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College of Health Sciences and College of Pharmacy Hosts Inter-Professional Events

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College of Health Sciences and College of Pharmacy Hosts Inter-Professional Events

More than 200 first year graduate students in the Colleges of Health Sciences and Pharmacy participated in an inter-professional seminar focused on understanding the roles and responsibilities of each discipline as part of an inter-professional team to maximize patient outcomes. As part of this event, students worked on teams to create the tallest structure they could using spaghetti, string, tape and a marshmallow.

Approximately 190 second year graduate students from the Colleges of Health Sciences and Pharmacy also participated in an inter-professional seminar which explored the importance of communication and the risk of medical errors when there is miscommunication. These inter-professional events enable students to learn from and with students from other disciplines who will be their professional colleagues when they graduate.

Bishop Vashti McKenzie to Serve as Keynote Speaker for Belmont’s MLK Celebration Week

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Bishop Vashti McKenzie to Serve as Keynote Speaker for Belmont’s MLK Celebration Week

University announces annual MLK Week programming

With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day approaching, Belmont University has announced plans for its 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative week, including several opportunities for students, faculty, staff and community members to get involved. The annual commemorative program began at Belmont in 1997 to celebrate the life of Dr. King as a part of an observance for his birthday in January.

This year’s keynote address will be given by Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A well known preacher, McKenzie is also the author of five books and served on President Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council of the White House Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. All are welcome to attend the keynote speaker breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, January 18. Tickets can be purchased in advance, here.

Belmont’s MLK week events will offer additional opportunities to learn about the life and legacy of Dr. King.

  • Friday, January 18 at 10 a.m. – Bishop McKenzie will host a convocation in the Massey Performing Arts Center focused around how this generation can continue Dr. King’s legacy.
  • Saturday, January 19 – Belmont students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to take part in the MLK Day of Service with other community members and universities in the area
  • Monday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. – An art exhibition will be available for viewing in the Gabhart Student Center.
  • Monday, January 21 at 7 p.m. – A candlelight vigil will be held in the Gabhart Student Center followed by a procession across campus to continue reflection of Dr. King’s life.
  • Wednesday, January 23 at 10 a.m. – Motivational speaker Ronald L. Jones will host a convocation focused on how student leadership can sustain Dr. King’s legacy. This event will be held in the Gabhart Student Center.
  • Wednesday, January 23 at 10 a.m. in the Ayers Conference Room, 4th Floor – Dr. Rohini Anand, SVP of Corporate Responsibility and Global Chief Diversity Officer at Sodexo, will present on the importance of an organizational focus on diversity and inclusion.
  • Wednesday, January 22 at 6 p.m. – Join the Black Student Association for an interactive MLK worship service in the Chapel.
  • Friday, January 25 at 10 a.m. – Come hear Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil, director of reconciliation studies at Seattle Pacific University, discuss the topic of soul change to social change in the Chapel.

All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend the events of Belmont’s MLK Commemorative Week. The events are sponsored by the MLK Celebration Committee, Bridges to Belmont, Office of Multicultural Learning & Experience, Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Spiritual Development, Office of the University Counsel, University Ministries, Teaching Center, Welcome Home Diversity Council, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Service Learning, Black Student Association and HOPE Council.

Smith Published in Journal of Critical Incidents

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Smith Published in Journal of Critical Incidents

Dr. Amy Smith, assistant professor of music business, was recently published in the Journal of Critical Incidents.The journal is published by the Society for Case Research and provides examples of critical incidents that promote quality in teaching.

Smith’s work was titled “Is Fair Use Fair? Analyzing the Defense of Fair Use in a Copyright Infringement Case.” It presents a case study on the copyright infringement case of Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.

Jonathon Long Receives 2019 Curtain Call Award

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Jonathon Long Receives 2019 Curtain Call Award

The School of Music recently awarded their annual Curtain Call Award to 2002 commercial music alumnus Jonathon Long. Long majored in commercial piano, with an emphasis on music technology and has gone on to continue to use his talents in the music industry.

Since graduating from Belmont, Long has seen success as a keyboardist for several big names in country music including Billy Currington, Jamie O’Neal and Sara Evans, whom he toured with for seven years. Most notably, Long has been working with Lady Antebellum since 2006, both playing with them and working as their music director.

Charles Kelley performs with Jonathon Long at Curtain Call Award Ceremony
Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum performs with Long

Long has also performed at The Grammy’s and CMA and ACM award shows, among others. Besides piano and keyboard, Long has experience playing B3 organ, harmonica, accordion and percussion.

