Linda E. Holt, associate professor of English, and Jeff Coker, professor of history and assistant provost, will conduct a presentation titled “General Education in the Third Year: Assessing the ‘Intangibles’ of Problem-Based Learning” at the conference of American Association of Colleges and Universities: General Education and Assessment, being held Feb. 17-20 in Seattle, Washington.
Wells to Offer Presentation at ‘Taming of the Shrew’
Dr. James Wells will present “The Taming of the Shrew and the Expense of Laughter” as part of the Prelude to Pull-Tight Players’ production of that play on Sun., Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. The Pull-Tight Theatre is located at 112 2nd Avenue South in Franklin, Tennessee. The Prelude consists of scenes from Shakespeare’s play, the presentation by Dr. Wells and refreshments.
Journalism Students Place in Competition
Journalism students Jessica Walker, Kristen Clements, Erin Carson and Pierce Greenberg placed in the Southeast Journalism Best of the South Competition for their work on Connect Magazine. They will receive their awards during a luncheon at the conference in Hammond, La., Feb. 12-13.
Paine Edits Newest Volume of Japan Studies Association Journal
Dr. John Paine, professor of Literature in the Departments of English and Foreign Languages, has just completed editing the next volume of the Japan Studies Association Journal. This journal publishes peer-reviewed articles from across the disciplines related to Japanese culture. Included in this most recent volume (December 2009) is Dr. Paine’s essay on novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. It is one of a number of essays in this volume deriving from the 2008 faculty seminar held in Fukuoka, Japan and devoted to the interrelations of Japan, Korea, China and the West.
First Year Pharmacy Students Receive White Coats
The Belmont University School of Pharmacy held a White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2013 on Sat., Jan. 16. The 74 first year students received their white coats, the symbol of clinical service and care, as an important rite of passage from first-year pharmacy students to patient care providers. Faculty, family and friends gathered to show their support and hear an address by Dr. Jannet M. Carmichael, past president of the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP) and Pharmacy Executive for the VA Sierra Pacific Network. The White Coat Ceremony is sponsored by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Click here to view more photos from the event.
Johnson Featured in Huntsville Times
Belmont men’s basketball player Kerron Johnson was recently the subject of a lengthy profile in his hometown paper, the Huntsville Times. Click here to read the article.
Faculty, Alumnus Co-Author ‘Best Teaching Case’
Dr. Mark Schenkel, assistant professor of entrepreneurship, has been notified by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) that a case he co-authored is being awarded “Best Teaching Case” at this year’s national USASBE conference. Co-authors are Dr. Beth Woodard (Belmont associate professor of management) and Joseph Ormont (Massey MBA Alumnus). The case is focused on Bergen Cathedral Interiors, a venture founded by Stephen Bergen, also a Belmont alumnus. This is the third consecutive year that a Belmont faculty-authored case has been recognized with this prestigious national award.
Program Hudgens Helped Develop Wins Award
Dr. Julie Hudgens, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, received information that the heart failure clinic program where she played a primary development role at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. received the Second Place Practice Innovation Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine recently.
Pinter Leads Memoir Workshops
Dr. Robbie Pinter (English) led workshops titled “Writing Memoirs of the Civil Rights Era” at Nashville’s Scarritt-Bennett. The workshop was part of the “Elders for Today” Conference held Jan. 5-8. The 2010 “Memories, Dreams and Reality: The Civil Rights Movement 1960’s-2010” provided participants with a historical perspective of the movement in Nashville, offered a variety of creative methods of sharing individual memories/experiences, and built a framework for analysis of the ’60s era results on the movement in 2010.
Belmont to Host Event With Activist, Noted Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray
Gray defended Rosa Parks, MLK Jr., Tuskegee Syphilis Study victims
Noted Civil Rights attorney and minister Fred Gray will appear on Belmont’s campus on Wed., Jan. 20 for a special forum and lecture. Gray—the former attorney for Rosa Parks, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study victims—will discuss “Lessons Learned from a Civil Rights Pioneer about Health, Social Justice and Christian Service.” This morning-long event is free and open to the public, courtesy of financial assistance provided by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. Both the forum and the lecture will take place in Belmont’s Massey Performing Arts Center.
Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher said, “It’s a distinct honor to welcome Fred Gray to Belmont’s campus, especially during the week when our nation celebrates the accomplishments of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. At Belmont we encourage our students to use their gifts and talents to impact the world. There are few better examples of individuals who have accomplished that mission than Fred Gray.”
The event will begin with an 8:30 a.m. panel discussion featuring Gray along with the following special guests:
• Dr. Henry Foster, Jr., professor emeritus and former dean of the Meharry College School of Medicine and nominee for U.S. Surgeon General under President Bill Clinton
• Dwight Lewis, columnist and member of the editorial board for The Tennessean
• John Seigenthaler, founding editorial director of USA Today, founder of the First Amendment Center and award-winning journalist who briefly left his career in the 1960s to work in the civil rights field.
Following a 20-minute intermission at the conclusion of the panel forum, Gray will return for a keynote lecture at 10 a.m. His presentation will conclude with a question-and-answer session.
Gray’s legal career began in the midst of America’s modern day civil rights movement. With a quiet demeanor, strong determination and secret commitment made in college, he vowed, “to become a lawyer, return to Alabama, and destroy everything segregated I could find.” Gray began his legal career as a sole practitioner, less than a year out of law school, and at age 24, he represented Mrs. Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus, the action that initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Gray was also Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s first civil rights lawyer. This was the beginning of a legal career that now spans more than 45 years.
