Assistant Professor of Audio Engineering David Tough recently had a song featured on the ABC series “Nashville.” He produced, engineered and cowrote the song “Hillbilly Hollywood.” The ABC Family movie “Christmas Bounty” also featured Tough’s song “Pretty Mama” on Nov. 26. Click here to watch it.
Tough Songs Becomes Television Hits
Belmont, Lipscomb Entrepreneurs Face Off
The Bruins beat the Bisons both on the court and in the classroom during Battle of the Boulevard. Eight teams of undergraduate students from Belmont and Lipscomb universities competed in the Boulevard Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition on Nov. 18 in the Massey Boardroom. The students pitched their business ideas before judges during the event, which coincided with the Bruins and Bisons’ basketball game on Nov. 20.
“This first-ever business pitch competition between Belmont and Lipscomb provided a unique opportunity for students to refine their pitches and to network with young entrepreneurs from the challenging campus. Adding an academic event to the week of athletic focus provides an additional platform in which students can become involved. This competition was a great success, and I look forward to building this tradition,” said Belmont Center for Entrepreneurship Program Director Lisa Davis.
First Place and $500: Tyler Newkirk with ToCallitHome
Second Place and $300: Elizabeth Boutin with PureTrade
Third Place and $150: Makenzie Stokel with What’s Hubbin’
Physical Therapy Alumnus Recognized as Emerging Leader
Dr. Anson Rosenfeldt, a 2009 graduate of Belmont University School of Physical Therapy, has been named as one of 25 emerging leaders in physical therapy by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Rosenfeldt is a staff physical therapist with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.
Each year the association recognizes therapists from across the country who have demonstrated extraordinary service early in their careers. The organization’s professional journal, PT in Motion, announced this year’s honorees in last month’s issue. In the announcement article, Pamela Dixon, an occupational therapist who nominated Rosenfeldt, comments about her involvement in elevating the use of evidence-based practice and increasing quality and education of all therapists.
“I am truly honored to receive this award,” said Rosenfeldt. “My passion for physical therapy drives me to do more for my profession. I have been fortunate to be surrounded by other motivated, passionate therapists during my DPT education and at the Cleveland Clinic who have been inspirational in my career. It is a pleasure to be part of such a great group of therapists, and I hope to continue to promote the profession of physical therapy.”
With the Cleveland Clinic, Rosenfeldt has coordinated several National Institutes of Health stroke studies, established the protocol and collected data for her own acute study and published two papers. She has served as a volunteer physical therapist with the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland, a healthcare volunteer in Cambodia and Cameroon, and is on the Physical Therapist Assistant advisory board at South University in Cleveland. In addition, Rosenfeldt is a graduate faculty member at Cleveland State University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program, where she also completed her Master of Business Administration in 2013. She is an active member of APTA with whom she has gained credentials as a clinical instructor.
Adjunct Makes Headlines for Basketball Antics
Music Business adjunct Charles Van Dyke is Internet famous for belting his rendition of Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” during the Belmont v. UNC basketball on Nov. 17. Click here to watch the video of him distracting a Ram shooting free throws.
Students Present Colors on Veterans Day
Belmont students Nicole Smart and Lisa Rybaczuk presented the colors before the women’s basketball game versus Mercer University on Nov. 11 in recognition of Veterans Day. Smart is studying public relations management, and Rybaczuk is studying accounting.
Belmont Club Tennis Beats UTC, Georgia State
On Nov. 16, nine Belmont club tennis players traveled to the Champion’s Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. to compete in the team’s first tournament. Schools from all over the south came to compete in the USTA Tennis on Campus Southern Championship in hopes to win a bid to the USTA Tennis on Campus National Championship.
Belmont Team A beat Georgia State University and Belmont Team B beat University of Tennessee Chattanooga. There were also several other matches that Belmont came very close to winning. Each member of the club team greatly enjoyed being able to get back out on the courts to compete in a truly competitive match. It was an opportunity for the team to get to know each other outside of practice and build friendships while also playing a sport they all have a passion for. Now knowing what the competition is like and having learned the unique rules of the Tennis on Campus program, the team is ready to focus harder in practice to be prepared to compete again in the spring.