After receiving his award, Long performed live with a band that featured several other Belmont alumni. Country singers Sara Evans and Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley made

Sara Evans performs at School of Music Curtain Call Award
Sara Evans also made an appearance to support Long.

surprise appearances and sang on a few of the songs Long performed.

Belmont University’s School of Music created the Curtain Call Award in 1995 to honor an alumni who has had success in the commercial music field. The Curtain Call Award has been awarded to alumni in a variety of fields in the music industry including songwriters, instrumentalists, vocalists and music industry leaders.

Belmont Hosts Student Leadership Fair on Campus

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Belmont Hosts Student Leadership Fair on Campus

As a part of Vision2020, the Belmont Office of Leadership Development (BOLD) has been charged with centralizing leadership and leadership development across campus. The 2019 campus-wide Student Leadership Fair, held in the Maddox Grand Atrium on Thursday, January 9, epitomized what it means to believe in and offer “leadership development for all.”

A group made up of 74 representatives from 33 Belmont offices, departments, centers and all academic colleges participated as exhibitors in the event, double the number of representatives from the 2018 Fair. Exhibitors were pleased with both the turn out, as well as the engagement with student attendees.

A representative from the College of Law commented on the recruiting potential the Fair provides as undergraduate students begin thinking about their time after graduation. “This is a good opportunity for us to connect to Belmont undergrads for recruiting purposes,” she said. Their table recommended students become more active in the Pre-Law Society to gain meaningful leadership development experiences.

Up from 154 participants in 2018, 217 Belmont students attended the fair and met with at least seven departments, offices, centers or academic colleges to discuss leadership opportunities. Students signed up for opportunities with BOLD, University Ministries, Belmont on Mission, Study Abroad, Multicultural Learning and Experience, the Office of Career and Professional Development, service-learning SAPB, SGA, FitRec, Enactus, ODK, Towering Traditions and more. Students from across campus where given the chance to learn more about leadership development opportunities in every Belmont academic college.

Social Change & ME, a three part leadership development experience, is up next for all Belmont students interested in further leadership development this semester. Registration begins on Friday, January 11. Additionally, supplemental leadership development experiences, through BOLD, have been planned for the entirety of the semester.

The 2019 Fair was a student-led effort presented by BOLD Team Leaders through the Division of Student Affairs and in partnership with others across campus. Leadership development across campus for each college, office, department and center are listed in detail on BOLD’s website and in Bruin Link, here.

Budding Fashion Merchandisers Design a Goodwill Holiday Display

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Budding Fashion Merchandisers Design a Goodwill Holiday Display

A group of students from Belmont’s O’More School of Design spent the holiday season spreading cheer in a unique sort of way as they “Reimagined the Holidays with Goodwill.” The team, made up of five fashion merchandising students, created an original display inside a local Goodwill store made entirely of merchandise including a basket of toys, a piano and a garland-draped hat rack. The display’s feature piece was a tree-shaped stack of paperback books atop a coffee table – all surrounding a red couch.

The exhibit was featured in an article recently published on Goodwill’s Blog where the students discussed their experience as budding fashion professionals, highlighting their work and inspiration.

For group member Savannah Lowe, the experience was one she could relate to as she values the opportunity to reuse unique pieces in her own decorating. “I personally love thrifting,” she said. “I was real excited when we got to do this. Most of the things in my apartment are from Goodwill. I like things that nobody else has that don’t cost a lot of money. It’s style on a budget.”

For this project, the group was inspired to create a display that would feature the ways in which items found throughout the store can be reimagined. “You can find unique stuff at Goodwill, and we wanted people to see that your Christmas doesn’t have to be like everyone’s else’s,” Lowe said. “It’s your own, individualistic, and you can celebrate and decorate it the way you want.”

Beyond the point of decoration, Lowe said she and her team wanted their display to encourage creative ideas for ordinary items — like turning piles of books into a tree or creating ornaments out of cupcake liners. Understanding the budgetary restrictions of many young people, the target age group for the display, the team was keen on identifying ways to re-imagine Christmas with a eye towards being thrifty.

Chair of Fashion for the O’More School Jamie Atlas said the project teaches students how to think about their industry in a new way – from the perspective of others. Understanding Goodwill’s one-of-a-kind merchandise line was especially interesting for students. “They typically only think of merchandising as it applies to a Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus or Belk,” she said. “But there’s this whole other facet out there where their skills can be used. And the biggest thing is filling the needs of others and giving back.”

