The Belmont Programming Team placed 8th out of 123 teams at the 2006 ACM Mid-Central USA Programming Contest on November 4 at Tennessee Technological University. The team is advised by Dr. Bill Hooper.
PR Major Receives Competitive Scholarship
Belmont Public Relations major, Krista Farmer, will receive the highly competitive local scholarship for the International Association of Business Communicators. Krista will be recognized for this achievement on Thursday, November 9. She currently serves as president of Belmont’s PRSSA Chapter.
Career Services Recognized in NACE Newsletter
The Belmont Career Services Team was recently featured in Spotlight Online, the newsletter for the National Association of Colleges and Employers for Career Services Professionals. Belmont’s Career Services department has created a new program called the “Career Exploration Series” that targets the “changing student” by connecting them with HR professionals from healthcare, technology, communications, government, transportation, banking, biomedical, entertainment, non-profit and financial services organizations to help explore various career opportunities. This program was recognized in the October 27 issue.
Student Affairs Recognized by NODA/Presents at National Conferences
Belmont University won a sixth consecutive “Excellence in Publication” award at the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) National Conference for outstanding welcome week publications, produced by Student Affairs and University Marketing and Communications. Additionally, Dane Anthony, Associate Dean of Students, and Matt Burchett, Coordinator of New Student Programs, will present this weekend at two national conferences on Parent & Family Programs. Earlier this year the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) recognized the Belmont University New Parent & Family Programs as a “Promising Practices Featured Program”. The presentations will take place at the 13th Annual Conference for Students in Transition (National Resource Center for the Study of the First Year Experience and Students in Transition) in St. Louis, MO, and the Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) in Jacksonville, FL.
Career Services Featured in Career Services Newsletter
The Belmont Career Services Team was recently featured in Spotlight Online for Career Services. They have created a new program called the Career Exploration Series that targets the “changing student” by connecting them with HR professionals from health care, technology, communications, government, transportation, banking, biomedical, entertainment, nonprofit and financial services organizations to help explore various career opportunities.
Dr. Coker visits Macedonia as part of International Informational Program
Belmont history professor Dr. Jeff Coker visited Macedonia October 16-20 as part of the U.S. State Department’s International Informational Program. Coker held presentations and discussions with faculty and administrators at universities throughout the country. He addressed a range of topics on U.S. History and U.S. Foreign Policy with a focus on university administration and development.
Belmont Sorority Receives National Awards
Belmont’s Delta Eta chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau received numerous awards at the sorority’s national convention at Walt Disney World. Five delegates from Belmont’s chapter attended the convention. The chapter won 2nd place for its Chapter Excellence reports and were awarded the 1st place Scholarship Award for having the highest cumulative chapter GPA (3.4) of all chapters in the nation. Additionally, the chapter won the Founder’s Award which is given to the over-all best chapter in the nation and is the highest award a chapter can achieve.
Student to Present at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
This year, Belmont students and faculty will attend the Annual Meeting of The Society for Neuroscience. Students from several majors will present thier findings at this meeting. Students include biology majors Stacey Apple, Ananta Bhatt, Trisha Siewnarine and Corey Winfree, biochemistry and molecular biology major Adam Militana and psychology major Eileen Marks.
Belmont Volunteers for El Dia de los Muertos
Belmont students and faculty volunteered at the annual Cheekwood celebration of El Dia de los Muertos. They organized a scavenger hunt, gave bilingual tours of the art museum in the Cheekwood Mansion, led the Dia de los Muertos Bingo game and helped hundreds of people make their own paper cuttings.
Belmont University First Nashville Employer to Offer Free Train Transportation
Belmont University has partnered with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to offer free train transportation to all university employees and students, becoming the first and only school and employer in Nashville to offer this benefit. Any Belmont student or employee is eligible to ride the new Music City Star, Nashville’s commuter rail system, and Belmont will pick up the cost.
“The Regional Transportation Authority is thrilled to work with Belmont University to provide transportation on the Music City Star to the school’s employees and students,” Teresa McKissick, RTA marketing director, said. “Belmont has always been a leader in our community and the fact that the institution is the first to come aboard and provide rides on the state’s first commuter rail for their employees and students is phenomenal, and also shows a real commitment not only to transportation but also to the people who work and attend school at Belmont.”
Belmont’s partnership with RTA follows an already successful partnership with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The university partnered with MTA last year to offer students and staff free transportation to campus and became the only university in Nashville to offer free transportation to students. During the last school year, the total boarding number of Belmont employees and students on MTA buses totaled nearly 12,000.
“We’re pleased to be not only the first university but also the first employer in Nashville to extend our commuter benefits to include the Music City Star rail system,” Belmont University President Robert Fisher said. “The commuter benefits program helps lower students’ out-of-pocket expenses associated with attending Belmont and provides a significant new tax-free benefit to our employees. In addition, this partnership will continue to reduce the number of cars coming to campus and help the surrounding neighborhood and our environment.”
Belmont University’s commuter benefits program gives Belmont students, faculty and staff an opportunity to save on gasoline, help reduce traffic congestion and improve the environment, while also providing relief for campus parking. Belmont was named one of “Nashville’s Best Commuter-Friendly Workplaces” by MTA after offering free transportation to campus for the 2005-06 school year.
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“Belmont to pay for Music City Star rides” – The Tennessean, October 31, 2006