The Belmont Club Tennis team was approved in September, and players have been practicing hard to prepare for competition. The club practices twice a week by drilling, working on match play, and playing other tennis games at Centennial Sportsplex.
Honors Hosts Lewis/Tolkien Discussion Group, Finishes Narnia Series
The Honors Program hosted a C. S. Lewis/ J. R. R. Tolkien reading group and discussion series this fall on the Chronicles of Narnia and finished the last book on Thursday night, Nov. 21, the day before the 50th anniversary of the death of C. S. Lewis in 1963. Beginning on October 10, the Belmont Narnia group met one afternoon a week at 6:30-7:30 p.m. for tea and cookies, fellowship and fun reflection on Lewis’ great Christian fantasy series. Each member of the group led discussion on one Narnia book and brought food and some questions. “The Narnia books are part of the enduring legacy of C. S. Lewis,” said Professor and Honors Chair Dr. Jonathan Thorndike noted. “Very few authors have instant recognition by name only 50 years following their death. The fact that people are still buying and reading books by C. S. Lewis shows that he gave us words of wisdom and engaging stories that have the power to transform lives.”
Thorndike will be teaching a special course on C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien next summer at King’s College-London through CCSA.
Oglesby-Pitts on Talk Show
Dr. Myron Oglesby-Pitts will be featured on Steve Harvey’s talk show in an episode scheduled to air on Nov. 25. During the taping that took place in Chicago in September, Oglesby-Pitts discussed her book, To Teach Like Mary: Getting It Right at First, and educational issues with Harvey, an actor, television and radio personality. The show airs at noon on WZTV and 4 p.m. on WNAB.
“It is an emotional story with a surprise ending,” she said. “If teachers have ever questioned their work, then they won’t question it when they see this episode.”
Oglesby-Pitts teaches classes in Diverse Learners, Educational Psychology and Foundations of Education at Belmont University. For more than 25 years, she served Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools a teacher, assistant principal and as principal as well as opened the first public Montessori School.
Southern Baptist Convention President Speaks at Belmont
The Rev. Fred Luter Jr., the Southern Baptist Convention’s first African-American president, shared the importance of having a renewed mind with Belmont students, faculty and staff during the University’s Nov. 20 chapel service.
“Every decision you make in life is going to lead to a consequence. And that consequence leads to a blessing or a burden,” said Luter, who shared the story of how his involvement in gangs led to his hospitalization before he accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior.
“Boy, obedience is better than sacrifice,” he recalled a deacon telling him as he lie on a hospital bed with a broken leg and hole in his head.
Referencing Philippians 2:5-8, Luter told students they can maintain focus by focusing their minds on Christ to lead them to make the right decisions.
“There is not a day when your mind is not being tempted by the devil, whether it is something you watch on TV or see on the Internet. The enemy will do all that he can to attack the minds of the sons and daughters of God,” he said.
Luter also serves as senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, La.
“Our Baptist connections are strong as we host the largest Mission Fuge in the country, have missionaries-in-residence from Venezuela for the 2014-15 academic year and have a Baptist Campus Ministries led by Tennessee Baptist Convention-provided staff member Ninette Smith,” said Vice President for Spiritual Development Todd Lake.
Belmont is the largest ecumenical Christian university in the country. Belmont’s faculty, staff and administration uphold Jesus as the Christ and the measure for all things. As part of a Christian community of learning and service, students encounter Christian values relevant to personal growth, service and spiritual maturity and are expected to commit themselves to high moral standards. Belmont’s goal is to help students explore their passions and develop their talents so they can meet the world’s needs with disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.
McBride Leads Home School Science Workshop
Krista McBride, assistant professor of physics, led a Home School Science Discoveries session entitled “Mechanics” on Nov. 18. There were about 15 children, grades fourth through eighth that participated, along with parents who stayed to assist. Home School Science Discoveries is a program for area home-schooled children and has been offered through the School of Sciences since 2008 in Hitch Science Building labs and classrooms.
