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Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Group Wins Simulated Experience Competition

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Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Group Wins Simulated Experience Competition

Students from Belmont’s Jack C. Massey College of Business Graduate School of Business (MBA and Professional MBA), College of Pharmacy (joint PharmD/MBA) and College of Law (joint MBA/JD) that are enrolled in an accounting course and a management course recently participated in a SAP-simulated group project and won among their classmates. This is the first time that a student group has included participants from all four disciplines.

The SAP-based simulation provides an opportunity for graduate students, in groups of 4-5, to run a simulated company. Each team is responsible for making strategic decisions including product mix, pricing and marketing levels, investment in additional capacity and cash flow management, among other things. They then operate their companies over six simulated ‘months’ of productions. This opportunity is unique as students are able to use SAP, an enterprise software system that is used by many leading manufacturing companies including Nissan, Bridgestone, Tractor Supply Company and Mapco.

Associate Dean & Senior Professor of Performance Excellence Dr. Joe Alexander said the opportunity to work alongside students from other disciplines is incredibly valuable for participants. “In contemporary business settings, that’s the name of the game,” Alexander said. “Cross-functional teams where individuals from different departments and functions must learn to work together, utilizing the skills and information from their areas to help make teams more successful in solving business problems are apparent in today’s organizations.”

 

Belmont Named No. 4 Best College for Accounting Majors in Tennessee

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Belmont Named No. 4 Best College for Accounting Majors in Tennessee

The exterior of the Massey Business Center BuildingIn a ranking recently released by Zippia, Belmont was named as a best college for accounting majors in the state of Tennessee. The University came in at No. 4 on a list of five. Joined by Vanderbilt, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Rhodes and Christian Brothers, the list named the programs that offer the most for accounting majors.

Zippia created the ranking by comparing data on how each school performs including career results, accounting emphasis and overall school performance (admissions rate, graduation rate, cost of attendance and amount of debt).

To view Zippia’s article, click here.

 

 

 

“The Bug Guy” Hosts Hundreds of Campers Over 25 Years

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“The Bug Guy” Hosts Hundreds of Campers Over 25 Years

Belmont’s own “Bug Guy,” Professor of Biology Dr. Steve Murphree, has hosted “Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies,” bug-themed camps for elementary school children, for the last 25 years. Aside from two years when Murphree hosted the event at Cheekwood, campers have explored the word of entomology on Belmont’s campus.

Beginning in the summer of 1992, Murphree and his then-colleague Dr. David Hill hosted their first group of students. Since then, hundreds of campers have participated in the week, which includes themed days, and enjoyed insect stations, show-and-tell that features campers’ own contributions of spiders and insects, educational discussions and a bug hunt, followed by an insect film and snacks. This summer, 30 children from the Nashville area will participate in the camps.

Steve Murphree hosts Show and Tell with campers in the Bugs, Beetles and Butterflies Camp
Murphree hosts show and tell with campers on Belmont’s campus.

“I hope that campers gain a better appreciation of the role of insects and other arthropods in our world,” Murphree said. “For some, that means overcoming their fear of insects. It’s so fun to work with campers and see learning take place.”

Looking back over the years, Murphree can point to many memories that stick out, but there’s one that always comes to mind. Just last month he received a card from a young camper, Lucas, who asked to come back to Camp for “1,000 more days.”

Alumna Brings ‘No Baked’ Treats to Nashville

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Alumna Brings ‘No Baked’ Treats to Nashville

Belmont alumna Megan Beaven never dreamed she’d be operating her own business when she graduated from Belmont in 2015–but now, just years later, she’s working for herself and making ‘no baked’ treats for the whole city. Owner of No Baked Cookie Dough, Beaven said she started her career in the music industry, but after a short stint there, she was eager to get outside the walls of her building.

“I didn’t enjoy sitting behind a computer for eight hours a day,” Beaven said. “I had already been making edible cookie dough for myself and began to realize that people loved it as much as I did. I just went from there!” Soon after working on the concept in her free time and realizing its potential, Beaven left her job, launched “No Baked” and hasn’t looked back.

Since then, the venture has exploded across the city. “It has been the most amazing couple of months,” she said. “The online store evolved into pop-up shows, and Nashville has loved our cookie dough!” Beaven is currently working to open a storefront in the Midtown area this fall.

As an entrepreneur, Beaven said she’s most grateful for the freedom to do what she’s passionate about and having control over her day to day. “When you’re working for someone else, there are limitations,” she said. “Working for yourself really puts you in control of your life. And it gives you so much freedom.”

As for the city’s budding entrepreneurs, Beaven has some quick advice. Had she not taken the chance to leave her full-time job for the start-up she believed in, she’d likely still be behind a desk. “It’s never too late to change you mind,” Beaven said, “If you find yourself on a path that isn’t making you happy, get off it and try a new one. I’m so glad I did.”

