Belmont’s Vice President for Administration and Legal Counsel Jason Rogers and Coordinator of Student Activities Sarah Rochford have each been selected to participate in Leadership Nashville’s 2010-11 class. Out of 230 applications just 44 were chosen for the competitive program run by a local non-profit that exposes local leaders to a broad and in-depth view of their communities. In the course of the program, the group will hear from about 125 speakers and make on-site visits to business, non-profit and government offices while addressing issues such as crime, affordable housing, school finances, racial tensions, transportation and arts funding.
Phi Kappa Tau Chapter Selected as Award Finalist
The Phi Kappa Tau chapter at Belmont University was once again selected as a finalist for organization’s highest national award, the Maxwell Award. The chapter has been selected as a finalist after an extensive year of reporting and applications. Members will be presenting with four or five competing chapters at the national convention in Denver this weekend to win the highest award for Phi Kappa Tau collegiate chapters.
Belmont Honored with EMT Product Expertise Award
Belmont University was honored with the EMT Product Expertise award at the 2010 Hobsons Connect U Conference on June 30. This award recognizes Belmont’s expert knowledge and application of the Hobsons’ Enrollment Management Technology solutions. This includes several technologies employed by Belmont including Connect, Graduate Connect, Retain, ApplyYourself, BU4U and AskBU. Lougan Bishop, Anne Edmunds, Laura Merkle and Lisa Malone accepted the award on behalf of the university.
Three Women’s Golfers Named to Scholar-Athlete Team
Three Belmont women’s golfers–Kelly Maguigan, Jennifer Newman and Janet Steen–have been named to the 2009-10 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American Scholar-Athlete Team. This marks the fifth straight season that Belmont has had a women’s golfer named to this prestigious team. Click here for more on this story.
Senior Bikes Across Country for Flood Relief
Belmont senior Daniel Finney is biking with a friend across the country this summer to raise support and awareness for Graceworks Ministries, which is helping Nashville residents whom the floods have made homeless. Click here to read the story from a Minnesota newspaper covering the duo’s trek.
Grammer Quoted in Tennessean
Dr. Robert Grammer, associate dean of the School of Sciences, was interviewed and quoted in an article in the July 2, 2010 issue of the The Tennessean. The article was titled ‘New Biology’ wants students excelling in multiple fields, and it discusses the need for interdisciplinary studies in science in the 21st Century.
Belmont University Named a ‘College of Distinction’
Belmont University was again selected for the Colleges of Distinction, a Web site and college guide profiling more than 240 of America’s best bets in higher education. Belmont has been included on the list since 2007. Based on the opinions of guidance counselors, educators and admissions professionals, Colleges of Distinction honors colleges that excel in four areas of undergraduate education: student engagement in the educational process, great teaching, vibrant learning communities and successful outcomes.
Belmont will be profiled on the Colleges of Distinction Web site and in the official Colleges of Distinction guidebook. The selected Colleges of Distinction schools are found all across the United States. The schools’ average faculty-student ratio is 13:1, and most have an average class size of 20. The schools vary in size from universities of 7,000 students to small liberal arts colleges of 1,000 or fewer.
Thune Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
She becomes first female student-athlete from Belmont to receive the grant
Belmont University women’s cross country and track runner Brittany Thune (Sioux Falls, S.D.) was recently named a recipient of a coveted NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She was one of only 29 female student-athletes who competed during the spring sports season across all NCAA Divisions (I, II or III) selected to receive the 2009-10 Spring Scholarship.
She becomes the fifth Belmont student-athlete and the first female student-athlete to receive the non-renewable grant of $7,500 from the NCAA, joining former men’s basketball players Andy Wicke, Justin Hare and Adam Mark, and former men’s tennis and soccer player Marcos Cabrera.
Thune became another first earlier this month when she was honored as a 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Third Team selection, becoming the first cross country/track and field athlete, male or female, and only the ninth Belmont student-athlete on any athletic team to garner the recognition. Thune was also the recipient of three of the Atlantic Sun Conference’s most prestigious awards – Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Postgraduate Scholarship and the league’s nomination for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Click here for more on this story.
COBA Names Massey Dean, Medlin Chair
Dr. J. Patrick Raines has been named the Jack C. Massey Dean of the College of Business Administration. Raines has served as dean of Belmont’s College of Business Administration since 2003. This new title is named after the legendary Nashville businessman who took three companies public on the New York Stock Exchange. The purpose of the position is to foster excellence in the administration of all business programs at Belmont University: the undergraduate School of Business Administration, The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business and the Scarlett Leadership Institute.
Dr. Barry Padgett has been named the James A. Medlin Chair of Business Ethics and Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration. He comes to Belmont after 10 years of teaching at Bellarmine University, where he also directed the Ethics and Social Justice Program since 2002. In addition to teaching, he has written two books, including his most recent, Professional Morality and Guilty Bystanding: Merton’s Conjectures and the Value of Work.
Thune Named CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team
Belmont women’s cross country and track runner Brittany Thune was named to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Third Team, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Thune becomes the first cross country/track and field athlete, male or female, and only the ninth Belmont student-athlete on any athletic team to garner the recognition. She also becomes only the second female student-athlete in school history to receive the award. Click here for more on this story.
