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Kennedy Center for Business Ethics Brings ‘Nature Nate’ to Campus

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Kennedy Center for Business Ethics Brings ‘Nature Nate’ to Campus

On Feb. 13, Belmont’s Edward C. Kennedy Center for Business Ethics sponsored a chapel convocation and lunch with Nathan Sheets, CEO and founder of Nature Nate’s Natural Honey. Nature Nate’s is America’s largest branded honey company and values caring for its employees, the environment and supporting homeless and Christian ministries.

Nathan Sheets of Honey Gives Hope speaks at Chapel at Belmont University.

Sheets shared he has taken over 100 mission trips. After shifting from full-time ministry to Nature Nate’s, he has found the values and principles transfer completely. He said intentionality for the kingdom is most important.

Before Nature Nate’s, Sheets was one of the driving forces behind the global “I Am Second” media campaign that highlights stories of hundreds of lives transformed through Christian faith.

He said in 1996, he and his wife were watching television trying to decide on a new hobby to start together and saw a commercial featuring a woman in a beekeeping suit. Sheets’ commitment to the honey business began with one hive in his parents’ backyard to now 130 staff and 18 million pounds of honey bottled and distributed this past year.

Nathan Sheets of Honey Gives Hope speaks at Chapel at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, February 13, 2019.

Sheets shared many ways he leads his staff according to ethical principles, including the Bee Attitudes, a representation of values the company holds most important. These values were inspired by the biblical Beatitudes, eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the book of Matthew, and include being generous, loving, honest, faithful, passionate and creative.

To create a culture of accountability, Sheets offers financial management classes to elevate people out of poverty, encourages philanthropy and participates in initiatives such as turning the honey labels pink for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

One of the key initiatives Sheets shared was the story of Bonton Honey, a honey company in the disadvantaged neighborhood of Bonton, South Dallas, Texas. Bonton Honey began with seven men in hopeless situations who needed work. Sheets told them if they put in the effort and they all put in the time, he would put in the money and eventually give the company to those who stuck with it.

Two months ago, Sheets legally gave Bonton Honey to Clifton Reese, one of the original seven men who started the company with Sheets. Sheets said the other men who started with him were given the opportunity to dream and have a vision for their lives through Bonton Honey, which led to other endeavors.

Bonton Honey will soon launch a beekeeping program for young boys in Bonton to give them that vision, as well.

Sheets concluded by saying he sees himself as the Steward and President of Nature Nate’s and believes God is the CEO. He said he will continue to seek ways to share God with his customers, employees and the world.

Alumnus Pauley Appointed to Small Business Administration Leadership Position

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Alumnus Pauley Appointed to Small Business Administration Leadership Position

Belmont alumnus Todd Pauley was recently announced as the new Director of the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Pauley graduated from Belmont in 1998 with a degree in business administration, and since his graduation has been working in various fields, giving him a diversified work background.

Looking back at his time as a student at Belmont, Pauley recalls the range of skills he learned in the music business program. “What is so unique about that program at Belmont, and I have found to be essential to my career, is that when you graduate from that program, you graduate with a very versatile and incredibly valuable bachelor’s degree in Business Administration,” Pauley commented. “My Belmont experience gave me opportunities and provided the educational resources necessary to develop confidence in my ability to contribute in a way that offers value to any effort and makes a meaningful difference in any arena.”

Pauley began his career in the music industry here in Nashville shortly after graduating from Belmont. He went on to work for Sony Music, MCA Nashville and Reunion Records doing marketing, radio promotion and project management. But his time away from Belmont did not last long as Pauley came back to the University to work with fundraising efforts.

After making a career switch, Pauley earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Oklahoma City School of Law and since then has gained experience in politics, legislation and law. He also worked with small businesses, faith-based organizations and nonprofits. Most recently Pauley served as the vice chancellor for governmental relations at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and as the senior adviser, counsel and finance and political director to U.S. Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma.

In his new role with the Small Business Administration, Pauley will work with the leaders of faith-based community organizations to encourage entrepreneurship and further economic growth. He will help further the SBA’s mission through this position and through working with community organizations.

This new work comes easily to Pauley, who said, “public service and ministry is a calling for me. My goal is to always be striving to live a life worthy of my calling. My education and experience at Belmont supported my calling, strengthened my ability to achieve my goals and promoted values, including working to the best of my ability and in a spirit of unity with others.”