 

 

 

 

Student, Faculty Present Physics Research at ASPIRE Meeting

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Student, Faculty Present Physics Research at ASPIRE Meeting

Engineering physics major Brynn Yonker and Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Scott Hawley presented at a recent ASPIRE meeting, a “research co-op” where members of the Nashville community can collaborate on innovative projects involving audio, acoustics, engineering and more. Hawley presented on he and Yonker’s recent participation at the International Symposium on Musical Acoustics in Canada and Yonker presented on her undergraduate research with Hawley. The research involves sound diffraction measurements using a Polar Pattern Plotter.

Tamara Baird, a Belmont alumna and a Lipscomb Nursing faculty were present and shared an update and demonstration on a DIY digital stethoscope project. Byron Williams, a Belmont alumnus, discussed his loudspeaker construction project and home studio build. The meeting was held at OmegaLab.

Dark Published in InTouch Ministries

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Dark Published in InTouch Ministries

David Dark head shotDr. David Dark, assistant professor of religion and the arts, recently published “Who Wants to Get Saved” on InTouch Ministries’s Margin Notes. Opening by asking, “What is salvation?” Dark navigates questions on the topic pointing to Bible stories.

To read Dark’s article in its entirety, click here.

Tough’s Songs Find Success

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Tough’s Songs Find Success

Tough's Headshot“Sometimes a Whisper,” a song written by Associate Professor of Audio Engineering Technology Dr. David Tough, was recently cut by Australian country band Route 33. Tough also co-wrote and produced the latest nationwide jingle for Mattress Warehouse with Belmont accompanist Nate Strasser.

 

Searcy Hosts KYB Leadership Academy on Campus

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Searcy Hosts KYB Leadership Academy on Campus

Director of the Office of Community Relations Joyce Searcy recently hosted a group of students from the KYB Leadership Academy, a local program that exists to educate, train, coach and mentor young women with a focus on building skills that contribute to leadership development, civic engagement and social responsibility.

As part of the group’s leadership training to become global women, participants from Nashville visited Colombia last year. While there, they met a group of young women who recently traveled to Nashville. The women came to tour Belmont and spent time hearing from Searcy, Vice President and Chief of Staff Dr. Susan West, Associate Dean in the Curb College Dr. Cheryl Carr and Director of Student Financial Services Pat Smedley. This group shared their own experiences as professional women and discussed their own paths to leadership. Next year, the young women plan to visit South Africa.

For more information on the Academy, click here.

 

 

Steil Hosts Camp for Children with Diabetes

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Steil Hosts Camp for Children with Diabetes

For several years, students from Belmont’s College of Pharmacy have served as counselors for children’s overnight diabetes camps in Alabama and Florida, gaining fourth-year advanced practice experience and clinical course credit. This year, the College extended the opportunity for students who completed their first or second professional year of classes to serve as a counselor for a day camp, Camp Sugar Falls, located in Antioch, Tennessee. Professor of Pharmacy Dr. Condit Steil has fostered these effort for many years, both at Belmont and on a national scale.

The opportunity for student pharmacists to become more aware of children’s needs and support them as they deal with diabetes is valuable. Many patients with diabetes rely on pharmacists for supplies, medications and advice. Student pharmacist David Luong said, “Having been a counselor this week has been fun and very educational. We learned about treating diabetes, the intricacies of monitoring and insulin dosing and carbohydrate counting.”

In the camp, Belmont’s student pharmacists worked with and learned from other health care providers including physicians, nurses, nutritionists and counselors. The American Diabetes Association’s Camp Sugar Falls is a day-camp experience for children ages 6 to 17 that have been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.  Children and counselors engage in a week of recreational and educational activities that focus on nutrition, lifestyle habits, self-esteem and team building. Camp Sugar Falls takes place at the YMCA’s Camp Widjiwagan.

 

Dark Publishes Commentary on Bonnaroo

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David Dark head shotDr. David Dark, assistant professor of religion and the arts, recently co-authored a commentary, published on mtv.com, entitled “Bonnaroo at the End of the World: The Healing Game Goes On.” Detailing how the mega-event brings a message of love to Tennessee, Dark’s piece highlights the humanness of rock and roll–and how it encourages us to “let love rule.”

Describing Bonnaroo as “what love looks like for thousands of people,” Dark and his co-author detail the ways Bonnaroo mirrors what’s most important in real community, telling the stories of the week’s festivities. “It’s a four-day-long practice in empathy and hope and relationship,” the authors say. “And as a species, we need it now more than ever.” The article goes to discuss various sets and how the lyrics sung from the stage speak to the human condition in powerful ways.

To read Dark’s article, click here.

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