Dr. Sal Giorgianni, director of experiential education and development in the School of Pharmacy, was recently quoted in a U.S. News & World Report story titled “Men and Health: This Father’s Day, Look After Your Man’s Health.” Click here to read the article.
Alumna Rings Stock Exchange Closing Bell
Tammy Wolbers, 2001 Economics graduate from Belmont, rang the closing bell on Wall Street Tuesday. Since May 2007, Wolbers has worked as a “Trust Associate” at the Bank of New York Mellon. The Bank of New York Mellon employees, along with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Kelly, gathered in the historic box overlooking the New York Stock Exchange floor to sound the closing bell and to commemorate the company’s 225 years in business. Wolbers is pictured on the first row in the photo, second from the right.
Thompson Odom Serves as Scientist Reviewer
Dr. Marilyn Thompson Odom, associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, recently served as a Scientist Reviewer for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program in Breast Cancer. The review panel met June 7-9 in Reston, Va. This program partners consumers (survivors) and scientists in the review process for grant applications proposing innovative, high-impact research that focuses on the eradication of breast cancer. This is Dr. Odom’s second year serving as a peer reviewer for this funding mechanism.
Slay, Schnur Selected for Leadership Music
Cheryl L. Slay, assistant professor of Music Business, and Steve Schnur, an adjunct professor of music business for Belmont West, were both recently selected for the 2010 class of Leadership Music, a non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture a knowledgeable, issue-oriented community of music industry professionals.
Watts Publishes Editorial in Tennessean
Dr. Andy Watts, assistant professor in the School of Religion, wrote an editorial in Saturday’s Tennessean titled “Will a ‘celebration bullet’ take an innocent life?” Click here to read his article.
Cusic Conducts Interviews, Publishes Article
Dr. Don Cusic, professor of music business, will appear on “A Word on Words,” the PBS show hosted by John Seigenthaler, on Sun., July 5 to discuss his book Discovering Country Music. In addition, during CMA Week, Cusic did an interview with Dirk Rohrbach, who hosts a show on Bayern3 radio, a public radio station in Munich. The interview will be broadcast in Germany and Austria on Sun., June 28. Listeners can hear it at 5 p.m. CDT at Bayern3.de.
Also, Cusic and Belmont Professor of Finance Dr. Greg Faulk recently published an article titled “Popular Culture and the Economy” in the current edition of the Journal of Popular Culture.
Rives Competes at Second Consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships
Fractions of a second was all that separated Belmont’s most decorated sprinter in program history from advancing to the finals of the 200m at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday night in Fayetteville, Ark. Despite setting a new Belmont record in the event in both the opening and semifinal rounds, sprinter Lynette Rives (Clarksville, Tenn.) was unable to move on to become the first athlete in school history to compete in the finals of any event. Click here for more on this story.
Cross Country/Track and Field Athletes Earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors
Three Belmont men’s cross country and track and field athletes were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team. Senior Caleb Swartz (Radcliff, Ky.), junior Kip Hill (Liberty, Mo.), and sophomore Will Peters (Carmel, Ind.) each received the first nod of their respective careers. This is the most ever selected from the men’s cross country and track and field teams in a single academic year. Click here for more on this story.
In addition, senior women’s cross country and track runner Mollie Schlarman (Southgate, Ky.) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) this week. It is the first time in her career she has received the honor and the fourth time a Belmont women’s cross country/track and field athlete has been named to the elite list. Click here for more on this story.
Student Featured in CBS Story
Political science major Rachel Bailey was recently featured in a CBS News report titled “GOP Looks for Fountain of Youth.” Click here to read the article.
Sport Science Faculty Present at Annual Conferences
Sport Science Assistant Professor Dr. Amy Baker and Sport Science Department Chair Dr. Sarah Adams presented “ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS: Utilizing Problem-Based Learning Teaching Techniques in Sport Management” at the 24th Annual Conference of NASSM (North American Society for Sport Management) in Columbia, S.C. May 27-30.
In addition, Sport Science Assistant Professor Dr. Patrick Schneider gave a Poster Presentation titled, “The Ability of Bioelectrical Impedance to Track Body Composition Changes During a Physical Activity Intervention.” This was given at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Seattle, Wa. on May 28.
