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Massey Associate Dean, Two Students Receive Fulbright Awards Dr. Joe Alexander, associate dean of The Jack C. Massey Graduate School, will spend part of this summer in Japan through an award from the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government’s flagship academic exchange program. “As one of the world’s largest national economies, Japan continues to play a significant role in shaping global business practice,” Alexander said. “I hope to further strengthen Massey’s graduate business programs through this experience.” Belmont maintains one of the few graduate business programs in the U.S. to require an international study-abroad experience for each of its graduate students. In addition, two of Belmont’s graduating seniors— Megan Dittmann (Honors Program German major) and Nick Ashburn (double major in German and Political Science)—were awarded grants for 2008-09 for teaching and study in Austria by the Austrian Ministry of Education, sponsored by the Fulbright Program. n n D enver & the Mile
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Alumni Finish Strong on ‘Next Great American Band’ School of Nursing Recognized as Laerdal Center of Educational Excellence
In addition to Belmont’s School of Nursing, other centers recognized by Laerdal this year included facilities at Harvard, Texas A&M, Maryland and Oregon.
The School of Nursing was recently recognized by Laerdal Medical Corporation, a leading provider of healthcare solutions and products, as a Center of Educational Excellence. Centers selected for the award reflected consistent performance, a quality program and a commitment to continual improvement.
Belmont’s state-of-the-art nursing labs are equipped with human patient simulators, digitalized video, bedside computer charting, electronic supply scanning and static mannequins. The labs are designed to reproduce realistic practice settings. n
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Two bands with Belmont connections made it to the Top Three on FOXTV’s “Next Great American Band” reality competition, a sister show from the producers of “American Idol.” Most of the members of Denver & the Mile High Orchestra, which came in third place, are Belmont School of Music alumni, and sax player Chris Gregg is the son of School of Music’s Robert and Sharon Gregg. Also, Robb Houston, frontman for Nashvillebased band Sixwire, which won second place in the competition, is a 1985 Music Business grad. n
Faculty Receive Awards at Spring Commencement At spring commencement assistant professor Pam Parry, public relations program director, was awarded the 2008 Presidential Faculty Achievement Award, and Marty Bell, professor in the School of Religion, was honored with the Virginia M. Chaney Distinguished Professor Award. The Presidential Faculty Achievement Award focuses on the outstanding contributions faculty members make to student life outside the classroom, while the Chaney Award goes to a faculty member for outstanding classroom presentation, high quality advising and significant contributions to church and civic activities. n
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