Daily Archives: November 20, 2020

Belmont Public Health Major Interns for Alignment Nashville

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Kirsten Fox headshotPublic health senior Kirsten Fox began interning with Alignment Nashville in mid-August in addition to starting her final semester at Belmont. Fox has been completing the internship virtually with the organization and working on a project to “impact the growth and development of Metro Nashville Public School students.”

Alignment Nashville’s goal is to collaborate with resources and community organizations to ensure that public schools are set up for success. With 20 alignment teams, 150 community organizations and 275 alignment team members, their vision is that “all Metro Nashville Public Schools students meet their unique potential.”

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OT Alumna Publishes Article in Disability and Neurorehabilitation Journal on Her Work with Soldiers

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Alumna Jenny Owens head shotBelmont undergraduate (2005) and School of Occupational Therapy (2007) alumna Jenny Owens was recently published in Disability and Neurorehabilitation. As a clinical occupational therapist, Owens worked for the Department of Defense treating active-duty soldiers with mild traumatic brain injuries. With cognitive rehabilitation as a focal point of her work, she observed that some soldiers were not able to translate traditional compensatory strategies to real-world situations.

Owens and a team of experts sought and received a federal grant to study the feasibility of teaching active-duty soldiers to use implementation intentions (a novel approach to treating executive dysfunction) to advance self-identified goals. Her role on the team was to administer the experimental and control interventions to Ft. Campbell soldiers over the course of six sessions.

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Belmont Alumnus, Legacy Milton Johnson Achieves TICUA Hall of Fame

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Milton Johnson for the President’s Report at Belmont University.

Belmont alumnus and former Chairman and CEO of HCA Healthcare Milton Johnson was recognized in the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association’s Hall of Fame Class of 2020. The TICUA recognizes these members as “honorees that exemplify the value of the liberal arts education and how it can be used in a variety of career fields.”

The Hall of Fame recipient graduated with an accounting degree from Belmont and rapidly advanced his career in the healthcare industry where he led a company that now includes 184 hospitals and 2,000 sites of care located in 21 states and the United Kingdom.

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