农夫导航

Dear Bellarmine Students, Faculty and Staff,

This has certainly been an exciting year at Bellarmine! I am still hearing congratulations and kudos following Tuesday鈥檚 announcement that the Knights will move to Division I beginning with the 2020-21 school year. Thank you to everyone who turned out to show ASUN Commissioner Ted Gumbart what a great decision the ASUN conference has made and to give ESPN+ its first look at Knights Nation. I also want to express gratitude once again to our Board of Trustees, particularly Athletics Committee Co-Chairs Steve Mullins and Doug Whyte and members Sharon Des Jarlais, Jesse Flynn and Brad Ray; Board Chair Bill Mudd; faculty athletic representatives Mike Ackerman and Ann Jirkovsky; Athletic Director Scott Wiegandt; Pam Stackhouse; Ian Patrick; our student-athletes, coaches, faculty and staff; and every Knights fan whose support has given us the confidence to compete at this new level.

This move will allow us to innovate and enhance the exceptional educational experience that 农夫导航 has offered students since its founding, and to offer it to a more diverse student population from a wider geographic area. Our academic programs are 鈥� and will remain 鈥� our No. 1 priority.

With regard to academics, it was also my honor on May 11 to award 932 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in Bellarmine鈥檚 largest Commencement ceremony ever鈥攁n event that drew an estimated 10,000 people to Freedom Hall. Commencement is the emotional culmination of a student鈥檚 Bellarmine journey, and I want to thank everyone who helped to make our first off-campus ceremony so special for the Class of 2019 and their families. The Commencement Committee, Academic Affairs, Special Events, Communications, Facilities and Public Safety teams in particular, as well as dozens of volunteers the day of, worked hard to ensure that Commencement still had that unique 鈥淏ellarmine feel,鈥� even in a new space. Hospitality truly is a foundational Bellarmine value.

No matter where your plans take you, I hope that each of you has an energizing, productive summer. The President鈥檚 Update will resume in September.

Bellarmine College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Robert Kingsolver has transitioned from administrative service to full-time faculty. After serving as dean of Arts and Sciences for five years and founding dean of the School of Environmental Studies for 10, he will join the ranks of the Bellarmine faculty next fall. He will continue contributing Ecology and Environmental Science instruction, research, and outreach for the Department of Environmental Studies. His project for sabbatical leave in Spring 2020 will involve habitat development for biodiversity protection in a new Southern Indiana wildlife conservation area. 

Dr. Martha Carlson Mazur, associate professor of Environmental Studies, published the article 鈥淪easonal Patterns in Hydrochemical Mixing in Three Great Lakes Rivermouth Ecosystems鈥� in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Dr. Kate Bulinski, associate professor of Environmental Studies, had an invited commentary published in the May 16 issue of The Record entitled 鈥淓volution and Faith: Compatible and Complementary.鈥� 

Dr. Jon Blandford, associate professor of English and director of Bellarmine鈥檚 Honors Program,  published 鈥淢aking Sense of Ira and Isabella鈥檚 Generic Confusions鈥� in Common- Place, the online journal of the American Antiquarian Society.

Dr. Tim Glasscock, chair and associate professor of Music, is the coordinator of a Fourth of July choir concert for Clarksville, Indiana, and surrounding areas of Kentuckiana.

Dr. Fedja Buric, associate professor of History, had an editorial published by the Courier Journal in response to the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in April. The editorial gave a historian鈥檚 perspective to the current trend of empathy shaming.

Dr. Kyle Barnett, associate professor of Communication, was the Bellarmine representative at the Digital Humanities Research Institute, a two-day workshop about digital scholarship at the University of Louisville (and partially funded by the City University of New York) on May 9-10. Dr. Barnett also attended the Council of Independent Colleges鈥� three-day training workshop, 鈥淟eading Departments and Divisions in Times of Change," in Columbus, Ohio, May 21-23.

