Associate Professor of Education Dr. Rachael Flynn-Hopper, Henna Jurca and Heidi Elbarky led a workshop, “Music in the Classroom: A Learning and Management Tool,” on the use of music to support the cognitive, physical and social-emotional development of children in early childhood and elementary classrooms. Participants learned how music sets the tone for the day and learning environment, how to use songs and technology to make music accessible and ways to incorporate it across the curriculum.
Heather Cain, graduate student in the reading specialist program, presented a session on the importance of developing phonemic awareness and phonics skills through the use of a phonics phone. Her session, “Phonics Phones,” allowed participants to make their own Phonics Phones, model and practice their use and generate ideas on how they could incorporate them in the classroom.
This spring semester the students in SPA 2895 La Cocina del Mundo Hispano (“Cuisine of the Hispanic World”) studied the connections between culture and cuisine in Spanish speaking countries. They practiced Spanish vocabulary and grammar needed for a variety of culinary activities and read Like Water for Chocolate by the novelist Laura Esquivel and food-themed odes by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Putting theory to practice, their professor, Dr. David C. Julseth, arranged for a series of hands-on cooking workshops that were taught in Spanish by Hispanic chefs in a professional community kitchen located in the new Casa Azafrán Community Center. Here the students learned to make the recipes from the Mexican novel by Esquivel, as well as Salvadoran pususas, Peruvian ceviche and Colombian sancocho stew. Cassava (yuca) fries, chile rellenos and cooked plantains were some of the semester favorites!
Dr. Kevin S. Trowbridge, assistant professor of public relations, challenged students and faculty at Union University as well as West Tennessee community leaders to consider how emerging technologies could change the way we see teaching and learning.
Dr. Douglas Bisson, professor of history, has published A history of England. The sixth edition of this two-volume textbook was released by Pearson Education in January 2014. The new edition is also available in a Chinese Simplified version. Professor Bisson is the sole active author of A history of England and has also published The Merchant Adventurers of England (University of Delaware Press).
Mathematics and Computer Science department faculty Dr. Glenn Acree (Pathways director) and Dr. Danny Biles (Pathways program manager) recently took seven of the students from the 
While many college students spend the summer working, performing internships or continuing coursework, three Belmont students will cycle across the country to raise funds for orphans in Honduras.
Students in Dr. David Herrera’s Concert Promotions class
As student members of the Belmont chapter of Best Buddies were participating in a Friendship Walk at Bi-Centennial Mall to raise money for Best Buddies Tennessee on April 13, they learned they won Tennessee College Chapter of the Year.