Belmont University | FYI


February 15, 2008

ACHIEVERS


Pharmacy Faculty Published, Involved in Testing
Dr. Elinor Chumney, Assistant Dean of the Belmont School of Pharmacy, has recently published a manuscript in the current Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology with colleagues at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy. The article titled “Preadmission Predictors of Graduating Grade Point Average in a Professional Pharmacy Program” evaluates which criteria act as predictors of academic success in a pharmacy program, thereby providing valuable tools in the student admissions process.

Dr. Cathy Turner, Assistant Professor and Director of the Pharmacy School's Drug Information Services, recently published the inaugural edition of INQUIRY a publication of the Belmont University Drug Information Center. This newsletter is part of the School of Pharmacy’s vision to serve as a “…resource for training and supporting competent, compassionate practitioners with a passion for life-long professional improvement.” Newsletter articles will include new drug summaries, clinical trial reviews, consumer product updates and faculty contributions. The newsletter will be published routinely and distributed to all college of health sciences faculty. Suggestions for improvements and faculty contributions are welcome.

In addition, Dr. Steven Stodghill, Associate Professor and Director of Assessment of the Belmont University School of Pharmacy, is currently serving as the lead beta tester for the OutcomesRx Pharmacy Student Assessment Program developed by RxInsider Inc. of West Warrick, Rhode Island. The program was developed exclusively for schools of pharmacy. OutcomesRx allows for detailed student and institutional outcomes management and assessment.

Cornwall Quoted in U.S. News and World Report
Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, was recently quoted in a U.S. News and World Report story titled "Entrepreneurs Might Not Rise to Stimulus Bait." Click here to read the story.

Ocean Way Announces New Director of Operations
OW_Pat_Pict.jpgThe Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business announced that it has named Pat McMakin Director of Studio Operations at Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios. Pat, a 1978 alum of Belmont’s Music Business program and founding Chair of Belmont’s Music Business Advisory Board, will take the helm the first week of March.

Ocean Way Nashville, designed by award-winning recording engineer Allen Sides and purchased by Belmont in 2001, is the No. 1 tracking room in Nashville and a world-class teaching laboratory that also serves an impressive client roster including Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Bob Seger, Three Doors Down, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, matchbox twenty, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Stevie Nicks and Gretchen Wilson, as well as successful Belmont alumni Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack and Brad Paisley.

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Hare Earns Academic All-District Honors
justinh.jpgFor the third consecutive year, Belmont University senior Justin Hare has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Men’s Basketball First Team. The 6-2 guard from Cleveland, Tennessee sports a 3.87 GPA in his chosen major of exercise science and health promotion. He plans to attend medical school upon graduation in May. Hare, who also earned Second Team Academic All-America honors last year, joins former Bruin greats Adam Mark and Wes Burtner as the only Belmont players ever to have received Academic All-District and Academic All-America distinction.

“Justin has displayed a consistent excellence on the floor and in the classroom since the day he arrived at Belmont,” Belmont head coach Rick Byrd said. “He is a great representative of our team and our university, and we are proud of this third straight selection to the Academic All-District First Team.”


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