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Students and Faculty Attend and Present at American Physical Society (APS) Meeting

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Students and Faculty Attend and Present at American Physical Society (APS) Meeting

Three Belmont students and a physics faculty member, Dr. Davon Farrara, recently attended the The American Physical Society March Meeting, the largest international meeting of physicists in the world. Ferrara presented a poster titled, “West Coast Swing Dancing as a Driven Harmonic Oscillator Model”.

The research was conducted with Belmont students Marie Holzer and Shirley Kyere during the 2016 Belmont summer SURFs program. In this project, they hypothesized that a driven harmonic oscillator model can be used to better understand the interaction between two west coast swing dancers since the “stiffness” of the physical connection between dance partners is a known factor in the dynamics of the dance.

The APS March Meeting brought together more than 10,000 attendees, 105 invited sessions and approximately 600 contributing sessions where more than 8,100 papers were presented.

Blash Presents at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Meeting

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Blash Presents at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Meeting

Blash with his colleagues.Dr. Anthony Blash, College of Pharmacy, and colleagues presented a session titled “Differentiate Your Skill Sets From Others: Earn a Professional Certification” at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The conference and session were attended by Belmont Pharmacy students Jae YI, CAHIMS, Corey O’Nan, Michael Nixon, CAHIMS, and Dominic Paolella.

Belmont University College of Pharmacy Students Install National Electronic Health Record on Campus

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Belmont University College of Pharmacy Students Install National Electronic Health Record on Campus

Students images with EMRBelmont University College of Pharmacy students Aziz Afzali, Emily Locke and Jae Yi recently installed the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) nationwide information system and Electronic Health Record (EHR) in the Christy Houston Drug Information Center in Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy. VistA was developed by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and currently operates in over 1200 healthcare sites of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Afzali, Locke and Yi completed the install as part of a class assignment in the Healthcare Informatics concentration of the Belmont University College of Pharmacy Doctoral program. Dr. Anthony Blash, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences, has created a four-course sequence of classes to prepare Belmont student pharmacists for healthcare informatics and sit for the CAHIMS certification. The college saw its first student certify at the CAHIMS level 18 months ago and expects 20-30 students to certify each year moving forward. Both Afzali and Yi have already certified at the CAHIMS level, and Locke expects to complete her certification within the year.

When asked about the innovative project, Locke stated, “We got the assignment at the beginning of the semester. When I first heard about the assignment, I was excited to get some hands on experience.” Yi said, “When I got the assignment from Dr. Blash, I was scared first because I never had any EHR system experience at all. But at the same time, I thought it would be a great chance to learn how EHR systems work and how to install it.” As with any project, obstacles were encountered. Afzali identified these as “lack of computer programming knowledge and unfamiliarity with the EHR being installed.”

“I had every confidence in the team,” said Blash. “I predict that students in the Healthcare Informatics concentration will soon be able to work with an actual EHR, building clinical decision support modules which make healthcare safer and more cost effective for all. Nashville is considered by many to be home to the U.S. healthcare industry, with nearly 300 companies providing healthcare synergies found in few other places. As a HIMSS Approved Education Partner, Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy becomes the only pharmacy school in the world with a healthcare informatics concentration leading to an internationally recognized certification in healthcare informatics which may be obtained before experiential rotations, residency inquiries and job searches begin.”

Big Yellow Dog Music Representatives Discuss Pitching Songs for Sync

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On March 27, Big Yellow Dog Music Company Co-Owner Carla Wallace and Manager of Film/TV Sync Alex Stefano visited the Curb College to share their expertise on pitching songs for film and television placements. Stefano, a Belmont alumna and Wallace talked with students about synchronization rights and building relationships within the industry. They shared their thoughts on the types of songs that industry professionals are currently looking for and some of the stories behind their most successful placements.

After pitching a song by artist Claire Guerreso for placement in the hit television show “Pretty Little Liars,” the song became one of the top five “Shazammed” songs for several weeks and Guerreso was offered a deal with Ultra Music. While a large amount of successful song pitching is based on strategy, Wallace and Stefano advised that the most important piece of the puzzle is simply the song itself.

Keen Facilitates Leadership Bluegrass Panel

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Keen Facilitates Leadership Bluegrass Panel

Dan Keen Head ShotFor the 17th year, Instructor of Music Business Dan Keen facilitated a panel for Leadership Bluegrass which discussed current music publishing issues and practices. Keen led the panel which included award-winning songwriter Jerry Salley and noted music industry attorney Stephanie Taylor.

