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Center for Executive Education Hosts Spring Leadership Breakfast with Author Dan Heath

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The Center for Executive Education at Belmont University will host Dan Heath as the keynote speaker during its Spring Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, May 16 at 7 a.m. in the Curb Event Center arena. Presented in partnership with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, the event will explore the patterns executives should follow to make important changes, whether it’s changing the world, a business or a personal goal.

Heath is a noted speaker/author/business columnist and co-author of Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard and Made to Stick. He also serves as a senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE Center for Social Entrepreneurs.

“The Chamber is delighted to partner with Belmont’s Center for Executive Education to present the Spring Leadership Breakfast. We are excited to have such a dynamic, nationally recognized speaker addressing a topic that is so timely and important for Nashville’s business community, and we look forward to future opportunities to collaborate with the Center for Executive Education on programming,” said Ralph Schulz, president and chief executive officer of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

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CEMB Class Hits the Road in June with The Turtles Featuring Flo & Eddie

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10 students to gain experiential education on ‘Happy Together Tour’

This June, 10 Belmont University juniors and seniors will join professor and legendary musician Mark Volman, a founding member of the band The Turtles, on the road for an East Coast run of the “Happy Together Tour.” The tour’s “classroom” and schedule looks something like this: one tour bus, a precious few hotel rooms, long hours and many stages—for two and a half weeks and a grade.

Under the guidance of faculty advisor Mark Volman and staff advisor Lucas Boto, students will work with touring artists and crew professionals in the areas of tour management, stage management, audio engineering, tour accounting and merchandise sales. These duties will be in addition to their continued learning each day during the process of load-in, setup, tear-down and load-out. These hands-on educational avenues outside of the classroom provide networking opportunities with all of the supporting organizations while gaining an understanding of the revenue flow from music consumer to touring performer. Click here to read the students’ blog of the tour.

“Only at Belmont do students get such a unique opportunity to experience the world of tour management, live production, and what life on the road looks like before embarking on their career paths. I’m excited to teach them what I know outside a normal classroom space and to see what I’ll learn from them. Inevitably, their energy will add to the tour experience for the performers as well,” says Turtles founding member and Curb College professor of Entertainment Industry Studies Mark Volman.

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Belmont Launches New MBA for Healthcare Professionals

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Innovative weeknight, part-time program targets Nashville’s working healthcare leaders

Admissions recently opened for Belmont University’s MBA for Healthcare Professionals, a new graduate program that integrates cutting-edge business practice with the latest approaches to managing excellence in patient-centered healthcare.

According to the Nashville Chamber of Commerce website, healthcare makes up 10 percent of the Nashville economic market, with three of the top five employers in the city focusing on health services and more than 65,000 individuals in a healthcare-related occupation. As a result, the part-time evening program has been designed specifically to fit the needs of these working professionals.

Dr. Joe Alexander, associate dean of Belmont’s Massey Graduate School of Business, said, “Belmont is committed to engage with and serve the Nashville community, and an MBA for Healthcare Professionals offers a unique opportunity for those in this region to pursue an industry-specific MBA degree without interrupting their healthcare careers.”

The MBA for Healthcare Professionals (HCMBA) program is designed “by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals” and represents a joint venture between the Massey School, the Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing and the College of Pharmacy. Similar to Belmont’s existing MBA programs, the HCMBA is academically challenging, while maintaining a high degree of professional and contemporary relevance.

The HCMBA charter class will begin studies this fall, with courses offered in a convenient weeknight format, supplemented by one week of concentrated daytime coursework each August. The program is designed to be completed in two years and, like all Massey programs, includes an 8-10 day international healthcare study abroad experience.

The program’s “curricular DNA” includes two interrelated strands of coursework where important connections are made between an MBA foundation and the business of healthcare. The MBA business core includes content coverage in each of the basic functional areas of business: accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, business technology and operations. As the student advances through the program, an increasing number of healthcare-specific business courses are added, with industry-specific content in areas such as patient-centered care, healthcare quality improvement and compliance, comparative healthcare systems, bioethics, healthcare informatics, and healthcare strategic management.

Finally, each student has an additional opportunity to customize the program to fit their specific learning needs through selection of two course electives from topics such as lean healthcare management, negotiation and decision-making, supply chain management and physician practice management, among many others.

Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution, and are required to have full-time work experience in the healthcare industry, preferably with increasing responsibilities.

As a Massey School degree program, the HCMBA is accredited by AACSB International. Belmont University is one of only two private universities in the State of Tennessee to maintain AACSB accreditation.

Bynum Article Published in Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethic

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Pharmacy Assistant Professor Leigh Ann Bynum had her article titled “Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of Pharmacy Faculty: Modeling Influences of Equity Sensitivity, Psychological Contract Breach, and Professional Identity”  accepted for publication in the Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics. Using social exchange and social identity theories, Bynum and her team developed a model and proposed the potential relationships among model constructs to define the impact of psychological contract breach, identity salience and equity sensitivity on organizational citizenship behavior of pharmacy faculty.

Belmont Breaks Ground on New Academic Building on Wedgewood Avenue

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188,000-square-foot structure plus five-level underground garage will be largest campus building to date

Belmont University broke ground this morning on the campus’ largest building to date, a 188,000-square-foot academic center situated on the corner of Wedgewood and 15th Avenues. The building will house most departments from the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the School of Religion, providing much-needed classroom and lab space for the growing University. Slated to open in fall 2014 and anticipated to cost $76.5 million, the new building is being designed and built by locally-owned companies—Earl Swensson Associates (ESa) and R.C. Mathews—and will create jobs for hundreds in Middle Tennessee. A five-level underground parking garage will also provide approximately 430 additional parking spaces, and the facility will connect on three floors to both the Inman Center and McWhorter Hall.

