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Lovvorn Co-Authors Published Article

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Jason LovvornAssistant Professor of English Jason Lovvorn co-authored an article recently published in The Elementary School Journal (Volume 115, Number 4) with Bridget Dalton, lead author at University of Colorado – Boulder, Kristin H. Robinson, CAST Inc., Blaine E. Smith, University of Miami, Tara Alvey, Austin Peay State University, Elaine Mo, University of the Pacific, Paola Uccelli, Harvard University and C. Patrick Proctor, Boston College.  

The article, “Fifth-Grade Students’ Digital Retellings and the Common Core: Modal Use and Design Intentionality,” resulted from a research project examining how students retold folktales in digital fashion, using images, sounds and animations alongside written text. The study highlights students’ intentional designs and their awareness of complementary compositional modes and suggests that educators need more complex models and more efficient teaching practices regarding multimodal composition.

Miranda Lambert Performs Special Benefit to Fund ‘Women Creators’ Scholarship at Belmont

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Miranda Lambert Performs Special Benefit to Fund ‘Women Creators’ Scholarship at Belmont

Concert at 3rd and Lindsley demonstrates passion to empower women

Tuesday night at 3rd and Lindsley, reigning Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert headlined an acoustic show with proceeds being used to establish the Miranda Lambert Women Creators Fund at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. The purpose of the fund is to provide a scholarship to outstanding women students.

As part of Miranda’s ongoing pledge to support other female artists, Lambert invited her writer pals Natalie Hemby and Jessi Alexander to participate in this special evening celebrating women for her unplugged version of the “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars” Tour.  She was joined by her fall tourmates Raelynn, Clare Dunn and Courtney Cole. Hemby, Dunn and Cole are all Belmont University graduates.

“I am so excited to establish this scholarship fund at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business,” said Lambert, who noted that her passion for music is her motivation to continue breaking down the doors for fellow female singer/songwriters. “To encourage and empower women to achieve their goals is why I am supporting outstanding women who want to pursue their dreams in the music industry.”

Doug Howard, dean of the Curb College, added, “Throughout her career Miranda Lambert has been a faithful and loyal supporter of women songwriters and artists, and her music has served to inspire and to empower. And now, with the creation of her scholarship fund, Miranda will directly impact the education and opportunities of young women creators as they prepare for a career in the music industry.  We are truly grateful for this generous gift and for the vision of its wonderful purpose.”

The Miranda Lambert Women Creators Fund will provide over $40,000 in scholarship funds to a female student majoring in music business, songwriting or entertainment industry studies enrolled for the 2016/2017 academic year.

About the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business
In 1971, Belmont first established a Music Business program designed to prepare young women and men for operational, administrative, creative and technical careers in the music industry. The program grew in both size and reputation, leading to the advent of the full Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business in 2003. Currently home to more than 2,000 undergraduates with majors in five areas—music business, audio engineering technology, entertainment industry studies, songwriting and motion pictures—the college boasts an impressive faculty of academic scholars and authors, entrepreneurs, songwriters, producers, filmmakers and sound and recording engineers.  It is a world leader in music business and entertainment industry education and the only freestanding college of its kind.

About Miranda Lambert
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert is the reigning five-time CMA and reigning six-time ACM Female Vocalist of the Year. The first single off of Lambert’s fifth studio album, Platinum, “Automatic,” was Lambert’s highest charting first week single to date and won CMA Song of the Year.  Her duet with Carrie Underwood, the album’s second single, “Somethin’ Bad,” has been certified as an RIAA Platinum Digital Single.

Platinum, made history when it debuted atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart, making Lambert the first country artist in the history of the chart to have each of her five albums debut at number one.  Platinum also debuted at the top of the all genre Billboard 200 as the number one album in the nation.

In addition to her award winning music, she dedicates much of her time to her MuttNation Foundation. She owns two lifestyle boutiques, general stores she named, The Pink Pistol, that are located in her hometown of Lindale, Texas, and Tishomingo, Oklahoma.  She also added The Ladysmith, a bed & breakfast in Tishomingo, to her empire this past year. In addition, Lambert has designed a shoe line that is available at DSW, Off Broadway, Shoe Dept, Shoe Carnival, Country Outfitters and other retailers across the country.