Adams Hosts GRAMMY Camp Weekend at Columbia Studio A

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In partnership with Hot Topic and the GRAMMY Foundation, Assistant Professor of Audio Engineering Nathan Adams coordinated and taught audio engineering for the first GRAMMY Camp Weekend at Belmont’s own Columbia Studio A on Music Row. The camp welcomed 30 high school students from the Nashville area working in three tracks including Audio Engineering & Electronic Music Production, Vocal Performance and Songwriting, with instruction from vocal coach Laura Donohue and performing artist Anne Heaton.

Additionally, Adams hosted a discussion panel for the students alongside GRAMMY-winning Artist Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum) and Producer Shannon Saunders (India Arie, John Legend and Johnny Lang). The event ended with a 7 song performance featuring all original music created by the students during camp.

Faculty-Author Discusses Recent Book on Belmont’s Musical History

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Faculty-Author Discusses Recent Book on Belmont’s Musical History

Shadinger hosts a convocation event about his book on March 22Dr. Richard Shadinger, a professor of music who has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on music history and piano since joining Belmont’s faculty in 1974, recently published a book on the history of music on Belmont’s campus. The book, titled, “Music on the Beautiful Mountain: A History of Music at Belmont” chronicles the role that music has played on the property since it was first established as an estate by Joseph and Adelicia Acklen in the 1850s. From first being recognized as a college for young women in 1890, to merging with Ward Seminary in 1914, to being re-established as a co-educational university under the name Belmont College in 1951, the University’s campus has always been a setting that cultivates music and the arts. The book also discusses the impact of the historical, cultural and developmental changes that have occurred in Nashville over time on Belmont’s journey to becoming the school it is today.

Shadinger hosted a convocation event on March 22 to discuss his new publication and the experiences he has had while teaching. In addition to his book, Shadinger has also written numerous articles on church music, keyboard literature and hymnology for The Hymn, The Church Musician, The Piano Quarterly, Pedalpoint, the Tennessean, Handbells, Proclaim and The American Music Teacher. His current scholarship projects include hymnology and 18th and 19th century hymn and tune books.

McLamb Wins Grand Prize in NSAI Songwriting Contest

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McLamb Wins Grand Prize in NSAI Songwriting Contest
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Belmont University corporate communications major Lauren McLamb was recently named as the grand prize winner of the 17th Annual NSAI Songwriting Contest for her song, “Wasted Fantasy.” The song, which McLamb co-wrote with Trannie Stevens, was chosen from over 2,000 submissions. After a rigorous judging process that featured a panel of industry professionals, the top 11 songs were selected and displayed on NSAI’s website for a round of public voting.

The prize package that McLamb will receive for her placement includes $5,000 cash, a mentoring session with artist Charles Kelley, a year-long single-song contract with Round Hill Music, placement on NSAI’s Top 40 list, a year’s worth of media exposure, a live performance slot in the 2017 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival and several meetings with professionals across the industry.

Speech and Debate Team Wows at National Christian College Forensics Invitational

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Speech and Debate Team Wows at National Christian College Forensics Invitational

The Belmont Speech and Debate Team were the Division I Individual Events National Champions at the National Christian College Forensics Invitational, held March 18-20, at Brand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. The following individual awards were received:

  • Allison Mahal was National Champion in three events–Novice Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation and Novice Prose Interpretation. She was named Overall Novice Speaker National Champion.
  • Mary Spaulding took 3rd place in Novice Dramatic Interpretation, 3rd place in Duo Interpretation and 2nd place in Novice Prose Interpretation. She was National Champion in Novice Poetry Interpretation and was named 4th Overall Novice Speaker.
  • Janvi Shuckla took 3rd place in Duo Interpretation and 2nd place in Programmed Oral Interpretation. She was a semi-finalist in Impromptu Speaking and was named 6th place Overall Varsity Speaker.
  • Madison Kendrick was National Champion in Duo Interpretation, 4th Place in Programmed Oral Interpretation and 3rd Place Novice Prose Interpretation. She was named 6th Overall Novice Speaker.
  • The team of Laura Durr, Allison Mahal, Janvi Shuckla, Madison Kendrick, and Mary Spaulding took 2nd in Reader’s Theatre.
  • Debaters took 3rd in the Division III Debate with Blake Simmons named National Champion in J-V Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

Webb and Stewart Present at Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

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Stewart and Webb with their poster presentationDr. Nathan Webb, assistant professor of communications and Tim Stewart, director of service-learning, recently presented a poster at the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Their poster, entitled “Partnering Up for Literacy: A Case Study on How Partnerships Can Help Create a More Literate Community,” examined how Webb’s Teamwork in Organizations class formed multiple partnerships to help create a more literate and inclusive community. They focused on how partnerships, both in the Nashville community and within the university, were formed and maintained to engage in recruiting volunteers, fundraising, marketing, communication and other important areas.

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