For 10 years, the School of Physical Therapy has been sending students for clinical rotation to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in London, England. The school recently sent a plaque to the hospital to recognize the longstanding partnership, and in turn, was recognized by the hospital in an article in its staff and volunteer newsletter. The article featured Allie Sosebee and Alex Young, the two most recent Belmont clinical students who worked at the hospital
London Hospital, Physical Therapy Commemorate 10-Year Partnership
Doctor of Nursing Program Welcomes Inaugural Class
The School of Nursing welcomed the inaugural class for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at a reception in late August. The five members of the new class were joined by program faculty members, Provost Thomas Burns, College of Health Sciences Dean Cathy Taylor and Director of Graduate Nursing Programs Leslie Higgins.
The new program is designed for nurse practitioners who hold an MSN degree. As the nursing profession evolves, so too will the DNP program with plans to provide a post-baccalaureate DNP to provide clinical training for future nurse practitioners as soon as 2015.
Click here to read more and view additional photos from the event.
Toia Serves as VALOR Student Pharmacist
Nicholas Toia, a third year doctoral student in the College of Pharmacy, participated this summer as the VALOR (VA Learning Opportunities Residency) Student Pharmacist at the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System in Reno, Nev.
While there are multiple VALOR positions available throughout the country in the area of pharmacy and nursing, Nicholas served as the only VALOR Student Pharmacist for this institution. The salaried internship provided in-depth exposure to in-patient and outpatient pharmacy services provided to the regional veteran population. This included completing medication reconciliation and patient discharge counseling to veterans leaving the facility, working with Pharmacy Informaticists on the monitoring and reporting of pertinent hospital-patient data relating to pharmacy practice and working with Oncology Pharmacists researching the use and NIOSH/OSHA compliance of closed system transfer devices for hazardous drug manipulation and administration.
Nicholas also worked with the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Pharmacoeconomics in reviewing outpatient vital signs for the evaluation of drug therapy in a disease specific subset of the local veteran population. The VA Sierra Nevada employs about 70 people in the pharmacy service, including approximately 20 Clinical Pharmacy Specialists, 10 Pharmacists, five PGY1 and three PGY2 pharmacy residents.
Bullington to Present at Southeastern College Art Conference
Judy Bullington, chairman of the Department of Art and Professor of Art History, will present a paper at the Southeastern College Art Conference annual meeting on Oct. 20 in Durham, N.C. The paper is titled “Garden Motifs in Early American Portraiture.”
Her research is part of an ongoing interdisciplinary study of the material and visual culture of America’s 18th and 19th century ornamented landscapes that were initially inspired by the antebellum gardens of Adelicia Acklen’s Belmont estate. Bullington recently gave a talk on the circa 1860 painting of Belmont’s landscape which is on loan from the collection of the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and on view at the Belmont Mansion.
Research into the meanings associated with the design and depiction of early American gardens also served as the basis of Bullington’s 2011 NEH Summer Institute project in New York, which is being carried forward through conference presentations and an essay in an anthology on Global Trade and Visual Arts in Federal New England that will be published next year.
Searcy Appointed to Public Library Board
Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy was appointed to the Nashville Public Library Board by Mayor Karl Dean and confirmed by Metro Council on Sept. 4. Her term will end April 6, 2017. The Public Library Board create rules governing the use of Nashville libraries by the public.
Japan Fukushima Hero Chuck Casto Speaks to Students
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regional Administrator Chuck Casto spoke to Belmont students on Monday to share lessons he learned on overcoming cultural differences during an international disaster.
Casto narrated his experience of dealing with the Japan Fukushima nuclear disaster following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 16,000 people, left much of the Asian country in ruins and wiped out six nuclear power plants.
“When you think about a disaster like that, people come together to support their friends. That is what we Americans do as a nation,” he said of Operation Tomodachi, the mission of U.S. Armed Forces to support Japan with disaster relief. “America shares its best and brightest minds with its friends.”
Casto said he was filling his truck with gas at an Atlanta-area Wal-Mart on March 11, 2011 when he received a phone call instructing him that he had three hours to catch a flight at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport to lead nuclear power accident recovery efforts in Japan.
While on the 14-hour flight, an attendant noticed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo on his shirt and moved him from coach to business class. There Casto planned to review protocol and reference materials and learn Japanese cultural nuisances; instead he spent the time answering questions of the concerned flight crew as they flew into a nuclear plume.
Students Finalists in Snagajob’s Music Video Submission Contest
Two Belmont students have been selected as finalists for Snagajob’s national The Hourly Gig contest.
Ben Gallaher and Emma White were selected from over 600 video submissions from across the country. Hourly employees were encouraged to send in videos of themsleves performing their own original songs. Gallaher submitted a video of his live performance of his song “Hold on to Me,” and White submitted the music video for her song “Nashville.” The winner will decided through a week of public voting, and will open for country music star Brantley Gilbert on Sept.19 in Richmond, Va.
Public voting is open from Sept. 5 to Sept 12. Click here to watch the videos and cast votes.
Public Relations Student Among Finalists for Tech Student of the Year
Senior public relations major Michelle Ward has been named among three finalists for the Nashville Technology Council’s Technology Student of the Year. A winner will be announced at the NTC’s Technology Awards Gala on Oct. 23. The Technology Student of the Year Award is given to an outstanding college student who embraces new technologies both inside and outside of the classroom.
Ward has held a number of jobs and internships and become involved in several organizations since coming to Belmont. She manages blogs Student FYI and Life Under the Tower, works in the Fitness and Recreation Center and is involved the Public Relations Student Society of America, all while maintaining a GPA that has kept her on the Dean’s List since her freshman year. Ward said she would like to “use technology to make a difference in the lives of others.”
For more information on the Nashville Technology Council and its upcoming Awards Gala, click here.
Biles Has Paper Accepted for Publication
Mathematics Professor Daniel Biles recently had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Differential Equations & Applications. The paper is titled “Existence of Positive Solutions for a Fourth Order Differential Inclusion” and is c0-authored with John S. Spraker. The Journal of Abstract Differential Equations and Applications (JADEA) is a mathematical journal of high level research articles in all areas and sub-areas covering abstract differential equations and their applications. In particular, it encourages interdisciplinary papers that cut across sub-disciplines of differential equations and to neighboring fields.
Parry to Present at American Journalism Historians Association
Pam Parry, chairman of the Communication Studies Department, will present a research-in-progress paper at the American Journalism Historians Association annual meeting on Oct. 13 in Raleigh, N.C. The paper is titled, “Madison Avenue Meets Pennsylvania Avenue: How the 1952 Campaign Transformed Presidential Elections.” Parry also was recently elected to a one-year term as Teaching Co-Chair of the Small Programs Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