 

 

Bridges to Belmont Students Volunteer for Local Organization

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Bridges to Belmont Students Volunteer for Local Organization

As part of their summer program at Belmont, 11 Bridges Scholars, students participating in the University’s Bridges to Belmont program, have spent their Friday afternoons volunteering in the community for Hounds Unbound program of the Neighborhood Safety and Animal Welfare Study. Added to the transitional summer orientation for the students last year, this year was the second year that volunteer opportunities have been included in the summer programming.

Hounds Unbound
Photo provided by Lelia Grossman

Committed to building fences for dogs that would otherwise be chained for 24 hours a day, Hounds Unbound had the scholars build fences to allow dogs to run more freely – eliminating the aggression caused by chaining. The animals, Sam and Rio, exhibited a great change in their demeanor once the newly expanded habitats were created by the students.

For more information on Hounds Unbound, click here.

Header image provided by Lelia Grossman.

 

Pethel Publishes Book Detailing Nashville’s All-Girls Education

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All Girls EducationMary Ellen PethelDr. Mary Ellen Pethel, adjunct instructor in Belmont’s Honors Program since 2012, recently published a book entitled All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall, 1865-2015 featuring a large amount of Belmont’s history.

All-Girls Education highlights the history of Ward-Belmont, an all-girls college preparatory school, music conservatory and junior college to Belmont College and Harpeth Hall School. The schools maintain a shared history and have contributed to Nashville’s historic reputation as the “Athens of the South.” To celebrate Belmont and Harpeth Hall’s anniversary, Pethel’s narrative traces the uninterrupted story of women’s higher education in Nashville since the Civil War.

Nashville’s Martha Ingram wrote the book’s Foreword and All-Girls Education is available at Bookman/Bookwoman, Parnassus, Amazon and other online retailers.

 

Seymour Featured on Lifeway’s Homelife Cover

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Hanna SeyCurb College Coordinator of Student Enrichment Hanna Seymour , author of blog dearhanna.com, will be featured in the August edition of Lifeway’s Homelife. Her article, “The Big (And Tender) Sendoff” will serve as the magazine’s cover article and explores the how-dos (and don’ts) of supporting children who are transitioning into their collegiate experience.

Seymour started dearhanna three years ago as a sounding board for what she calls, “typical college girl problems.” Readers from all over the country wrote in with questions that covered a variety of topics and Seymour wrote back. As readership has matured, so has Seymour’s content covering topics including college, faith, life and relationships leading to a rebranding – hannaseymour.com.

Since making a connection at Lifeway, Seymour has written for a number of their magazines including Homelife and Parenting Teen.

 

 

Belmont Named Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp July Member Spotlight

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Belmont Named Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp July Member Spotlight

In the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp most recent newsletter, the July edition of Nashville Notes, Belmont was highlighted as the organization’s member spotlight. Sent to all the CVC’s partner organizations, Nashville Notes features updates, current news, industry best practices, links for additional resources and a monthly member spotlight.

 

Pharmacy Student Chosen as Walmart Scholar

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Pharmacy Student Chosen as Walmart Scholar

Sara Thompson, a fourth year pharmacy student at Belmont University, was recently chosen as a Walmart Scholar by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). The scholars program recognizes select students and their faculty mentors in an effort to strengthen the recipient’s skills and commitment to a career in academic pharmacy. Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Dr. Edgar Diaz-Cruz serves as Thompson’s mentor.

In speaking of Thompson Dr. Diaz-Cruz said, “It is refreshing to see such maturity, determination, and passion for academic pharmacy and patient education in a pharmacy student.” Thompson is interested in medical Spanish and health disparities as experienced in the Hispanic community. After pharmacy school, Thompson said she plans to pursue a residency with a teaching certificate program and ultimately join academia as a faculty member in pharmacy practice.

In addition to its recognition, the Walmart Scholar program provides scholarships to student-faculty pairs to attend the AACP annual meeting and Teachers Seminar, recently held in National Harbor, Maryland.

Quigley Teaches Healthcare in Haiti as Frist Global Health Fellow

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Quigley Teaches Healthcare in Haiti as Frist Global Health Fellow

Jennifer QuigleyWhen doctorate of nursing practice student Jennifer Quigley realized she would be the first Belmont recipient of the Frist Global Health Fellowship, she said she was eager to use her passion for global health to implement a plan for teaching health care providers in Cap-Haitien, Haiti a modern method of natural family planning. Her trip was born of a partnership between Belmont’s College of Health Sciences and Nursing and the organization Hope Through Healing Hands, which was founded by Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D.

