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Sport Science Homecoming Dinner and Speaker Panel

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The Department of Sport Science sponsored an event Feb. 17 with Alumni Relations for current undergraduate majors as well as Master of Sport Administration students and alumni. The event included a dinner and panel discussion hosted by Belmont’s own, Harry Chapman, with sport industry professionals. The impressive line-up of panelist this year included Beth DeBauche, OVC commissioner; Debbie Williamson, secretary-editor for the NCAA’s Women’s Basketball Rules Committee; Casey Carter, assistant athletic trainer for the Tennessee Titans; and Gregg Williams, defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams.

Each of the panelist brought a different perspective to the discussion and offered advice on how to succeed in the sport industry.

Coach Williams explained we should “treat each day like it’s an interview, always doing the best we can in our lives.”

Commissioner DeBauche told the audience to go for it with future career decisions, often times we are our own worst enemy by not even applying for a job opportunity.

Speech and Debate Team Clinch State Championship

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The Belmont University Speech and Debate team was crowned the state champion team at the Tennessee Intercollegiate Forensics Association (TIFA) state tournament, held Feb. 18-19 at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn. Overall, the team won first place in individual events, second place in debate, as well as being the top combined team in the state. Below is the list of awards Belmont students received:

Debate:
Eric Schoen – 2nd place varsity debater
Nicole Bright – 6th place varsity debater
Lisa Sekscinski & Matthew Roberts – tied for 7th place varsity debater
Nicole Bright & Lisa Sekscinski – 2nd place debate team
Matthew Roberts & Jenni Gustafson – Semi-finalist debate team

Individual Events:
Extemporaneous Speaking:
Eric Schoen – 1st place
Jenni Gustafson – 3rd place
Matthew Roberts – 4th place
Nicole Bright – 6th place

Persuasive Speaking:
Jenni Gustafson – 1st place
Matthew Roberts – 2nd place

Prose Interpretation:
Eric Schoen – 2nd place

After Dinner Speaking:
Nicole Bright – 1st place
Eric Schoen – 2nd place

Impromptu Speaking:
Eric Schoen – 2nd place
Nicole Bright – 3rd place
Bryan Meehan – 4th place
Jenni Gustafson – 5th place

Informative Speaking:
Eric Schoen – 1st place
Matthew Roberts – 3rd place

Programmed Oral Interpretation:
Eric Schoen – 1st place
Nicole Bright – 5th place

Communication Analysis:
Matthew Roberts – 3rd place
Jenni Gustafson – 4th place

Duo Interpretation:
Eric Schoen/Katie Callaway – 1st place
Nicole Bright/Katie Callaway – 3rd place

Pentathalon – Top Speakers:
Eric Schoen – 1st place
Nicole Bright – 2nd place
Jenni Gustafson – 3rd place

Kallie Callaway – 5th place
Matthew Roberts – 6th place

Final Results:
Debate Team:  2nd place
IE Team:  1st place
Overall Team:  1st place

 

Neurobiology Class Visits Vanderbilt Laboratory

Paul Chenoweth
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Dr. Lori McGrew (Biology) recently took her Neurobiology class to visit Dr. Al George’s laboratory at Vanderbilt University to explore techniques in neuroscience. Dr. Chris Thompson, a postdoctoral fellow in the George lab, explained how the lab’s work helps to facilitate understanding and treatment of epilepsy. Students were also able to observe Dr. Thompson record electrical activity in mouse hippocanpal neurons.

Parry Invited to Serve as Journal Copy Editor

Paul Chenoweth
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Pam Parry, chair of the Communication Studies Department, has been invited to serve as a copy editor of a new peer-reviewed journal titled, Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication. The  publication is an online journal published by the Small Programs Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication that was launched in fall 2011.

Belmont to Host Phase 1 of ‘Spotlight on Turkey’ Program

Paul Chenoweth
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The Tennessee World Affairs Council, housed at Belmont, and the Turkish Cultural Foundation are partnering with Belmont’s Center for International Business to bring “Spotlight on Turkey” to campus, a program put on by the Council and Foundation.

The three-phase program begins with a day-long workshop Saturday, March 24 for Tennessee teachers to learn about Turkish culture. In phase two, several teachers will be selected to take a tour of Turkey in order to get a first hand account of the area. The final phase, a “Portrait of Turkey” program, will be held in the fall of 2012 and will allow the teachers who participated in the Study Tour of Turkey to share the experience with other teachers, students and the general community through a workshop, program, speakers and/or cultural event.

Overall, the Tennessee World Affairs Council seeks to bring resources to Tennessee as opportunities for educators to increase their knowledge of Turkish culture and history. “In general, our purpose is to provide programs. Our goal is to learn more about the world,” said Patrick Ryan, the Council’s president.

The first workshop will take place at Belmont University and will include 30 to 50 participants. Belmont faculty and staff interested in speaking about Turkish culture or assisting in the workshop are encouraged to contact Patrick Ryan or Jeff Overby. For more information, click here.

