocked it out of the park.” :

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at Indiana State University.“We hiked in extreme terrains and sur-

veyed nearly all the sites in Gona,” she says. “(Our group) was constantly finding new sites as there were artifacts and fossils everywhere.” In fact, she and her compadres excavated about 100 fossils.

“There were so many different aspects of the trip,” says Leiss, an anthropology major set to graduate later this month.

Leiss, who had already done field work in Peru with Valerie Andrushko, associate professor of anthropology, applied for a competitive internship and was one of two students selected to go to Gona and Afar, Ethiopia from Jan. 24 to Feb. 28.

She says she spent the first week in the capital, Addis Ababa, examining 399 bone fragments in the National Museum of Ethiopia.

The bones were a mix of excavated fossils and surface finds. Leiss created a thesis based on her observations entitled, “Faunal Analysis of the OGS-12 (Ounda Gona South) Early Acheulian archeological site at Gona, Ethiopia.”

Leiss says she took pictures and made casts of the cut marks on the bones as part of a faunal analysis of the 1.6 million-year-old site to provide data on the paleo-environ-ment, as well as the behavior of the hominids (humans). Upon return to Southern, Leiss says, she spent six weeks compiling her find-ings into her 62-page thesis.

“I found that the humans were using the animals as a food source, and were getting the marrow out of the bones,” she says.

Leiss says she is uncertain of what she will ultimately choose to do with her anthropol-ogy degree, but knows she wants to pursue a doctorate in anthropology. Her experience in Ethiopia showed her one career possibility, but Leiss says choosing a path is a decision she struggles to make.

“Going to Ethiopia was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she says. “I don’t know if I would do it again, but I would never take it back. There are just so many different avenues. I could go into forensic or medical anthropology or paleo-archeology.”

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The AccolAdes conTinue To roll in for Michael J. Perlin, professor emeritus of public health, whose commitment to his field and the public good has now earned him the recognition of Gov. M. Jodi Rell.

Perlin, who retired last summer after 29 years of teaching at Southern and a 39-year career in academia, was being honored last month at a luncheon by The Connection, a Connecticut non-profit human services and community development agency. He had served from 2003 to 2010 as a member of the Board of Directors of Also-Cornerstone, Inc., which operated various public health programs until earlier this year, when it was subsumed by The Connection. In fact, Perlin was the chairman of the board’s Program Committee.

The Connection announced at the lun-cheon that it was naming one of its pre-trial education programs after him – officially to be known as the Michael Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention. Connecti-cut’s judicial system offers many first-time defendants who have been charged with an offense linked to alcohol or drug abuse the opportunity to avoid a criminal record

Pearls of Recognition for Recently Retired Professorby successfully complet-ing a substance abuse education program. The Connection is an agency that operates such a program, and serves about two-thirds of all court-referred clients in Connecticut, according to Marcie Dimenstein, director of programs and services for the agency.

Perlin – who co-authored the state’s original pre-trial alcohol education system cur-riculum in 1981 – was enjoying the luncheon in his honor. But he was taken by surprise at the event when a gubernato-rial proclamation was read that deemed April 22 as Michael Perlin Day in Connecticut.

“I had no idea that was coming,” Perlin says. “The luncheon, the renaming of the pre-trial program and the proclamation – it was such a generous thing for people to do.

It’s humbling.”Dimenste in says

Perlin understands the significant role that education has on peo-ple’s lives. “His work with our program has helped people make better choices and has reduced the number of impaired drivers,” she says. “We are going to miss his contributions.”

Perlin sums up his role with the organiza-tion for the last seven years as “quality assur-ance.” He was involved in the evaluation and certification processes for the programs.

Before his retirement, Perlin also played an integral role in the reaccreditation process for Southern’s Public Health Department, which gained a full 7-year accreditation by the Coun-cil on Education for Public Health (C.E.P.H.).

In 2009, Perlin also received the Health

A liFelong connecTicuT nATive with a track record of success is taking the reins of the Southern men’s basketball program.