Dr. Shawn Apostel, assistant professor of Communication, had a chapter, 鈥淧rezi and PowerPoint: Getting the Most Out of 鈥楺uick and Dirty鈥� Pathos,鈥� published in Multimodal Consulting: Strategies for Twenty-First-Century Writing Consultations, a collection edited by Lindsay Sabatino and Brian Fallon, Utah State University Press, 2019. Dr. Apostel also presented 鈥淯sing Microsoft Teams to Enhance Engagement and Learning with Any Class: It鈥檚 Fun and Easy鈥� with instructional developer Janice Poston and Dr. Keith Richardson, professor of Accounting, at Pedagogicon, a conference at Eastern Kentucky University, on May 17.

College of Health Professions

Ms. Bev Bone (instructor, Nursing) was awarded the inaugural Lansing School Pedagogic Development Faculty Stipend Award for 2019-20. Her project is redesigning a learning experience in NURS 206鈥揟ranscultural Communication to help students better understand the relationship and significance of nursing history to current social and cultural issues in healthcare. She will present her findings next year to the faculty.

Dr. Sherill Cronin (professor and chair, Graduate Nursing) and colleagues published 鈥淐rossing Boundaries to Advance Nursing Research Education鈥� in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. Dr. Cronin and Ms. Barbara Lee(emeritus faculty, Nursing) published 鈥淐aring Behaviors Assessment Tool鈥� in Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science (3rd ed.), New York: Springer.

Dr. Ta鈥橬eka Lindsay (assistant professor, Nursing) was a podium presenter for the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwives Conference in Covington, Ky., on April 24.  Her presentation was 鈥淚鈥檓 Due for That: A Review of Updated Evidence-Based Preventive Health Guidelines.鈥�

Dr. Heather Owens (assistant professor, Nursing) published 鈥淪leep鈥擜n Essential Component of Obesity Screening and Counseling: A policy Analysis of the Affordable Care Act鈥� in Inquiry, Vol. 56. Dr. Owens and colleagues published 鈥淢ediating Effect of Sleep Behaviors When Predicting Weight-Related Behaviors in Nursing Students鈥� in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 31(5).

Dr. Kelly Ruppel (assistant professor, Nursing) presented an abstract at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Annual Faculty Development Workshop entitled 鈥淜nowledge to Implementation: Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in an Undergraduate Program鈥� on May 9 in Lexington.

Dr. Thomas W贸jcicki (assistant professor, Exercise Science) was awarded this year鈥檚 Walking College Fellowship via America Walks. This national advocacy organization empowers communities to create safe, accessible and enjoyable places to walk and move. Dr. W贸jcicki was also a graduate of the Spring 2019 class of the Neighborhood Institute via the Center for Neighborhoods.

Dr. Megan Danzl (associate professor and assistant chair, Physical Therapy) andDr. Elizabeth Ulanowski (assistant professor, Physical Therapy), along with Bellarmine Physical Therapy alumni (Drs. Taylor Carta, Ylice Bridges, Devin Conway and Lexi Vessels) published 鈥淚mplementation and Experiences of Participating in a Neurologic Service Learning Clinic in Physical Therapist Entry-Level Program: An Educational Case Report鈥� in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education on April 1.

Dr. Chantal Prewitt (associate professor, Physical Therapy) attended the regional conference for the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) and the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) hosted by 农夫导航. She and second-year DPT student Mason Sullivan presented a poster entitled 鈥淭he Anatomy of Muscular Dystrophy: A Cadaveric Study.鈥� Dr. Prewitt and Mr. Sullivan also hosted a workshop on the nervous system for the regional conference: 鈥淭he Anatomy of the Nervous System: A Cadaveric Presentation.鈥�

Dr. Tony Brosky (professor, Physical Therapy, and dean, School of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences) was an invited member of a panel discussion focused on wearable med-tech as an easy-to-use solution to prevent falls at the What鈥檚 Next: Boomer Business Summit in New Orleans. The title of the panel鈥檚 presentation was 鈥淗ealth and Wellness Boomer Style: Are We Ready?鈥�  

Professor Dennis Lesch (instructor, Physical Therapy) and Dr. Tony Broskyattended the conference/workshop sponsored by AARP KY & Thrive Center: Technology Made Simple.

Dr. Beth Ennis (associate professor and chair, Physical Therapy) attended the 2019 Kentucky Telehealth Summit sponsored by the Kentucky Office of Rural Health on May 23 at the WKU Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green.

