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Alumnus Dr. Timothy Sharp Receives 2017 Encore Award

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Alumnus Dr. Timothy Sharp Receives 2017 Encore Award

Belmont School of Music alumnus Dr. Timothy Sharp was honored with the 2017 Encore Award last night, Tuesday, Sept. 12, on Belmont’s campus.

Sharp is currently the Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the Artistic Director of the Tulsa Ontario Chorus.  Prior to his leadership of ACDA, Sharp served as the Dean of Fine Arts at Rhodes College in Memphis and previously served as Belmont’s Director of Choral Activities. Additionally, he served as a Belmont faculty member and conducted Belmont Chorale and Oratorio from 1997-2000.

Sharp’s research and writing focuses on conducting and score analysis, and his interests vary from regional music history to acoustics and aesthetics. He has experience conducting university, community, church and children’s choirs, and he continues to serve as a choral conductor and clinician throughout the United States and internationally.

Time Sharp SmilingAfter the award presentation, Belmont Chorale performed under Sharp’s arrangement of “When I Can Read My Title Clear” and “What a Wondrous Love is This,” co-written with Wes Ramsay, under his direction. The program was an autobiographical description of his journey as a musician.

The Encore Award was created in 2008 to honor a School of Music alumnus for achievement in the field of classical music. Previous honorees include Clifton Forbis (2008), Daniel Weeks (2009), Drs. Daniel and Sharon Lawhon (2010), Maestra Teresa Cheung (2011), Dr. Alfredo Colman (2012), Travis Cottrell (2013), Greg Walter (2014) and Tina Milhorn Stallard (2015). The award presentation and performance are free and open to the public.

Coleman Named to National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards Regional Board

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Coleman Named to National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards Regional Board

Jennifer Coleman Head Shot, outside in front of the Wilson Music BuildingProfessor of Music Dr. Jennifer Coleman will be joining the Regional Board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards (NATSAA) as the Tennessee District Governor. She is taking the position held last year by Belmont’s Dr. Mark Whatley.

Last spring, the regional NATSAA competition was held Belmont’s McAfee Concert Hall. Four Belmont students progressed to the regional competition, and Alex Wudner went on to win his division, underclassmen men.

The NATSAA competition is designed to assist singers prepared to launch a professional career and, to that end, substantial monetary and performance prizes are offered.

 

College of Pharmacy Hosts Second Annual Tennessee Oncology Pharmacists Association Meeting

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College of Pharmacy Hosts Second Annual Tennessee Oncology Pharmacists Association Meeting

On Saturday, September 9, the College of Pharmacy hosted the annual Tennessee Oncology Pharmacists Association Meeting annual event in Frist Lecture Hall in partnership with the Tennessee Oncology Pharmacists Association (TOPA). TOPA is a local organization created by a group of local pharmacists.Their purpose is to “promote collaborative learning and foster networking opportunities with pharmacists across Tennessee and surrounding states” and “provide educational and networking resources that promote the optimization and delivery of pharmaceutical services for patients living with cancer in the Volunteer State and across the southeast region.“

Nearly 50 pharmacists attended the event, as well as 10 corporate sponsors. Attendees came from across Middle Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi and Kentucky. Eleven presentations were given by oncology pharmacists on topics including new oncology drugs, transitioning patients from inpatient to outpatient care and new legislation related to oncology, among others.

Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. For more information on upcoming Continuing Education opportunities, click here.

Kelvin Ault Named First Professor of Practice for Massey College of Business

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Kelvin Ault Named First Professor of Practice for Massey College of Business

Kelvin Ault head shotLongtime local accounting/healthcare executive Kelvin Ault was recently named a Professor of Practice, the first of its kind for Belmont University’s Massey College of Business. This new position, in which Ault will also serve as the program director for the accounting and management information systems (MIS) programs, will be a mutually beneficial bridge between the Massey College and the Nashville business community. Ault will work with accounting firms and MIS companies to offer more employment, internship and scholarship opportunities for students. He will also be utilizing his experience and contacts to assist companies locally and nationally in connecting with skilled Massey graduates.

Massey College Dean Dr. Pat Raines said, “Kelvin Ault will help the Massey College of Business prepare students for meaningful professional and personal lives through effective business education that balances academic and professional engagement.  As a Professor of Practice, Kelvin will help our students connect their academic and professional experience in impactful ways.”

Ault said, “I’m excited and honored to join the faculty at Belmont after being affiliated with the university through the accounting/MIS advisory board for approximately twenty years.  I have tremendous admiration and respect for Belmont and the Massey faculty in particular which made this an easy decision to leave the professional career I’ve enjoyed for thirty years to start my dream job at Belmont.”

