Following several days of class cancellations or delays due to severe weather and road conditions, Belmont University will be operating on a normal schedule on Thursday, February 19 with classes and activities proceeding as planned.
Because weather and road conditions can vary greatly within our region, students, faculty and staff are urged to use individual discretion when making the decision to travel to campus in snow or icy weather.
Belmont University is open today–Wednesday, February 18–and classes scheduled for 11 a.m. or later are proceeding. This includes evening classes. Commuter students and employees should be aware that surface parking lots will closed today so cars should be parked in garages. Closed areas include the top floors of the Curb and Thrailkill garages and Portland Avenue (between MPAC and the library). Because weather and road conditions can vary greatly within our region, students, faculty and staff are urged to use individual discretion when making the decision to travel to campus in snow or icy weather.
In addition, the University anticipates resuming its normal schedule tomorrow.
Belmont University will be open today–Wednesday, February 18, 2015–but no classes or activities will be held prior to 11 a.m. All classes and events scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. or later are expected to proceed as scheduled. Facilities Management Services continues working to clear ice from sidewalks and building entrances, but given the extreme conditions this week as well as this morning’s additional snow accumulation, some areas may remain slippery. Please be cautious when walking through campus and stay on the walkways that have been cleared.
Commuter students and employees should be aware that all surface parking lots will closed today to allow crews to remove last night’s snow and ice so cars should be parked in garages. In addition to surface parking lots, closed areas include the top floors of the Curb and Thrailkill garages and Portland Avenue (between MPAC and the library).
Because weather and road conditions can vary greatly within our region, students, faculty and staff are urged to use individual discretion when making the decision to travel to campus in snow or icy weather.
Given the current road conditions and forecast, all classes will be cancelled today, Monday, February 16. University offices will also be closed, except those essential to the safety and welfare of on campus residents. Employees involved with campus tours and scholarship interviews scheduled for today should check with their supervisors to ensure those events are covered.
Associate Professor of History Dr. Peter Kuryla recently conducted an interview for “Chapter 16”, a website and meeting place that encourages a broad readership in Tennessee humanities, with historian Nell Irvin Painter (Princeton, emerita) on her bestselling book The History of White People. To view the interview, click here.
Dr. Kuryla was also chosen to summarize and offer a conclusion to this year’s Maryville Symposium of Faith and the Liberal Arts, entitled “The Future of the Church-Related College.” The annual symposium meets to discuss the relationship between Christian faith and the liberal arts. Dr. Kuryla’s extended critique of the ideas exchanged, along with an introduction from symposium organizer Dr. Ronald Wells, can be found here.
Students in Dr. John Niedzwiecki’s Animal Behavior Class will work with a zookeeper and their animals during a spring semester project focused on understanding specific animal behavior. Projects may have to do with dominance, stress, mating displays or the effectiveness of enrichment activities. Students will present their findings to zoo staff and the general public in April.
Participating students will be working with tigers, elephants, clouded leopards, kangaroos, bongo bongos, lemurs, fish, night active herptiles and birds.
Belmont was recently selected as the host site for Alpha Phi Alpha’s Anti-Hazing Summit due to the University’s pending application for an Alpha Phi Alpha chapter to come to campus. The Summit was called to work towards eradicating hazing on college campuses within and outside Tennessee.
Attendees included 88 delegates from active Alpha Phi Alpha chapters and Summit activities included discussions surrounding hazing prevention and policy presented by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Legal Counsel Wayne Harvey, Southern Region Legal Counsel John Ellis and member Russell Utley.
Fourth year pharmacy student Meghan Duquette and Assistant Professor of the College of Pharmacy Ashton Beggs recently returned from a week-long medical mission trip to Gobert, Haiti. Duquette was selected for this Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience last spring and was the second student in participate in the annual opportunity.
Under Beggs’s supervision, Duquette was involved in all medication-related aspects of the trip planning, which began summer 2014. The duo was responsible for choosing the medications they would take on the trip, all purchased from Blessings International. Medication labeling was developed by Duquette in both English and Creole, the native language of Haiti. While in Gobert, Duquette and Beggs were in charge of aiding the providers in selecting drug therapy, dispensing medications and counseling patients on each prescription.
Additional pharmacy students were involved in trip preparations including counting, packaging and labeling the medications prior to shipment. “It was great to see pharmacy students from all years come together to prepare the medications,” Duquette said. “Caring for patients in a third-world country is eye-opening. This experience has undoubtedly shaped my pharmacy path.”
Belmont alumni Rayvon Owen, Cody Fry, KellyeAnn Rodgers and Piper Jones are competing on American Idol’s 14th season and last night, the four performed together in the group round as Blvd. “The really awesome thing is, we all went to college together. We’re all buddies – Belmont University!” Jones said.
Blvd performed their rendition of Idol star Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone,” earning high remarks from the judging panel. “It was so smart to sing that song… Really impressive… That was my favorite one today,” said Idol judge and musician Harry Connick, Jr.
Following their performance, judge Jennifer Lopez wasted no time letting Blvd know they were safe. “I’ll just keep it very short, all of you are going through to the next round,” she said.
Once safe and off stage, Fry was grateful for the opportunity to perform with his friends and fellow Belmont students. “We all went to school together, and it was a once in a lifetime musical experience to be up on that world stage, just singing with some of my best friends.”
Tune into FOX next week to watch the contestants move forward in their Idol journeys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6xg3EIaZTA
