Moreover, in winning 14 league games this season, Belmont joins 2008 National Champion Kansas in an exclusive fraternity as the only programs in the nation to win 12 or more regular season conference games each of the past eight seasons. This marks the latest in an impressive list of career honors for Byrd. Including Belmont’s NAIA years and stints at Maryville College and Lincoln Memorial University, Byrd has been named district or conference coach of the year eight times.

Byrd’s previous awards from CollegeInsider.com include being named a finalist for the prestigious Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award in 2008 and National Coach of the Week in 2007. Prior to the season, Byrd was named one of the Top 10 ‘Under the Radar Coaches’ in America by Athlon Sports.

The Knoxville, Tenn. native ranks 14th among all active NCAA Division I head coaches in career victories with 580. Byrd shared Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year honors with Campbell’s Robbie Laing. CollegeInsider.com is a leading college basketball website and a preeminent online source for mid-major basketball. CollegeInsider.com has conducted the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll for the past decade.

“We are excited about the possibilities that working with our partner in Guatemala, Asociacion Chajulense, can bring both to their community and to the students," said Gonzalez. "The students will be fully immersed over the coming weeks drafting the specifics of the project plan. This is service learning at its best."

The students went to Guatemala Jan. 5-15, 2010 as part of a study abroad course to learn about fair trade, entrepreneurship and economic development.

All events are free and open to the public.

Mon., March 15, 7 p.m.
Taliban: A Response to Modernity, Post-Colonialism Authenticity and Identity
Rafia Zakaria, Deputy General Secretary for Amnesty International, will speak on public demonstrations of Taliban justice in Pakistan, including flogged women, amputated hands and beheaded soldiers.
Multimedia Hall, Lila D. Bunch Library

Tues., March 16, 3:30 p.m.
War on Terror and Pakistani Women
Zakaria will lecture on how the War on Terror's internal displacement, retribalization and American aid are affecting Pakistani women.
Massey Business Center, 200-A

Tues., March 16, 7 p.m.
Compassion in Action: The Ninash Foundation Project of Building Schools in India
Ashok Malhotra, distinguished teaching professor of philosophy at State University of New York at Oneonta and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will speak on the Ninash Project.
Massey Business Center 100

Wed., March 17, 10 a.m.
Yoga as the Art of Sculpting the Body, Emotions and Mind
Malhotra will talk about the nature of yoga and give demonstrations.
Beaman Recreational Gym

Thurs., March 18, 7 p.m.
Far More than Black: Race/Gender Configurations in Chinese Productions of Othello
Rachana Sachdev, associate professor of English at Susquehanna University and editor & director of Susquehanna University Press, will discuss Chinese productions of Shakespeare’s Othello and why the Chinese did not use the play to analyze their own social issues.
Massey Business Center 200-B

Fri., March 19, 10 a.m.
Representations of Infanticide in Japan in Early Modern Travelogues
Sachdev will speak on the practice of infanticide in early modern Japan, both from the perspective of the Japanese and from that of European travelers to Japan.
Massey Business Center 103

The AES serves its members, the industry and the public by stimulating and facilitating advances in the constantly changing field of audio. It encourages and disseminates new developments through annual technical meetings and exhibitions of professional equipment, and through the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, the professional archival publication in the audio industry.

The annual event is co-sponsored by the New Century Journalism Program and The Tennessean. The winning word, spelled correctly by Davidson County 8th grade homeschooler Clark Hubbard, was “mugient,” an adverb meaning “lowing, bellowing.”

Judges for this year’s event were New Century Journalism faculty members Dr. Sybril Bennett and Dorren Robinson, and English Assistant Professor Sue Trout.

“Women's History Month is a celebration of the experiences and accomplishments of women throughout history, as well as a time for people to pay heed to those experiences and accomplishments. This year we've decided to address a pressing issue for women, and men, namely the resistance so many people feel toward feminism,” said Caresse John, assistant professor of English. “Our theme 'Resisting/Feminism' is meant to be taken two ways: the resistance people feel toward feminism and feminism as means of resistance. Thus, our panels and keynote speaker address these issues. We would love to have a campus-wide discussion about why people fear feminism and about ways in which we can overcome that fear.”

