Paul Gatrell, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance , was named a Class of 2010 honoree for the First Night Nashville Theatre Honors. He will be recognized at a gala production at the Troutt Theater on Sun., Sept. 19, with more than 100 of Nashville’s best-known actors paying tribute to the honorees through musical performances and excerpts from the best productions of Nashville’s 2010 theatre season.
In addition to the gala, a First Night Symposium will be held at the Black Box Theater on Mon., Sept. 13. As part of the symposium, the eight honorees will hold a discussion of the history of Nashville theatre and where it’s headed in the future. The Symposium begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The First Night Honors Gala begins at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 with the Macy’s Red Carpet Event. A silent auction will be held in the lower lobby of the Troutt Theater, and the tribute begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the First Night Gala, which will include an after-party at Hard Rock Café, Nashville, are $25 per person (cash or check only) and may be purchased at the box office the night of the event.
Gatrell Named to Class of 2010 for First Night Nashville Theatre Honors
Occupational Therapy Students Reach Out to Nashville’s Homeless
Students in Belmont’s Master of Science program in Occupational Therapy recently lent their time and expertise to Nashville’s Campus for Human Development and the Odyssey program.
The Campus for Human Development was formed in 1995 by Room in the Inn and is the city’s only single site of services to the homeless, offering an array of assistance. The Odyssey program was designed to help chronically homeless individuals through a progression of basic steps that establish a stable and productive life including healing, education, life skills, recovery, job readiness and housing. Men who qualify for the program are homeless and have been unsuccessful with substance abuse treatment in the past. Odyssey provides housing and therapy for these individuals over a two year period of time.
The School of Occupational Therapy developed a relationship with Odyssey through Professor Yvette Hachtel. Dr. Hachtel provides services, as needed, to program participants to help them increase their success in job situations, to acquire and maintain comfortable living situations and to develop new healthy habits.
The students assess the needs of participants and then provide groups depending on the current need and level of the client. In the most recent visit the students worked with the men to plant flowers and help in their assimilation back to a more normal lifestyle.
Belmont Coaches Lead Way in NCAA Academic Measure
Belmont men’s basketball head coach Rick Byrd was featured in Friday’s edition of The Tennessean, addressing the NCAA’s new policy of assigning Academic Progress Rate (APR) figures to head coaches. For the first time, the NCAA has assigned APR scores to head coaches in football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball.
Created by the Committee on Academic Performance at the behest of the Division I Board of Directors, the database is designed to create more transparency in the Academic Performance Program and strengthen the accountability of coaches for the academic performance of their student-athletes.
Belmont is the only university in middle Tennessee with every head coach sporting an APR score of 983 or higher. Click here for more on this story.
Belmont Named a ‘Best in the Southeast’ College by Princeton Review
Belmont University is one of the best colleges in the Southeast according to The Princeton Review. The nationally-known education services company selected Belmont as one of 133 institutions recommended in the “Best in the Southeast” section of its Web site feature, “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” that posted Aug. 2 on PrincetonReview.com.
Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice president of publishing, said, “We’re pleased to recommend Belmont to users of our site as one of the best schools to earn their undergrad degree. We chose it and the other terrific institutions we name as ‘regional best’ colleges mainly for their excellent academic programs. From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us about their campus experiences at them on our 80-question student survey for this project.”
The 133 colleges The Princeton Review chose for its “Best in the Southeast” designations are located in 12 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Princeton Review also designated 218 colleges in the Northeast, 152 in the Midwest and 120 in the West as best in their locales on the company’s “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region” lists. Collectively, the 623 colleges named “regional best(s)” constitute about 25 percent of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges.
Pharmacy Faculty Participate in AACP Annual Meeting
Several faculty members from the School of Pharmacy attended the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting and Seminars, July 9-14, in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Phil Johnston, professor and dean of the School of Pharmacy, attended the Leadership Pre-Session: Development Performance for Colleges of Pharmacy. Dean Johnston also served in the House of Delegates.
Dr. Andrew Webster, professor and chair of pharmaceutical sciences, presented a poster titled “Design, Development, and Implementation of a Professional Pharmacy Curriculum in Iraqi Kurdistan,” co-authored by Dr. Cathy Turner. Webster also led a roundtable discussion titled “Fostering a Positive Work Climate in the Department” and was installed as Chair of the Section on Chemistry of the AACP.
Dr. Eric Hobson, professor and associate dean of academic affairs, presented a poster titled “Win-Win: Developing Partnerships to Leverage Global Health Education and Activity,” co-authored by Dr. Mark Chirico and Dr. Phil Johnston. Hobson also completed a term as Past Chair of the Curriculum Special Interest Group of the AACP.
Dr. Condit Steil, professor and chair of pharmacy practice, attended the 2010 Teachers Seminar: Leading and Creating Interprofessional Education for the 21st Century.
Dr. Marketa Marvanova, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, presented two posters titled “The Role and Effectiveness of Virtual Laboratory Exercises as a Pharmaceutical Sciences Learning Tool” and “Factors Associated with Patients’ Understanding of Their Pre-Admission Medication Regimen.” Marvanova also served in the House of Delegates.
Robinson Wins Nashville Emerging Leader Award
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville recently announced Scarlett Leadership Institute’s Director of Executive Learning and Marketing Jill Robinson as one the 2010 winners of the Nashville Emerging Leader Awards, an event that highlights the contributions of young professionals to the business community. One winner was chosen to represent each of the NELAs’ 14 distinct industry categories, and Robinson was selected in the Education category.
Physical Therapy Professor Featured on NewsChannel 5
Dr. Kevin Robinson, professor of physical therapy, was recently featured in a News Channel 5 story about his research study with Baptist Sports Medicine, identifying risk of injury to student athletes. Click here for more on this story.
Webster Publishes Chapter in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Handbook
Dr. Andrew Webster, chair and professor of pharmaceutical sciences, recently published a chapter titled “Pharmaceutical Product Stability” in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Handbook, Volume 2 Regulations and Quality by Wiley Publishers.With its coverage of Food and Drug Administration regulations, international regulations, good manufacturing practices, and process analytical technology, this handbook offers complete coverage of the regulations and quality control issues that govern pharmaceutical manufacturing. In addition, the book discusses quality assurance and validation, drug stability, and contamination control, all key aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing that are heavily influenced by regulatory guidelines.
COBA Professors Visit Korean University
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College of Business Administration professors Jeffrey Overby and Sehyun Yoo visited South Korea’s Sogang Business School in March. Overby and Yoo met with SBS Dean Kyung-Kyu Park, Associate Dean Gwongheon Hong, professor Do-seung and professor Joonsun Yang.
Overby and Yoo also met the SBS Vice President of International Affairs, E. Young Song, and discussed an academic partnership between the two universities. This partnership would involve student and professor exchanges and short-term visits to better understand the business environments of both countries.
Carrington Published in Nashville’s Her Magazine
Melissa Carrington, a senior Liberal Studies major in Belmont’s Adult Degree Program, recently published an article titled “Unfinished Business” in Nashville’s Her Magazine. The story articulates her experience from first applying as an adult student returning to the classroom all the way through her anticipated graduation in August 2010. Click here to read the article.
