Academic and Teaching Prizes
Presented for Outstanding Character
and Dedication to Learning

At this year's certificate awarding ceremony on Commencement Day, Vanesa Campi, a native of Argentina, was awarded the Katie Y. F. Yang Prize. This prize is given annually to the international student who earns the highest grades in the Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management Program (CSS). Before joining the CSS Program, Ms. Campi worked for Arthur Andersen in the company's Buenos Aires office. She is currently an auditor for the State Street Bank in their Boston office.

This year's recipient of the JoAnne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award, which recognizes exceptional teaching in the Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management Program (CSS), was Dan T. Dunn, Jr., associate professor of business administration at Northeastern University. Professor Dunn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington and Lee University, where he earned the bachelor's degree in commerce, and of the University of Virginia, where he earned the MBA and DBA with an emphasis in marketing management.

A researcher with a range of interests, including high-tech marketing, and an accomplished instructor in Northeastern University's varied management programs, including the High Technology MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program, Professor Dunn is celebrating his 20th year of teaching in the CSS Program. His two challenging courses, Marketing Management and Strategic Sales Management, are consistently among the most popular in the CSS Program. One of his students this year, reflecting the exuberance of many, wrote the following on the course evaluation: "Thanks to Professor Dunn I am beginning to see the world of color for the first time, after viewing it from an engineering perspective (black and white) all this time. This is an excellent course!"