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November 16, 2007

Belmont News


Belmont Announces Settlement with Tennessee Baptist Convention
Belmont University is pleased to announce that it has reached a mutually agreeable settlement of all disputed claims with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. We believe that this resolution honors the many significant contributions that Tennessee Baptists have made to the University and upholds the teachings of Jesus Christ, whom we all seek to serve by ending litigation.

The settlement concludes a 56-year relationship between Belmont and the TBC and provides gifts by Belmont to Tennessee Baptists of $1,000,000 next year followed by annual payments of $250,000 for the next 40 years. These gifts are an expression of gratitude to Tennessee Baptists for the financial and spiritual support that they have provided to the University over the past five decades. The funds will be added to an endowment at the Tennessee Baptist Foundation to support Tennessee Baptist missions and ministries. For more on this story, click here.

Students Deliver Nursing Curriculum for Mozambique Hospital
pemba.LR.jpgBelmont's community health students recently delivered the curriculum they developed for a new nursing school that will be established in Pemba, Mozambique by non-profit Mobile Medical Disaster Relief (MMDR). Dr. David Vanderpool, a Brentwood surgeon, founded MMDR in 2005 to serve the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Mississippi area. The humanitarian organization now exists to help fulfill the medical needs of vulnerable and underserved people in the United States and throughout the world. For more on this story, click here.

Men's Basketball Garners National Media Coverage
Following last week's huge win over Cincinnati 85-75, the Belmont Bruins men's basketball team has received attention in a number of national media outlets, including USA Today, ESPN.com and Sports Illustrated. Click here for more details.

Psychology Chair Dr. Pete Giordano Named 2007 Tennessee Professor of the Year
Pete-Go.jpgDr. Peter Giordano, professor and chair of the Psychology Department, was named today as the 2007 Tennessee Professor of the Year, an award selection determined by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Dr. Giordano, who is currently in Washington, D.C. for special ceremonies to receive his award, was selected from more than 300 top professors in the United States. Belmont will be holding its own celebration to honor Dr. Giordano on Mon., Dec. 3 at 2 p.m.

Dr. Giordano said, “I am very honored to receive this award. After 18 years of full-time teaching, there is one thing I know for sure: good teachers are not lone wolves. I have been extremely fortunate to have been surrounded by many gifted teachers here at Belmont with whom I have talked continuously about the craft of teaching. This award is theirs as much as mine.” For more on this story, click here.

Polkinghorne Speaks on Relationship Between Faith and Science
polkinghornelecture3'.jpgRev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, a knight, physicist and Anglican priest, spoke on campus this week regarding the collaborative relationship that should exist between religion and science. President emeritus of Queen’s College at Cambridge University in England and author of 15 books on the connections between physics and faith, Polkinghorne's treatment of theology as a natural science invigorated the search for interface between science and religion.

Speaking on the "gifts" that science and religion offer one another, Polkinghorne noted that many scientists have lost their sense of wonder about the fields they explore and the research they undertake. "I actually believe that science is possible because the world is a creation and we are creatures made in the image of a Creator." For more on this story, click here.

Alumna Melinda Doolittle Performs at White House
20071113-10_la6g1772-515h[1].jpgAlumna Melinda Doolittle ('99) performed last night for President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush and special guests in the East Room of the White House during a social dinner in honor of America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth (White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian). The America’s Promise Alliance is the nation’s largest multi-sector collaborative dedicated to the well-being of children and youth and is currently chaired by Alma Powell, wife of founding Chair General Colin Powell. For more on this story, click here.


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