Belmont alumna Courtney Hensley was recently named as a 2015 Higher Education Power Broker by Risk & Insurance.
Hensley is a senior member at Aon Risk Solutions in Franklin, Tennessee. Her Education Power Broker award, “Excellence Under Pressure,” was given for her help guiding a new risk manager to close three loss claims under no obligation. One client told Risk & Insurance, “It’s hard to quantify the amount of money we’ve saved by taking Courtney’s advice, but she’s been instrumental in our department’s success.”
To read more about Hensley’s accomplishment, click here.
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.
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.