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Belmont Celebrates Arbor Day with Tree Ceremony

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Belmont Celebrates Arbor Day with Tree Ceremony

In celebration of Arbor Day 2017, Belmont University gathered a group of faculty, staff, senior administrators and students to recognize one of the University’s most recently planted tree, a Sassafras. Vice President of Finance and Operations Steve Lasley led the ceremony and spoke on Belmont’s commitment to sustainability and conservation, as well as the tree’s origins.

Native to the eastern United States, the Sassafras is a dark red-brown tree that has many historical uses for its leaves, bark and wood. Native American tribes once used the tree’s leaves to treat wounds, its bark as a flavoring and its wood for fire-starting because of its flammability. Additionally, sassafras was also used in cooking by certain tribes to flavor animal fat, make root bear, create a thickening agent and cure meat, a practice that is still done in the United States. The tree also serves as a host for many butterfly species including the spicebush, tiger swallow-tail, palamades and pale swallow-tail.

In addition to celebrating Arbor Day, the recognition ceremony was also held in honor of Belmont’s recent designation as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, the third time the University has received the honor.

 

Music Business and Marketing Alumna Finds Successful Career in NYC

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Music Business and Marketing Alumna Finds Successful Career in NYC

Shaub's headshotBelmont University music business and marketing alumna Christa Shaub has been building her career and reputation in the entertainment industry for the past 16 years. Based in New York City, Shaub has had many notable accomplishments and clients as an entertainment executive, artist manager, A&R director and business owner. Currently, she is working as the founder and president at Shaub Entertainment, which is an artist management firm that offers A&R services and management consultancy.

After its founding in 2013, Shaub Entertainment’s first signing was global pop star and Albanian native Bleona, whose dance hit, “Take It Like a Man,” climbed the dance charts both in the U.S. and the UK. Shaub helped secure Bleona as one of the star cast members of the Bravo show, “Euros of Hollywood.” The company’s most recent focus is rising rock and roll star Luke Elliot, whose debut album, “Dressed for the Occasion,” has garnered extensive international critical acclaim.

“I decided I was at the point in my life to start and grow my own venture from the ground up. I wanted be able to have absolute autonomy to invest the time and strategy in discovering and developing raw talent from the beginning of their career,” Shaub said. “Finding an artist like Luke Elliot who had that raw talent inspired me to finally pull the trigger on my own company. After years of managing A-list superstars, I wanted to really get back to a focus on the music and the artistry.”

Shaub began her career in the entertainment industry as an A&R manager and eventually A&R director at Cherry Lane Music Publishing, which was acquired by BMG in 2009. As senior A&R director at Cherry Lane, Shaub played a pivotal role in the signings of major artists and songwriters including the Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Toby Gad and West Indian Girl. She also obtained music promotional opportunities for major clients in NASCAR, Electronic Arts (EA) and the National Football League (NFL). Shaub’s passion, diligence and keen music sensibility resulted in the company’s highest profitability and notoriety in 40 years.

After her experience with BMG, Shaub co-owned and operated music management firm Rebel One Management, taking a hands-on approach to crafting the career and image of Rihanna as her manager during the first five years of the international superstar’s career. Rebel One’s roster also included names like Alex Da Kid, K’Naan and Jazmine Sullivan.

Searcy Re-Elected to Nashville Public Library Board of Directors

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Searcy Re-Elected to Nashville Public Library Board of Directors
Searcy at the confirmation meeting for the Nashville Public Library Board of Directors
Photo by Ludye N. Wallace

Belmont University’s Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy was recently re-elected by Metro Council to a second term on the Nashville Public Library Board of Directors. Searcy’s re-appointment was confirmed on April 18 after she was nominated by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry. Her previous term was confirmed in September 2012 and lasted through April 6 of this year.

The Nashville Public Library Board of Directors is in charge of administering and controlling all libraries in the Nashville Public Library system. Members have the authority to make expenditures out of the money appropriated for the Public Library as well as the money collected from fines and other sources.

