农夫导航

Dear Bellarmine Students, Faculty and Staff,

As the semester, and then the year, draws to a close, I want to thank everyone in the Bellarmine community for your scholarship, your friendship, your warmth and your goodwill. I truly appreciate the spirit in which you have collaborated with me on addressing our budget issues, and I look forward with enthusiasm to the ideas that we will generate together in our strategic planning process to move Bellarmine to the next level. I give you my personal wishes for a very Merry Christmas, and I look forward to an excellent New Year with you. The President鈥檚 Update will return in February.

Join me for Commencement on Dec. 20

It is with great pleasure that I anticipate presiding over my first 农夫导航 Commencement ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 6 p.m. in Knights Hall.

The Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, who was named the Archbishop of Indianapolis by Pope Francis in June, will deliver our Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree. Bishop Thompson earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in accounting from Bellarmine in 1983.

As the seventh Archbishop of Indianapolis, Thompson leads a Catholic community of 223,815 parishioners across 39 counties in central and southern Indiana. A Louisville native, he earned his master of divinity degree from Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology in Indiana and a graduate degree in canon law from Saint Paul University in Ottawa.

He was ordained as a priest in Louisville in 1987 and served at several local parishes, including a decade at Holy Trinity, before being appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Evansville, Ind., in 2011.

Faculty and Staff News and Achievements

The Office of Communications & Public Affairs won three awards at the 2017 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Kentucky Conference, held Dec. 7-8 in Lexington:

Ms. Carla Carlton won the Grand Award for Feature Writing for 鈥淲alking the Walk,鈥� her Bellarmine Magazine cover profile about Dr. Susan M. Donovan.

Bellarmine Magazine (Ms. Carlton, Mr. Brad Craig, Ms. Samantha O鈥橞rien and Ms. Maria Gonz谩lez) won a Special Merit Award for Print and Digital Publications/Magazine A.

Ms. Katie Kelty (with Ms. Lauren Keeling of Admissions) won a Special Merit Award for Print and Digital Publications/Low Budget Publication for their Summer School Campaign.

Ms. Emily Werner, associate director of Campus Wellness, attended a two-day training session sponsored by the Intercollegiate Substance Abuse Partnership and passed the certification test with a 98%. She is now an officially certified TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) trainer.

Dr. Mary Pike, assistant professor of Nursing and coordinator of the RN-BSN Program, received the Msgr. Horrigan Distinguished Service Award from the 农夫导航 Alumni Association.

Mr. Jim Vargo, director of men鈥檚 cross country/track and field, was named to the Scarlet and Silver Society by the 农夫导航 Alumni Association.

Ms. Jenni Grzebin, head volleyball coach, was named Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year.

Ms. Angela Musk, head women鈥檚 cross country coach, was named Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year.

Ms. Pam Stackhouse, associate director of Athletics/senior woman administrator, was named to Business First of Louisville鈥檚 鈥�20 People to Know鈥� list.

Bellarmine College of Arts and Sciences

Ms. Laura Hartford, associate professor of Art and associate dean of Bellarmine College, is one of five artists featured in the exhibit Photography in Its Birthplace at the William Henry Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, England. The show includes work by artists-in-residence at Fox Talbot's home, Lacock Abbey. She also participated in the photography exhibit Shadows with Memories at the University of Oslo, Norway, as part of the 3rd biennial meeting of the International Calotype Society.

Dr. Tom Wilson, associate professor of Psychology and SAIL Office Liaison for Social Sciences, served as a delegate in October to the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) annual conference. In July, he chaired a symposium at the annual IAFOR European Conference for Psychology in Brighton, UK, where he presented a peer-reviewed talk titled 鈥淚mplicit Cognitions in Awareness: Three Empirical Examples and Implications for Conscious Identity.鈥� Dr. Wilson recently published three peer-reviewed research articles: 鈥淚mplicit Environmental Attitudes: Critique and Technique to Promote Awareness鈥� (with co-author Hunter Smith 鈥�17) in July in the Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences; 鈥淭he Influence of Presentation Order on Probability Judgments in a Representative Market Setting鈥�; and 鈥淭oward an Integrated Coronary Risk Personality: Emotional Correlates of Type A.鈥� As a peer reviewer, Dr. Wilson has reviewed 13 conference abstracts and four research articles for journals since last spring.

Professor Frederick Smock, English professor, has had three essays, On Joy, On Synesthesia and On Wisdom, accepted for publication by the Talking River Review. As Kentucky鈥檚 Poet Laureate, he was invited to his alma mater, Georgetown College, in November for a public reading of some of his works.

Dr. Jon Blandford, associate professor of English and director of the Honors Program, published a chapter entitled 鈥淗ome and Away: Reinvestigating Domestic Detective Fiction鈥� in A History of American Crime Fiction (Cambridge University Press, December 2017).

