Student Nate Baker is currently competing in the IdeaBlob.com start-up concept competition and is doing well in this week’s sprint. Baker’s idea involves developing a blog for the homeless and chronically homeless in order to educate the public and be a key to helping alleviate the negative effects of homelessness. Click here to learn more about his concept and to vote.
Speech and Debate Team Wins Honors at Recent Competitions
While the campus buzz has been centered around the presidential debate, the Belmont Speech and Debate team has also been buzzing with two recent competitions held at Volunteer State and the University of Alabama. Several student competitors made it to the finals in the following events:
Volunteer State
Debate Semi-Finalists: Sara Page & Tim Smith
Overall Debate Speaker: Tim Smith, 5th place
Extemporaneous Speaking: Paxton Williams, 7th place; Roxy Muscharefeia, 6th place; Sara Page, 4th place; Tim Smith, 1st place & Top Novice
Impromptu Speaking: Tim Smith, 6th place; Sara Page, 4th place & Top Novice
Prose Interpretation: Leslie Eiler, 4th place; Eric Schoen, 1st place & Top Novice
Programmed Oral Interpretation: David Corbari, 2nd place
Duo Interpretation: Eric Schoen & Leslie Eiler, 1st place & Top Novice
Informative Speaking: Sara Page, 7th place & Top Novice
University of Alabama (no debate offered)
Duo Interpretation: Leslie Eiler & Eric Schoen, 1st place & Top Novice
After Dinner Speaking: Meredith Day, 4th place
Dramatic Interpretation: Meredith Day, 6th place
Impromptu Speaking: Leslie Eiler, Top Novice
Extemporaneous Speaking: Sara Page, Top Novice
Johnston Contributes to Article on Pediatric Drug Labels
Dr. Philip Johnston, dean of the School of Pharmacy, has received notice that the journal Pediatrics has accepted for immediate publication the manuscript “Parental Misinterpretations of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Pediatric Cough and Cold Medication Labels,” which was authored by a five-person Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Belmont University School of Pharmacy research team.
Recognizing the importance of this study to current national concern for children’s safety, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested permission from the team and from Pediatrics to include this study (pre-publication) into its current deliberations to craft revisions to cough and cold product labeling guidelines.
Business Dean Publishes Book on Debt Crises
Dr. Patrick Raines, dean of Belmont University’s College of Business Administration and professor of economics, recently published his third book with Dr. Charles Leathers, titled Debt, Innovations and Deflation (Edward Elgar Publishing). Insightful and timely in light of current fiscal conditions, the book examines the historical perspectives of great economists on previous debt-induced economic disruptions. Raines also shared his business expertise and ideas from the book during interviews last week with international media who were in Nashville for the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate, including conversations with both the BBC and NPR about the current global financial crisis.
“The past several years have ushered in a new era in economic policy issues,” Raines said. “After decades of concern over inflation, studies indicate that we now face the potentially greater danger of deflation. Our book analyzes whether post-World War II capitalist economies can rely on policies and institutional reforms to keep an inherent tendency toward deflation in check.”
Bisson Publishes Fifth Edition of Textbook
Dr. Doug Bisson, professor of history, was recently informed that the fifth edition of his two-volume textbook, A History of England (Prentice Hall, 2009), has just been published. Bisson revised much of the two volumes during his sabbatical leave last fall.
Junior Selden Blogs for Congressional Quarterly
Junior New Century Journalism major Abby Selden is blogging for the Congressional Quarterly Web site in a section called “The Report Card: Campus Coverage of the Elections.” Selden’s post this week focused on a recent lecture given on Belmont’s campus by Deana Claiborne, a former president of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee. Click here to visit the site, and scroll down to Selden’s byline.
Graduate Business School Featured in Princeton Review
Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business is an outstanding graduate business school, according to the Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the school in the just-published 2009 edition of its Best 296 Business Schools (Random House / Princeton Review, Oct. 7, 2008).
This is the fourth consecutive year that The Massey School has been listed in Princeton Review’s ranking of best business schools. “It further demonstrates that we are in the company of the elite business programs in the country,” said Massey Dean Pat Raines.
According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publishing, “We select schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools, and the candid opinions of students attending them who rate and report on their campus experiences at the schools. We are pleased to recommend The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business at Belmont University to readers of our book and users of our website as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA.”
Warren Named A-Sun Golfer of the Month
A year after winning the Atlantic Sun’s Player of the Year award, Belmont’s Lorie Warren enjoyed success in the summer in capturing the Tennessee Amateur and it continued in September as she parlayed two top-three finishes to win her third A-Sun Golfer of the Month award, the conference office announced on Wednesday. For more on this story, click here.
School of Nursing Selected for National Research Study
The School of Nursing was recently chosen along with nine other schools to participate in a major national research study. The National League for Nursing will collaborate with Laerdal Medical Corporation and the American Heart Association to determine how pre-licensure RN nursing students best retain CPR knowledge and skills. Different approaches to learning Basic Life Support (BLS) will be tested by students at the 10 selected schools of nursing.
Biles’ Paper Accepted for Publication
Dr. Danny Biles, associate professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, recently had a paper accepted for publication. The paper is titled “Numerical Approximation for Singular Second Order Differential Equations” and will be published by Mathematical and Computer Modeling.
