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Hallmark Recognized as March of Dimes Nurse Educator of the Year

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Hallmark Recognized as March of Dimes Nurse Educator of the Year

Dr. Beth Hallmark, assistant professor and director of simulation in the College of Health Sciences and Nursing, was recently recognized as the March of Dimes Nurse Educator of the Year. The announcement was made at the organization’s annual Nurse of the Year Awards Luncheon held on Wednesday, November 1 at Belmont.

Held to honor nursing excellence and pay tribute to the tireless efforts of nurses throughout the community, the Nurse of the Year Awards recognizes nurses who are nominated by their colleagues, supervisors or the families they have served. The ceremony celebrates the nursing profession and recognizes the most outstanding nurses in several categories including Nurse Educator of the Year.

“I am humbled to have received this award,” Hallmark said. “The mission of the simulation program at Belmont is ‘to improve patient safety and health outcomes by providing high quality, evidence based, experiential education in a safe innovative environment.’  It is a team effort, and I am proud to be a part of this work. I am blessed to work with a wonderful group of interprofessional faculty and staff that support the work we do each day.”

 

 

Spanish and Nursing Double Major Spends Time Studying in Spain

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Spanish and Nursing Double Major Spends Time Studying in Spain

The student poses with some of her instructions in Spain.

Spanish and nursing double major Chanel Thomas recently returned from Valladolid, Spain where she completed courses in Spanish language & culture and Spanish for health care. While there, she participated in lessons on medical terminology, the Spanish health care system, patient assessment, emergency management, basic nursing skills, and patient interventions – all in Spanish.

Thomas said one of her favorite parts of the program was participating in clinical experiences at the Medical School at the University of Valladolid where she worked with nursing faculty and the Sim Man mannequin in a scenario that involved a patient with COPD and exasperated breathing. She was able to assess the “patient’s” heart rate and blood pressure and then implement the doctor’s orders.

Nearing her graduation, Thomas said she realizes the importance of being able to effectively communicate with Spanish-speaking patients to develop rapport and comfort. After finishing her undergraduate degree, Chanel plans to go to graduate school for a Masters in Nursing with the professional goal of working with immigrant and refugee populations.

For more information on this study abroad program, contact Dr. David Julseth at david.julseth@belmont.edu.

Communications Strategist Ken Schmidt to Speak at Belmont’s Fall Leadership Breakfast Dec. 8

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Communications Strategist Ken Schmidt to Speak at Belmont’s Fall Leadership Breakfast Dec. 8

Schmidt will share knowledge on ‘Building Tattoo-Worthy Customer Relationships’

Ken Schmidt, the former director of communications strategy for Harley-Davidson Motor Company, will be coming to Belmont University’s campus on Fri., Dec. 8 to share his knowledge on “Building Tattoo-Worthy Customer Relationships.” Schmidt is credited with helping rebuild Harley-Davidson’s brand, resulting in the motorcycle company’s turnaround from the brink of ruin to global dominance. He will share stories and insights on the road to building a fanatically vocal customer base, creating a passionately loyal corporate culture and developing leaders who inspire and motivate. The $45 breakfast event, part of Belmont’s Executive Learning Network programming, is open to the public.

Schmidt said, “Whether I’m talking about how perfectly average people can do extraordinary things or how to build an entirely new corporate culture, rekindle relationships with customers, or reach out to new ones in completely untraditional ways, I’m teaching people to throw conventional approaches out the window. I see opening hearts and minds as my life’s work.”

This program is a presentation from Belmont’s Jack C. Massey College of Business Executive Learning Network, a thriving network of over 350 business executives with the purpose of bringing together senior leaders of Nashville’s best-run companies in a setting where they can learn from each other. EO Nashville is the program’s community sponsor, and Williamson, Inc. is the media/community partner for this event.

Friday, December 8, 2017
Curb Event Center Arena, Belmont University
6: 30 a.m.: Registration and Networking
7-7:30 a.m.: Breakfast
7:30 am: Ken Schmidt Presentation
Parking: Curb Event Center Garage (Building No. 27 on the campus map)
Cost: $45
Click here to register

 

Study Abroad Office Boasts Seven New Locations for 2018

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Study Abroad Office Boasts Seven New Locations for 2018

With over 50 programs to choose from, Belmont students have never had a better opportunity to enrich their education by going abroad. Thanks to the department of Interdisciplinary Studies & Global Education, the Office of Study Abroad and the dedication of Belmont faculty, the catalog of study abroad programs continues to grow. The spring and summer of 2018 will see students travel to several countries that have previously been part of the study abroad program, such as Ireland, Germany, France and Italy, as well as some new additions, including Iceland, Portugal, South Korea, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

