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Interview with Dr. Rita Bornstein: Thirteenth President of Rollins College
No full textAs the College\u27s thirteenth president and the first woman to hold that title, Rita Bornstein came to Rollins College in 1990. For the next fourteen years, President Bornstein was also an author, teacher, and well-accomplished fundraiser.
A native of New York, Bornstein pursued her higher education in the south. After receiving both a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature from Florida Atlantic University, she attended the University of Miami where she earned her Ph.D. in Education Leadership and Instruction in 1975. She taught high school English for a time, directed the U.S. Office of Education Technical Assistance Center at the University of Miami, and eventually became the university\u27s vice president for development.
During her time as president, Rollins\u27 ranking in U.S. News & World Report\u27s America\u27s Best Colleges climbed from number six regionally to number two, and the College became number one in Florida. Bornstein focused on boosting the College\u27s endowment, which increased four fold during her presidency, and creating additional endowed professors\u27 chairs. She also oversaw The Campaign For Rollins, which succeeded in bringing $160.2 million to the College. In addition, Bornstein led the College in a much needed building project that expanded existing structures, added the McKean Gateway to the campus, and constructed the Cornell Campus Center, among other buildings.
Bornstein\u27s commitment to making Rollins an integral part of the Winter Park community was reflected in emphasis on service and in the many distinctions awarded to both her and the institution. In recognition of Rollins\u27 contribution of two Habitat for Humanity houses, the College was awarded the Tenth Annual Citizen of the Year Award by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce in 1994. Ten years later, the chamber named her Citizen of the Decade. Bornstein\u27s other honors include: the first Council for Advancement and Support of Education District II Chief Executive Leadership Award, the Laureate for Lifetime Achievement in Fundraising, and the Summit Award.
While Bornstein is well known as a gifted administrator, she is also an academic in her own right. Her works include over one hundred presentations and papers including the well-received Rollins Colloquy Toward a Pragmatic Liberal Education: The Curriculum of the Twenty-First Century. Bornstein has written, edited and contributed to books such as: Education and Democracy: Re-imagining Liberal Learning and Legitimacy in the Academic Presidency: From Entrance to Exit. In addition, she enjoys hiking and canoeing when her schedule allows time.
For additional information on the Bornstein administration of Rollins College, please see the Summer 2004 issue of Rollins Alumni Record
Kate Bornstein - Author, Artist, and Advocate for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
No full textSex, Bullies, and You
Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright, and performance artist whose work to date has been in service to sex positivity, gender anarchy, and to building a coalition of those who live on cultural margins. Hir work recently earned hir an award from the Stonewall Democrats of New York City, and two citations from New York City Council members. Hir latest book is Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws. Other published works include the books Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us; My Gender Workbook; and the cyber-romance-action novel Nearly Roadkill, with co-author Caitlin Sullivan. Kate\u27s plays and performance pieces include Strangers in Paradox; Hidden: A Gender; The Opposite Sex Is Neither; Virtually Yours; and y2kate: gender virus 2000. Hir memoir, Kate Bornstein Is a Queer and Pleasant Danger, is due out in 2011.
Kate\u27s books are taught in over 150 colleges and universities around the world; and ze has performed hir work live on college campuses and in theaters and performance spaces across the United States, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria. Ze is currently touring colleges, youth conferences, and high schools, speaking and leading workshops on the subjects of sex, gender, and alternatives to teen suicide. According to daily email and Twitter, the book is still helping people stay alive.
Kate was born outside of Fargo, North Dakota. Hir father was a Lutheran minister, and hir mother was Miss Betty Crocker, 1939. Kate has lived in the queer ghettos of Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle. Ze currently lives with hir partner—sex pioneer, writer, and performance artist Barbara Carrellas—in New York City, along with their pug, three cats, and turtle.
Bornstein\u27s interests include iTunes, Photoshop, traveling, death, and anything Mac.
Editor\u27s Note: Kate Bornstein, a self-described gender outlaw, uses gender-neutral pronouns in her bio. In keeping with her wishes, we have retained her use of ze instead of she and hir instead of her in the following bio.
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Rita Bornstein (1990-2004)
No full textRita Bornstein (1935-2024) made history in 1990 when she became the thirteenth—and first female—president of Rollins College. Over her 14-year tenure, she not only elevated the college’s national standing but also redefined what it meant to be a college president through her visionary leadership, fundraising acumen, and deep commitment to community engagement.
Born in New York City in 1935, Bornstein’s path to leadership was anything but conventional. After an early departure from the University of Chicago, she moved to Los Angeles, married young, and later returned to Florida as a single mother. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Miami. Her early career included teaching high school English and directing the U.S. Office of Education Technical Assistance Center, where she helped implement Title IX across the Southeast.
