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Students Receive Foreign Language Awards

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Three foreign language students recently received national awards this spring:

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Marissa Mitchell and Kelsea Riddick have been awarded Teaching Assistant Program (TAPIF) grants from the French Ministry of Education to serve as English Teaching Assistants in France for the 2015-16 year.

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Emma Cate Whitefield has been awarded a grant from the Austrian Ministry of Education to serve as an English Teaching Assistant in Austria for 2015-16.

These grants are based, among other factors, on the student’s ability in the respective country’s language, as well as their knowledge of its culture. Mitchell, Riddick and Whitefield represent the high quality of work, both in teaching and in advising, that occurs in the Department of Foreign Languages at Belmont.

Occupational Therapy Residency Projects Provide Wheelchairs and Support to Families in San Carlos, Mexico

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ClaireGreccoTaraHarperTwo doctoral students in Belmont’s Occupational Therapy program recently completed their residency projects which provided wheelchairs and professional support to children and their families in San Carlos, Mexico.  Claire Grecco and Tara Harper completed complimentary projects under the academic advisement of Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy Dr. Teresa Plummer and with assistance from the faith-based charitable organization, Reach Out and Care Wheels (ROC Wheels), based in Bozeman, Montana.

For her project, Grecco piloted the creation of a local chapter of Youths Empowered with the Helper Spirit to Reach Out and Care at Nashville’s Ezell Harding Christian School.  Through the program, students learned about the international need for wheelchairs and helped raise money to provide wheelchairs for children.

Both Grecco and Harper traveled to Mexico to distribute five custom-fitted wheelchairs provided by ROC Wheels and took photo and videos of the children receiving the wheelchairs so they could share the experience with those who helped raise necessary funds. While in San Carlos, Grecco and Harper also assisted local therapists in fitting over 60 adult and pediatric wheelchairs and provided education regarding their use to caregivers.

Harper’s project was to create a caregiver education manual to support the caregivers to the children who received the wheelchairs.  The manual includes important health information regarding seating and mobility, as well as wheelchair maintenance and adjustment.

Doctoral candidates in occupational therapy each design a culminating project which requires 640 hours to advance their skills in the areas of clinical practice, research, administration, leadership, program and policy development, advocacy, education and/or theory development.

Belmont Education and Media Studies Departments Partner with Rose Park Magnet to Produce Community Paper

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Belmont Education and Media Studies Departments Partner with Rose Park Magnet to Produce Community Paper

Edgehill’s Best, a free community newspaper run once a year, is scheduled to hit the shelves within the Edgehill community by the beginning of June. Produced by a partnership between Rose Park Math and Science Magnet Middle School and Belmont University, the project began under the direction of Belmont’s Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy and engages Rose Park 7th and 8th graders in creating a newspaper as part of their journalism class. The partnership brings together professors from Belmont’s Media Studies and Education Departments and teachers from Rose Park including 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher Audrey Lyell.

Last year’s edition was created under the guidance of Belmont Media Studies Instructor Dorren Robinson and Assistant Professor of Media Studies Dr. Hyangsook Lee. The duo, working alongside Department Chair Dr. Thom Storey and Searcy, produced the eight-page edition. This year, Belmont’s Education Department joined the partnership and Chair of the Education Department Dr. Mark Hogan traveled to Rose Park weekly to teach the students about journalism and writing.

With 11 Rose Park students participating in the publication of this year’s edition, Dr. Hogan said the opportunity to work directly with the students has been invaluable. “The students had great ideas and showed leadership in bringing a project to completion.  I believe they learned about writing for publication, specifically for newspapers and how that is different than classroom writing for assignments,” Dr. Hogan said. “This also allows the Teacher Education Department to further engage in our commitment to be the ‘feet in the street’ education program in Nashville.”

Li Translates Film Festival’s VIP Session

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LQJ-with-Chinese-directorsThis year’s Nashville Film Festival featured four films from China, their directors and a number of representatives from China’s film industry.  Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Chinese Dr. Qingjun Li was the translator for the community VIP session entitled, “The Future of Film in China.” This year, for the first time, Chinese box office sales eclipsed those in the U.S.

Alumnus Snider Selected to Join Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme

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Belmont alumnus Logan Snider, December 2014 graduate with a major in music performance (flute) and a minor in Japanese, was recently selected for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. JET is now in its 27th year and is aimed at promoting grass-roots international exchange between Japan and other nations.

The number of countries sending participants has risen over the years, as has the number of participants. Since JET began, there have been more than 60,000 participants from 63 countries.  Snider was a member of Belmont’s Japan Travel Study in 2012 led by Drs. Cynthia Bisson and Marieta Velikova. Snider will join Belmont alumna Dianna Antenucci who is in her third year as  a JET.  So far, four Belmont students have received JET appointments.

Charter Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society Circle Launches at Belmont

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Charter Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society Circle Launches at Belmont

The charter circle of Belmont University’s new Omicron Delta Kappa honor society became a reality Monday as 55 students and two faculty members were officially inducted. Omicron Delta Kappa is a 100-year old national leadership honor society that has initiated more than 300,000 members since its founding.