Belmont Vision Impresses in Regional Competition

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Belmont Vision continued its award-winning ways at the annual Southeast Journalism Conference convention Feb. 9-11 at the University of Tennessee-Martin.

The staff of the Vision brought home six awards, including two first place-finishes in the on-site deadline competition.

Autumn Allison placed first in Photojournalism and Dustin Stout took top honors in Radio News Reporting. Vision editor Brian Wilson finished second in the news writing category.

The student online news publication, belmontvision.com, was named the No. 2 college website in the Best of the South Competition. Connect magazine, a classroom laboratory project, also earned second-place honors for Best College Magazine. In the Feature Writing category, Annalise Kraus earned a fourth-place award. The Vision’s awards in all categories gave Belmont a fourth-place finish overall in the sweepstakes.

“I’m very proud of the Belmont students’ success against competition from much larger schools,” said Linda Quigley, Belmont Vision faculty adviser and journalism instructor. “Our students show in competition, as they do every day, that they take news gathering and reporting seriously and practice it successfully.”

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Niedzwiecki to Present at Sudekum Planetarium

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The Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center will open a new show March 1 titled Natural Selection – Darwin’s Mystery of Mysteries.  There will be a special Saturday evening  lecture on Natural Selection – Evolution of Our Understanding on March 10. Dr. John Niedzwiecki, Biology professor, will presenting a talk titled Demystifying Darwin’s Two Biggest Ideas!

Announcing the Philologoi Journal of Philosophy

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The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the creation of Philologoi: Belmont University’s Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy, a student-run scholarly journal deeply rooted in the history of philosophy.  The journal will provide an engaging and reflective forum for showcasing exceptional undergraduate work, particularly that which explores philosophy as a way of life.  The first volume will be released this fall.  Joseph Storey, Daniel Rock, and Nathan Stabenfeldt will serve as editors; Mackenzie Foster and Bronson Raines as assistant editors; Jonathan Soderholm, Kent Toalson, Wells Marvel, Nick Gregg, Anna Tikhomirova, Nick Kaper, Asher Morey and Jesse Jacobsen will compose the Editorial Board. Dr. Mélanie Walton is the managing editor and faculty advisor.

Alumnus Gives Homecoming Chapel Lecture

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Belmont 2002 graduate Eric McLaughlin returned to campus for Belmont’s Homecoming Chapel Feb. 15 to discuss the work he, his family and others doctors are doing in Africa.

Committed to missions, McLaughlin and his family, along with several friends who are also physicians, moved to Kenya in 2009 to provide health care for residents and to teach young Kenyan doctors. The group is spending a year in the United States visiting friends and family before its members leave to spend 10 months in France. There they will learn French to prepare for a mission trip in Burundi, a country in Eastern Africa.

McLaughlin said his years in Kenya taught him he has limitations and God’s goodness is stronger than he realized.  When his human limitations come into play, God’s goodness has the power to overcome.

“Limitations are very real, but the goodness of God in the world is that much more real,” he said.

McLaughlin concluded his lecture by encouraging the students to reflect on their limits and remind themselves God is goodness and limitless.

He said, “Do not fear the darkness, but rather celebrate the light. And know that, by his goodness, God’s strength is made person in our weakness.”

Alumni Art Exhibit Examines ‘Wealth and Poverty’

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Laura Amstutz Weibezahn, a 2008 graduate, has artwork on display in the Homecoming 2012 Alumni Exhibit.

A highlight of Belmont’s Homecoming 2012 week is the Fourth Annual Alumni Art Exhibit, which opened Jan. 23 and runs through next Friday, Feb. 24. The exhibit showcases the artwork of several esteemed alumni and is being held in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts in Gallery 121.

The exhibit features multiple mediums to depict this year’s University theme of “Wealth and Poverty.” The alumni whose works are represented–L.A. Bachman (’06), Matt Chenoweth (’07), Paul Chenoweth (’08), Bethany Taylor (’07), Leah Tumerman (’05), Laura Amstutz Weibezahn (’08), and Ron York (’75)–responded to an open call to all Belmont graduates. 

While most of the programs scheduled around Belmont’s “Wealth and Poverty” theme have focused on a literal, economic interpretation of financial condition, artists in this year’s Alumni Art Exhibit were asked to explore a broader interpretation. The exhibit challenges the visitor to look at the subject matter not only as a polarizing condition but also as a process, a continuum that includes nothing, and everything.

Paul Chenoweth, an alumnus who works in Belmont’s Information Technology Services, curated the exhibit and is displaying some of his own ceramic art as well. He said, “You might imagine that a literal, visual translation of the polar opposites of wealth and poverty would not be terribly difficult… we live in a society where we can see wealthy people as well as poor people in our cities and towns. Expanding the interpretation to include more than financial differences to include mental, spiritual, psychological, environmental and even political wealth and poverty opens up opportunities for artists to challenge preconceptions and encourage personal reflection.”

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