Mike Donnelly, who spent the last seven seasons as head coach of the men’s basketball team at nearby Post University, was formally announced as the Owls coach on May 7.

“Michael has established an outstanding track record for developing student-athletes for excellence in the classroom, in the community and on the basketball court,” says Director of Athletics Patricia Nicol. “After conducting a thorough national search for the position, it was clearly evident that Michael was the best candidate for our vacancy. His knowledge of the Connecticut landscape, the Division II platform and the sport of basketball, combined with his tremendous leadership abilities, make him the perfect choice to lead our program.

“I have the utmost confidence that Michael will return our program to national promi-nence while molding young men into outstanding ambassadors for Southern Con-necticut State University.”

Donnelly built the Post program into a formidable regional presence during his seven-year run with the Eagles. His teams made six Central Atlantic Collegiate Confer-ence (CACC) Tournament and three Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference post-season appearances during his tenure at Post.

The school’s all-time leader in wins, Don-nelly was named CACC Coach of the Year

The Ball is in Donnelly’s Courtin 2007. The 2007 squad also posted a 13-0 home mark – tied for tops in the region – while also receiving the program’s first-ever NCAA regional ranking.

The Owls have not qualified for the North-east-10 Conference Tournament since 2002. And their last NCAA tournament berth was in 2000. “I am committed to building a program that will proudly represent the university and the entire Southern community both on and off the court,” he says. “Our standards and expectations will undoubtedly be high, and we will begin the necessary steps to succeed immediately.”

In all, Donnelly brings more than a decade of coaching experience. He made his foray into collegiate coaching in 1999 at Post, where he served two years as an assistant coach on the staff. Donnelly was the head boys’ basketball coach at Notre Dame of Fairfield and Brook-field high schools before assuming the top job at Post.

Donnelly also has amassed significant experience in the area of athletic adminis-tration. He served as the athletic academic coordinator at Post for six years and was responsible for the academic progress of the Eagles’ student-athletes. He also spent three years as a contest management director.

As a student-athlete, Donnelly began his collegiate career at Central Connecticut State University, where he was a starting guard for the Blue Devils from 1993-95. He served as team captain as a sophomore and was also named All-East Coast honorable mention by Eastern Basketball in 1994.

Donnelly transferred to Sacred Heart Uni-versity following his sophomore season and was a starting guard for two years.

He was a four-year member of the boys’ basketball team at St. Joseph’s High School in Trumbull for legendary head coach Vito Montelli. He helped the Cadets win back-to-back state championships and served as team captain as a senior.

“My ultimate goal for the program is to make Southern Connecticut State University basketball a brand name throughout the state,” Donnelly says. “Connecticut is going to be the primary focus for recruiting and, of course, for our community service ventures. We want to be a presence within the state.”

Donnelly says his first major goal will be to make the conference playoffs on a con-sistent basis. :

Education Mentor Award from the Society for Public Health Education and the C-EA Winslow Award from the Connecticut Pub-lic Health Association for achievement and leadership in public health practice, research and education.

Sandra Holley, dean emerita of the School of Graduate Studies, recently presented a certificate of appreciation to Perlin for his many contributions to Southern and the community.

“In his role as coordinator of the graduate program in public health, Dr. Perlin estab-lished a reputation among students, staff and faculty as being a man of integrity and a staunch advocate for excellence in teach-ing, research and scholarship,” Holley says. “The quintessential professional, he is highly respected by his colleagues at Southern and his peers within his professional discipline. He is well-known as an ardent advocate for public health education with an indefatigable spirit and enormous energy devoted to the pursuit of social justice. He is a mentor extraordinaire beloved by his students and a highly valued colleague whom I hold in the highest esteem.” :

Attica state prison rebellion.Ryder is a former president of the Ameri-

can Express Publishing Company, president of the American Express Travel Related Services International, and chairman and CEO of the Reader’s Digest Association. During his career, Ryder has been publisher of, or responsible for the publishing of, more than 100 maga-zines, including Food & Wine, Taste of Home, Travel + Leisure, Field and Stream, American Photographer and Departures.

