The College of Theology and Christian Ministry is pleased to announce that Lecturer in Religion Dr. Ann Coble published a paper in the edited volume Roots in the Cotton Patch, honoring Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Versions of the New Testament. 

Dr. Coble’s paper is titled “The Cotton Patch Versions:  Why do we love them so much?” This book is one of two volumes that were given at The Clarence Jordan Symposium.  Dr. Coble participated in the symposium, which featured a number of well-known speakers, including President Jimmy Carter.

Belmont Music Librarian Lina Sheahan, with Music Librarian at West Chester University in Pennsylvania Tim Sestrick, co-presented their paper “Changing Lives One Note at a Time: Library Internships for Undergraduate Music Majors” at the Music Library Association National Conference in Denver on Feb. 26.

During the presentation, they presented their experiences as intern and supervisor and described the high-impact learning experience students can have as library interns in music. The paper was originally published in Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice in spring of 2014.

The latest round of Admissions materials, created for recruiting Fall 2015-2017 entering classes, won two Awards of Excellence from the CASE District III competition, presented last week at the annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Created as a collaboration between Admissions, University Marketing and Public Relations and Communications, the materials scored acclaim in the Print and Digital Publications Category for “Viewbook (Recruitment Publication)” and “Admissions Recruitment Materials (Recruitment Publication Series).”

Judge Alberto Gonzales was published in the column section of USA Today on Feb. 24 with his piece, “Seize Chance to Reform Immigration.” Co-written by David N. Strange, the piece details a judge’s ruling that “provides Republicans a chance to stop saying ‘no’ and start fixing the problem.”

The article says, “U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s recent decision enjoining Obama’s executive actions on immigration has ironically created unique opportunities to move forward on immigration reform.” It goes on to explain the belief that “Republican members of Congress now have the opportunity to take the initiative on meaningful immigration reform that enhances our national security and our economy.”

Judge Gonzales and Strange are co-authors of the recently published book “A Conservative and Compassionate Approach to Immigration Reform: Perspectives from a Former U.S. Attorney General.”

To read the full USA Today column, click here.

Professors in the College of Pharmacy Drs. Eric Hobson and Alisa Spinelli and Dean of the College of Pharmacy Dr. Philip Johnston were published in The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education with their article, “Staging a Reflective Capstone Course to Transition PharmD Graduates to Professional Life.” The article is the scholarly findings from a case study of a Belmont capstone class.

The objective was to develop and implement a course that would allow students to reflect on their development as a professional, assess and share achievement of the college’s outcomes, complete a professional portfolio, establish a continuing professional development plan and prepare to enter the pharmacy profession.

Findings concluded that the course provided an opportunity for student-based summative evaluation, direct observation of student skills and documentation of outcome completion as a means of evaluating readiness to enter the profession.

To read the full journal article, click here.