Belmont University | FYI


May 8, 2009

ACHIEVERS


ATO Raises $14,500 With Golf Classic
ATOGOlf.jpgThe Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity held its Second Annual ATO Charity Golf Classic on April 18 at the Hermitage Golf Course. The tournament benefited Blood:Water Mission, which is a local charity dedicated to providing clean water and preventing HIV/AIDS in Africa. This year the brothers were able to donate $14,500 to the worthy cause. Through the chapter’s efforts last year, ATO raised enough money to build two new water wells that will provide clean water where there was none before. ATO hopes to build another two wells with the money raised this year. For more information on Blood:Water Mission, visit www.bloodwatermission.com . Donations are still being accepted; send a check to ATO Charity Golf Classic, Alpha Tau Omega, P.O. Box 120742, Nashville, TN 37212.

Howell Recognized as All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete
3166233.jpgThe National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recently awarded Belmont track and field athlete Tyler Howell with its annual All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year award. This award, which recognizes dedication to strength training and conditioning, was given to 207 collegiate athletes from 116 schools from across the nation. Howell was nominated for the award by Belmont Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Josh McMillian.

“Tyler was a walk-on to the Belmont track and field program as a freshman,” said McMillian. “He has never missed a day in the weight room and not only increased his strength over the past three years, but has also changed his body and become more of an athlete.”

Howell, a senior from Signal Mountain, Tennessee, is a four-year letterwinner as a thrower, competing in the shot put and hammer. During the 2009 indoor and outdoor seasons, he has 11 top-10 finishes, including two top-five finishes in the weight throw at the last two Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Championships.

Goss Named Drummer for Jars of Clay
Graduating senior Jake Goss was recently named the new drummer for local band Jars of Clay. The band is currently on tour in support of its latest album, The Long Fall Back to Earth.

PT Faculty Awarded by Susan G. Komen Foundation
PTgrant9.jpgBelmont Physical Therapy faculty Renee Brown, PT, PhD, worked with two Vanderbilt faculty members on a project which was awarded $75,000 from the Susan G Komen Foundation, Greater Nashville. The project is titled “Transitioning from cancer patient to survivor: physical and functional considerations after breast cancer for primary care providers and survivors.” This project will focus on educating primary care providers about long term physical and functional problems after breast cancer as well as providing them with education materials to provide their patients.

PT Students Develop Festival for Disabled Children
Belmont Physical Therapy students recently developed and implemented a sports festival for children with disabilities. Students worked with "Empower Me" Day Camp to put on an afternoon of fun games and sporting activities for school-age children. Empower Me provides summer day camps, social and recreational activities throughout the school year for children with disabilities. The Physical Therapy students planned several fun activities that each had a specific therapeutic purpose. Activities included obstacle courses, parachute games, face painting and crafts, sensory-based activities and other childhood games adapted for children with disabilities.

Senior Business Students Achieve Top Ranking on National Exam
Belmont’s College of Business Administration announced that many of its graduating seniors scored at or above the top 10 percent level on the Major Field Test in Business, an exam produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) of Princeton, N.J. The ETS exam has been administered to almost 85,000 students at 564 undergraduate business programs across the U.S.

“Many of our students are now demonstrating that they can score very well when compared to their peers at other U.S. business schools” said Susan Taylor, associate dean of the College of Business Administration. “Their performance is a direct reflection of our focus on delivering a high-quality program and the individual attention our students receive from our highly-qualified faculty.” Click here to read a complete list of Belmont students in the top 10 percent.


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