ACHIEVERS

Junior to Participate in Online News Association Student Newsroom
Junior Abby Selden, a New Century Journalism major, is heading to Washington, D.C. this week to work in the Online News Association (ONA) Student Newsroom. Selden is one of 16 students selected to cover this exceptional new media event. This summer Abby interned at the Journal Communications, Inc., and she has also written an article for The Tennessean. Visit www.journalists.org for Selden’s stories as well as new media tips, tricks, techniques and technology. The ONA convention is being held Sept.11-13 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.
Woodard Publishes Editorial in Tennessean
Beth Woodard, associate professor of management in the Massey Graduate School of Business, had an editorial published this week in The Tennessean on the Census Report. Click here to read the story.
Giorgianni Co-Writes Booklet on Overcoming Depression, Anxiety and Stress
Dr. Sal Giorgianni, assistant Professor and director of experiential education and development, recently co-authored a new booklet from the Men’s Health Network titled Your Head: An Owner’s Manual. Understanding and Overcoming Depression, Anxiety and Stress. This 28-page booklet provides information to help understand the nature and type of stresses and symptoms of stress that men and boys have and how they may translate into depression and anxiety conditions. The book also provides listings of numerous self help and professional resources and organizations that men and those who care about them can access to address emotional problems.
Psychology Professors to Speak at Conference
Drs. Lonnie Yandell and William Bailey, both professors in Belmont’s Psychology Department, will conduct a workshop at the “Getting Connected: Best Practices in Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Psychology” conference on Fri. and Sat., Oct. 3-4 in Atlanta. This is the seventh conference in the popular “Best Practices in Teaching Psychology” series, which started in 2002 and is sponsored by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, American Psychological Association Division 2.
The title of their workshop is “Online Pre-Class Quizzing in a Blended Psychology Survey Course.” They will present information on the background and goals of pre-class quizzes, as well as the practical problems involved in developing, administering and assessing this method using a web-based platform such as Blackboard. Dr. Yandell will also present a poster titled “Online Mastery Psychology Survey Course” at the conference, which will focus on a description of his survey of psychology course that makes use of the mastery learning method, sometimes referred to as the Personalized System of Instruction, in an online environment. Dr. Linda Jones will also be attending the conference.
Volleyball Player Reaches Milestone
In the second set of the Battle of the Boulevard, senior Cat Mundy made history, recording her 1,000th kill. Her milestone was dimmed in the Bruins loss to rival, Lipscomb in three sets on Tuesday night. With 10 kills on the night, Mundy increased her kills total to 1,004, good for sixth-most in Belmont history. “That is such a great honor to achieve in her career – to get 1,000 kills,” Head Coach Deane Webb said. She has 1,000 kills in two years and a few matches. So certainly, she is a dynamic attacker, and it’s good to see her perform well tonight.” Click here to read more on this story.