According to Thandi Dinani, director of Study Abroad, “Belmont’s study abroad programs continue to provide culturally enriching programs that enhance a student’s academic experience. Classrooms come to life as faculty take students to visit places where history took place. Whether visiting Nelson Mandela’s prison cell in South Africa, walking streets where Jesus walked in Israel, or learning how Galileo’s time in Italy was impacted by the Renaissance movement, students see how countries, concepts and cultures have shaped history and impact their world.”the back of a student's head, wearing a hat that says Belmont University

More than 600 Belmont students study abroad each year, including  Ashley Harris, a  sophomore publishing major  who studied in London and Scotland in Maymester 2017. She said, “Studying abroad allowed me to experience new cultures, challenge my mind and make new friends. In Edinburgh I found a place that felt like home even though I was 3,500 miles away from my family. This opportunity is one that I will cherish deeply for the rest of my life.”

Belmont offers both short and extended program types, ranging from one week to one full academic year. The short programs are led by Belmont faculty, and the credits are applied directly to students’ degrees. Longer trips can be completed as direct-enroll or exchange programs with partner institutions abroad or through affiliate program providers. Not only can students earn academic credits in their program and country of choice, but internship and service opportunities are also available.

“By engaging with the world while at Belmont,” said Dinani, “We empower students to understand global dynamics and perspectives, so they are prepared to navigate the world as global citizens upon graduation.”

In the words of Harris, “To any student thinking about going abroad, do it.”

Applications for Spring Break 2018 programs are due Nov. 15, while the deadlines for Maymester and Summer 2018 trips are Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, respectively. Contact the Study Abroad office for more information.

Julia Michaels, Alumna Beka Tischker, Keith Urban Share Wisdom, Songs on Campus

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Julia Michaels, Alumna Beka Tischker, Keith Urban Share Wisdom, Songs on Campus

Republic recording artist Julia Michaels was recently a guest speaker on campus for Curb College students, offering stories from her career along with performing a few songs for a packed house in the Johnson Theater. Michaels was joined by her manager and Belmont alumna Beka Tischker (2000, music business) for a Q&A, and her good friend Keith Urban also came by the event for a surprise duet of Michaels’ hit song “Issues.”

Julia Michaels and Beka talk at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. October 19, 2017
Julia Michaels and Beka Tischker talk at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. October 19, 2017

Tischker encouraged many of the young women in the audience who aspire to be in the entertainment business to keep moving forward in their careers. “If you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, everything will work out… I don’t focus on my gender. I focus on being the best that I can be.”

She also commented on the importance of mentoring other women and always keeping her focus on what is best for her clients, like Michaels, who she believes “…says things that people want to say, but don’t have the courage to.”

Michaels added, “I find that I feel better when people sing with me. It’s a really humbling thing when people sing with you and relate to your words… Don’t be apologetic. You’re here for a reason and your words matter.”

Julia Michaels and Beka Tischker talk at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. October 19, 2017

Michaels has solidified herself as an in-demand songwriters=, co-writing a string of Billboard Hot 100 hits alongside Justin Tranter—including Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” Selena Gomez’s “Good for You” [feat. A$AP Rocky], Hailee Steinfeld’s “Love Myself,” and more. Michaels signed with Republic Records and released her debut solo single in 2017, “Issues,” which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her debut extended play, Nervous System, released in July 2017.

Science Students Celebrate National Chemistry Week

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Science Students Celebrate National Chemistry Week

The Women in Science (WIS) club recently teamed up with Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) to celebrate National Chemistry Week with a number of events across campus. The week’s festivities included a Mole Day Celebration, “Awesome Science,” “Chemistry Colors the World: The Art and Science of Tie-Die,” a chemistry and physics faculty picnic and “Spa Day Science.” The Spa Day event featured opportunities for students to experience science in a physical way as student officers led three teams of students in creating sugar scrubs, lip scrubs and activated charcoal face masks.

two female students laughing while mixing ingredients in a cup

National Chemistry Week aims to share the relevance of the subject in every day life. Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics Dr. Rachel Rigsby said, “There are all kinds of chemistry in places where we don’t necessarily expect it. These events are designed to teach students more about them.”

Additionally, the Department is scheduled to host a birthday celebration for Marie Curie, a 19th century female physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, on Monday, November 6. Attendees will hear from guest speaker Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, director of the Women in STEM Center at Middle Tennessee State University, enjoy birthday cake and learn about current research projects at Belmont. 

