Dr. Betsy Hay in the School of Nursing will be presented with the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital Alumni Associations’ Distinguished Alumni Award on Fri., April 22, in New York City. This award goes to those who have made major contributions to a variety of fields of nursing. Hay is being recognized for her significant contributions to nursing education to the students of Belmont University.
Hay Honored in New York City
Psychology Students Attend Conference
Eleven students from Belmont University recently attended the 51st annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychology Association (SEPA). These students attended poster sessions and lectures and helped serve as local area hosts for the meeting. Students attending were: Laura Bear, Sarah DeNeal, Radha Dunham, James Goodlad, April Hicks, Mary Hyatt, Domonique Lawless, Sarah Miles, Emily Sheffer, Elise Tyler and Shandus Valentine.
Sheffer and DeNeal presented their independent research as a poster at the SEPA regional meeting. Their research was entitled “The Collegiate Life: Effects of Mental Fatigue on Decision Making.” The faculty sponsor for this research was Dr. Lonnie Yandell.
Sheffer and Belmont graduate Jessica Bailey (’04) were awarded second place in the 2005 SEPA/CEPO Student Research Competition. The competition was open to graduate and undergraduate psychology students across the Southeast who were studying minority or women’s issues. Their paper, “Gender Differences in Identifying Heroic Status: A Study of Male and Female Heroic Characteristics,” examined whether men and women differed in their use of masculine and feminine traits describing heroic figures in order to better understand why male heroes are more prevalent in society. Sheffer and Bailey were the only undergraduate students to be recognized in this competition. Assistant Professor of Psychology Mike Sullivan supervised their project.
Alumna Honored as Teacher of the Year
Lanita Harris (’91) was named Metro-Nashville Public Schools’ high school teacher of the year. Harris teaches English at Hunters Lane High School.
“My love of the written word and my desire to share that love with others continually renews my joy of being a lifelong teacher and learner,” Harris said. “I want students to realize the opportunities a solid education can provide for them.”
Harris will advance to statewide competition and the winners at the state level will advance to the national competition.
Harris studied English and education while a student at Belmont.
Belmont Gathering to Focus on Educating Bloggers
Today’s Knoxville News Sentinel has an advance reporton BlogNashville, the big bloggers conference coming to Nashville’s Belmont University on May 5-7.
WSMV Schedules “Best of the Best” Concert Broadcast
WSMV Channel 4 in Nashville has scheduled its broadcast of Belmont University’s annual Best of the Best Showcase, a concert featuring the university’s top musical and songwriting talent that is often a preview of the music industry’s next top artist and writers. (Pictured: Country Showcase winner Jamie Floyd. Click image to enlarge. Click [More] for images of other showcase winners.)
BU Student Awarded Fulbright
Senior Anne Marie Padelford received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Austria for the 2005-06 school year. Padelford will be living in Weiz, Austria, teaching English in a secondary school from Oct. 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006.
Padelford will graduate from Belmont in May with a B.A. in German and in August with a B.M. in Piano Performance.
Sociology Club Hosts “Road To Hope Tour” Event
Belmont University’s Sociology Club is sponsoring a campus stop of the Road to Hope Tour, a project of the Road to Hope Tour Coalition (www.hopesvoice.org), which includes HIV/AIDS service providers, advocacy groups, and research organizations who have joined together in a historic movement to bring their “Does HIV Look Like Me?” national awareness campaign to sites from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco. The tour will focus on getting students to question stereotypes about HIV/AIDS with the goal of showing that that HIV can infect anyone regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, economic status, or gender.
Sudanese Ambassador Challenged on Genocide
An unusual gathering at Belmont University featured the ambassador of Sudan, more than 300 students who came to express their anger at genocide in that East African country, and a professor who led a walkout in protest. … Many in the crowd — including one student refugee from the Sudan — accused the government of supporting atrocities such as murder and rape and what former Secretary of State Colin Powell has called “genocide.” – From The Tennessean.
Sudan Ambassador Kabeir to Visit Belmont University
Belmont University will host Ambassador Abdel Bagi Kabeir from the Sudanese Embassy, Wednesday, April 13, in order to express concerns to him about the genocide in his country. The event will focus on the needs of the people of Sudan and what the international community can do to make a difference. Ambassador Kabeir will be part of a convocation on April 13 at 10:00 a.m. in Neely/Black & White which will draw attention to the crisis by presenting video, photographic and eyewitness information on the genocide, and by giving the ambassador letters of concern written by members of the community. The media is invited to attend. For more information contact: Greg Pillon, Director of University Marketing and Communications, at 615-460-6645.
Belmont Hosts Fifth Annual “Read With Me” Family Literacy Day
Read With Me, Belmont University’s fifth annual Family Literacy Day, is scheduled for Saturday, April 16 from 1–4:00 pm, on the Belmont campus, rain or shine. The event is aimed at children from pre-kindergarten through grade 6 and their families and is designed to celebrate the joys of reading. The primary focus of the event are the Reading Circles, hosted by various groups on campus such as the Black Student Alliance, the foreign language majors, the Student Athlete Council and numerous fraternities and sororities.