In 2006, Ryder received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Magazine Pub-lishers of America (MPA). In announcing his award, Lisa Link, MPA president and CEO, stated: “Tom Ryder is one of the magazine industry’s most committed and warm-hearted executives. With nearly 40 years of magazine publishing experience, his storied career has threaded its way through some of the most treasured brands in the industry. The ranks of our industry are filled with hundreds of people that Tom has taught or mentored.”

Ryder is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Amazon.com, a director of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors of World Press Inc.

Englehart has been recognized nationally and internationally for his work, receiving awards from the Free Press Association, the

John Fischetti Contest and the Overseas Press Club. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, he has been published in the New York Times, USA Today, the London Times, Newsweek Time and Sports Illustrated. He has been honored by the U.N. Population Institute and Planned Parenthood.

Betsy Pittman, curator of Babbidge Library, Gallery on the Plaza, wrote of Engle-hart: “Two hundred and fifty times a year, for nearly 25 years, Bob Englehart, the first full-time editorial cartoonist for The Hartford Courant has been giving the paper’s readers a piece of his mind in the form of a drawing that says something pithy about a politician, a policy, an event, or perhaps the awesome performance of the Husky basketball teams…It takes the skill of a talented artist blended with that of an incisive commentator to create a humorous or satirical observation in one small illustration.”

In addition to cartooning Englehart, who describes his political philosophy as “moder-ately confused,” has appeared on Broadway in a political comedy review, and he lectures frequently throughout the country. He has had cartoon shows on ESPN and Connecti-cut Public Television, illustrated a children’s book, drawn a daily and Sunday comic strip and written many articles for the Courant’s op-ed page and Northeast magazine, now called NE. :

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The third annual Bring Your Child to Work Day was held on April 30. About 45 children of university fac-ulty and staff attended and enjoyed a day of program-ming that included breakfast and lunch in the Adanti Student Center, a behind-the-scenes look at Lyman Center, a harmonica lesson, games at the Fitness Center, a demonstration by the gymnastics team, a visit to the planetarium, a presenta-tion by university police and much more. At the end of the day, Heather Stearns, recycling coordinator, gave each child a tree seedling to plant in honor of Arbor Day. The day’s events were organized by members of the SCSU Bring Your Child to Work Day Committee: Marlene Santiago, Aimee Bonn, Amanda Salvo, Paula Rice, Stearns, Lisa Seely, Bridget Stepeck-Holt, Cathy Christy, Marrisa DeLise and Michele Vancour.

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MAY 27 • Graduate commencementMAY 28• Undergraduate commencementMAY 31 • No classes – Memorial Day recessJUN 1 • Summer session A begins.

FEB 7 - JUNE 30 • “ALBANIAN MUSLIM RESCUERS DURING THE HOLOCAUST” Norman Gershman, an American photographer, traveled to Albania and Kosovo to chronicle the tales of the righteous Albanians and their devotion to Besa, an Albanian code of honor, which means “to keep the promise.” Ethnic Heritage Center, 270 Fitch St. New Haven. (203) 392-6126 or [email protected].

APR 7 - SEPT 15 • “EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI: THE FIRST 10 DAYS” A photographic exhibit, organized by the SCSU Multicultural Center, running through September 15, 2010. Adanti Student Center, Rm. 301. (203) 392-5885.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S TRACKMAY 27-29 • NCAA Championships at Johnson C. Smith University. Charlotte, N.C.

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“You have made us stretch. You have made us work toward goals we had not imagined for ourselves. You have made us see the value in community. And, you have made us laugh, even when the skies were gray and we faced unpredictable storms.

Although parting is inevitable, your Southern Family will never be far from you, because you will always be a part of us.”

~ From the introduction to a memory book for President Norton, signed by members of the Southern community at her May 19 retirement celebration

With warm memories of the past – we celebrate your future.

SouthernFocusa photo essay by isabel chenoweth

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