Belmont University’s College of Theology and Christian Ministry is hosting the second annual Faith and Culture Symposium this week with various speakers concentrating on the idea, “Worship and the Life of the University,” including keynote speaker Enuma Okoro. All events are free and open to the public to attend.
Associate Professor of Theology Dr. Steve Guthrie said, “This year’s event was inspired by the new chapel space that opened on Belmont’s campus in the Wedgewood Academic Center. Christian worship, of course, is an activity undertaken by Christian communities. Having a chapel on campus, however, encourages us to think about the relationship between worship and the wider culture in which Christian communities are located.”
Rayvon Owen, a recent Belmont alumnus from the University’s School of Music, is competing on this season of American Idol and since his 
Associate Dean and Professor of the College of Pharmacy Dr. Kinsley Kelley Kiningham has served the College since 2009 and since then has acquired a number of accolades including the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award in 2013 and the Most Influential Faculty Member designation by the class of 2013.
College of Law Dean Judge Alberto Gonzales was named on the Lawyers Of Color’s Fourth Annual Power List, a comprehensive catalog of the nation’s most influential minority attorneys and non-minority diversity advocates. Gonzales will be featured in the 2015 “Lawyers of Color’s Power Issue” and will be recognized at a reception at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Belmont Physical Therapy students attended the Tennessee Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) Day on the Hill on Feb. 11. TPTA President Scott Newton and TPTA Legislative Chair Joe Newton provided an orientation to the legislative process and highlighted a particular bill of interest to physical therapists.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Student Members of the American Chemical Society and Chemistry Professor Dr. Kimberlee Daus hosted a convocation event on the chemistry elements of Chocolate. Nutrition researcher Michael Levine, among others, has described chocolate as being the world’s perfect food—chemically speaking.
Students Hannah Cintron and Pierce Riddick are currently enrolled in Belmont’s Location Recording Techniques class as part of the university’s semester-long Belmont East program in New York City.