Gonzalez Receives Center for Public Trust Student Chapter Award

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Gonzalez Receives Center for Public Trust Student Chapter Award

The award is presented to Jose GonzalezBelmont’s Center for Public Trust Student Chapter recently awarded Instructor of Entrepreneurship and Management Jose Gonzalez with the “Being a Difference” Award.

West Bielstein, student chapter president, presented the award to Gonzalez at the April faculty meeting in recognition of his ethical leadership as co-founder and CFO of Conexion Americas.

Students Combat Exam Anxiety with Puppies and Popsicles

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Students Combat Exam Anxiety with Puppies and Popsicles

For the sixth year in a row, faculty and staff members in Belmont University’s Bunch Library hosted a “Puppies and Popsicles” event on campus for Academic Preparation Day, a day set aside for students to prepare for exams. Research and Instruction Librarian Claire Wiley said, “In the library we often see students during their most stressful moments, so we wanted to do something to help remedy that. There is great evidence for how therapy dogs can reduce stress and produce calm, so we thought this would be a useful and fun way to reach out to students.”

The therapy dog teams, including crowd favorites Swoosh, Lily, Tashi, Brady, Sierra and Kevlar, come from Therapy ARC and READing Paws.

Guthrie Contributes Chapter to Testimony of the Spirit

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Guthrie Contributes Chapter to Testimony of the Spirit

Steve Guthrie Head ShotA chapter by Steve Guthrie, professor of theology, was recently included in a new publication from Oxford University Press. Testimony of The Spirit: New Essays considers ways in which God’s Spirit may address humanity–in domains such as psychology and neuroscience, community and language, desire and gender and moral knowledge.

Contributors include faculty from Oxford University, King’s College London, the University of Toronto, Baylor and Loyola University of Chicago. Guthrie’s chapter addresses the Spirit in relation to art and beauty. For more information, click here.

 

Wiley Publishes Systematic Review in College and Research Libraries

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Wiley Publishes Systematic Review in College and Research Libraries

Research and Instruction Librarian Claire Wiley, along with library colleagues from American University and New York University Abu Dhabi, published an article titled “The Internationalization of the Academic Library: A Systematic Review of 25 Years of Literature on International Students” in the March issue of College and Research Libraries. This study identified and examined the literature related to international students and libraries published between 1990-2014. The authors discuss implications for practice while advocating for systematic review and other evidence-based methods in LIS research.

Tough’s Songs Featured on Television and Film

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Tough’s Songs Featured on Television and Film

Tough's HeadshotDr. David Tough’s song, “Showed Up For The Party,” co-written with former Belmont students Jordan Webb and Rowland Folensbee, was featured the NBC show “Superstore” on April 27. Tough also had a song in the movie Thumper, starring Lena Headey, that was recently featured at Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

Students Present Their Zoo-Based Research

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Students Present Their Zoo-Based Research

Students present their "animal behavior" research at the zoo. On April 25, Dr. John Niedzwiecki’s Animal Behavior students presented their Zoo-based research projects to the Nashville Zoo staff and patrons. In this project, students are paired with a Nashville Zoo zookeeper and an animal species on display. Over the semester they develop and test a research question about the behavior of their animals. This year, students studied everything from ostriches to turtles.

Students and Faculty Present at National Conference on Undergraduate Research

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Students and Faculty Present at National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Students and faculty pose for a picture during the NCUR awardsDrs. Chris Barton and Jennifer Thomas, biology and two of their students, Sarah Anderson and Anna Margaret McDonnell, both senior biology majors, recently traveled to the University of Memphis in to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). NCUR, established in 1987, is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity in all fields of study by sponsoring an annual conference for students.

With more than 4,000 undergraduate students in attendance, this is the largest annual gathering of undergraduate research students. Anderson presented her senior research project, “Examining the Effect of Convallatoxin, a Cardiac Glycoside, on the Growth of Colorectal Cancer Cells” and McDonnell presented her senior research project, “Anti-proliferative Effects of Epigallocatechin-gallate and Enoxacin on Cervical Cancer-derived Cells in Culture.”

Barton and Thomas participated in the Faculty-Administrator Network Sessions and led a workshop entitled, “Envisioning, Implementing, and Assessing a Required Undergraduate Research Program in Biology.”

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