Dr. Gina Pariser (professor, Physical Therapy) presented a three-hour webinar for Physical Therapy.com titled 鈥淐ontemporary Guidelines for Exercise and Diabetes: Implications for Physical Therapy.鈥� Seventy-five physical therapists participated. In May, Dr. Pariser led the monthly online journal club for the American Physical Therapy Association鈥檚 Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy.

Dr. Norm Ayotte (assistant professor, Physical Therapy) traveled with eight DPT students to Curtin University in Perth, Australia, where they participated in academic, clinical, social and cultural-immersion experiences.

Dr. Sara Mahoney (associate professor and chair, Exercise Science) presented 鈥淪ources of Nutrition Information and Knowledge In Ultra-runners (the SNIKR Study)鈥� with Dr. Andrew Carnes (assistant professor, Exercise Science), Dr. Thomas W贸jcicki and Exercise Science student Nigel Ouslan at the national American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Orlando. They also presented 鈥淪ources of Nutrition Information in Ultramarathon Runners鈥� at the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine Conference in Greenville, S.C., where a team of three Exercise Science students competed in the Student Bowl, making to Final Jeopardy, but valiantly losing it all in the final round.

The following faculty and students made presentations at the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, May 10-13: 

• Dr. Elizabeth Ulanowski and a colleague presented a poster entitled 鈥淎 Qualitative Analysis of an Interprofessional Education Workshop: A Rehabilitation Collaboration.鈥� 
• Dr. Natalie Vance (part-time faculty, Physical Therapy, and alumna), Dr. Ulanowski, Physical Therapy students Emily Barrett, Daniel Ryan andDr. Megan Danzl  presented a poster entitled 鈥淎 Clinical Decision-making Approach to Address Functional Limitations in an Individual with Kennedy鈥檚 Disease, a Rare Neurological Disorder.鈥�
• Drs. Ulanowski and Danzl and PT graduate Victoria Loving presented a poster entitled 鈥淎 鈥楻eflection-on-Specific Action鈥� Approach to Developing an Exercise Program for a Person with Severe Cognitive Deficits.鈥�
• Drs. Ulanowski and Danzl, a colleague and PT students Alyssa Brothers, Alexander James, Lisa Schwartz and Kaitlyn Starr presented a poster entitled 鈥淭he Role of Music Therapy Intervention on Movement in Huntington鈥檚 Disease: A Physical and Music Therapy Partnership.鈥�
• Drs. Ulanowski and Danzl and Drs. Victoria Schwartz and Chelsea Reed, DPT graduates, presented a poster entitled 鈥淧hysical Therapist-Led Yoga for Individuals with Huntington鈥檚 Disease: A Qualitative Case Study.鈥�
• Drs. Jasmine Charpentier and Hayle Lawler (PT alumni) and Drs. Ulanowski and Danzl presented a poster entitled 鈥淪elf-efficacy towards Exercise in People with Parkinson Disease who Participate in a Wellness Retreat.鈥�

The following College of Health Professions posters were presented at the 2019 Celebration of Student Research and Creativity on April 9 in Frazier Hall:

• Ashley Duvall, sponsored by Dr. Chelsey Franz (assistant professor, Athletic Training), 鈥淭he Use of Mouth Guards to Prevent and Reduce the Risk of Concussion: Perceptions and Beliefs鈥�
• Nigel Ouslan, sponsored by Dr. Sara Mahoney, 鈥淪ources of Nutrition Information and Knowledge in Ultra-Runners鈥�
• Lindsey Baker, sponsored by Dr. Karen Golemboski (professor and chair, Medical Laboratory Science), 鈥淭urnaround Time for ED Troponin Testing鈥�
• Gabrielle Hawkins, sponsored by Dr. Golemboski, 鈥淪olving the Mystery of Death Crystals鈥�
• Meera Patel, sponsored by Dr. Golemboski, 鈥淚mproper Collection of Microbiological Specimens鈥�
• Katy Todd, sponsored by Dr. Golemboski, 鈥淏lood Culture Contamination鈥�
• Kimberly Acedillo, sponsored by Dr. Kelly Ruppel, 鈥淧reventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Events with Bundles鈥�
• Lindsey Breeding, sponsored by Ms. Bev Bone, 鈥淩educing Communication Breakdown in the Peri-Anesthesia Setting Through the Use of Closed-Loop Communication Techniques鈥�
• Tenzin Dicky, sponsored by Dr. Ruppel, 鈥淏edside Shift Report and Patient Satisfaction Related to Nursing Communication鈥�
• Joanna Liu, sponsored by Ms. Bone, 鈥淚mproving Patient Satisfaction through Personalized Patient Care鈥�
• Luis Olivas, sponsored by Mr. Chris Webb (instructor, Nursing), 鈥淚mproving Throughput with Discharge Compliance鈥�
• Tyler Calhoun, sponsored by Ms. Carol Scherbak (assistant professor and chair, Radiation Therapy), 鈥淒ose Assessment and Protocol Review for Pediatric CT Simulation鈥�
• Clayton Culver, sponsored by Ms. Scherbak, 鈥淨uality Assurance of Immobilization Devices鈥�
• Clay Johnson, sponsored by Ms. Scherbak, 鈥淪kin Dose: Is Skin Dose Affected by Beam Modifiers?鈥�

