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Art Department Awarded by Tennessee Art Education Association

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Belmont’s Art Department recently received several awards from The Tennessee Art Education Association (TAEA) to recognize the success of faculty and students in the field of art education. TAEA is a state-level branch within the larger National Art Education Association (NAEA) that supports education in and through the visual arts.

Among the awards received, the department was awarded the “Friend of TAEA” honor, which aimed to recognize Belmont’s Gallery Director Katie Boatman for her support of the Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition displays art from 6th through 12th grade students and has been organized and hosted by Belmont for the last three years with Boatman as the main exhibition organizer.

TAEA’s “Pre-Service Art Educator of the Year” award recognized current student Lindsey McCartin for her accomplishments in and commitment to teaching art. This recognition marks the second consecutive year in which a Belmont student has received the honor, given to art education student Shannon Carey in 2015. McCartin has an active leadership role in Belmont’s student chapter of NAEA and was also named as the 2015-2016 “Larkin Art Educator of the Year.”

Assistant Professor of Art Dr. Justin Makemson was also recognized by receiving the “Middle Region Art Educator of the Year” award. The award recognizes Makemson as an outstanding educator in the Middle Tennessee. This honor, and two additional regional awards and one overall Tennessee educator award, are given  from the organization.

Makemson discussed the amount of honor surrounding the annual TAEA awards and his pride in the Art Department’s accomplishments. “All award winners were nominated by TAEA members and their accomplishments considered and juried by the state leadership board’s awards committee.  In terms of prestige, these are the highest honors available to art teachers and future art teachers at the state level.  Winners are put into similar categories for consideration of national-level NAEA awards,” Makemson said. “I am very proud of the achievements of my colleague Katie and of course of my student winners.”

Honors Professors Give Presentation at Theology Conference in Alabama

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Thorndike and Pethel of Belmont's Honors ProgramProfessors in the Honors Program Drs. Jonathan Thorndike and Mary Ellen Pethel recently presented at the “Teaching the Christian Intellectual Tradition” conference at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. The conference centered around pedagogical approaches to theology and changes in culture during the era of the Reformations in European history.

Pethel and Thorndike’s presentation focused on the way the Honors Program teaches a course on the Reformations by use of the book “The Faithful Executioner,” written by Joel Harrington. The book follows the thoughts of the official executioner for the city of Nuremburg, Germany in the late 1500s based on a journal he kept that detailed the people he executed and interrogated. Harrington, Chair of the Department of History at Vanderbilt University, stumbled upon the journal while he was on sabbatical in Germany and used the text to create an analysis of the concepts of honor and shame surrounding executioners. Thorndike and Pethel use the text to illustrate political and religious power, individual sovereignty, responses to ostracism, confession, forgiveness and redemption through God’s grace by assigning reading and writing exercises with these themes in mind.

The featured plenary speakers for the conference included Theologian at Saint Anselm College Dr. R. Ward Holder and Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor at Duke Divinity School Dr. Sujin Pak. The conference was hosted by Samford University’s Core Texts and University Fellows Honors Program. It was designed to bring together scholars from a wide array of disciplines to encourage idea sharing in regards to teaching the rich intellectual heritage of Christianity to today’s undergraduates.

Harrington will be coming to Belmont next month to talk with students about the research he conducted before writing “The Faithful Executioner.”

Belmont Hosts Prescreening of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ as Part of Film Festival

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Belmont Hosts Prescreening of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ as Part of Film Festival

On October 6, Belmont took part in the International Black Film Festival of Nashville (IBFFN) by screening its evening showing of “The Birth of a Nation” one day before the movie was released to the general public. The screening took place in Belmont’s R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center and was preceded by an opening night red carpet and opening remarks by the CEO and Founder of the IBFFN Hazel Joyner Smith.

“The Birth of a Nation” is a film based on the story of American-born slave Nat Turner, whose intelligence from a young age sparked belief that he was born as a prophet sent to read the Bible and preach to other slaves. The 2016 film was entered into the Sundance Film Festival and earned recognition as the winner of both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. The film entered theaters around the country on October 7.

The movie screening at Belmont was followed by a panel discussion led by Associate Dean of the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business Dr. Cheryl Slay Carr and Nashville News Channel 5 anchor Vicki Yates.

Belmont also hosted an event on October 5 in conjunction with this year’s film festival in the form of a “Film Festival Forum.” The forum also took place in the Johnson Center as a panel discussion that centered on film festivals in today’s economy and who benefits from them.

Chair of Belmont’s Motion Pictures Program Barbara Doyle hopes this opportunity will lead to an even larger partnership with the IBFFN in upcoming years. “We were approached to partner with IBFFN several months ago and we are thrilled to work with them! ‘The Birth of a Nation’ debuted at Sundance last year to great acclaim, and we were excited to be able to bring it to our students a day before it is released to the general movie-going public. We are looking forward to working with IBFFN even more in the future,” Doyle said.