A Tennessee native, Ault’s background is in the healthcare industry. He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 2013 as a Tax Partner where he served for-profit healthcare clients and leads PwC’s US Investor-Owned Health Services Tax sector. Prior to joining PwC, Ault served as the Senior Vice President of Tax at Vanguard Health Systems. He has a combined 25+ years of experience in the healthcare industry, including Ernst & Young, LifePoint Health and Vanguard Health. He is also a nationally-known author and speaker in his field.

Ault has a B.S. in Accounting from Lipscomb University and a M. Acc., Taxation from the University of Tennessee. In addition to his role as the former chair of the Leadership Health Care board and previous service on the board of the Nashville Health Care Council and Nashville Zoo, Ault is actively involved in the high school student ministry at Brentwood Baptist Church and serves on the board of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee.

Top 5! Belmont University Lands Near Top of Annual U.S. News Rankings of Southern Colleges

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Top 5! Belmont University Lands Near Top of Annual U.S. News Rankings of Southern Colleges

University scores accolades for innovation, teaching, veteran support and more

For the ninth consecutive year, Belmont University has again achieved a Top 10 regional ranking with today’s release of U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 edition of America’s Best Colleges, this year ranking at an impressive No. 5 and remaining the highest ranked university in Tennessee in this category. Moreover, Belmont won the praise of its peers as it was included on a number of additional U.S. News lists that rate institutions on areas critical to student opportunities and success.

Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher said, “These rankings provide benchmarks that are helpful to us as we work to provide programs that equip our students to go out and make a positive impact in the world. While it is rewarding to see Belmont reach a higher ranking overall, it is especially gratifying to be recognized by our peers for excelling in areas that promote strong outcomes for our students. As a student-centered university, this is at the heart of what we aim to achieve.”

In the publication released today, Belmont is lauded for the tenth year in a row for its commitment to “making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities,” landing second on the “Most Innovative Schools” in the South list. Belmont earned acclaim in the following categories as well:

    • Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching (No. 4 in the South): The strong commitment to undergraduate teaching ranking is determined via a survey of peer institutions, who cite their fellow institutions who best reflect that quality.
    • Best Colleges for Veterans (No. 3 in the South): To be included, institutions must be ranked in the top half of their overall category, be certified for the GI Bill and participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program with 20 or more veterans/active service members enrolled.
    • Best Value (one of only 64 institutions recognized in the South): The listing takes into account a school’s academic quality and net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal.
    • Internships (one of only 20 institutions recognized in the nation): Schools in this category encourage students to apply what they’re learning in the classroom to work in the real world through closely supervised internships or practicums.
    • Learning Communities (one of only 18 institutions recognized in the nation): In these communities, students typically take two or more linked courses as a group and get to know one another and their professors well.
    • Service-Learning (one of only 23 institutions recognized in the nation): Required volunteer work in the community is an instructional strategy in these programs—what’s learned in the field bolsters what happens in class and vice versa.
    • Study Abroad (one of only 44 institutions recognized in the nation): Programs must involve substantial academic work abroad and considerable interaction with local culture

Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, “This has been an extraordinary fall for Belmont. We started the fall semester Belmont by announcing a record-breaking enrollment number for the 17th consecutive year – reaching a total of 8,080 students on campus. These students remind us every day that they are drawn to Belmont by the diversity and academic strength of our programs as well as by the intentional commitment to student success, as highlighted in the U.S. News rankings. I’m particularly proud of this incoming undergraduate class which brings, on average, the highest entering scores on the ACT (average 26.4) in the past four years. As an institution, we are committed to continue to do our best to fulfill the Belmont mission of providing an academically challenging education that will enable our students to engage and transform the world with disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.”

The U.S. News analysis places Belmont in a premier position among the 135 public and private institutions included in the South region, an area that covers Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Lumos Scholar Shares Her Experiences in Africa

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Lumos Scholar Shares Her Experiences in Africa

Lumos Scholar and recent Belmont  graduate Karah Waters is currently using her Nursing degree from the College of Health Sciences and Nursing to study healthcare in Tanzania.

Waters is currently interning and working as a nurse at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, a program that will last nine weeks. Her tenth and final week in Tanzania will be spent at the Kidodi Village Rural Healthcare Clinic.

She wrote, “I’ve also observed how different the lifestyles of the people are here and how that affects their health either positively or negatively and how it correlates with what I’ve seen in the hospital… I am in love with all of the people here and the various cultures are SO rich in Tanzania. I’ve learned so much!”

Waters is a recipient of the Lumos Award, coordinated through the Interdisciplinary Studies and Global Education department (ISGE).  The purpose of the award is to  transform the lives of young adults by enabling them to embark on a self-designed international working adventure. Recipients explore, engage and immerse themselves in local communities for a minimum of eight weeks in order to deepen their understanding of an issue, project or idea that impassions them.” Lumos Award recipients are expected to “travel with purpose.”

