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February 2, 2007

Belmont News


Belmont Alumna Receives Lewis Hine Award For Outstanding Service To Children and Youth
The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) announced that Belmont University alumna Stacy Schumaker Maciuk ('05) received its prestigious Lewis Hine Award on Jan. 29 in New York City. Schumaker Maciuk, an advocate for foster care children, was honored for her work with local and state agencies to bring awareness to the special needs and challenges of foster care children. Maciuk became a foster care child at 2 and spent 17 years in the system, attending 10 different elementary and secondary schools before graduating and attending Belmont, where she graduated with a degree in social work and gave the commencement address at her graduation. To read more, click here.

Belmont Students Win Multiple Awards at Southeast Journalism Conference
Belmont journalism and public relations students attended the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) Jan., 25-27, in Birmingham, Ala. Belmont students finished second overall in on-site competition, finishing behind Ole Miss. The SEJC includes 50 member institutions from Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Kentucky. To read more and see a complete list of awards won, click here.

Belmont Grad Charms Idol Judges
The Tennessean reported Sunday on Melinda Doolittle, a 1999 Belmont School of Music graduate who wowed "American Idol" judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson during her audition in Memphis and advanced to the Hollywood round of the competition. Click here to read the article.

Sturgis Featured in Hometown Paper
Amy Sturgis, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Belmont University, was featured in the online edition of Tulsa World Sunday. Strugis presented "Harry Potter Is a Hobbit: The Tolkien Solution To the Rowling Problem" at her high school alma mater, Broken Arrow High School. Click here to read the article.


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