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College of Pharmacy Attends Regional Meeting and Brings Home Awards

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The College of Pharmacy’s student American Pharmacists Association (APhA) chapter, advised by Dr. Traci Poole, had 20 attendees at the annual Midyear Regional Meeting, held in Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 24-26. Student pharmacists participated in various professional development activities and networking events with students from 24 schools and colleges throughout the southeast.

APhA Pharmacy PartyThe festivities were kicked off when second-year pharmacy student Kayla Hill was announced as Belmont’s Student Membership Recognition winner due to her work as Fundraising Chair. Belmont second-year student Kathryn Litten participated in the Prescription Relay Race, where she worked with three other student pharmacists from different schools in filling, verifying and counseling a “patient” regarding their prescription.

Third-year student Alexander Tu stayed true to this year’s national theme of “Discover Your Voice,” by running for the regional position of Midyear Regional Meeting Coordinator. Tu amazed the crowd with an informative and humorous speech which led him to victory. With Tu’s win comes the opportunity for the College of Pharmacy to host the 2015 Midyear Regional Meeting in Nashville.

Belmont second-year student and Vice President for Policy Melanie Beaty successfully proposed policy developed by Belmont’s chapter to the Regional House of Delegates regarding promoting patient access to nontraditional therapies and alternative delivery systems via compounds.

CTCM Hosts Regional Festival for Academy of Preachers

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academy of young preachers-226Belmont’s College of Theology and Christian Ministry (CTCM)hosted a Regional Festival for the Academy of Preachers on campus Oct. 24-25. The Academy of Preachers is an organization that seeks to inspire young adults ages 14-28 to explore their call to gospel preaching. The Academy hosts three regional festivals throughout the country and one national festival each year.

CTCM Dean Dr. Darrell Gwaltney said, “We welcomed 20 young preachers to campus who preached on the theme ‘Tell Me a Story,’ received feedback from evaluators, and encouragement from peers in preaching circles. Among the young preachers were CTCM alumni Larry Terrell Crudup (’10) and Sarah Garrett (’13) and current CTCM students Julia Crone and Brooke Pernice.”

All four Belmont students and alumni will likely participate in the national festival in Dallas in January.

In addition, the young preachers participated in peer group conversations about preaching and listened to sermons from Gwaltney, as well as professors from Sewanee: The University of the South, Trevecca Nazarene University and Vanderbilt Divinity School.

Students Host Convocation Centered Around Campus Theme

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Belmont students Emily Dempsey, Nikhil Saxena and Jim Mixon were panel members for Tuesday’s convocation centered on their experiences growing up in Portugal, Abu Dhabi and Kenya, respectively. A presentation designed to engage students in dialogue surrounding Belmont’s campus theme, Living in a Global Community, the discussion included a question and answer structure where audience members asked about topics including cultural differences, transition challenges and religious tolerance.

living in a global community final edits-105Although the students grew up in a number of countries, their perspectives on global communities were similar. Dempsey, who grew up in Portugal, said that living abroad for much of her life has enhanced her communication skills. “Not necessarily expressing myself, but understanding people. When you have people from everywhere with all kinds of accents and English is their second or third language…understanding what they mean, not just what they say is important,” she said.

Both she and Mixon came to Belmont to pursue a love for music, a career they hope to couple with a love for service and people. Through music, the pair said they believe they are able to communicate on a deeper lever than with words and can use the global language to bypass barriers and cultural differences.

Despite living in the U.S. for college, Mixon said he will always call Kenya his “patriotic home.” Living in international living in a global community final edits-108communities teaches you that home is relational and communal. Often, friends in these communities only stay three to five years, so you learn to find a home internally. “Home is the thing that I take with me. I’m creating my home with me,” Mixon said.

The convocation was the first of a monthly series designed to bring Belmont’s campus theme to students in an engaging way.

Social Work Program Chair Named in Most Influential List

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Sabrina SullenburgerSocial Work Program Chair and Associate Professor Dr. Sabrina Sullenberger was recently honored as one of The Social Work Degree Guide’s 30 most influential social workers alive today. Sullenberger has been a faculty member at Belmont since the summer of 2013, after spending 10 years at Indiana University.  Sullenberger is passionate about research within her field, as well as engaging students in service learning inside the classroom.

For more information about Sullenberger’s award, click here. 

Career Day Highlights Success, New Name for Career & Professional Development

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Office currently enjoying one of institution’s highest ever first destination rates at 92 percent

career day 2014-104Hundreds of people invaded Neely Dining Hall Wednesday, all dressed in their professional best, as representatives from more than 75 area companies came to campus to recruit Belmont students and alumni for job and internship opportunities.

The event represents just one of the numerous gatherings held year-round involving Belmont’s Office of Career & Professional Development. From organizing participation in large-scale community job fairs to meeting one-on-one with current students and graduates seeking professional career coaching, the Career Development staff plays a critical role in Belmont’s efforts to promote the best possible outcomes for students’ education.

Patricia Jacobs, director of the Office of Career & Professional Development, said, “We have an amazing Career Development staff who are focused on being student-centered, helping our students and alumni find their passions as well as where those passions intersect with the world’s needs. Everyone is focused on positive outcomes for our graduates, and we’re partnering with areas across campus on this important work.”

Until recently, the Office of Career & Professional Development was known as the Office of Career Services, but the change in name was made to better reflect the mission of Belmont University and the purpose of the office. The timing of the new nomenclature comes when Belmont is enjoying one of its highest First Destination Rates ever, 92 percent, a figure that represents the percentage of graduates who secured full-time employment, enrolled in graduate school or enlisted in military service within six months of graduation.