 

Belmont Women Take ‘CHAARG’ of Their Fitness

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Belmont Women Take ‘CHAARG’ of Their Fitness

Women at Belmont University are getting charged up over CHAARG. Changing Health Attitudes and Actions to Recreate Girls (CHAARG) is exactly the student organization’s mission. These students are on a mission to teach young women how to embrace and enjoy fitness. Each week they host a studio spotlight event, in which members are introduced to a local fitness studio and are given the opportunity to try out the fitness techniques in a group class. Members also meet every week in smaller groups to participate in their choice of fitness routine.

The goal of CHAARG is to help women“find their fit.” Over 5,000 individuals participate in CHAARG at 50 universities across the country, as well as an online chapter designed for those whose universities do not currently have a CHAARG chapter. Elisabeth Tavierne, CHAARG founder, writes that “my mission is to empower every CHAARG girl to be the best version of herself. I truly hope that all of our members find their passion for health and fitness — whatever that means to them.”

Cayli Allen, a Belmont CHAARG member, described her experience with CHAARG. “I joined CHAARG as a way to make new friends, stay on track with my exercise goals and try something new! I love being able to try all of Nashville’s hottest workout facilities for free with a great group of girls!”

While a main focus of the organization is physical fitness, Tavierne also stresses the importance of living a well-rounded, healthy life. She hopes that CHAARG members grow to embrace a happy and healthy lifestyle in a supportive and encouraging community. CHAARG is also available for university graduates.

To learn more about CHAARG, visit their website or contact Belmont’s CHAARG Ambassador here.

 

Department of Art Presents Dale Addy’s ‘The Conceptualizer’

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Department of Art Presents Dale Addy’s ‘The Conceptualizer’

The Department of Art held a reception and artist talk this week for the solo exhibition “Dale Addy’s The Conceptualizer: A celebration of the artist in all of us.” Addy, founder of DNA Creative Marketing, has taught graphic design at Belmont for the past decade and is responsible for several marketing campaigns and branding projects for the University, including the design of The GIG logo.

Dale Addy
Dale Addy

The idea for The Conceptualizer began in Addy’s classroom, where design students would often immediately search Google for inspiration about what to draw/design when given a design assignment. “Many of my students completely overlooked their own creativity in determining what should be done,” Addy said. “It just seems like technology has lured them–and us–away from our own thinking, our own creativity. Thinking and being inventive is critical in business and design communications today. When young, children usually hold no inhibitions about being creative or drawing. But for some reason, by adulthood, many decide they can’t draw, they can’t be imaginative. And, even more, people–and some artists–think they can’t be creative without some other idea source. And that’s just not true. We all are more creative than we’ll ever think we are, and this show will prove that.”

A native of Orange County, California, Addy began his career in Los Angeles at Altoon + Porter Architects as an environmental designer. He moved to Nashville in 1993 and served as vice president, associate creative director, at Dye, Van Mol & Lawrence. Ten years later he formed DNA Creative Marketing, having since worked on a number of national/international brands. He has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Art and Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design.

“The Conceptualizer” exhibit remains on display through Sept. 15 in the lobby of Belmont’s Leu Center for Visual Arts. Hours are Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 1-6 p.m.

Belmont Campus Security Donates Bikes to Edgehill Community

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Belmont Campus Security Donates Bikes to Edgehill Community

Belmont Campus Security, in partnership with Residence Life and Facilities Maintenance Services, recently donated 45 bikes to the Edgehill Bike Club, an organization in the Edgehill neighborhood that aims to provide free bicycles to local children. The partnership has been in place for two years, and this year’s donation is the largest yet.

Security gathers the donation by collecting abandoned or forgotten bikes from racks across campus at the end of the summer. After sending out several notifications to current students in an effort for bikes to be reclaimed, the team donates the ones that have been left behind to the Bike Club.

Created in 2013 by Terry Key to create crime-free communities, the Edgehill Bike Club “seeks to change lives one child at a time by combining the refurbishing of bikes with regular bikes rallies and mentoring.” Key seeks to achieve the Club’s goals by educating and inspiring children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods through providing active community-based programming.

Belmont Campus Security Captain Louis Mills said the opportunity to donate the bikes is a positive experience for everyone — including his officers. With bike officers included as an active part of Belmont’s fleet, Mills and the rest of his team enjoy cycling, themselves. The opportunity to partner with another cycling organization is exciting. “We enjoy working with Mr. Key and the community to put bikes in the hands of our neighbors,” Mills said. “With several bike officers across our campus, we are happy to share our love of cycling with others.”

 

Tough’s Song Featured on ABC Family

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Tough’s Song Featured on ABC Family

Tough's HeadshotAssociate Professor of Audio Engineering Technology Dr. Dave Tough’s song “Lonely World” was featured in the season finale of “The Fosters” on ABC Family (Freeform) on September 5. Tough produced/engineered the song and co-wrote it with Belmont alum Tyler Stargle who is also singing on the track

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