Edgehill’s Best, a free community newspaper run once a year, is scheduled to hit the shelves within the Edgehill community by the beginning of June. Produced by a partnership between Rose Park Math and Science Magnet Middle School and Belmont University, the project began under the direction of Belmont’s Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy and engages Rose Park 7th and 8th graders in creating a newspaper as part of their journalism class. The partnership brings together professors from Belmont’s Media Studies and Education Departments and teachers from Rose Park including 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher Audrey Lyell.
Last year’s edition was created under the guidance of Belmont Media Studies Instructor Dorren Robinson and Assistant Professor of Media Studies Dr. Hyangsook Lee. The duo, working alongside Department Chair Dr. Thom Storey and Searcy, produced the eight-page edition. This year, Belmont’s Education Department joined the partnership and Chair of the Education Department Dr. Mark Hogan traveled to Rose Park weekly to teach the students about journalism and writing.
With 11 Rose Park students participating in the publication of this year’s edition, Dr. Hogan said the opportunity to work directly with the students has been invaluable. “The students had great ideas and showed leadership in bringing a project to completion. I believe they learned about writing for publication, specifically for newspapers and how that is different than classroom writing for assignments,” Dr. Hogan said. “This also allows the Teacher Education Department to further engage in our commitment to be the ‘feet in the street’ education program in Nashville.”
This year’s Nashville Film Festival featured four films from China, their directors and a number of representatives from China’s film industry. Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Chinese Dr. Qingjun Li was the translator for the community VIP session entitled, “The Future of Film in China.” This year, for the first time, Chinese box office sales eclipsed those in the U.S.
Dr. Amy E. Crook, assistant professor of management in the Massey College of Business, presented a paper at the 30th annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology in Philadelphia recently. Her solo-authored paper, titled “Comparing Single-Response and Multiple-Response SJTs,” is an experimental validity study on different employee selection test formats. Crook developed the interpersonal skills tests involved in the study and collected the data here at Belmont with undergraduate students. Her talk was part of a symposium with other internationally known SJT experts in academia and industry from organizations such as Educational Testing Service, Michigan State University and Ghent University.
Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, alongside industry partner ASCAP, honored alumnus Ben Vaughn as the sixth recipient of the Music City Milestone Award (MCMA). The MCMA celebrates Belmont’s connection with Music Row while recognizing a Belmont graduate who has achieved truly superlative success in the entertainment and music industries early in their career. Previous Music City Milestone Award recipients include Beka Tischker, Ashley Gorley, Rusty Gaston, LeAnn Phelan and Carla Wallace.
Career Development Specialist in the Office of Career & Professional Development Rachel Walden was recently selected as the recipient of the Annie Gray Harris Sasser New Member Award by the Tennessee Association of Colleges and Employers (TACE). Walden was presented with the award during the TACE annual conference on April 23rd.
Belmont chemistry major and junior Adam Woods recently attended the 