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Classes Cancelled Today, Thurs., March 5

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Given the current road and campus conditions, all classes will be cancelled today, Thursday, March 5, 2015, and scheduled campus activities will be postponed. Many University offices will also be closed, ​except those essential to the safety and welfare of on campus residents. Employees in those areas should report to campus. 

Facilities Management Services is working to clear sidewalks and building entrances, but everyone on campus is encouraged to please be cautious and stay on the walkways that have been cleared. In addition, surface parking lots and open-air top floors of garages will be closed today to allow crews to remove last night’s snow and ice, and any vehicle or pedestrian travel on Bernard Avenue is strongly discouraged. Everyone is encouraged to take caution with any travel or outdoor activities today. ​

Nursing Faculty Published in ‘Nursing Clinics of North America’ Journal

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Beth Hallmark
Dr. Beth Hallmark
Dr. Lynne Shores
Dr. Lynne Shores

College of Health Sciences Simulation Director Dr. Beth Hallmark and School of Nursing Professor Dr. Lynne Shores recently published a review article entitled “Safe Patient Handling and Mobility” in the peer-reviewed journal “Nursing Clinics of North America.” The article was co-written by Dr. Patricia Mechan, a physical therapy clinical consultant with Guldmann, Inc..

The article highlights educational, practice, policy and legislative efforts needed to reduce the problem of work-related injury in health care, emphasizing the interprofessional perspective.

Belmont’s Simulation Center contains ceiling lifts and other state of the art lift equipment used to educate students in the most advanced, safe handling techniques.

Belmont Enactus Works with Local Organization, Makes Jewelry from Guitar Strings

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S4H1Strings for Hope (S4H), an organization created by White Bluff resident Laura Wilson in 2011, collects discarded guitar strings to create unique jewelry through the artful work of women at Nashville’s Next Door, a housing and rehabilitation facility for women in transition. Funds raised through jewelry sales are donated to local food distribution centers to alleviate hunger in the greater Nashville area.

Wilson was struck with the idea behind S4H when her daughter returned from a friend’s house, saying the family was eating only two meals a day due to lack of financial resources. Paired with Wilson’s realization that her husband, a guitar player, was frequently discarding broken strings, the idea to create something that could sustain the need for food in her community was born.

In an effort to improve S4H, Wilson sought out Belmont Enactus, an organization centered around equipping social entrepreneurial ventures with environmentally sustainable business models to ignite economic and social change. S4H was a natural fit for Enactus, as Project Manager Graham Spencer-Orrell said Enactus is intentional in vetting organizations before creating a partnership. “The key things we look for are passion, possibility and the potential for sustainability,” he said. “S4H exceeded our standards in all of these areas… and is a great example of a triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.”

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McDowell Wins Burnside Review Book Award

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Gary McDowell

English Professor Dr. Gary McDowell’s third manuscript of poems, “Mysteries in a World that Thinks There Are None,” won the 2014 Burnside Review Book Award and will be published next spring.

Burnside Review is a small-press publisher, located in Portland, Oregon that publishes their journal every 9-12 months, as well as two full-length books of poetry and two chapbooks through their yearly contests. They also nominate their titles for all major post-publication awards.

To learn more about Burnside and this award, click here.

Alumni Group Judah and the Lion Perform on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’

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JTL-Late-ShowAlumni bluegrass group Judah and the Lion performed on “Late Night with David Letterman” on Friday, Jan 20 for the program’s final season. The group performed “Kickin’ Da Leaves” from their first full-length album, “Kids These Days.”

“It was a crazy moment that really made you reflect and be thankful for everyone who has believed in you and supported you up to this point. It’s a moment, and then it’s gone. On to the next moment now!” said music business alumnus Judah Akers.

The group consists of Akers and former music students Nate Zuercher and Brian Macdonald. Click here to visit the group’s website. 

To watch the group’s performance, click here.

Belmont Hosts Homecoming 2015, Calls Bruins Back Home

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Belmont Hosts Homecoming 2015, Calls Bruins Back Home

bruin-walk-113Saturday’s young alumni social wrapped up last week’s 2015 Homecoming Events for Belmont University as the Belmont family celebrated another successful year for Bruins everywhere.

With a focus on “coming home,” the week’s festivities included a homecoming concert featuring prominent Belmont alumni and friends, a pep rally and bonfire, a spirit walk and tower tailgate, an alumni social with special guest William Paul Young, a “Back to Blvd” celebration at Belmont Blvd. restaurants, a double header featuring both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and a canned food drive benefiting Nashville’s Second Harvest Food Bank, among others. The university’s annual Homecoming celebration includes a reunion for Tower Society members, Belmont alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago.

With a focus on celebrating’s Belmont desire to be “Nashville’s University,” the canned food drive was a staple part of this year’s Homecoming events. Faculty, staff, students and alumni were challenged to donate 1,000 canned food items to the local organization. The drive ran throughout the month of February and culminated at Saturday’s events. With more than 2,400 canned food items totaling more than 2,800 lbs., the Belmont family far exceeded its initial goal.

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Men’s, Women’s Basketball Teams Secure Spots in OVC Tournament

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Men’s, Women’s Basketball Teams Secure Spots in OVC Tournament

The Ohio Valley Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments return to Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium this week (March 4-7), and both Belmont teams have qualified for the post season tournament.

After defeating Tennessee State Saturday, Belmont’s men’s team secured a 3-seed and will play their first game on Thurs., March 5 at 8 p.m. versus the winner of Wednesday’s match-up between Eastern Illinois and SIUE. Meanwhile the women’s team secured the 4-seed and plays their first game versus Jacksonville State on Thursday at 1 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.

Current Belmont students can reserve complimentary tickets both men’s and women’s games–click here for more information. For information on ticket purchases for all other Bruins fans as well as details on special promotions and tailgate events, click here. For more information on all Belmont Athletics, visit belmontbruins.com.

Coble Publishes Article Honoring Clarence Jordan

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Ann CobleThe 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.

Sheahan Presents at Music Library Association National Conference

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Lina SheahanBelmont 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.

Belmont Vision Finds Success at Southeast Journalism Conference

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Achievers.JouralismStudentsBelmont journalism students found great success at the annual Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta last weekend, Feb. 27-28.

In the onsite competition where students compete in live events by reporting, writing, shooting pictures and taking tests, Belmont placed second overall and six students placed individually:

Rebecca Arnold, placed first in Copy Editing
Courtney Martinez, placed first in Current Events
Nick Yacovazzi, placed first in Arts and Entertainment Writing
Kirk Bado, placed first in Media Ethics
Riley Wallac, placed third in Opinion/Editorial Writing
Sam Cowan, honorable mention in Sports Writing.

The Belmont Vision competed with more than 40 universities from a seven-state region in the Best of the South competition, in which the students submitted articles and videos published in 2014. The online newspaper won Best College Website and the University had its best-ever showing, bringing home eight awards:

The Vision, placed first as Best College Website
Emily Proud, placed first as Best Feature Writer and seventh as Best TV Journalist
Nick Yacovazzi, placed third in Best Arts and Entertainment Writing
Lauren Craddock, placed seventh in Best Magazine Writing
Andrew Hunt, placed eighth as Best Press Photographer
Katie Greene, placed 10th in Best Opinion/Editorial Writing
Grayson Hester, tied for sixth in Best Special Events Reporting
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