Before arriving at Rollins, Bornstein served as vice president for development at the University of Miami, where she led one of the most successful fundraising campaigns in higher education at the time. This experience laid the foundation for her transformative presidency at Rollins.
Under Bornstein’s leadership, Rollins experienced a renaissance. The college’s endowment grew from 260 million—a sevenfold increase. She launched and completed “The Campaign for Rollins,” raising $160.2 million to support scholarships, faculty, and facilities. Her tenure saw the construction and renovation of 25 buildings, including the Cornell Campus Center and the McKean Gateway, which symbolized a new era of openness and connection between the college and the Winter Park community.
Academically, Bornstein championed liberal education and innovation. She introduced new programs, including Sustainable Development and the Rollins College Conference for first-year students (RCC), and helped the college rise from sixth to first place in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of regional universities in the South. She also established 16 new endowed chairs and led efforts to improve faculty compensation and student academic standards.
Bornstein’s presidency was marked by a strong emphasis on civic engagement. She encouraged service learning and community partnerships, leading to Rollins being honored with the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award in 1994 and naming Bornstein its Citizen of the Decade in 2004.
Beyond administration, Bornstein was a prolific scholar and author. She delivered over 100 presentations and wrote extensively on higher education. Her leadership style—described as both formidable and deeply empathetic—earned her national recognition, including the CASE Chief Executive Leadership Award and the Summit Award for lifetime achievement in fundraising.
After retiring in 2004, Bornstein remained active as the George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Professor of Philanthropy and Leadership Development at Rollins. She also served on numerous nonprofit boards and continued to advocate for education and community development.
Rita Bornstein passed away in January 2024 at the age of 88 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Her legacy endures not only in the physical and academic transformation of Rollins College but also in the lives of the countless students, colleagues, and community members she inspired.https://scholarship.rollins.edu/presidents/1001/thumbnail.jp
Business Maine piece with a profile of William Shatner, 55, actor, author, and
No full textBusiness Maine piece with a profile of William Shatner, 55, actor, author, and TV pitchman, who recently became a pitchman for Portland-based personal injury attorney Joe Bornstein. The commercials are the brainchild of Mass.-based Market Masters-Legal
Rollins Presidents with Maya Angelou
No full textPresident Duncan and former Presidents Bornstein and Symour with poet and author Maya Angelou at the 2007 Colloquy
Chromaffin cells: the peripheral brain
No full textChromaffin cells probably are the most intensively studied of the neural crest derivates. They are closely related to the nervous system, share with neurons some fundamental mechanisms and thus were the ideal model to study the basic mechanisms of neurobiology for many years. The lessons we have learned from chromaffin cell biology as a peripheral model for the brain and brain diseases pertain more than ever to the cutting edge research in neurobiology. Here, we highlight how studying this cell model can help unravel the basic mechanisms of cell renewal and regeneration both in the central nervous system (CNS) and neuroendocrine tissue and also can help in designing new strategies for regenerative therapies of the CNS.SR Bornstein, M Ehrhart-Bornstein, A Androutsellis-Theotokis, G Eisenhofer, V Vukicevic, J Licinio, ML Wong, P Calissano, G Nisticò, P Preziosi and R Levi-Montalcin
Human aldehyde oxidase 1 interacts with ATP-binding cassette transporter-1 and modulates its activity in hepatocytes
No full textA0X1, a member of the cytosolic molybdenum hydroxylase family, has been identified by us earlier as an ABCA1 -interacting protein. A0X1 is well-described as xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme, which upon oxidation of acetaldehyde and retinaldehyde to acetic acid and retinoic acid generates reactive oxygen species. Here we show that knock-down of A0X1 in HepG2 by small interfering RNA significantly reduced ABCA1-dependent lipid efflux and enhanced phagocytic uptake of microspheres similar to ABCA1 deficiency, without affecting ABCA1 mRNA and protein levels. ABCA1 and A0X1 are coexpressed in human hepatocytes, kidney proximal tubular epithelial cells, Leydig, and adrenocortical cells. Expression of ABCA1 and A0X1 was investigated by immunohistochernistry in liver tissue arrays. A strong A0X1 expression was found in normal liver, and in cirrhosis. In contrast, hepatocellular carcinomas showed either a complete loss or reduced expression of A0X1. Significant correlations were found between reduced A0X1 expression and tumor stage, or metastatic or regional lymph node states. Deregulation was also observed for ABCA1 expression but to a lesser extent. Our findings show that the interaction of ABCA1 with A0X1 modulates ABCA1-linked cellular functions such as lipid efflux and phagocytosis in hepatocytes, and the reduced expression of A0X1 in malignant transformed hepatocytes supports the differentiation dependent upregulation of A0X1
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