College of Law Dean Alberto Gonzales has recently been elected as a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, an association of 801 attorneys across the state. Invitations to membership, which is a position of honor, were extended to 29 attorneys this year by the Board of Trustees. The introduction of new Fellows took place at the annual Fellows’ Dinner in Nashville.
The Bar Foundation’s purpose is to honor attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the profession and to administer a grant making program. That program, The Interest On Lawyers’ Trust Accounts, has awarded grants in excess of $20-million to law-related, public interest projects throughout Tennessee.
More than 200 university students carried on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday when they spent five hours volunteering at the fifth annual MLK Day of Service. Students from Belmont, Lipscomb, Trevecca Nazarene, Vanderbilt and Tennessee State Universities gathered at TSU’s Kean Hall to celebrate and honor King through a day of community service. The 
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded the universities a $2,500 grant to complete the service projects. Throughout the day, students were assigned to one of seven sites and participated in a number of service activities. At Hadley Towers and I.W. Gernert, students created and dispersed disaster preparedness kits for senior residents. Others packed and sorted food boxes at Feed the Children. At Soles4Souls, students sorted shoe donations, while those assigned to Habitat Restore sorted building supplies. At Project C.U.R.E., students sorted donated medical supplies, and participants at Bailey Middle School painted the school cafeteria.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Dr. Anthony Blash was recently selected as one of 13 professionals featured in the 2014 publication of Careers in Health Information Technology, a health information technology (HIT) textbook by Brian T. Malec.
Assistant Professor of Law Deborah Farringer and Nashville Attorney Thomas Bartrum (Baker Donelson) co-authored “They’re Back! The Rise of the Narrow Network in Health Care Exchanges and How it May Impact Academic Medical Centers,” an article that was recently published in
Field Education Advisor and College of Theology and Christian Ministry Faculty Member Dane Anthony was chosen to present at UnderCurrent, a gathering exploring the ideas of faith, vocation, community and culture in a TedTalks presentation format. The gathering on Jan. 14 was entitled “Creativity in Work” and featured Anthony and four other speakers.
Strings for Hope, a local nonprofit being supported by Belmont Enactus, recently was awarded $10,000 from the Tom’s of Maine “
What’s Hubbin’, a company run by Belmont juniors Channing Moreland and Makenzie Stokel, was recently named as one of eight start-ups selected to take part in Project Music, the Nashville Entrepreneurship Center’s (EC) most recent accelerator.