{"id":4131,"date":"2016-04-15T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2016-04-18T12:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T18:26:04","slug":"pharmacy-student-receives-dr-fannie-hewlett-award-which-honors-inclusivity-and-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2016\/04\/15\/pharmacy-student-receives-dr-fannie-hewlett-award-which-honors-inclusivity-and-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy Student receives Dr. Fannie Hewlett Award which Honors Inclusivity and Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In honor of Dr. Fannie Hewlett, Belmont\u2019s first African American graduate, the University created the inaugural Dr. Fannie Hewlett Award and bestowed it\u00a0upon an undergraduate and graduate student at Wednesday\u2019s annual Scholarship and Awards Day<\/a>. The award celebrates racial and ethnic diversity by recognizing student courage, leadership and a contribution to a culture of inclusion at Belmont. Its creation is one of the many initiatives from the University\u2019s\u00a0Welcome Home Team<\/a>,\u00a0a committee of faculty, staff and students that explores opportunities and plans strategies to expand racial and ethnic diversity on campus.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hewlett grew up in Bay Minette, Alabama, and decided to come to Belmont College, some 420 miles away from her home, after finding a brochure for the school in her mailbox. Though she hadn\u2019t visited the College\u00a0and didn\u2019t know where Nashville was, she arranged for transportation and embarked on the journey of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

After earning her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and English from Belmont in 1970, Hewlett went on to earn her Master of Arts in Clinical and School Psychology from Fisk University in 1975 and her Doctorate in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1990. Most recently, Hewlett served as the interim president at Chattanooga State Community College.<\/p>\n

Chair of the Welcome Home Team,\u00a0Vice President and Chief of Staff Dr. Susan West said\u00a0the University was honored to recognize Dr. Hewlett through the creation of this award. \u201cThe Dr. Fannie Hewlett Award celebrates Dr. Hewlett by honoring students who have followed in her footsteps to make powerful change on our campus. It is our privilege to remember the legacy she left at Belmont for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Hewlett returned to campus in October 2015 for the Welcome Home Team\u2019s inaugural Diversity Week, a week created to celebrate the University\u2019s diversity and inclusivity efforts. While on campus, Hewlett gave a presentation to faculty, staff and students and said,\u00a0\u201cThe people I have met here are the people who have helped me to become what I have become today. For that, I am eternally grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Dr. Fannie Hewlett Award will continue to be awarded during the University\u2019s Scholarship and Awards Day each year. For West,\u00a0the creation of this award is a testament to the great things transpiring on Belmont\u2019s campus. \u201cIt means we\u2019re acknowledging our past and taking important steps in the areas of racial and ethnic\u00a0diversity and inclusion. It further recognizes the essential conversations that are happening in our boardrooms, classrooms and dorm rooms, and Welcome Home Team is\u00a0honored to assist in facilitating\u00a0those conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s award recipients were Tetchi Assaomi (College of Pharmacy) and Kristoff Hart (Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of Dr. Fannie Hewlett, Belmont\u2019s first African American graduate, the University created the inaugural Dr. Fannie Hewlett Award and bestowed it\u00a0upon an undergraduate and graduate student at Wednesday\u2019s annual Scholarship and Awards Day. The award celebrates racial and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pharmacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4132,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions\/4132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}