The Physical Therapy Program鈥檚 David A. Pariser Memorial White Coat Ceremony was May 31 in Frazier Hall. The keynote speaker was Nicole L. Stout, chief executive officer of 3e Services, who presented 鈥淏reaking the Mold: Unprecedented Opportunity for the Future of PT.鈥� Carolyn Furdek 鈥�11 DPT also spoke.

Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education

Drs. Mary Ann Cahill and Belinda Harlow took a group of eight undergraduate students to South Africa during the May semester to study apartheid and its effects on education. The group spent three days in Johannesburg studying apartheid at the Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, and the township of Soweto. They then flew to Port Elizabeth to work with Nelson Mandela University and offer service at a township school called Seyisi Primary School and Maranatha Children's Home. The group also enjoyed three safaris.

Dr. Mary Ann Cahill and colleagues had a chapter鈥斺�淪upporting Early Childhood Educators to Stem the Opioid Crisis with Three-Year-Olds: Just Say No!鈥濃�攁ccepted for a forthcoming book called Rural Poverty.

Dr. Kristin Cook and colleagues published a manuscript titled 鈥淧roblem-based Paleontology: A STEAM Exploration for Fourth Graders鈥� in Science & Children; published the book Step into STEAM, Grades K-5: Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning; and published a chapter titled 鈥淪tructuring STEAM Inquiries: Lessons Learned from Practice鈥� in STEAM Education: Theory and Practice. Dr. Cook and colleagues received a $125,000 Robert Noyce Capacity Building Grant titled 鈥淪trengthening STEM Teacher Education Pathways in Kentucky with Collaborative Partnerships鈥� from the National Science Foundation (NSF). She and colleagues also received a $100,000 GenCyber grant titled 鈥淕enCyber Knights High School Teacher Camps鈥� from the National Security Agency (NSA) & the NSF. Dr. Cook accepted the position of board member for the Kentucky Science Center.

Dr. Donald 鈥淒J鈥� Mitchell, Jr. served as lead editor for the second edition ofIntersectionality & Higher Education: Theory, Research, & Praxis (Peter Lang, 2019). He also participated in the 2019 Council for Independent Colleges Department & Division Chairs Workshop in Milwaukee in May.

Dr. Will Wells agreed to serve as the vice-chair of the Nativity Academy鈥檚 Board of Directors beginning July 1. He also represented Bellarmine as part of the Kentucky team of educators at the Pathways to Adult Success Conference in Baltimore in May. The focus of this initiative, which is being led by the Johns Hopkins University鈥檚 Everyone Graduates Center, is to develop early warning systems and systems of support so that students will persist to high school graduation and successfully transition to post-secondary training or education that will then lead to employment or further education in their field.

W. Fielding Rubel School of Business

Dr. Dan Bauer, professor of Finance, and colleague had a paper entitled 鈥淒ynamic Pricing: Some Thoughts and Analysis鈥� accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting and Finance, which has a 20 percent acceptance rate.

Ms. Christy Burge, instructor of Accounting, attended the Kentucky Department of Education's Business & Education Alignment Taskforce meeting for Business & Marketing Education Secondary Programs as a committee member to determine the professional certifications that are appropriate for high school students to be able to complete before graduation. She also attended the KYCPA Woman's Day networking event on May 6 and met with IMA President Zuzana Hronik to begin planning for student involvement with the local professional group and their annual student networking event, which will be held at Bellarmine in October.