Dr. John Gatton, professor of English, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Byron Society of America.

Dr. David Mosley, professor of Philosophy, presented a paper titled 鈥淢aurice Ravel's Great War鈥� at the World Phenomenology Institute, held at Harvard University. As president of the Society for the Philosophical Study of Education, he organized its annual meeting at Columbia University of Chicago. At the meeting's conclusion he was re-elected for another two-year term. He was also invited to present another version of the Ravel paper at the inaugural conference of Progressive Connections in Vienna in December.

Dr. Justin Klassen, assistant professor of Theology, was an invited speaker at Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light鈥檚 10th anniversary 鈥淗ope in Action鈥� Awards Dinner on Oct. 24, where he spoke about 鈥淐hristianity鈥檚 Call to Care for Creation.鈥� He also just had an article published: 鈥淭he Philosophers鈥� Paul for Earthlings: Stanislas Breton and the Ecological Significance of the Way of the Cross鈥� in EcoTheo Review (Fall 2017).

Dr. Akhtar Mahmood, professor of Physics, served as a grant reviewer for five research proposals submitted to NASA's KSGC Program.

Dr. Christy Wolfe, associate professor of Psychology, and colleagues recently had a journal article, 鈥淓xecutive attention at eight years: Concurrent and longitudinal predictors and individual differences,鈥� published in Infant and Child Development.

College of Health Professions

Dr. Thomas W贸jcicki (assistant professor, Exercise Science) and colleagues published 鈥淭he interpretation of physical activity, exercise and sedentary behaviors by persons with multiple sclerosis鈥� in the November issue of Disability and Rehabilitation.

Drs. Beth Quinn (assistant professor, Physical Therapy) and Patty Gillette (professor emeritus, Physical Therapy) were quoted in an article by Mr. Mark Kaelin (instructor, Biology) called 鈥淲atch Your Step鈥� in the Fall 2017 issue of Today鈥檚 Transitions, a digital publishing platform, on Sept. 11.

Dr. Christopher Wingard (professor, Physical Therapy) published 鈥淒isposition of Intravenously of Orally Administered Silver Nanoparticles in Female Rats and the Effect on the Biochemical Profile in Urine鈥� in the Journal of Applied Toxicology in May 2017, Vol. 37 Issue 5, and 鈥淯ltrafine Particulate Matter Increases Cardiac Iscemia/Reperfusion Injury via Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore鈥� in Cardiovascular Toxicology in October 2017, Vol. 17, Issue 4. He also served on the national-level scientific review panel of the American Heart Association鈥檚 AIREA grant awards on Dec. 12.

Ms. Carol Scherbak (assistant professor and chair, Radiation Therapy) had her presentation, 鈥淚ntegrating the VERT into the Professional Curriculum,鈥� accepted at the Annual Radiation Therapy Conference in San Diego, Calif., for October 2017. Due to a family emergency, she was unable to travel to the conference; however, she was able to present as a WebEx to radiation therapy educators.

Ms. Shelley McGuire (instructor, Radiation Therapy) presented 鈥淎 Cancer Survivor鈥檚 Story鈥� at Kings Daughter Hospital in Madison, Ind., on Dec. 6, 2017.

Dr. Mary Pike (assistant professor, Nursing) presented a paper entitled 鈥淭he Image of Nurses and Nursing in the First Hospital-Based Radio Drama, The Woman in White鈥� at the American Association for the History of Nursing Annual Nursing and Healthcare History Conference in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 7-10. Dr. Pike also received the Monsignor Alfred F. Horrigan Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who, as a member of the university faculty, staff or administration, has made a significant contribution to 农夫导航, at the Alumni Association鈥檚 57th annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 2.

Dr. Sonja Bareiss (associate professor, Physical Therapy) and colleagues had their article 鈥淧hysical Training and Activity in People with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Paradigm Shift鈥� featured as an Editor鈥檚 Choice in Physical Therapy, Vol. 97, Issue 12, December 2017.

Dr. Kathy Hager (associate professor, Nursing), as the president of the Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA), hosted an education summit on substance use disorder on Nov. 2, 2017, that was coordinated by Dr. Teena Darnell (assistant professor, Nursing) in the Louisville area.

Dr. Keith Knapp (associate professor, Health Services and Senior Living) was recertified through Oct. 1, 2021, as a Certified Nursing Home Administrator by the American College of Health Care Administrators.

Dr. Paul Lonnemann (assistant professor, Physical Therapy) received the 2017 Floyd County Readers鈥� Choice vote for Best Physical Therapist.

Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education

Dr. Kevin Thomas agreed to serve on the Archdiocese of Louisville鈥檚 2018 Governor's Scholar Selection Committee.