“The building establishes a new cornerstone for Belmont University and provides a true reflection of who we are,” said Belmont President Bob Fisher. “It will sit as a beacon on the northeast edge of campus, offering a perfect view of the Nashville skyline and inviting Nashville and the world to come and see what Belmont is all about:  providing an academically challenging liberal arts education in a Christian community of learning and service.”

Since Belmont’s general education/core curriculum requires courses in writing, speech, math and religion, among others, every undergraduate will take classes in the new academic center. In addition, the center will house a 280-seat chapel, a dining venue, 30 classrooms that vary in seating capacity, state-of the-art laboratories and conference room space.

Dr. Thomas Burns, who serves as Belmont’s Provost overseeing all academic programs, added that the building’s design has been a campus-wide effort. “We began this process in the fall with a blank canvas, recognizing that we needed additional academic space but carefully considering which areas to prioritize. Through ongoing conversations and collaboration with students, faculty and staff, we’ve honed in on Belmont’s most urgent needs in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Religion. With their input, we’ve drawn plans for a building that will enable interdisciplinary studies and experiential learning while also representing the latest thinking in classroom space.”

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Metro Parks Honors Belmont Students for Community Center Plan

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Nashville’s Metro Board of Parks and Recreation recognized Belmont students Katherine Richardson, Kap Sum, Stephanie Downing, Reid Huffman and Robin Kirk at its board meeting May 1 for their work to benefit staff and users of the Easley Community Center.

The students developed three reports totaling 99 pages, which include an outreach manual for Metro Parks to use as a guide to identify programming needs, integrate service-learning and communicate with users of community centers as well as a case study on how they improved promotion of and volunteer opportunities within the Easley Community Center.

“Please accept our genuine gratitude and sincere appreciation for the excellent work performed by Belmont students,” wrote Parks Superintendent of Community Affairs Jackie Jones. “Our staff was impressed by the caliber of their work and touched by their level of commitment to this project. From our vantage point, these students went above and beyond a typical class assignment and made this service-learning project a meaningful and memorable outreach to the Edgehill community. They also provided valuable resources for the department to use in the future.”

Belmont University Celebrates College of Pharmacy Charter Class Graduation May 5

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First class of 65 students recognized for accomplishments, service

The Belmont University College of Pharmacy (BUCOP) will celebrate the graduation of its charter class on May 5 with 65 members of the Class of 2012 expected to cross the stage to receive their Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree. After opening its doors in 2007, the College of Pharmacy accepted its first students in fall 2008, and the initial class has paved the way for future BUCOP students, setting a high standard for academic excellence and community service.

Belmont’s College of Pharmacy Dean Dr. Phil Johnston said, “The University and the Nashville community have enabled us to develop a stellar College of Pharmacy at Belmont. I am proud of the commitment of faculty and students to take on leadership roles in this profession to make a difference in thousands of lives. Also important is the contribution of more than 450 affiliate faculty, who open their businesses to our students to provide quality education and mentoring.”

Belmont President Bob Fisher said, “As these students hang their degrees in offices and wear their white coats in labs, retail pharmacies, hospitals and clinics across the United States, they demonstrate the University’s mission to engage and transform the world.  Belmont is especially grateful to Trustee Emeritus Clayton McWhorter who, inspired by his brother, the late pharmacist Fred McWhorter, endowed support to the state-of-the-art academic building that houses the College of Pharmacy.  We are honored to have our students follow their example of living in service to others and championing healthcare reform.”

BUCOP has provided students with the skills to contribute to the growing health care needs of Nashville. Since the college’s first class was admitted in August 2008, students’ academic accomplishments and service has grown exponentially each year. Among their achievements are:

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Belmont University Lauds Spring Commencement Ceremonies May 5

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Belmont graduates largest class in University’s history

Belmont University will hold its spring 2012 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students on Saturday, May 5 in the Curb Event Center.

For the second consecutive year, the University will have two ceremonies on the same day. At 10 a.m. candidates from the College of Pharmacy, the College of Health Sciences & Nursing, the College of Business Administration, the College of Entertainment and Music Business and the School of Religion will have their degrees conferred. At 2 p.m. candidates from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies and University College will have their degrees conferred.

Belmont celebrates the graduation of a total of 1,018 students, marking the largest graduation in the University’s history to date. During the graduation ceremonies, 723 undergraduate, 211 master’s and 84 doctoral degrees will be conferred. Among the graduates is the Belmont University College of Pharmacy charter class, with 65 members receiving their Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

Tickets, which have been distributed to the graduating students, will be required for guests wishing to attend either event. The ceremonies can be watched live at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at  this link.

Dr. Robert C. Fisher, president of the University, will preside over the events and present the commencement address at both ceremonies.

Smith-Whitehouse Presents on Considering the Wildflowers

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Dr. Bonnie Smith-Whitehouse from the Department of English recently co-presented at St. Mary’s Sewanee’s The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development.  Her presentation, “Consider the Wildflowers,” encouraged participants to consider the beauty of wildflowers around them through writing and hiking.

Belmont Hosts Tennessee Junior Academy of Science Annual Meeting

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Belmont University hosted the Tennessee Junior Academy of Science Annual Meeting on April 20.  This event is sponsored by the Tennessee Academy of Science and Bi0logy Professor Steve Murphree, who serves as treasurer of the organization.  The high school students presented papers on a wide-range of topics including physics, zoology, astronomy, environmental science and chemistry. Approximately 120 high school teachers and students, along with family members, attended the event.

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