Teresa Van Hatten-Granath, associate professor of art, currently has an exhibition at the Tennessee Art Commission Gallery (March 4-April 23). Van Hatten-Granath has been making alternative process photographic work for over 14 years. Most recently she was awarded the Tennessee Arts Commission FY2010 Individual Artist Fellowship in Media. In this solo show she embarks on the world of 3-D featuring natural and found objects, photography and art of sewing to produce books which “depicts events from my past.” Even though her previous body of work has focused almost exclusive on photography, Van Hatten-Granath states that she sews almost every day, and these altered books are the result of the incorporation of these two mediums. Admission is free.
Van Hatten-Granath Exhibits Works at Tennessee Art Commission Gallery
Belmont Partners with Foundation for Noise! Camp
Belmont University is partnering with the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation to bring NOISE! Music Camp to Nashville
July 18-28. Students aged 15-17 throughout the U.S. with a passion for music who are interested in making a career within the music industry are encouraged to apply for the camp at www.heart.muzak.com. Applications must be returned by April 2, 2010.
The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation helps students channel their passion for music into real world opportunities by providing educational programs for teens on all aspects of the music business. Heart & Soul was established in 1998 by Muzak, a leading provider of business, music, and other sensory branding services that believes in the power of music education to change and better lives. The foundation, which seeks to support and redefine music education, grants over $100,000 annually to school music programs around the country. Studies have shown that schools that have music programs have significantly higher graduation rates than those without programs – 90 percent as compared to 73 percent, and students with band or orchestra experience attend college at a rate twice the national average.
Thompson Featured in Digital Drummer
Chester Thompson, adjunct instructor in the School of Music, is featured on the cover of the April 2010 issue of Digital Drummer magazine. At Belmont, Thompson teaches applied drum classes and directs Jazz Small Group 1. A School of Music alumnus, he was also this year’s recipient of the Curtain Call award.
Psychology Students and Faculty Attend EPA Convention
Psychology students and faculty recently attended the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) convention in New York March 4-7. The EPA’s sole purpose is to advance the science and profession through the dissemination of professional information about the field of Psychology. EPA achieves this goal by conducting its annual meeting where the members of EPA present the latest advances in professional and scientific work to their colleagues. The Belmont students were able to present their findings from research studies conducted over the past year. Faculty in attendance were Drs. Lonnie Yandell, Seraphine Shen-Miller and Linda Jones. Students in attendance were Ken Parrish, Ben McGlothlin, Jessica Heacock, Anna Claire Bowen, Meredith Graves and Irieon Walker.
Massey School Study Abroad Trip Featured in Korean Publication
The Massey School was featured in a news publication in Seoul, Korea, following their recent study abroad trip. Led by Dr. Sean Yoo and accompanied by Dr. Jeff Overby, the 10 students who participated made up the first MBA class to study abroad in Korea. The article discussed the sister city partnership between Gwangjin and Nashville, a brief description of Belmont, and details regarding their trip.
The article highlighted the Belmont students’ visit Gwangjin Gu City Hall to discuss how to improve exchanges between Nashville and Gwangjin in schools, families and employees. When ten high school students from Gwangjin Gu visited Nashville in January 2010, professors Yoo and Overby hosted them on the Belmont campus.
Parry Wins Award for Top Paper at Symposium
Pam Parry, associate professor of journalism, won a $100 award for presenting the top paper in her department at the 2010 Graduate Student Research Symposium at the University of Southern Mississippi on March 26. She presented a paper titled, “Second Fiddle, Not Second Rate: Associate Role Obscures Anne Wheaton’s Contributions to Public Relations.” Parry was one of 120 graduate students who presented papers at the annual symposium.
Belmont University Celebrates Earth Hour
A special event, Belmont Goes Dark: An Earth Hour Celebration, was held on campus Sat., March 27 as part of a global project to raise awareness of climate change. During Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations and governments around the world come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple – turning off their lights for one hour.
The Belmont celebration included acoustic performances by student artists and light only from bonfires. In addition, recycling stations were available for trash and electronics, and old cellular phones were collected for “Cell Phones for Soldiers,” a program that encourages proper recycling of unwanted phones with proceeds going to pre-paid calling cards for troops.
