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World Culture Fest Showcases Belmont’s Diversity

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Belmont hosted its first World Culture Fest on March 22 in Neely Dining Hall in an effort to showcase the campus’ diversity.

The event was an opportunity for students and employees to demonstrate culture and heritage through dance, music, fashion and other art forms. Several student organizations had booths representing different world cultures for students to learn, ask questions, examine study abroad opportunities that would immerse them in the culture and participate in a cultural activity.

The Black Student Association, Rumi Club and International Business Society co-sponsored the festival in partnership with the Student Government Association and Student Activities Programming Board.

Among the performances were spoken word, the Argentine Tango, a Latin American dance medley,  a New Zealand Spinning performance art, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. step performance as well as songs in Spanish, Japanese and Swahili. Booths and tables represented Southeast Asian, Irish, Caribbean, Persian, Japanese, Russian, African, Latin American, Chinese and Middle Eastern cultures, and students served food and provided activities including origami, calligraphy and Henna tattoos.

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Bennett Speaks at TEDxNashville

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Media Studies Associate Professor Sybril Bennett spoke April 6 at the TEDxNashville “Next” event at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Click here to view the lecture.

Bennett’s lecture was based on research she conducted for her soon-to-be released book, Innovate:Lessons from the Underground Railroad, in which she compares the Internet to the Underground Railroad. Her talk showed how the forming of flash mobs to escort escaped Africans to safety and the discussions of freedom, access, boundaries and privacy show how the past continues to be a part of the future.

An article previewing her lecture was featured on the front page of the April 4 issue of The Tennessee Tribune.

Mayor Recognizes Belmont with Gold Seals, Awards

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Belmont University received many accolades during the  Nashville Mayor’s Workplace Challenge for its role in engaging the community through volunteer service, fostering a healthy workplace and promoting a healthy and active lifestyle as well as sustaining the environment through green practices.

During an awards breakfast on April 5 in Lipscomb’s Allen Arena, Belmont was awarded the Top Score Award as well as the Innovation Award. The University also received a gold seal, the highest designation, in the Involved, Green and Healthy categories.

The University also is featured in the Nashville Business Journal for its Mayor’s Workplace Challenge Awards.

Learning Community Courses Tour Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant

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On Mar. 21, College of Business Administration Adjunct Instructor Paul McCullough and Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Rachel Rigsby took their linked Learning Community Courses to the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant in Hollywood, Ala.

Before beginning the tour, each student had to register individually as part of a safety procedure.

McCullough and Rigsby’s courses, economic inquiry and entry-level chemistry respectively, are linked through the concept of energy, which was reinforced by the trip to the power plant. “The reason for doing nuclear energy is that it’s less expensive—once you get the plant,” said McCullough. “Building is expensive.”

The Bellefonte plant had to close down during construction due to a lack of funding. After the stoppage in the late 1980s, construction resumed in 2010, and the plant is scheduled to be fully complete in 2015.

“It was interesting because we got to hear the economics behind building a plant—and they didn’t plan, so they had to start and stop,” said Brendan Wright, a sophomore audio engineering technology major.

The tour was given by a man who had spent more than 30 years working at the plant. “He ended up addressing things without us mentioning them,” said McCullough. In order to take the tour, the group had to gear up as part of safety protocol. They donned hard hats, gloves and goggles.

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Fraternity and Sorority Put On Egg Hunt at Rose Park

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On March 26, Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Alpha Theta put on an Easter egg hunt at the Easley Community Center at Rose Park for the children in the surrounding community. In preparation for the event, the two organizations raised several hundred dollars through a series of fundraisers. Most of the food, which consisted of snacks and sandwiches, was donated by Sodexo.

Phi Delta Theta previously worked with the Easley Center for a similar Halloween event. “We knew we wanted to do another joint community service event with a sorority,” said Collin Trudan, a junior music business major. He hopes to continue the partnership with the center in the future with additional events. Over 100 kids came and went over the course of the day, which included a number of egg hunts on the baseball field, egg dying, soccer and baseball.