As for the feature’s popularity? The store could barely keep it in place for customers flocking to the couch, attempting to buy it piece by piece.

Photography provided by Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee
Quotes provided by Goodwill blog

Alumna Recognized by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in ‘Top 30 Under 30’ Listing

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Alumna Recognized by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in ‘Top 30 Under 30’ Listing

Megan Feeman, a 2015 alumna of Belmont’s music business program, was recently featured in The Tennessean for being named by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Middle Tennessee as one of Nashville’s “Top 30 Under 30.” Feeman is the founder of No Baked Cookie Dough.

The award recognizes 30 of Nashville’s top professionals and philanthropists under the age of 30. Feeman and the rest of the recipients were nominated by colleagues, family and friends for their local charitable and professional work.

The recipients will be recognized at a gala event in February at the Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Nashville. In accepting the honor, Feeman committed to raise money to help the Foundation realize its mission of controlling and curing cystic fibrosis. Read more about her efforts here.

Alumni Receive Golden Globe Attention

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Alumni Receive Golden Globe Attention

Belmont alumnae Hillary Lindsey and Natalie Hemby received shout outs from the stage of last night’s Golden Globes telecast as co-writers on the soundtrack for the recent Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga film “A Star Is Born.” The song “Shallow” from the film won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

Mark Bronson, who co-wrote “Shallow” with Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Lady Gaga, acknowledged the Belmont grads in his acceptance speech as two of the “amazing people who wrote on this soundtrack.”

Brett McLaughlinLindsey and Hemby weren’t the only Belmont alumni receiving attention during the Golden Globes. Alumnus Brett McLaughlin (known professionally as Leland), a 2009 commercial voice graduate, was nominated in the Best Original Song category for his work on “Revelation,” from the film “Boy Erased.”

Law Alumna Kimberly Macdonald Joins Nashville Firm

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Law Alumna Kimberly Macdonald Joins Nashville Firm

The Nashville law firm of Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, PC, recently added a Belmont Law alumna to the firm as Kimberly Macdonald joins the Trial and Appellate Litigation Team.

Macdonald received her J.D. degree from Belmont University College of Law, where she was a submissions and transcripts editor for the Belmont Law Review. During law school, Macdonald worked as a research assistant for Justice Harold See, as a research and teaching assistant for Professor Abbie DeBlasis, and as a research assistant for Professor Deborah Farringer. She served as president of the Health Law Student Association and was selected as a member of the Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition Team.

Macdonald will practice civil litigation in state and federal courts, including personal injury matters, contract disputes and family law at the trial and appellate levels. A member of the Junior League, she will also continue her longstanding volunteer work for End Slavery Tennessee.

College of Pharmacy Healthcare Informatics Students Become Data Analysts, Explore Big Data with Microsoft SQL

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College of Pharmacy Healthcare Informatics Students Become Data Analysts, Explore Big Data with Microsoft SQL

Belmont University College of Pharmacy third-year students Austin Simmons, Inmar Osi, Angie Babakitis, Mary Lankford, Deamitea’ Johnson and Lanoi Chindavanh chose the informatics program at Belmont University College of Pharmacy because it’s the only pharmacy school in the nation offering HIMSS approved courses and project experiences that prepare Pharm.D. students for advanced knowledge in health IT and healthcare.

Seeking to become data analysts with Microsoft SQL, the team was eager to get started with their projects.

SQL is a relational database management system designed to retrieve big data from servers to answer analytical questions. The team was self-motivated, with minimal background in computer science, but has been working to understand how the software works by learning queries to access and report on large amounts of information in hopes of answering healthcare related questions.

The new programmers worked with a variety of healthcare and related big data found on data.gov, where large amounts of information are stored to source answers for public health issues. One example included Osi’s research hypothesis which sought to find any correlation between people with no high school diploma and depression rates in counties in Tennessee.

Another example can be seen with Simmons’ hypothesis which compared the rates of hospitalizations due to diabetic complications in areas of lower income compared to areas of higher income. The comparison looked to see if lower income zip codes had an increased rate of hospitalizations due to complication from diabetes.

The team was challenged to learn Microsoft SQL to contribute in the analysis of big data that will redefine healthcare and pharmacy for decades to come. As student pharmacists who are learning to develop informatics skills, they have begun to see how important it is to access this information, as it was assist in healthcare engagement after graduation.

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