Provost Dr. Thomas Burns initiated the chartering and was a member of OΔK as an undergrad at Dickinson College. “OΔK values the importance of integrity, academic achievement, leadership and service. There is such extraordinary consonance between those values and Belmont’s mission of “providing an academically challenging education that empowers men and women of diverse backgrounds to engage and transform the world with disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.” Essentially, bringing OΔK to campus allows us to celebrate our shared beliefs, recognize students who exemplify these qualities, and help provide them additional opportunities to expand their commitments to these values. Partnering our students with the OΔK organization helps connect Belmont students to a much larger international community allowing them new opportunities to shape their world.”

The Society recognizes not only academic achievement but also campus leadership across the five phases of campus life:

  • Scholarship
  • Athletics
  • Campus or Community Service, Social or Religious Activities, and Campus Government
  • Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media
  • Creative and Performing Arts

OΔK is committed to developing campus leaders who will become tomorrow’s community leaders. Founded at Washington and Lee University (Virginia) in 1914, OΔK currently has 299 active circles across the country, with Belmont being the most recent.

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Alumnus Bolding Named ‘Outstanding Teacher’

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Jonathan Bolding, a 2011 M.A. graduate in special education, will receive the “Outstanding Teacher Award” from the Greater Nashville Alliance of Black School Educators (GNABSE) during its annual Awards and College Scholarship Gala on June 7. Bolding currently serves as a gifted education (ENCORE) teacher for Metro Nashville Public Schools and is primarily assigned to Meigs Magnet Middle School, while also providing support part time to East Nashville Magnet and Madison Middle School.

“I truly believe that the individuals that we are honoring represent the passion and determination it takes to ensure that our children receive an equitable and quality education in our school system” said Donnie Crenshaw, GNABSE president. “They have all experienced marked success by rolling up their sleeves and doing the work necessary, including, at times, making the tough decisions, to ensure students have every opportunity at reaching their own levels of success by stressing education as the key to opening those doors.”

The award ceremony will be held Sun., June 7 at 5 p.m. at Fisk University’s Jubilee Hall, Appleton Ballroom. The annual gala, which focuses on honoring excellence in education, also seeks to bring awareness to the unique needs of African-American students.

Crook Presents Paper at Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference

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Amy-Crook-1-M-2Dr. Amy E. Crook, assistant professor of management in the Massey College of Business, presented a paper at the 30th annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology in Philadelphia recently. Her solo-authored paper, titled “Comparing Single-Response and Multiple-Response SJTs,” is an experimental validity study on different employee selection test formats. Crook developed the interpersonal skills tests involved in the study and collected the data here at Belmont with undergraduate students. Her talk was part of a symposium with other internationally known SJT experts in academia and industry from organizations such as Educational Testing Service, Michigan State University and Ghent University.

Alumnus Ben Vaughn Receives Music City Milestone Award

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Alumnus Ben Vaughn Receives Music City Milestone Award

MilestoneAward42-300x226Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, alongside industry partner ASCAP, honored alumnus Ben Vaughn as the sixth recipient of the Music City Milestone Award (MCMA). The MCMA celebrates Belmont’s connection with Music Row while recognizing a Belmont graduate who has achieved truly superlative success in the entertainment and music industries early in their career. Previous Music City Milestone Award recipients include Beka Tischker, Ashley Gorley, Rusty Gaston, LeAnn Phelan and Carla Wallace.

“Ben does not like attention put on him… But well-deserved to celebrate his journey and impact on the music industry with his family, friends and peers,” said ASCAP’s Michael Martin.

One of Ben Vaughn’s first internships as a Belmont student was with Warner/Chappell Music, and today he stands as executive vice president of the company’s Nashville office. Vaughn’s professional career began early. While still a junior at Belmont, Vaughn joined Big Tractor Music and served as general manager there for six years. Following his time at Big Tractor, Vaughn explored a new side of the industry as vice president/head of A&R with EMI Music Publishing.  EMI later promoted Ben to executive vice president/GM, until Sony/ATV acquired EMI’s catalog in 2012.  It was then that Jon Platt, president of the North American division of Warner/Chappell, tapped Vaughn to come back to his roots at Warner/Chappell Nashville.

“Belmont University gave me the firmest of foundations in music industry education and relationship building in an atmosphere of support during my early years in Nashville. Being recognized by ASCAP and the University means so much to me and my family,” said Vaughn.

To honor Vaughn remarks were made by some of his biggest mentors at the MCMA ceremony, including producer and EVP of A&R at Warner Music Scott Hendricks, former Sony Music Nashville Chairman and CEO Gary Overton and Platt.

Walden Receives Tennessee Association of College and Employers Award

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HeadshotCareer Development Specialist in the Office of Career & Professional Development Rachel Walden was recently selected as the recipient of the Annie Gray Harris Sasser New Member Award by the Tennessee Association of Colleges and Employers (TACE). Walden was presented with the award during the TACE annual conference on April 23rd.

Recipients of the New Member Award are professionals that have been members of TACE for less than five years and have demonstrated a significant contribution to career planning, recruiting and/or TACE. Contributions must show innovation, reflect foresight, and display leadership qualities. Walden currently serves on the TACE board as the Director of Communications.

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