All events are free and open to the public.

Wed., March 3, 10 a.m.
Feminism at Belmont
Elisabeth Dawson will facilitate a student-panel. Panel participants Nathan Haney, Amaryah Armstrong, Gia Vangieri and Shawn Willis will share their experiences with feminism at Belmont and will lead a question and answer session.
Beaman A&B

Wed., March 17, 10 a.m.
Faculty Panel: Feminism Resisted
The faculty panel will discuss the ways in which feminism has been resisted. Panel participants and topics include:
• Stephanie Crowder, "Shades of Purple: A Womanist Response to Feminism"
• Sarah Bowles, “You Ain’t Woman Enough: Loretta Lynn’s Ambivalent Feminism”
• Peter Kuryla, “In the Pews but not the Pulpits: Women and Male Chauvinism in the Civil Rights Movement”
Massey 100

Wed., March 24, 10 a.m.
Keynote Address: Fear of Feminism, Dr. Lisa Marie Hogeland,
Fifteen years ago, Dr. Lisa Marie Hogeland, associate professor of women’s studies at the University of Cincinnati, published her article “Fear of Feminism: Why Young Women Get the Willies” in Ms. Magazine. But are young women (and men) still resistant to feminism in what some consider to be an age of post-feminism? Join Dr. Hogeland for her discussion of feminism now.
Massey Boardroom

Fri., March 26, 10 a.m.
Faculty Panel: Feminism Resisting
Various faculty will discuss feminism as a vehicle of resistance. Faculty participants and topics include:
• Annette Sisson, “Countering Religious Oppression: The Moon as Universal Mother in Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees”
• Susan Jellissen, "Mary Wollstonecraft: Leveling the Playing Field"
• Sybril Bennett, “From Bell Hooks to Patricia Hill Collins: Where are the Black Feminists?”
Massey 109

Wed., March 31, 10 a.m.
Resisting/Feminism: Wrap-Up
Join Dr. Bonnie Smith, from Belmont’s English department, for a final discussion of resisting/feminism.
Beaman A/B

Belmont University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) has received a $10,000 gift from the Hospital Corporation of America’s TriStar Division in order to create the Harry N. Hollis Student of Integrity Award. TriStar Health System’s President Larry Kloess and Chief Financial Officer Chris Taylor presented COBA Dean J. Patrick Raines with the check earlier this month.

TriStar has given this gift in honor of long-time business ethics professor Dr. Harry Hollis, who plans to retire this spring. Annual proceeds from the gift will go toward providing a $500 award to a “Student of Integrity” who has demonstrated exemplary integrity and ethical behavior while pursuing his or her business degree at Belmont. Recipients will be announced at the College’s annual awards convocation, with plans in place for a TriStar representative to participate in the award presentation and accompanying luncheon.

“We are extremely pleased to present this gift in honor of Dr. Hollis, who so aptly exemplifies integrity and ethics in both his personal and professional life, and who has spent much of his career teaching future business leaders to emulate those values” Kloess said.

Dr. Hollis has served as the director of Belmont’s Center for Business Ethics since its creation in 1994. The Center provides a forum in which leaders of organizations can interact with one another to discuss key issues in the area of organizational integrity and also provides resources to facilitate the overall development of ethical standards of conduct within the marketplace.

Under Dr. Hollis’ leadership, the Center has achieved national prominence and has helped Belmont achieve a Top 10 national ranking for business ethics programs in BusinessWeek magazine.

“We are excited about the establishment of this award and about the meaningful message it will send to our students regarding the value of integrity and ethics in today’s business world,” Raines said.

This year’s prompt revolves around the CFO of a clothing distributor who is tempted to share confidential information with a chief investor in order to prevent him from selling off all of his shares at a critical time in the company’s history. Students entering the competition must provide a solution to this ethical dilemma in a detailed essay or a creative video, describing their course of action if they were faced with a similar issue.