Dr. Todd Whitney and a colleague presented 鈥淯sing Multiple Measures for Educator Preparation Program Accountability and Continuous Improvement鈥� at the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children in Savannah, Ga. He and a colleague presented 鈥淯sing Reciprocal Peer Coaching to Provide Performance Feedback for Co-teachers鈥� at the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference in Louisville. Dr. Whitney was also elected secretary for the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children鈥檚 Teacher Education Division.

Dr. Rosie Young organized and conducted the Annual Fall Institute of the Kentucky Association of Elementary School Principals in Louisville. Dr. Young also spoke to the Archdiocese of Louisville鈥檚 Merton Leadership participants on leadership needed in today's schools.

Dr. Donald 鈥淒J鈥� Mitchell Jr., professor of Higher Education Leadership, wrote a chapter, 鈥淗istorically Black Colleges and Universities and Black Greek-Lettered Organizations in the 鈥楶ost-Racial鈥� Era of Accountability,鈥� in the edited volume Black Colleges Across the Diaspora: Global Perspectives on Race and Stratification in Postsecondary Education (Emerald Publishing, 2017). He also secured a contract with Peter Lang Publishing to produce the second edition of the edited volume Intersectionality & Higher Education: Theory, Research & Praxis (with Jakia Marie and Tiffany Steele, Associate Editors).

Dr. Mary Ann Cahill and a colleague presented a paper, 鈥淧OGIL: Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning for teacher candidates,鈥� at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla.

W. Fielding Rubel School of Business

Dr. Sharon Kerrick, dean of the Rubel School, co-hosted and presented awards at the annual Better Business Bureau Torch Ethics Awards luncheon. She concluded the first pilot MBA graduate mentorship program with glowing reviews from the participants and kicked off a new Financial Wellness student initiative. She orchestrated the first-ever National Association of Women Business Owners Business in the Bluegrass symposium in Kentucky with over 150 women business owners and leaders in attendance. Dr. Kerrick was a featured speaker at the annual Kentucky Society of CPA鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conference. She has been nominated by the Small Business Institute as Vice President of Research and Project of the Year by the more than 500 national members and has three papers accepted for their national conference.

Dr. Patrick Lach was quoted by NBC News in the article 鈥淲hat鈥檚 With All the Bitcoin Hate?鈥� In addition, he wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal titled 鈥淭he Problem With the 鈥�105 Minus Age鈥� Allocation Rule.鈥�

Dr. Hongwei Song presented her paper, 鈥淎 country鈥檚 network position and aid effectiveness,鈥� at the 87th Annual Conference of the Southern Economics Association, Tampa, Fla., Nov. 17-19.

Ms. Christy Burge and Dr. Patti Selvy invited CPA Andrea Yorgy, a Bellarmine MBA graduate, to speak to accounting students. She discussed the impact of being named one of Louisville Business First鈥檚 Forty Under 40. Ms. Burge also held a professional workshop on Creativity and Time Management.

School of Communication

Dr. Kyle Barnett co-chaired a panel, 鈥淧rogram Transcription Preservation and the Work of Collectors,鈥� as part of the Radio Preservation Task Force meeting at the Library of Congress. The Radio Preservation Task Force is an ongoing national effort to preserve radio in its various forms, as part of the National Recording Preservation Board.

Drs. Shawn Apostel and Michael Strawser and colleagues published the article 鈥淭he Communication Center as a Transcendent Physical and Virtual Space鈥� in Communication Center Journal. Dr. Apostel also wrote the chapter 鈥淭he Next Phase: New Media and the Inevitable Transition,鈥� for New Media and Digital Pedagogy: Enhancing the Twenty-First-Century Classroom, a collection edited by Dr. Strawser and published by Lexington Books.

Dr. Rain Liu and colleagues had an article, 鈥淭he sensory force of sticky messages: An application to the application of sunscreen,鈥� published in the journal Communication Studies. Dr. Liu joined the Louisville Health Advisory Board, serving on the Committee for Communications, and is serving as a mentor for the 农夫导航 Mentor Program (BUMP), a new mentoring initiative launched by the Office of Identity and Inclusion. Dr. Liu presented and led the BU Dialogue on Nov. 16 focusing on the topic of micro-aggressions.

Professor Winnie Spitza and Ms. Sue Mauldin spearheaded the School of Communication鈥檚 participation in the annual Blanket Louisville campaign, collecting about 300 blankets from Bellarmine staff, faculty and students for the non-profit organization, which distributes the blankets to homeless shelters in November. Professor Spitza is a board member of this organization. Professor Spitza is also serving on the 2017-18 Board of Directors for the Louisville Theatrical Association, which oversees the PNC/Broadway Series program in Louisville.