“The education and experience at Belmont provided exactly the right preparation for every professional and community opportunity that has now led me to my new role here at the SBA serving faith-based and community leaders and organizations, and those they serve,” Pauley said. “Together we will build an even stronger economy that will be of great benefit in our neighborhoods and to our nation.”

Alumnus Matt Kinney Creates OtherWorld Encounter Interactive Art Exhibit

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Alumnus Matt Kinney Creates OtherWorld Encounter Interactive Art Exhibit

Belmont alumnus Matt Kinney, bachelor of music composition, was a part of a Nashville-based interactive visual art exhibit from late December through January 13.

OtherWorld Encounter combined elements of an art festival, science-fiction cinema and The Escape Game with innovative technologies including virtual reality, interactive music rooms, holograms and sound design. Kinney was able to create an experience for audiences to make music, walk through different soundscapes and shape a water stream in his “Slow Motion Fountain.”

The large, multi-room, multimedia exhibit was founded by Nashville’s OWN (OtherWorld Network) and highlighted the city/s new technology and immersive art experiences.

Kinney is a composer, performer and multimedia artist and has exhibited his work over the past 10 years through interactive installations, orchestrated original musicals, transcribed pop arrangements for harp, broadcast film and more.

In 2013, he co-founded Patchbay, a program that commissions new collaborations between music composers and visual artists.

Author Stacie Nevadomski Berdan Encourages Students to Develop a Global Mindset

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Author Stacie Nevadomski Berdan Encourages Students to Develop a Global Mindset

On February 4, Belmont hosted a convocation event as part of the Cat Financial Global Speaker Seminar, “Develop a Global Mindset,” featuring award-winning and best-selling author Stacie Nevadomski Berdan.

Berdan shared with students how globalization has changed the dynamics of succeeding in the workplace and what skills are necessary for students to differentiate themselves from others in their current or future jobs. She began with a quiz for students to test their global knowledge and gave out her book to students who answered the questions correctly.

Berdan shared that the best way to develop a global mindset is to adopt cross-cultural competency and to look beyond ourselves and our own communities.

“Cross-cultural competency matters as much in the communities in which we live as in the places where we work,” she said. “It’s about embracing diversity, otherness and change because global is everywhere.”

She concluded by sharing essentials for career success, such as enhancing a global persona by starting to think and act globally, studying or interning abroad, being globally smart by staying informed and finding a mentor.

Art Instructor Showcased at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

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Art Instructor Showcased at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

Adjunct art instructor Rachel Boillot was recently chosen as one of the 56 artists included in The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston’s project “Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South.”

Southbound is the largest exhibition ever produced of photographers capturing the American South in the twenty-first century. The exhibition presents multiple ways of visualizing the region.

After its debut in Charleston, “Southbound” will travel nationally, including stops in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Meridian, Mississippi; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Boillot, along with a few fellow artists, will travel to eight different schools to host writing and photography workshops for students. The artists will conduct a series of documentary photography workshops, sharing their process, philosophy and advice for creating a cohesive visual essay.

Boillot’s work has been funded by the Annenberg Foundation, Los Angeles, and the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., and can be found in the permanent collections of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth and the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University, Durham.

In addition to teaching art at Belmont, Boillot directs and produces the Cumberland Folklife Project, a multifaceted documentary project including arts, crafts, music and oral history of the Cumberland gap’s rich cultural heritage.

Alumnus Recalls Learning to ‘Create Own Boundaries for Success’ at Belmont

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Alumnus Recalls Learning to ‘Create Own Boundaries for Success’ at Belmont

“My Belmont experience has truly taken me in many positive and productive directions,” alumnus Erick Allen said. When recalling his time at Belmont, Allen remembers how Belmont helped prepare him for his career and for his newest position as a Georgia State Representative.

After graduating from Belmont in 2001 with a degree in business administration, Allen has since gone on to work in several industries, allowing him to have a diverse background. His first position out of college was working as director of learning for Central Parking Corporation. After this position he transitioned into healthcare where he spent many years in departments ranging from human resources to talent management. Allen currently serves as a talent management consultant supporting the healthcare division of Cornerstone On Demand.

One of Allen’s most important positions, that led him to where his is today, was working as the executive director of learning and development for a state agency. He recalls this position as a transformative one saying, “after seeing some of the deficiencies of state government, I thought that my skills would be better served as a policy maker. This is what propelled me to my first campaign in 2014.”