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Schneller, Barnard Present at AAC&U Annual Meeting

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Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Dr. Beverly Schneller and Assistant Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Global Education Dr. Mimi Barnard presented on student experience and student learning at Live Beyond as part of a panel on global education at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) annual meeting on Global Learning held in Minneapolis Oct. 16-18. The panel was sponsored by New American Colleges and Universities (NACU).

In addition, Schneller was the only U.S. scholar invited to participate in the 2014 special topics conference on ” The Notorious Sir John Hill” held at King’s College, London Oct. 31. Her talk focused on John Hill’s business relationship with his London publisher, Mary Cooper, between 1745-60. The conference papers will be revised for publication as essays in a 2015 book on the cultural impact of Sir John Hill, edited by Hill’s biographer, George S. Rousseau.

College of Pharmacy Hosts Interactive Certificate Program

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On Oct. 18, Belmont University College of Pharmacy hosted an interactive and innovative certificate program for pharmacists entitled “Delivering Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services.” Developed by the American Pharmacists Association, the training program explores the pharmacist’s role in providing medication therapy management services to patients.

PharmacistsThe goals of the certificate training program are to advance public health and patient care through improved medication use, provide training to enhance pharmacists’ ability to effectively provide MTM services, motivate increased numbers of pharmacists to establish MTM services, and communicate benchmark practices for providing MTM services. Thirty pharmacists- from New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee- attended the one-day training session led by College of Pharmacy faculty members Dr. Traci Poole and Dr. Ashton Beggs.

Belmont Students Continue Success of Startup

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Left to right: Stokel, Clarke and Moreland.
Left to right: Stokel, Clarke and Moreland.

Belmont juniors Channing Moreland, Makenzie Stokel and Seth Clarke continue to expand the success of their startup What’s Hubbin,’ a company founded to help Nashvillians navigate through the local music scene, through local and national recognition. Moreland, Stokel and Clarke were the winners of the 2014 Belmont University Student Business Plan Competition hosted by the Belmont Center for Entrepreneurship.

WhatsHubbin.com was launched last year and has more than 3,000 users in the Nashville area including students, area residents and tourists. Users can view a calendar of shows at various stages and explore short profiles of all the local venues and local artists, tailoring their user profile to their own musical preferences.

Earlier this week, co-founder Moreland was selected to participate in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Global Student Entrepreneurship Award pitch competition in Miami, Fla. on behalf of What’s Hubbin’. In addition, What’s Hubbin’ was one of 10 companies chosen to participate in the second annual Sparks pitch competition hosted by SouthernAlpha last month. This competition drew established entrepreneurs including Marci Harris from PopVox in Redwood City, Calif., and Sanjay Parekh, a founder of Startup Riot in Atlanta, to judge the competition.

Moreland is also a finalist for the 2014 NEXT Awards’ Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for her work with What’s Hubbin’. Presented by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, the NEXT Awards recognize entrepreneurial-minded companies in Middle Tennessee, as well as the entrepreneurs who make a significant impact on our local economy, helping to make Nashville one of the best cities in the U.S. to start a business.

Moreland credits the Belmont entrepreneurship program with much of the company’s success.

“Belmont has provided so many opportunities that we may not have had otherwise,” she said. “After we were accepted into the Student Business Accelerator program, we were introduced to the Entrepreneurship Village which introduced us to all of these pitch and business plan competitions.”

Moreland continued that their professors have continued to provide advice and support on the company’s future endeavors. The company is currently working on redesigning the website and creating a mobile app before expanding to other cities.

Two Belmont Students Featured in Tennessean for Start Up Company

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Geoff Gross
Geoff Gross
Tim Downey
Tim Downey

Two Belmont students and their new start-up were featured in a recent article in The Tennessean. Tim Downey, CEO and co-founder, is a senior majoring in entrepreneurship, and Geoffrey Gross, CTO and co-founder, is a senior majoring in computer science and applied discrete mathematics.

Their business, Picd.us, was started in July 2014 and the basic idea is that Picd.us incentivizes a company’s customers to post brand-related content to their social media. This in-turn will broaden the company’s digital market reach. Downey and Gross have been busy with launching their website, starting the patent process, working on web design and product mockups as well as pitching their ideas to potential investors.

They are working out of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The EC fosters innovation and entrepreneurship by turning ideas into reality, helping to start businesses and create jobs. As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, the Center is funded through sponsorships, partnerships, donations and grants.

Equestrian Club Wins Six Ribbons at First Competition of the Year

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Equestrian-ClubThe Belmont Equestrian Club won six ribbons at the Maryville College competition. The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association riding competition was held on Oct. 18-19 and hosted by Maryville College at Penrose Farm. The four members who competed in the hunter/jumper discipline of equestrian sports rode against schools such as Vanderbilt University, University of Tennessee Knoxville, The University of the South, Middle Tennessee State University and Murray State University.

All of the riders representing Belmont placed in the flat and over fences classes. The flat classes require the riders to control their horses by performing various gaits asked by the judge while maintaining proper equitation form. Over fences classes require the riders to navigate their horse through a course over fences while maintaining proper equitation form. The horses are randomly drawn for each rider challenging their riding ability to control a horse they have never ridden.

“By randomly drawing horses to compete, you have to be prepared for anything. You don’t get a chance to warm up or learn about your horse. It is the ultimate challenge as a rider. Some of the horses our riders rode were difficult and hard to handle, but the club’s riders proved their ability to control and show a variety of horses,” said Allison Harpole, president of the Belmont Equestrian Club.

The following ribbons were won by the Belmont Equestrian Club:
Mary Ritchea, 1st
Allison Harpole, 4th and 5th
Caitlyn Marsh, 5th
Meg Anderson, 4th and 6th

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