Psychological Science Department Hosts Mental Illness Awareness Week

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During the first full week of October, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and participants across the country raise awareness of mental illness. Each year NAMI fights stigma, provides support, educates the public and advocates for equal care as the movement grows stronger. Last week, the Belmont Psychological Science Department hosted a number of events for Mental Illness Awareness Week.

  • Monday, October 3 — Joanna Bane gave a talk regarding the stigma of mental illness. Bane is the statewide education coordinator for Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee’s “Erasing the Stigma” program, which provides education to children and youth addressing mental health topics.
  • Tuesday, October 4 — Dr. Michael Loftin, psychologist and Belmont adjunct faculty, hosted Free Depression Screenings.
  • Wednesday, October 5 — Katherine Fowler, founder of Fowler Nutrition PLLC, presented on eating disorders. She specializes in nutrition therapy and general wellness counseling for adults, adolescents and children.
  • Thursday, October 6 – The PC2 Club hosted a screening of A Beautiful Mind and Peter Giordano, psychology, led a discussion after the movie.
  • Friday, October 7 — Josh Bowers presented on Faith and Depression.

PC2 Helps Out Bert’s Big Thank You

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Students gather to write letters of gratitude to service men and women serving over seas. This was part of The Bert Show's "Big Thank You" event.The Bert Show is collecting thank you letters for all stationed or deployed soldiers outside the United States can receive a letter of gratitude on Thanksgiving Day.  Over the past several years, The Bert Show community helped to express a “Big Thank You” with over a million hand written letters sent to every man and woman deployed outside the U.S.

The Belmont Psychology Club and Psi Chi (PC2) hosted an event for Belmont students to make Thanksgiving Cards to send to the troops serving overseas. The group made a total of 124 cards.

Business Students Take Home Awards at CIBER International Case Competition

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Business Students Take Home Awards at CIBER International Case Competition

Belmont business students again represented the university in this year’s CIBER International Business Case Competition held at the University of Connecticut from October 5 to October 8. The following students participated: Laura Van Eeckhoudt, Emily Weissmann, Andrew Hughes and Caio Niel. The twelve teams in this year competition represented Belmont University, Florida State University, Purdue University, San Diego State University, Southern University of Baton Rouge, The American University in Cairo, University of Connecticut, University of Johannesburg, University of Maryland, Università di Trento (Italy) and University of Vermont.

This year’s case was titled “Uber and the Sharing Economy: Global Market Expansion and Reception” and challenged the students to come up with an market expansion strategy for Uber in the Asian market. In the preliminary round, both Hughes and Weissmann’s teams won and advanced into the final round. In addition, Van Eeckhoudt won an individual award for best Q&A in the preliminary round.

After the final round and judging, Hughes’s team placed first overall in this year’s competition and Weissmann’s team placed second overall.

 

Clark, Bishop and Rhone Speak on a Panel at the 2016 International Black Film Festival

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Clark, Bishop and Rhone Speak on a Panel at the 2016 International Black Film Festival

Drs. Mary Clark, director of Bridges to Belmont and the Office of Multicultural Learning & Experience and Nadi Bishop, Bridges to Belmont coordinator, joined Kenisha Rhone, director of digital media and social strategy for Athletics, on a panel addressing Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation at the 2016 International Black Film Festival of Nashville (IBFF).

The panel was part of the programming celebrating the 10th year of the Festival, which helps to insure culturally accurate depictions in film with special emphasis on the rich creativity and diversity found in communities of color locally, nationally and internationally. Also on the panel were (L-R) writer/director Greg Carter and Reverend Jeff Obafemi Carr.

‘It’s On Us’: Belmont Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month with October Events

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‘It’s On Us’: Belmont Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month with October Events

Did you know that nearly half—43 percent—of dating college women report experiencing violent and abusive dating behaviors? Moreover, college students report that they do not feel equipped to deal with dating abuse–57 percent say it’s difficult to identify and 58 percent say they don’t know how to help someone who’s experiencing it.

These statistics, as reported in a 2012 article in Campus Safety magazine, indicate there’s still plenty of work to do around the nation and here at Belmont to educate men and women about domestic violence. With October serving as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Campus Security is partnering with several departments and student organizations across Belmont to host awareness events over the next several weeks.

Belmont’s Assistant Chief of Programs, Advocacy and Outreach Liz Grubb said, “At Belmont, we believe that violence of any kind should not be tolerated, and the campus community is dedicated to serving and supporting all victims without discrimination. While we offer a number of options to students, faculty and staff throughout the year to educate, inform and equip our community about violence prevention and sexual assault, our goal for awareness is not simply about getting the facts in front of people, but creating an attitude and culture that does not tolerate violence at all.”

Part of creating and fostering that culture begins when students first arrive to campus. This fall hundreds of new Belmont freshmen took the “It’s On Us” pledge to prevent sexual assault as part of Welcome Week programming at the beginning of the semester, signing large posters to publicly show their support. The national “It’s On Us” campaign, which began two years ago, seeks to reframe the conversation surrounding sexual assault in a way that empowers, educates and engages college students to prevent it. Since the launch of the campaign in September 2014, more than 275,000 individuals have taken the It’s On Us pledge, and Belmont is one of more than 480 schools to host It’s On Us events. As part of Belmont’s month-long awareness campaign, the Welcome Week It’s On Us signed posters will be displayed throughout campus in October, beginning for one-week in Bunch Library followed by the Beaman lobby, Harrington Place Dining and the Ayers Academic Center lobby.