 

 

 

Ambrefe Recognized as Jonas Scholar

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Ambrefe Recognized as Jonas Scholar

Paul Ambrefe, an instructor in the School of Nursing and a current Ph.D. student at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named one of twelve Jonas Nurse Scholars.

The Jonas Nurse Scholar Program supports nursing scholars to increase the number of U.S. nursing school faculty with doctorates.

Ambrefe was also distinguished as a Donald Jonas Legacy Fellow, a new honor for professionals interested in research related to school and prison health, as well as autism and other areas of interest to the co-founder of the program Donald Jonas.

Ambrefe currently leads the Adult Health II clinical experience at Belmont, in addition to his studies.

 

 

Hall of Fame Songwriters Share Expertise with Curb College Students

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Hall of Fame Songwriters Share Expertise with Curb College Students
Hall of Fame Songwriters with Faculty
Pictured (l-r): Dickie Lee, Jim McBride, Pat Alger, Tim Nichols (all Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame members) James I. Elliott (SNG Chair), and Drew Ramsey (SNG faculty).

Hit songwriters Jim McBride and Tim Nichols were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame this week, and then spent an evening sharing stories and songs two night later with Belmont songwriting students at an Oct. 25 event at Belmont’s Columbia Studio A on Music Row. Hall of Fame writer Pat Alger, a Belmont songwriting faculty member, moderated the event.

Nichols has written “Heads Carolina, Tails California” (JoDee Messina), “I’ll Think of a Reason Later” (Lee Ann Womack) and “That’d Be Alright’ (Alan Jackson), but he may be best known for writing the 2005 hit “Live Like You Were Dying,” recorded by Tim McGraw. Nichols is also co-owner of publishing company This Music with Belmont alumnus Rusty Gaston, and the company publishes successful Belmont songwriting graduate Emily Weisband, who won a Grammy this year.

McBride is responsible for a number of hit songs for Johnny Lee and Waylon Jennings and had many songs featured on the 1970s show “Hee Haw.” In the ’90s, he collaborated with Alan Jackson to write No. 1 hits “Chasing That Neon Rainbow,” “(Who Says) You Can’t Have It All,” “Someday” and “Chattahoochee.”

The special seminar is one of many events this year as part of Belmont Songwriting’s 10th anniversary celebration. Student media outlet the Belmont Vision did a recap of the event which can be read here.

 

Milton and Denice Johnson Center Awarded for Innovative Design, New Construction

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Milton and Denice Johnson Center Awarded for Innovative Design, New Construction

Belmont University’s Milton and Denice Johnson Center was recently celebrated at the 2017 IMPACT Tennessee: Build Green, Be Well conference, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Tennessee’s first statewide conference. The Johnson Center received the Innovative Design, New Construction award for its use of new technologies and strategies that surpass expectations of a green design and meet project challenges with innovation.

In response to the award, Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher said, “Belmont is always honored to be recognized for our commitment to our Conservation Covenant – ‘And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.’ Genesis 1:31. We want to be partners in creating a thriving and environmentally sustainable world.”

Trophy, second from the left, reads “USGBC Innovative Design, New Construction Award, Tennessee, Belmont University Johnson Center, 2017” Photo Credit: Peter J. Meadows

USGBC aims to “transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.” USGBC spearheads the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program, which provides a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building strategies. A selections committee representing Middle Tennessee, East Tennessee and West Tennessee reviewed the recent LEED projects in the region and identified recognized those that exceeded the LEED standard. These LEED-certified spaces use less energy, reduce carbon emissions and contribute to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.

According to Fisher, “The Milton and Denice Johnson Center is a great example of that effort with 120 geothermal wells for heating and cooling, an extensive green roof, a composting system for cafeteria waste and numerous other features that resulted in this building being certified as LEED Gold.”

Pictured (l-r) in the top photo are Darrell Lambert (ESa), Hannah Walter (Smith Seckman Reid, SSR), Alan Sparkman (USGBC Tennessee Market Leadership Advisory Board Chair), Judy Fisher, Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher. Photo credit: Peter J. Meadows.

Anderson Publishes Chapter on Melville’s Engagement with Philosophy

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Anderson Publishes Chapter on Melville’s Engagement with Philosophy

Dr. Mark Anderson's headshotDr. Mark Anderson, chair of the philosophy department, recently published a chapter in a collection of essays on Herman Melville’s engagement with philosophy. “Platonic and Nietzschean Themes of Transformation in Moby-Dick” was published in Melville Among the Philosophers (Lexington 2017).

 

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