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August 15, 2008

ACHIEVERS


Bennett Participating in Multiple National Conferences on Media
Dr. Sybril Bennett, director of Belmont's New Century Journalism program, was selected to participate in the 2008 Disney/IRTS (International Radio Television Society) Digital Media Summit for faculty, which was held Aug. 5-7 in Burbank, California.

In addition, Bennett is leading the student newsroom for the Online News Association national conference to be held Sept. 11-13 in Washington, D.C., and she will be coordinating the National Association of Black Journalists Media Institute in partnership with the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute to be held in Nashville, Oct. 23-25. This summer, Dr. Bennett had an article published in the NABJ Journal about the importance of journalists learning multimedia skills.

Van Hatten-Granath's Project Featured in Magazines
Teresa Van Hatten-Granath, associate professor in the Art Department, continues to receive media attention for her “Green Bag Lady ” project. Earlier this year Van Hatten-Granath started making fabric bags to use in place of plastic and set up a Web site to give the fabric bags away to anyone who promised to use them. Her goal was to inspire artists to think about the ecological impact of their art as well as to produce work that has a direct, positive impact on the environment. The project will be featured in the fall issue of Positively Green magazine as well as the Oct./Nov. issue of Plenty magazine. For more information, visit www.greenbaglady.org.

Sullivan to Present Keynote at Conference on Mental Illness
Dr. Bryce Sullivan, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will be giving the keynote address at the “Erase the Stigma” conference on Aug. 22 in Belleville, Illinois. His talk, titled "Religion, Mental Health and Clinical Practice: Integrating Psychological Treatment with Religious Beliefs and Practice," will present research and clinical information related to the integration of religion and psychological treatment, arguing that religion and spirituality can provide a strong supportive role in treatment and in overall mental health.

School of Nursing Selected as Site for Research Study
The School of Nursing has been selected as the site for a National League for Nursing/Laerdal/American Heart Association research study on different approaches to learning basic life support and advanced life support. The Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences and Nursing was one of nine colleges of nursing selected from a pool of 34. Under the coordination of Beth Hallmark, coordinator of simulation in the School of Nursing, the project will begin in January.

DeVries Earns National Award from Accounting Association
Del_Devries-2007_.jpgAssistant Professor of Accounting Dr. Delwyn “Del” DeVries is the single recipient of the “Information Systems Section 2008 Outstanding Service Award.” The announcement was made last week at the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association (AAA) in Anaheim, California. Dr. DeVries was recognized by the Information Systems section for Distinguished Service in Membership Services, 2005-08, based on his work in analyzing and promoting membership services at both the section and national association levels over the past four years.

DeVries has taught accounting at Belmont University since 2007, having previously taught in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He earned his Ph.D. in accounting, with an accounting information systems specialization, from Arizona State University. Prior to beginning his academic career, he served as manager-operational control for Citibank from 1989-94 and manager for Deloitte (formerly Deloitte Haskins & Sells) from 1982-89. He is a Certified Public Accountant, as well as a Certified Information Systems Auditor, and in addition to his many other service contributions, he also serves as a member of the audit sub-committee for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Hobson Speaks at Pharmacy Conference
Dr. Eric Hobson, professor of pharmacy practice and associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Pharmacy, was a featured speaker this week at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ 2008 National Residency Preceptors Conference in Washington, D.C. More than 300 of the conference’s 600+ attendees participated in his workshop, “Here we go again: Maintaining realistic expectations for new residents.”

Pinter, Stewart Present at Mathfest
At the Mathematical Association of America's Mathfest in Madison, Wisconsin, July 30-August 2, Dr. Mike Pinter presented a talk titled "Viewing Mathematics as Human Endeavor" as part of the "Incorporating Humanities and the Arts into the Mathematics Classroom (and Vice Versa)" Contributed Paper Session. MathFest is the largest annual summer meeting of mathematicians in the United States. Dr. Pinter offered examples from several courses he teaches at Belmont, including Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning, Analytics and First-Year Seminar.

Also at Mathfest, Dr. Sarah Ann Stewart was invited to be a panel member for the session titled "How to Apply for Jobs." She also co-organized a new workshop for graduate students. In the workshop, graduate students presented a 20-minute "job talk" aimed at undergraduates and then received feedback from experienced faculty members. Both sessions were well received, and Stewart has been asked to be a part of the two sessions again in the future.


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