Belmont University junior Cecilia Y. Tregelles was recently selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Tregelles, an entertainment industry studies major and music business minor in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, will study abroad and participate in an international internship at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea, during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Dr. Mimi Barnard, Belmont’s assistant provost for Interdisciplinary Studies & Global Education, said, “In recent years Belmont has demonstrated increasing intentionality for internationalizing the institution – that means expanding students’ real and virtual worldviews and their understanding of how they see themselves as global citizens. We are thrilled that Cecilia has this prestigious opportunity, for her own development and experience, and also because of what it means for our students and faculty.”
Tregelles is the first Belmont student to study at Sogang University through an exchange program negotiated between the two universities last year. “I’m honored to be a Gilman recipient and thrilled to finally be moving toward my goals of working in the Korean music industry. I’m also very excited to bring what I learn back to share with the Belmont community and expand our knowledge of culture and international music.”
A native of Apollo, Pennsylvania, Tregelles is a member of Belmont’s Japanese Club, Alpha Chi Honor Society and a Bible study on campus known as Awakening.
Belmont University’s Office of Communications and Office of University Marketing and Special Initiatives earned seven 2013 Tennessee College Public Relations Association Awards during the association’s June meeting in Cookeville, Tenn. The awards were:
Class of 2016 pharmacy student Amy Schnees received a Mary Molina Education Scholarship. This $2,500 award is given to doctoral students who excel academically. Applicants must either work for or be a dependent of an employee within Molina Healthcare. Schnees worked closely with Belmont Pharmacy Assistant Professor Dr. Edgar Diaz-Cruz to prepare her application. This summer Amy has been working with Dr. Amy Ham and colleagues at Vanderbilt University to study resistance of targeted drug therapies for colon cancer.
Dr. Douglas Murray, professor of English, spoke to the Middle Tennessee chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America on June 23. His illustrated talk was entitled “The True Story of Box Hill, or What’s a Nice Girl Like Emma Woodhouse Doing in a Place Like This?” After the talk, society members recreated the Box Hill picnic in the Belmont Presidential Garden.
