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Belmont Receives Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award

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Belmont Receives Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award

Belmont was recently recognized by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Matrineau as a 2017 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award recipient. The award recognizes exceptional voluntary actions that improve or protect the environment and natural resources with projects or initiatives not required by law or regulation. This is the second year in a row that Belmont has been honored with the designation.

“These organizations represent the spirit and drive that make the Volunteer State great,” Haslam said. “I thank all of the winners for their individual contributions to the environment and for keeping Tennessee a beautiful state in which to live and work and to visit.”

In its 31st year, the awards cover nine categories including Building Green, of which Belmont was recognized last year, Clean Air, Land Use and Materials Management, among others. This year Belmont was honored for the award’s Sustainable Performance category.

“I applaud all who were nominated and those who won for working to protect our state’s natural resources in an efficient, sustainable way,” Martineau said. “Voluntary actions are crucial to safeguard and improve our natural environment.”

The only higher education institution to be recognized among the state’s 11 recipients, the list of honorees includes:

  • Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority – Hamilton County
  • City of Lebanon – Wilson County
  • Keep Knoxville Beautiful – Knox County
  • Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization – Knox County
  • Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority – Davidson County
  • Nashville Fire Department Station 19 – Davidson County
  • New Hope Christian Academy – Shelby County
  • Sherwood Forest Project – Davidson County
  • Suttree Landing Park – Knox County
  • The Nashville Food Project – Davidson County

A panel of 22 professionals representing agricultural, conservation, forestry, environmental and academic professionals judged more than 89 nominations and selected this year’s award recipients based on criteria including on-the-ground achievement, innovation and public education. More information about the process can be found here.

Belmont will receive its award at a ceremony held in June.

 

Art Department Hosts Photography Master Class, Publishes ‘Real 615’

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Art Department Hosts Photography Master Class, Publishes ‘Real 615’

The "Nashville: The Real 615" PublicationBelmont’s Department of Art recently hosted a Photography Master Class, taught by Paul Seawright, Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Ulster University in Belfast, Ireland. Seawright has been called the preeminent war photographer of our time and his work has been collected by major museums and galleries throughout the world including the Tate in London, The Museum of Contemporary Art Strasbourg and The Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, among many others.

Throughout the course, Seawright and his students created “Nashville: the Real 615,” an initiative that celebrates the twin cities of Belfast and Nashville and is the first in a number of planned student and staff exchanges among the cities. Copies of the publication will be shared around the Nashville community. A twin publication will be created during a second project hosted at Ulster.

When conceiving a Nashville project, the students kept returning to the concept of the “real Nashville,” an attempt to avoided the more ‘cliched’ pieces of the city that are often covered. The team wanted to examine the issues seen throughout the city, across campuses, in industries and more.

As a result of the class, Ulster will welcome the Art Department’s study abroad courses this summer by providing a workshop and reception at Belfast City Hall that will include a contingent from another Belfast Twin City in China. Additionally, the Department is exploring future opportunities to partner with Ulster in the future.

 

Department of Chemistry and Physics Hosts Workshop for Local High School Students

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Local high school students participate in a lab at Belmont“This is a great product for any family who wants a cheap substitute for mainstream brands with picky kids…Bringing comfort back to your life!” These are just a few of the catchy slogans students from Stewarts Creek High School developed during “Back Titrations:  Neutralizing Agents – How Basic is It?,” a guided inquiry workshop for Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry high school students recently held at Belmont University.

Event organizer Dr. Danielle Garrett, assistant professor of chemistry education, held a half-day workshop in Belmont’s organic and advanced chemistry labs for 30 AP chemistry students from Stewarts Creek.  After an interactive discussion on neutralization reactions, acid-base indicators and titrations, students determined the effectiveness of commercial products used to reduce stomach acid. After collecting and analyzing their data, groups created persuasive brochures, marketing the most effective neutralizing agent. Students then toured the labs, ate lunch and visited The Belmont Store.