Although Allen was a business administration major at Belmont, he said that one of his most influential classes was a sociology elective with Dr. Andi Stepnick. He credits the class with opening him to his passion and compassion for others. “There are still things that I read over today that were assignments from her class,” Allen said. “As a policy maker this grounds me in my approach and decision making.”

Allen looks back at his time at Belmont as one that helped him grow and learn how to be successful. “Belmont brought out my confidence and my ability to work collaboratively in diverse settings,” he said. “It was at Belmont that I learned to just ignore the box and create my own boundaries for success.”

168 Belmont Students and Faculty Participate in ‘Amazon Live’ Event

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168 Belmont Students and Faculty Participate in ‘Amazon Live’ Event

Belmont students and faculty were recently invited to attend a recruiting event hosted by Amazon in Nashville. The event, called “Amazon Live at the Ryman,” was an opportunity for the company to showcase their plans for Nashville and explain what they’re doing with their Worldwide Operations Organization as well as give people an opportunity to meet and hear from their leaders about some of the work they do.

The event opened with musical performances from a folk band and Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands. Several interview style discussions followed, where different team members from Amazon shared their experiences within different aspects of the company. Towards the end of the event, Belmont alumnus Brad Paisley was brought to the stage to play some music for attendees. Paisley was also awarded a $50,000 donation from Amazon for The Store, the non-profit free grocery store Paisley and his wife plan to open next door to the Belmont Ministry Center.

The audience was then released to meet recruiters and hear about upcoming opportunities from Amazon. Students who attended the event were encouraged to ask questions and meet the representatives from Amazon.

Maddie Peltier, a junior accounting and management information systems major, said, “This event was intended to hype up Nashville for the arrival of Amazon. One of the most important skills that I learned in my classes at Belmont that is effective at events like these is being able to thoroughly introduce yourself to people. I learned how to give my elevator pitch which helped me be able to comfortably mingle with many recruiters.”

Students on a bus going to the Amazon event at the RymanThe Amazon event was hosted in Nashville due to their new Operations Center of Excellence opening in the city soon. Amazon invited faculty and students to participate in the event to inform them of what Amazon will be doing in Nashville as well as encourage students to keep Amazon “top of mind” when looking for jobs in the future. Amazon also sent buses to Belmont’s campus to provide easy access for students to the attend the event.

Physical Therapy Students Hear Lecture from World-Renowned Ultrasonographer

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Physical Therapy Students Hear Lecture from World-Renowned Ultrasonographer

Belmont University physical therapy students recently participated in a lecture on ultrasound examination of the hip and the use of ultrasound guided injections by Beth Bardowski NP, a world renowned ultrasonographer from the Nashville Hip Institute.

Bardowski is a sought out clinician/educator that has taught numerous diagnostic ultrasound courses to surgeons from around the world. While at Belmont, she guided the students through the anatomy of the hip and demonstrated how the diagnostic ultrasound is used in both the assessment of the hip as well as the follow-up treatment of various hip dysfunction.

Treybig Invited to Present at Mid-Atlantic Flute Society Convention

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Treybig Invited to Present at Mid-Atlantic Flute Society Convention

School of Music Lecturer Dr. Carolyn Treybig presented, by invitation, her clinic session entitled Telemann Fantasies – Period v.s. Modern Flute Interpretation at the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Flute Society Convention on February 16 and 17. In the session, Treybig compared and contrasted 18th-century and modern scholarly sources as well as performances with baroque and modern instruments to arrive at a comparative understanding of accepted flute performance practices for these keystones in the flute repertoire.

The event was hosted by the Flute Society of Washington.

Alumni Lead Local Non-Profit Poverty and the Arts

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Alumni Lead Local Non-Profit Poverty and the Arts

Two Belmont alumni are working to lead a local Nashville non-profit, Poverty and the Arts (POVA). Belmont alumna Nicole Brandt Minyard is the founder and executive director of the organization which she started during her time as a student. Darrell Hawks serves as the President of the Board of Directors for POVA and is also a Belmont alumnus.

Poverty and the Arts works towards creating a space where people impacted by homelessness are provided creative resources, training and a marketplace to overcome common obstacles. They encourage and enable people to explore their artistic talents, take part in workshops and create relationships and networks.

Poverty and the Arts will be hosting their annual Gold Key Gala on Saturday, February 23 which features artwork from their artists, a silent auction, food and music.

To find about more about POVA click here.

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