Philosophy major, Joshua Wolak, attended a Philsosphy Conference held at the State University of New York in Oneonta, N.Y., and presented his paper titled “Autochthony: Heidegger, Meta-Philosophy, and Meditation”. Of the more than thirty papers presented, Wolak received one of four “President’s Award’s” for his excellent work and presentation of the paper.
Students Present at NCUR
Students from the School of Sciences presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, April 6-8.
Mathematics
Assessing a Math Inquiry Class: Do Students Gain an Appreciation for Mathematics?
Oral Presentation by Renee Torres, Kacie Kleja and Eninka Kombe
Biology
Expression of ASIC2 MRNA in Brain Tumors
Oral Presentation by Brooke Goodman
Biology: Molecular Biology
The Effects of Calcineurin Inhibition on Cocaine-Seeking Behavior in The Mouse Model
Poster Presentation by Neeti Sasi
Susan West Receives Honor
President Sidney A. McPhee and the African American Alumni Council will be holding the African American Awards Ceremony honoring outstanding students and alumni on Friday, May 5, 2006, from 7-9 p.m. at the Alumni Center in the Tom Jackson Building at Middle Tennessee State University.
Dr. Susan Hill West, Associate Vice President for Presidential Affairs at Belmont, will be presented with an award. Recipients of the alumni awards have demonstrated achievement through professional, community or university involvement. The reception will feature keynote speaker Darrell Freeman, (B.S. ’87, M.S. ’90)
Belmont Professor Pens Song on Dove-Award Winning, Platinum Album
James I. Elliott, assistant professor of entertainment & music business, co-wrote the song “Time That Is Left” that is included on Mark Schultz Live: A Night of Stories & Songs. In addition to being named the Long Form Video of the Year at the 37th Annual Dove Awards on April 5, the project was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) the same week.
“Time That Is Left” was also featured on the soundtrack of the motion picture End of the Spear earlier this year.
Belmont Honored At Strobel Awards
Belmont University was well represented Tuesday at the 20th Anniversary Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteers of the Year Awards Luncheon held at the Franklin Marriott Hotel.
Belmont nursing students were nominated for the Volunteer Group award and a top five finalist in the category for their work with the nonprofit organization Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee (PCAT). For the last two years, Belmont nursing students have given their time and expertise to the Parent Pathway program sponsored by PCAT. Parent Pathway seeks to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect by providing home visits to young, at-risk parents. The nursing students fill a crucial gap in the program, since social workers who carry out home visits are not typically trained to manage their clients’ medical issues and questions. The nursing students’ rapport with their clients has enabled young mothers to often feel more comfortable asking questions of their Parent Pathway nurse than of their doctor.
Belmont student Heather Coleman was a finalist for the Youth Volunteer award for her work with Belmont Volunteers for Literacy. Coleman has been active in organizing Belmont’s annual Family Literacy Day and founded Belmont Volunteers for Literacy in order to increase campus visibility of the issue and to provide access to student government funding for Literacy Day. Last fall, she led the Volunteers for Literacy into a partnerhip with Better World Books, a for-profit that funds literacy initiatives all over the world. Through this partnership, 471 books were collected in an end-of-semester book drive and were donated for use during Family Literacy Day.
The Strobel Awards were established in honor of Mary Catherine Strobel who selflessly gave her time to hundreds of homeless, hungry and less fortunate people in Middle Tennessee. Over 200 Middle Tennessee volunteers are recognized at the annual luncheon.
School of Music Faculty Spend Time in Germany
Kris Elsberry and Elisabeth Small of the School of Music have just returned from Germany as part of an exchange program with the Hochschule fuer Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.
Since 1993, the School of Music has had an exchange program with the school for both students and faculty. This year Elsberry and Small spent seven days at the Hochschule, observing classes, meeting with students in seminar settings, teaching one-on-one and performing a recital on April 11. Prior to going to Dresden they performed in Magdeburg, a sister city of Nashville.
BU Student Nominated for Strobel Award
Heather Coleman, President of Belmont Volunteers for Literacy, and the student who spearheaded this year’s Family Literacy Day, is a finalist for the Mary Catherine Strobel Youth Volunteer of the Year award. The awards luncheon will take place April 18 at the Franklin Marriott Hotel.
Biology Students Present at the ASB Annual Meeting
Amanda Stinnett, Bethany Thomas and Kristal Wicks, senior biology majors, presented posters on their research completed with Dr. Darlene Panvini, assistant professor of biology, at the 67th Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) Annual Meeting in Gatlinburg, Tenn., March 29-April 1. The conference had the largest attendance and most poster and presentation submissions ever.
McWhorter Honored by Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at Belmont
Stuart McWhorter, co-founder and president of Franklin, TN-based Clayton Associates was installed as an honorary inductee of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor society serving AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredited business programs. The induction ceremony was at 5:00 p.m. on April 11th at Belmont University. “Stuart is a wonderful friend of the university,” says Pat Raines, Dean of the College of Business Administration at Belmont. “He is an outstanding mentor to our business students both for his many successes in the business arena and for his community work. He is a true inspiration to our students.”
Dr. Cornwall’s Indispensable Blog
The Entrepreneurial Mind, a daily weblog by Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of Belmont’s Center for Entrepreneurship, gets a mention on the website of U.S. News & World Report magazine, which calls the blog “indispensable.” U.S. News is only the latest business publication to recognize the value of the blog. Last year, Forbes.com chose Cornwall’s blog as one its seven favorite small-business and entrepreneurship blogs, and more recently Business Tennessee , in its March 2006 issue, said, “Anyone who starts or runs a small business without making Cornwall daily reading does so at his or her own peril.” You can read more about Dr. Cornwall’s blog here.