Dr. Thom Spence, dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics, and Tyra Avery, rising senior chemistry major, helped with the workshop. This fall, Avery will do her senior research with Garrett, working to develop green laboratory options for the high school chemistry classroom. “I’m glad Tyra was able to volunteer for this outreach event,” Garrett said. “Seeing students work in the lab, engaging with the students and answering their questions help provide a unique perspective on the intentional planning that must go into developing articulate, coherent and comprehensive laboratory instructions for students.”

Garrett also said she looks forward to continuing these workshops for local schools. “Putting a guided-inquiry spin on the labs gives students the opportunity not only to get excited about science but to explore their creativity through scientific analysis. The students at Stewarts Creek took this creativity to heart and developed some very compelling marketing lines to promote their experimental results,” Garrett said.

Pharmacy Student Named as Inaugural Thomas Hall Scholarship Recipient

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Kisakye, the award recipient, stands in front of a step and repeat at the 2016 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Luncheon
Kisakye at the 2016 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Luncheon where she spoke on her passion for community pharmacy.

Eva Kisakye, a student in Belmont’s College of Pharmacy, was recently named as an inaugural Thomas Hall Scholar through Child Family Health International (CFHI), an NGO focused on global health initiatives. Dr. Thomas Hall is a respected leader in global health, having worked for more than 60 years on improving the health of low-resource countries, providing medical care across the world and working to strengthen global health systems.

After a search that included nearly sixty applications, Kisakye was selected as one of the awards inaugural two recipients. A Ugandan native, Kisakye moved to the United States in 2008 to pursue her education. Passionate about community pharmacy, Kisakye will return to Uganda in October for a clinical rotation where she will work alongside mothers and children in an AIDS clinic, an opportunity she sought out and organized herself. The scholarship money will support Kisakye’s time in Uganda.

“I hope to become well-versed in ways to increase healthcare access in resource-limited settings while addressing healthcare disparities and social determinants,” Kisakye said. “Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to enhance my knowledge and clinical experience in public health while serving the people of Uganda.”

CFHI’s Executive Director said, Dr. Hall is a fearless advocate for the prominent position of young people in global health education, research, and practice. We are honored to support Dr. Hall’s vision and expand his impacts.

The recipients’ selection represents the end of a nationwide search for two future leaders in global health and a new step forward in Child Family Health International’s passion for training individuals in a setting that establishes industry standards in ethics and patient safety.

 

Staff, Administrators Receive Emergency Training in Two-Day Course

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Staff, Administrators Receive Emergency Training in Two-Day Course

More than 30 Belmont staff and administrators participated this week in an extensive two-day training course provided by the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT), a training partner of the Department of Homeland Security.

The course, Campus Emergencies Prevention, Response and Recovery (MGT-324), provided participants with an understanding of and ability to navigate throug​h the difficult aspects of dealing with campus emergencies involving natural or man-made events, including acts of violence. The course consisted of small, problem-based, integrated group activities that required a coordinated, integrated approach to solve. Through tabletop scenarios, course participants observed a developing incident and responded in a manner consistent with currently established campus and jurisdictional emergency operations procedures.

Belmont’s Director of Risk Management and Compliance April Khoury arranged the training. She said, “The instructors were impressed with not only the number of Belmont participants, but the engagement and participation of each individual.”

 

Schenkel Serves as Expert for WalletHub

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Dr. Schenkel's headshotAssociate Professor of Entrepreneurship Dr. Mark Schenkel served as an expert for WalletHub’s recent piece on credit cards for new businesses. Schenkel completed an question and answer session with the publication and detailed best practices business owners should utilize when navigating credit.

For the full article, click here.

 

Overall Published in Rhetoric Review

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Joel Overall HeadshotDr. Joel Overall, assistant professor in English, recently published an article titled “Kenneth Burke and the Problem of Sonic Identification” in Rhetoric Review. The article explores the fragile nature between sound, meaning and division through a close reading of noted rhetorician Kenneth Burke’s review of a 1934 Nazi-German era symphony, Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler. 

Rhetoric Review is a tier one scholarly interdisciplinary journal of rhetoric that publishes in all areas of rhetoric and writing. You can access the article here.

