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December 5, 2008

ACHIEVERS


Barnes Receives PRSA Award
Susan Barnes, instructor in Media Studies, recently received an award from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The Phoenix Award was bestowed from the Georgia Chapter of PRSA for a story Susan wrote for the Tennessee Alumnus Magazine about a former star football player at UT who was severely disabled in a car accident. The story focused on how his life turned around through connections with another football player and other UT alumni. Click here to read the story.

Julseth Named Simmons Distinguished Lecturer
David-Julseth.jpgDr. David Julseth, chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and the director of Belmont's Engaged Scholars program, was recently named the Robert E. Simmons Distinguished Faculty Lecturer by selection of the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Council. The annual lecture, begun by and now named in memory of Robert Simmons (dean of the School of Humanities and Education until his death in 1994), provides faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences an opportunity to share significant research with colleagues. Julseth's lecture will be on the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage in Northern Spain with a focus on the idea of community. Not only is this topic of wide interest, it also honors Dean Simmons who worked tirelessly to promote international experiences for academic, professional and personal development. The 2009 Simmons Lecture will be on Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. in LCVA 117.

Belmont East Student to Sing Anthem at Madison Square Garden
shea16.JPGOn Dec. 19, Belmont senior Shea Raye Fowler will be performing the national anthem at Madison Square Garden for a New York Knicks game. Adjuncts professor Anthony Caruso secured the audition for Fowler. In addition to participating in many Belmont showcases, she was also one of the featured student artists on the Debate08 Electronic Press Kit.






Student Pharmacists Decorate Tree for Fundraiser
DSC_0537_edited-1.JPG“With each tone of the Belmont Bell Tower…Another Student Spreads their Wings” is the theme of the Belmont University School of Pharmacy’s sponsored Christmas tree at Gaylord Opryland’s Hall of Trees. Five pharmacy students recently gathered at Gaylord’s Opryland Resort to decorate the tree as a fundraiser for Belmont's Academy of Student Pharmacists. This is the second year that Gaylord has donated space and artificial, lighted Christmas trees to individuals and groups supporting charitable causes.

The tree and gifts under the tree—including signed CDs, Belmont University mementoes, a Debate08 poster and Media Bag and a Christmas ornament containing soil from the recent groundbreaking of the new School of Health Sciences—are all part of the package being auctioned at www. halloftrees.com. The Belmont Chapter of the Academy of Student Pharmacists is raising funds to help underwrite leadership development programs and to defray costs for students to attend leadership development conferences and to compete in the National Patient Counseling Competition, a skills completion focusing on how to talk with patients about safely using prescribed medications.

Student Chemists Enter Video Challenge
The Belmont chapter of Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) has entered a video in the American Chemical Society Presidential Video Challenge. The Challenge seeks to get students to produce a short video with the theme “Putting a Human Face on Chemistry” in an effort to educate elementary and middle school students about chemists the importance of chemistry in life. Assistant Professors Dr. Alison Moore and Dr. Rachel Rigsby are the faculty advisors for Belmont’s SAACS chapter. Click here to view the video entry.

Pharmacy Students Contribute to Food Drive
Christmas08studentfooddrive.jpgThe School of Pharmacy Class of 2012 continues the Belmont tradition of service to those in need. On Monday, class representatives Tyler Ammarell, Zac Renfro and Paul Nasri provided the wheels and the brawn needed to deliver more than 600 pounds of canned goods to Second Harvest Food Bank.



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