To see more pictures of Belmont’s Earth Hour celebration, click here.
‘Diagnosing Our Future’ Speaker Series Tackles Community Health
Harvard professor joins local industry leaders to discuss issues
The Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing hosted “A Dialogue to Build a Healthier Community” yesterday with featured speaker Dr. David Williams, Harvard University professor and staff director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America. Williams joined with numerous leaders in the Nashville healthcare community to discuss topics including: How Our Neighborhood Affects our Health, A Community Perspective on Disparities Research, Partnering Together for a Healthier Community and Beyond Health Care: Building a Healthier Community. The day-long event was part of the college’s ongoing “Diagnosing Our Future” Speaker Series.
Other participants in the dialogue included Tom Cigarran, Co-founder and Chairman of Healthways, Inc.; Dr. Stephanie Bailey, CDC Chief for the Office of Public Health Practice; Juan Canedo, Executive Director of Progresso Community Center and Chair of the Nashville Latino Health Commission; Helen Moore, TennCare Director of Non-discrimination Compliance/Health Disparities; Jackie Akbari, Chairperson of the Middle Tennessee Diversity Forum; Dr. Eleanor Bright Fleming, Edgehill Dental Collaborations and Policy; Dr. Alisa Haushalter, Director of the Bureau of Population Health Programs for Metro Public Health Department; Yvonne Joosten, Executive Director of the Office of Community Engagement at Vanderbilt Institute for Medicine and Public Health; Winona Yellowhammer, Spokesperson for the Native American Indian Association of Tennessee; and Ann Hatcher, and Vice President of Executive and Workforce Development Programs at Hospital Corporation of America.
Co-sponsoring the Dialogue with the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing was the University’s Center for Community Health & Health Equity. Presentation partners included the Nashville Health Disparity Coalition, Meharry Medical College and Metro Public Health Department. The Diagnosing Our Future Speaker Series is financially assisted by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee.
Catholic Charities Hosts Poverty Summit in Curb Event Center
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc. hosted a Centennial Summit of Catholic Charities USA event on Thurs., March 25 in Belmont University’s Curb Event Center. The day-long event brought together civic, business, religious, community and nonprofit agency leaders through the Southeast region. Fr. Larry Snyder, president of CCUSA, John Seigenthaler, Sr., Dan Cornfield, and other notable presenters focused on the issue of poverty and its devastating effects on America for the purpose of identifying specific methods and programs that work effectively to help the poorest people move toward economic independence.
The Nashville Summit was one of seven regional summits that will be held in 2010 to mark the 100th anniversary of Catholic Charities USA, a national human services organization committed to cutting poverty in half by 2020. The Nashville Summit is part of a nationwide series of meetings that will culminate in Washington, D.C., on September 26, 2010. The summits provide a forum for thought as community leaders, major influencers and citizens-at-large come together and act on poverty.
Renfroe Named Baltic Basketball League MVP
Former Belmont men’s basketball standout Alex Renfroe has been named the MasterCard Baltic Basketball League (BBL) Most Valuable Player for the 2009-10 regular season as a member of the VEF Riga basketball club. Renfroe finished the regular season ranked in the top-eight in five different league statistical categories. He was seventh in scoring (15.2 average), fifth in rebounding (7.4 average), second in steals (2.1 average), first in assists (7.1 average), and eighth in field goal percentage (56.2 percent). He also posted a league-best seven double-doubles and had a league-high two triple-doubles.
His team, VEF Riga, reached the final four of the MasterCard BBL League playoffs, but fell to Ventspils 75-66 Wednesday night in the semifinals. Renfroe led the team with 16 points in the semifinal loss. A local product from Hume-Fogg High School, Renfroe was named 2008-09 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year after averaging 16.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game during his senior season at Belmont. His postseason accolades included: Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, All-District by the NABC and Basketball Times, Mid Major All-American by CollegeInsider.com and CollegeHoops.net.
Furthermore, Renfroe led the Bruins in scoring, rebounding, assists, blocked shots and field goal percentage – believed to be the first college basketball player since Tim Duncan in 1997 to lead his team in all five categories.