Students, Alumnae Receive Public Relations Awards

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Award recipients pose with their honorsTwo entries by Belmont University students and alumni received awards at the recent Public Relations Society of America Nashville Chapter’s 31st annual Parthenon Awards. The event was held at the Parthenon at Centennial Park to recognize the best work produced by area public relations professionals and students in 2016.

Receiving Awards of Merit in the student entries category were Callie Edwards for her “Belmont University Residence Life Research” project and Lindsey Barchent, Haley Hicks Charlton (alumna), Julia Couch (alumna), Haley Hall (alumna) and Jessica Martin (alumna) for the “Success. Value. Advocacy” campaign they conducted for the Students Veterans of America in spring 2016. The two projects were produced in public relations classes taught by Dr. Christie Kleinmann.

Edwards, Couch and Hall attended the annual awards event and assisted in welcoming attendees to the sold-out event. Belmont students Cayli Allen, Jenna Corradeno and Megan Heiner also served as volunteers at the event, assisting in handing out awards.

Dr. Bonnie Riechert, chair of the department of public relations, made the award presentation for the Nashville Chapter’s Hercules Award to Jackie Cavnar, recognizing sustained contributions to the chapter, the profession and the community. Riechert was the recipient of the award last year.

The event was attended by 220 area public relations and communications professionals. DVL Seigenthaler received the Best of Show Award. The PRSA Nashville Chapter is the professional sponsor of Public Relations Student Society of America Chapters at Belmont University, Austin Peay State University, Lipscomb University, Middle Tennessee State University and Western Kentucky University. The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is the nation’s largest professional organization serving the communications community.

Skeen, Watts Receive Award for Advocacy for Women in Ministry

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Skeen, Watts Receive Award for Advocacy for Women in Ministry

At the recent Tennessee Cooperative Baptists’ meeting, the 2017 Betty Galloway Award for Advocacy for Women in Ministry was awarded to Belmont Professor of Religion Dr. Judy Skeen and Associate Professor of Religion Dr. Andy Watts. The Betty Galloway Advocacy for Women in Ministry Award was established in May 2000  to recognize individuals, churches or organizations that excel in promoting and advocating for women in places of ministry.

Betty Galloway was the first Southern Baptist female deacon ordained in the State of Tennessee.  From 1947 to 1951 Betty and her husband served as missionaries to China and Thailand.  Later, both served First Baptist Church in Russellville, KY and First Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, TN.

 

Massey College of Business Maintains AACSB Accreditation

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Massey College of Business Maintains AACSB Accreditation

Belmont’s Jack C. Massey College of Business Administration recently announced the maintenance of its business and specialized accounting accreditation by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in business and accounting.

Dean of the College of Business Administration Dr. Pat Raines said, “Accreditation by AACSB-International is the gold standard by which world-class business schools are measured. AACSB standards are developed by business education thought leaders and provide best-practice guidance for deploying academically qualified faculty, enhancing research productivity and assessing learning outcomes to make sure that our students are truly prepared for their first destination. We are extremely proud of the Massey College of Business faculty, staff and students who dedicated themselves to achieving this symbol of global academic excellence.”

Belmont is part of an elite group of institutions—less than 5 percent of the world’s business schools—to have achieved business accreditation from AACSB International. Even more impressive, only 186 institutions hold the additional accounting accreditation and less than 15 hold both the business and accounting accreditation. To realize accounting accreditation, an institution must first earn or maintain AACSB Business Accreditation, which requires an institution to undergo a meticulous internal review and evaluation process. Then, in addition to developing and implementing a mission-driven plan to satisfy the business accreditation quality standards, accounting accreditation requires the satisfaction of an additional set of standards specific to the discipline and profession of accounting.

“AACSB commends each institution for their exemplary work in holding the highest honor in business school accreditation,” said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. “During this peer-review process schools must demonstrate alignment with AACSB’s global accreditation standards, as well as how they encourage engagement, innovation, and impact across the communities they serve.”

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