In addition, several events are scheduled during the month including a convocation and “It’s On Us” pledge drive on Fri., Oct. 14. The 10 a.m. convo will discuss what it means to be an active bystander and give practical strategies for bystander intervention. In addition to promoting the pledge on ItsOnUs.org at that event, Campus Security, SGA and Student Affairs will partner in that evening’s Live On Fridays programming to provide additional opportunities to sign the pledge. The following week will bring the “One Love Escalation Workshop” about dating and relationship violence on Wed., Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. in McWhorter 109 and a “Basic Self-Defense workshop” on Thurs., Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Vince Gill Room.

To learn more about Belmont’s sexual violence prevention awareness efforts and on campus resources, please visit www.belmont.edu/sexualviolenceprevention. And for more information about how to get involved, email securityprograms@belmont.edu.

Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inducts Six Health Care Legends

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Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inducts Six Health Care Legends

The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inducted its six member, 2016 class at a luncheon and ceremony in Belmont’s Curb Event Center on Monday, October 10. Hosted by President and Chief Executive Officer of the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation Susan Dentzer, the Hall of Fame seeks to recognize and honor the pioneers and current leaders who have formed Tennessee’s health and health care community and encourage future generations of health care professionals.

Created by Belmont University and Belmont’s McWhorter Society with the support of the Nashville Health Care Council, a Founding Partner, the event honored the Hall of Fame’s inductees including:

Jack O. Bovender, Jr.: Retired Chairman and CEO of Hospital Corporation of America, Member of the National Health Care Hall of Fame, Credited with the rescue of patients in an HCA hospital during Hurricane Katrina

Stanley Cohen, Ph.D.: Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Faculty Member at Washington University and Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt, Completed research on epidermal growth factors that contributed to discoveries for individual cancer and immune system dysfunction therapies

Henry W. Foster, Jr., M.D., FACOG: Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of Meharry College’s School of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University, President Clinton’s Senior Advisor on Teen Pregnancy Reduction and Youth Issues

Frank S. Groner, LL.D.: President Emeritus of Memphis’s Baptist Memorial Hospital, Commissioner of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Health Consultant to the federal government

Paul E. Stanton, Jr., M.D.: President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Surgery of East Tennessee State University, Served as a member of the Governor’s TennCare Roundtable, Assisted in conducting the first review and recommendation of changes to Tennessee’s Medicaid program

Colleen Conway Welch, Ph.D., CNM, FAAN, FACNM: Dean Emerita of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Past Nashvillian of the Year, Served on President Reagan’s Commission on HIV Epidemic

Evelyn Kisayke speaks at the induction ceremony.
Evelyn Kisakye speaks at the induction ceremony.

In addition to recognizing the state’s greatest health care legends, the Hall of Fame also exists to raise funds for students interested in pursuing careers in health care. Evelyn Kisakye, a pharmacy student at Belmont and recipient of a McWhorter Society scholarship addressed the crowd. Growing up in Uganda and working alongside her mother, an AIDS nurse, Kisakye said she knew from an early age she was interested in working with overlooked populations. “As a future pharmacist, I want to increase health care access to underserved populations, address healthcare disparities and social determinants in the communities and bridge the gap between developing and developed cities and countries,” she said. “Through this experience, I hope to make difference in the community and walk across this stage again as a Tennessee Health Care Hall of Famer.”

The induction ceremony featured acceptance speeches from a number of inductees, both in person or by video. For more information on the Hall of Fame, click here.

Curb College Technology Specialist Hosts Focusrite Audio Event

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Romano, Reynolds, Howell and Farkus standing by Focusrite equipment
From left to right: Reynolds, Howell, Farkus and Romano

Technology Specialist in User Services for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business Ron Romano recently hosted an event on campus for Focusrite, an audio equipment manufacturer. The event was held in the R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center Large Theater on September 15 and was centered around training the audience on the uses of Focusrite’s audio interface RedNet.

The event began with a training session led by Audinate Senior Technical Sales Engineer Bernie Farkus on the Dante audio networking solution and how RedNet harnesses its power. Farkus’s talk was followed by a presentation on how Belmont utilizes RedNet and Dante, led by Romano. The RedNet product line was then presented by the RedNet National Accounts Manager Kurt Howell. To end the event, the audience heard from guest speaker Phil Reynolds, systems engineer for Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age.

In an article published in Lighting & Sound America, Howell mentioned how fitting Belmont was for this event. “We are happy to share Focusrite’s extensive knowledge on audio-over-IP to the students in the audio program at Belmont University and members of the extended community of audio professionals in Nashville,” said Howell. “Belmont provided the perfect backdrop, as they have recently made RedNet the backbone of their networking infrastructure across their facilities.”

For more coverage of this event, check out the article published on Lighting & Sound America’s website.

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