Belmont University | FYI


August 1, 2008

ACHIEVERS


Volleyball Team Earns National Academic Honor
vbteam07.jpgBelmont Volleyball has received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2007-08 season. The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining a minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale. Nine Belmont Volleyball team members earned Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic honors this past year, largely contributing to the Bruin Athletic Department’s highest fall GPA since becoming an NCAA Division-I institution in 1996-97. Belmont’s overall team GPA ranked 23rd nationally. Click here for more on this story.

Griffith Published in Tennessean
Dr. Nathan Griffith, assistant professor of Political Science, published an editorial this week in the Tennessean regarding the War Powers Resolution. Click here to read the article.

First Tennessee Presents First External Pharmacy Scholarships
pharm_0260.jpgFirst Tennessee Corporation has provided the School of Pharmacy with its first external scholarship award. This gift of $5,000 supports three pharmacy students who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to service. Ms. Frankie Tonelli, Manager of the Belmont/Hillsboro branch, presented the gift to Dean Phillip Johnston and Associate Dean Eric Hobson.

In addition, six faculty in the Belmont University School of Pharmacy in collaboration with Bunch Library staff did poster presentations last week at the 2008 annual American Association of Schools of Pharmacy meeting. Also, Steven Stodghill (Pharmaceutical Sciences) spoke on “Paper to Pixel – Migrating Curricular Mapping to an On-Line Portfolio.”

Alumna, 'Idol' Finalist Melinda Doolittle Signs Record Deal
Alumna Melinda Doolittle ('99), who was the third-place finisher on the 2007 season of "American Idol," has signed a recording contract with independent label Hi Fi Recordings, which is also the current home to Todd Rundgren. Her debut album is expected this fall.


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