Tim Harms, senior accounting and finance double major and Belmont SIFE President, said, "Belmont University's emphasis in ethics within the business realm has shown me just how essential it is to start a dialogue about the ethical implications of decisions made in the workplace. It is out of this spirit that Belmont SIFE wants to expand this discussion beyond our campus and into the halls of high schools around the country."

Entries will be judged on their originality, creativity, and overall quality. The competition, which has an entry deadline of March 31, is sponsored by Northwestern Mutual and Belmont University’s SIFE Program. For more information, visit www.belmontethicsessay.com or email info@belmontethicsessay.com.

Each man shared his greatest accomplishments as dean. Dr. Ramage, who served as dean of the School of Sciences from 1983-1998 and as dean of both the School of Sciences and the School of Humanities/Education in 1994-95, said fathering the Belmont Undergraduate Research Symposium was his greatest accomplishment. He added that one of his proudest moments was when the faculty approved the physical therapy and occupational therapy programs.

Dr. Fallis, the inaugural dean of CAS from 1999-2001, said launching the College of Arts and Sciences was his greatest achievement because “we started from scratch.” He highlighted Belmont’s “special energy” and the faculty’s willingness to try something new.

Dr. Hall, dean of CAS from 2001-2007, was most proud of the quality of people CAS was able to hire and the nature of the college. He noted, “CAS kept up with Belmont’s growth and even grew faster.”

Dr. Pinter, who has served as interim dean of the School of Sciences in 1998 and as interim dean of CAS in summer of 2001 and during the 2007-2008 school year, listed keeping things moving as smoothly as possible, quickly addressing issues, paying attention to the staff and hiring Lisa McGuire as his greatest achievements.

Dr. Fallis continually mentioned Belmont’s unique environment and community. He said, “The sense of cooperation and community was different at Belmont than at any other higher education institute.” He also noted that being dean is an excellent opportunity for lifetime learning.

Dr. Hall warned prospective deans that they would have to give up teaching. He lamented, “I won a faculty award only to be told, ‘Okay, you’re never going to teach again.’” When asked about Belmont’s growth, Dr. Hall said, “Growth is not a problem as long as a place knows who they are and what they value.”

Dr. Pinter advised prospective deans to develop a close circle of friends and colleagues to help make decisions. In the midst of Belmont’s growth, he advised faculty to “constantly pay attention to the quality of relationships we have here.”

The panel concluded as each former dean was presented with an Advocatus Artium Liberalium award for their “exemplary advocacy of the liberal arts and sciences.” Other events celebrating the CAS 10th Anniversary included the Simmons Distinguished Faculty Lecture by Dr. James Wells, a convocation presentation by Dr. Fallis on “What is the Future of the Liberal Arts?,” and a talk by Dr. Hall on “The Logic of the U.S. Constitution.”

Tim Stewart, director of Service-Learning for the Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Service-Learning, said, “I am very proud of the Belmont students, faculty and staff who have contributed to making this recognition possible. We are grateful, too, to our community partners who provide these wonderful learning opportunities for our students. Most of all, I am glad that by working with the community, we are helping to make Nashville a better place for all of us as we help Belmont students ‘engage and transform’ the world, both now and in the future.”

The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized more than 700 colleges and universities for their impact on issues from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice. Belmont students and faculty are serving the community in many different capacities. Recent examples include students tutoring with the Nashville Adult Literacy Council, volunteering with Mobile Loaves and Fishes and promoting non-profit organizations like the Safe Haven Homeless Shelter.

The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll was created in 2006, and recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages more five million Americans in service through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. For more information, visit www.nationalservice.gov. The Corporation oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the American Council on Education.

Judy Fisher opened the convocation by recalling Adam White, the longtime boyfriend of the Fishers' daughter. White was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on New York City, but the memory of how he lived, with passion and vigor, lives on. "He truly lived like there was no tomorrow," Mrs. Fisher said, noting that his example inspired the book. "We were just left asking 'Why doesn't everyone live like that?'"