Although the goal of the trip was to assist the Haitian people, Quigley was quick to say the trip was life-changing for her, as well. “I learned so much more from the Haitian people than they learned from me. I have never seen a more joyous people, full of life and love, and each was eager to show me love. Though they did not have much, I never went hungry, and I always had water. They joyfully give, even if they have so little to start with,” she said. “I also had the opportunity to deliver a baby, with only one other nurse, no drugs and not sterile equipment — only a clean room and the two of us. It was an experience I will hold with me for the rest of my life.”

Quigley’s fellowship focused on educating medical practitioners about the Standard Days Method (SDM), developed by Georgetown University in Washington D.C., which uses knowledge and awareness of the fertility cycle to allow women and couples to time and space pregnancies and has been tested to be 95 percent accurate when used correctly. Quigley spent her summer training the health care providers in the knowledge and skills to not only understand the method, but also the tools to instruct, guide and counsel patients in this method to plan pregnancies.

The Hope Through Healing Hands team knows the far-reaching impact that this kind of sustainable program can have on developing countries like Haiti. Women who have access to family planning education and resources are less likely to die in child birth, have healthier children and space their children farther apart, which allows for a more stable family structure. For a couple to be able to communicate and decide what size family is appropriate for them is an important piece in decreasing disparities in the developing countries. “This can lead to improving the economic status of entire communities. The capacity is truly incredible, which is why we’re so excited about seeing the results of Jennifer’s study,” said Executive Director of Hope Through Healing Hands Jenny Dyer.
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Quigley had originally planned to recruit and teach 31 providers, but after completing the course with those original providers and finding an overwhelming positive response, she continued to provide training to those she could while she was there. By the end of her trip, she had completed the course for close to 200 physicians, nurses and community health workers throughout the northern part of the country. Many stated the visual tool and simple rules of the method make it desirable for their population, of which almost 50 percent are unable to read or write. Preliminary results show much improvement in the knowledge of fertility, family planning and how to effectively space pregnancies. Formal data analysis is still in progress and should be completed in report form by the middle of September. 

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Belmont Students Represent Phi Kappa Tau on National Stage

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Belmont Students Represent Phi Kappa Tau on National Stage

On Saturday, July 18 Belmont’s Phi Kappa Tau chapter was recognized as a Founder’s Finalist, one of the national organization’s top four chapters, at the Phi Tau national conference in Oxford, Ohio. The Zeta Alpha chapter was given the opportunity to make a presentation for the Maxwell Award, the title given to the nation’s highest performing chapter.

Belmont senior Joey Whalen and juniors Kirk Bado, Hayden Rutledge and Drew Kovacs participated in the presentation and emphasized Belmont’s unique Greek environment and the chapter’s AskPhiTau service, a service-oriented program that receives request from the community via social media.

The team discussed the culture among fraternal life and Belmont and the ways they’ve been successful. “The thing that makes Belmont’s Greek system unique is that each organization truly cares about the campus life as a whole and works to improve the experience not only for themselves, but also for every student organization,” Rutledge said.

While the Nebraska-Wesleyan chapter went on to win the award, the team said they were honored to be selected as a finalist and share their chapter’s programs with schools all over the country.

“We had so many people come up and ask us about AskPhiTau,” Bado said. “So even if we didn’t win, just having one chapter adopt one of our programs is a success for us.”

Students Present at Center for Public Trust National Conference

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Students Present at Center for Public Trust National Conference

Two Belmont students recently attended and presented at the Center for Public Trust (CPT) National Conference in Baltimore. Vince D’Ambrogi, a Dallas native and junior majoring in management, and Denee Headen, a senior from Hendersonville majoring in marketing, participated in the event that focuses on ethical leadership and decision-making to equip students from leadership roles in their CPT campus chapters.

More than 60 students, from 26 chapters, attended the conference. During their time in Baltimore, D’Ambrogi and Headen were assigned to teams and given a scenario in the pharmaceuticals industry to analyze. Studies focused on a variety of topics including bribery, international business norms and ethical dilemmas. After review, the teams acted as consulting firms and informed the organizations how to move forward with solutions.

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