Office currently enjoying one of institution’s highest ever first destination rates at 92 percent
Hundreds of people invaded Neely Dining Hall Wednesday, all dressed in their professional best, as representatives from more than 75 area companies came to campus to recruit Belmont students and alumni for job and internship opportunities.
The event represents just one of the numerous gatherings held year-round involving Belmont’s Office of Career & Professional Development. From organizing participation in large-scale community job fairs to meeting one-on-one with current students and graduates seeking professional career coaching, the Career Development staff plays a critical role in Belmont’s efforts to promote the best possible outcomes for students’ education.
Patricia Jacobs, director of the Office of Career & Professional Development, said, “We have an amazing Career Development staff who are focused on being student-centered, helping our students and alumni find their passions as well as where those passions intersect with the world’s needs. Everyone is focused on positive outcomes for our graduates, and we’re partnering with areas across campus on this important work.”
Until recently, the Office of Career & Professional Development was known as the Office of Career Services, but the change in name was made to better reflect the mission of Belmont University and the purpose of the office. The timing of the new nomenclature comes when Belmont is enjoying one of its highest First Destination Rates ever, 92 percent, a figure that represents the percentage of graduates who secured full-time employment, enrolled in graduate school or enlisted in military service within six months of graduation.
The goals of the certificate training program are to advance public health and patient care through improved medication use, provide training to enhance pharmacists’ ability to effectively provide MTM services, motivate increased numbers of pharmacists to establish MTM services, and communicate benchmark practices for providing MTM services. Thirty pharmacists- from New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee- attended the one-day training session led by College of Pharmacy faculty members Dr. Traci Poole and Dr. Ashton Beggs.
The Belmont Equestrian Club won six ribbons at the Maryville College competition. The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association riding competition was held on Oct. 18-19 and hosted by Maryville College at Penrose Farm. The four members who competed in the hunter/jumper discipline of equestrian sports rode against schools such as Vanderbilt University, University of Tennessee Knoxville, The University of the South, Middle Tennessee State University and Murray State University.
Assistant Professor of Nursing Dr. Erin Shankel has presented her work on tele-monitoring and app-based symptom management in pediatric asthma at two recent national conferences. She presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in June and at the national Doctor of Nursing Practice conference in October.
Belmont alumna Nicole Brandt was recently featured in 
Four Belmont Massey College of Business students–Cody Fincher, Sean McHugh, Elizabeth Ashby and Steven Bell–competed and won awards in this year’s Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) international case competition, held Oct. 15-18 at the University of Connecticut. The CIBER Case Challenge brings teams of four undergraduate students from around the world to compete in analyzing and presenting an international business case to judges. The CIBER Case Challenge offers an excellent opportunity for students to gain exposure to international business issues as well as to meet business students from around the globe. The eight universities represented in this year’s competition included Belmont, Bryant University, Purdue University, Rikkyo University, San Diego State University, University of Connecticut, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and Università di Trento (Italy).