Dr. Fisher added, "[His death] broke our hearts. For awhile I didn't understand what was going on with me or how I felt about it. Adam inspired us to take a fresh look at everything."

From their interviews with Alive Hospice patients, the Fishers transcribed more than 400,000 words. The conversations with patients like 5-year-old Maddie or the 98-year-old man who spent his last weeks learning Hungarian followed a standard question-and-answer formula: What are you most proud of? What has been your greatest joy? What has been your greatest disappointment? What do you regret? If you could give one message to the world, what would it be?

According to the Fishers, a few common themes that emerged were relationships, faith, forgiveness and gratitude. "The community needs the dying to force us to think about eternal issues and to make us listen," Dr. Fisher said. "These connections taught us so much."

Griswold opened his talk by describing how Americans should challenge populist economics. He described how he examined the 120 items in his closet and found that only 10 items were made in America, nine of which were neckties. Griswold challenged the audience to do the same to their closets. Griswold’s closet example shows how the American economy is one based on global trade, and globalization is actually good for the economy.

“We have voted with our dollars for participation in the global economy,” Griswold said. He later added, “Trade today is the working family’s best friend.”

Griswold said, “Our representatives in D.C. need to hear from the millions of Americans benefitting from globalization every day.”

Griswold explained that most Belmont graduates will most likely receive jobs with foreign-owned affiliates or enter the middle class service industry (which includes jobs like teaching and accounting) or high-end manufacturing. Griswold concluded his address with, “Trade and globalization are profoundly in the interest of Main Street America.”

Daniel Griswold earned a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin—Madison and his master’s degree in politics of the world economy from the London School of Economics. In addition to his work with CATO, Griswold has written major studies on globalization, trade and immigration. He has contributed to several major newspapers and has appeared on CNBC, C-SPAN, CNN, PBS and Fox News. Griswold has also testified before House and Senate committees.

Schlosser opened the evening by declaring, "What I'm going to say isn't intended to answer questions as much as to provoke them... I want you to think of sustainability in terms of practices each of us employs in our daily lives. It doesn't just apply to the land or our environment but also to ourselves."

He then proceeded to discuss the unhealthy patterns related to food production and consumption, patterns that began in the past few decades with the rise of fast food chains. In particular, he focused on the concepts of uniformity, conformity, speed and efficiency that these chains practice with the food they make and sell, adding that since the fast food inception the incidence rates of obesity, food borne illness and food poisoning have been on the rise.

Illustrating the dangers behind such production entities as factory farms and genetically-modified corn, he noted, "There's been more change in our food in the past 40 years than in the previous 40,000... Knowledge is power, and that's why these companies don't want you to have it. The aim of my work isn't to tell people what to do, but to make people think about their choices."

As an investigative journalist, Schlosser tries to give a voice to people at the margins of society. His aim is to shed light on worlds that are too often hidden. Schlosser’s first book, Fast Food Nation (2001), helped start a revolution in how Americans think about what they eat. It has been translated into more than 20 languages and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for two years. Schlosser also served as an executive producer and co-wrote the feature film Fast Food Nation (2006), and he was a co-producer of the award-winning documentary, Food, Inc., a film about how complicated and compromised the once simple process of growing crops and raising livestock has become.

In his formal talk on Friday, Lilienfeld highlighted the challenges of telling the difference between scientific and pseudoscientific claims in everyday life. In a world saturated with pop psychology ideas, it is increasingly important to distinguish truth from fiction, he argued. By adopting an attitude of open-minded skepticism, Lilienfeld encouraged the audience to become scientifically literate and offered rules of thumb for distinguishing scientific from pseudoscientific claims. Using examples such as the Rorschach Inkblot Test, extra-sensory perception, and UFO sightings he illustrated how pseudoscientific claims masquerade as scientifically sound ideas, when in fact they do not hold up under scientific scrutiny.