Chinese Cultural Club Holds First Event

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One of Belmont’s newest student organizations, the Chinese Cultural Club, held its first event on April 1. “Explore China,” a general overview lecture on Chinese history, government, economics, and pop culture, was designed by the officers of the Chinese Cultural Club as a gateway into Chinese culture for the average college student. The speaker, Jason Wu, is a sophomore at Belmont. He was born and raised in Shanghai, China, until he moved to the United States three years ago. Since then, he has acted as a Chinese language interpreter at Vanderbilt Hospital as well as a tutor for Belmont’s Chinese classes.

His lecture “Explore China” extracted laughter and curiosity from the packed Multimedia Hall in the Lila D. Bunch Library, a room with a capacity of 135 people. His presentation included information about the Communist Party in China, the population and its ethnic groups, the daily life of the student, food and festivals and the One-Child Policy.

His lecture is the first in a series of convocation programs that the Club is launching. The April 8 convocation will feature a panel discussing economics, current affairs, and government in China. The panel will include Dr. Dennis Chen, an international business professor, Dr. Shelly Xia, a visiting English professor from Zhengzhou University, and Jason Wu. The panel will be held at 10 a.m. in the Beaman A&B, where the intent is to raise interesting and vital issues to cultural diffusion.

 

Newly Hired Mathematics Professor Honored at NSBE Convention

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Dr. Michelle Craddock, who recently accepted an offer as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Belmont University, received an educator of the year award at the 39th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) on March 30in Indianapolis, Ind. Craddock is an assistant professor and associate director at the Center for Leadership and Diversity in STEM at West Point U.S. Military Academy. The award honors organizations and individuals who exemplify or promote NSBE’s ideals of academic excellence, professional success and dedication to advancement of the black community.

National Association Recognizes Belmont’s Strength,Conditioning Minor

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The New Strength & Conditioning minor has met the
criteria to be accepted as a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Educationally Recognized Strength and Conditioning Program.

The NSCA is the world leader in delivering scientific, peer-reviewed research about strength and conditioning. This acceptance allows students enrolled within the Strength & Conditioning Minor an exam registration discount on the Certified
Strength & Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer Certifications (Tier-One Exercise Science / Strength & Conditioning Certifications).

Dr. Nick Bacon, assistant professor in the department of sport science,created and successfully applied for the Strength & Conditioning Minor to be recognized by the NSCA. The new minor begins in fall 2013 with itsinaugural course, Optimizing Human Performance (STR 4110). (image – NSCA Logo.jpg)

 

Enactus Team Wins Regional Competition for Eighth Year in a Row

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On April 2 in Atlanta the Belmont Enactus team won its Regional Competition for the eighth year in a row. The team earned an invitation to the U.S. National Competition which will be held this May in Kansas City. Belmont’s presenters–Kelsey Bright, Hilary Hambrick, Michael Kattman, Kelsey Willman, Brennon Mobley and Paul Macedonia–offered a flawless presentation covering three featured social enterprises: Tribe Endurance, Guatemala Greetings and Spring Back Recycling.

 

 

Family Literacy Day Set for This Saturday at Rose Park

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Family Literacy Day 2012
Belmont students read to children at the 2012 Family Literacy Day last March.

Belmont students, staff and faculty will continue to engage and transform Nashville on Saturday, April 6 with the 13th annual Family Literacy Day. The spring-time event allows students and employees to have the unique opportunity to partner with the local community for an afternoon to encourage reading and literacy.

Family Literacy Day will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at E.S. Rose Park and Sports Complex on Edgehill Avenue. The event, aimed at children from pre-K through grade six and their families, is designed to celebrate the joys of reading with a free afternoon of interactive story times, crafts, games and refreshments. The primary focus of the event is Reading Circles, hosted by various campus groups such as the foreign language majors, fraternities and sororities, the Black Student Alliance and the Student Athlete Council. Each group picks a different theme and offers a variety of books for all ages. When children visit a circle and listen to or read a book, they receive a sticker. Participants can collect stickers to be traded for playing games, making crafts or selecting a new book from hundreds of children’s books donated by Book’em. In addition, throughout the afternoon, there will be drawings for a variety of door prizes, as well as balloons, face-painting and more.

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