Dr. Alisha Harper reports that Bellarmine students who volunteered with Louisville Asset Building Coalition and the Volunteer Tax Assistance Program prepared 121 tax returns, generating $186,304 total in refunds back into the Louisville area and saving low-income taxpayers more than $30,000 in tax-preparation fees. Also, 鈥淔rom One Corporation to Another: The Impact of the 2018 TCJA on Dividend Payments,鈥� an article Dr. Harper, Dr. Keith Richardson, professor of Accounting, and Jonathan Hunter Boschert 鈥�18 MTAX, was accepted for publication in the American Journal of Management.

Dr. Alisha Harper, Dr. Patricia Selvy, associate professor of Accounting, and a colleague had an article, 鈥淎 Financial Advisor's Guide to Avoiding Required Minimum Distribution Land Mines,鈥� selected by a panel of judges as the second-place winner in the annual Kenneth Black Jr. Journal Award competition.

Dr. Sharon Kerrick, dean of the Rubel School, was awarded the Supporting Partner Award by the National Association of Women Business Owners-Kentucky and named Business First鈥檚 Mentor of the Year. She was an invited presenter/speaker for the Young Professional鈥檚 Leadership program and also presented on innovation at Schneider Electric. Dr. Kerrick hosted the Kentucky World Trade Center 鈥� Global Women in Business 鈥� Elevate event during spring break.

Dr. Elizabeth Payne, endowed chair of Accounting, a member of the Board of Directors of Financial Executives International, delivered programs in April and May featuring Darren Srebnick, the Chief Trade Officer for World Trade Center Kentucky (discussing impacts on the commonwealth's signature export, bourbon, and the state of other important industries), and Crowe LLC cybersecurity experts Andre Fomby and Mike Brancatotalk (discussing how to understand an organization's cyber exposure), respectively. Dr. Payne continued  service on the Kentucky State Board of Accountancy during these months and presented certificates to new CPAs at the KYCPA鈥檚 spring awards banquet in April. Dr. Payne also attended the KYCPA Accounting Educators鈥� Conference in May and this month began serving on the KYCPA鈥檚 Accounting Awareness Task Force (a new program designed to educate high school students about careers in the accounting profession).

Dr. Bradley Stephenson, associate professor of Finance, recently helped judge Senior Backpack Defenses for Southern High School鈥檚 iGen Business Academy. The purpose of the presentations is for students to detail how they met learning outcomes and to show they are prepared for life beyond high school. Dr. Stevenson also recently presented information on financial literacy at 鈥淚 Make Money Moves鈥� in Kennedy-Newman Hall for Bellarmine students. 

Dr. Patricia Carver, Ph.D. in Leadership in Higher Education, received the 2019 Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her dissertation is entitled 鈥淭wenty Shades of Black: A Phenomenological Study of the Dating, Hooking Up, Belonging, and Thriving Experiences of Black Women Students at Private, Predominantly White Institutions.鈥�

Staff News and Achievements

Dr. Sara Pettingill, dean of Graduate Admission, and Dr. Jordan Rose Wiehebrink, associate dean of Graduate Admission, presented on current graduate enrollment management strategies at NAGAP, the Leader in Graduate Enrollment Management Conference, in Toronto, Canada, on April 12. They also coordinated the First Timers鈥� Reception to welcome newcomers to the 1,600-member association鈥檚 event. Dr. Wiehebrink was also elected to serve as the Chair of Member Relations for MAGAP (the Midwestern regional chapter for NAGAP).

Ms. Julie Armstrong-Binnix, assistant dean of Graduate Admission and Strategic Operations, received a MAGAP (Midwest Chapter of NAGAP) scholarship to attend the 2019 MAGAP Summer Workshop (鈥淐ontent and Collaboration in Recruitment鈥�) hosted by Loyola University Chicago鈥檚 School of Law on June 19. 

Mr. Eric Satterly and Mr. Fred Claypool presented a session at Ellucian Live 2019 titled 鈥淐ampus Innovation through Platform-Thinking.鈥� Technology alone does not solve problems or create opportunities; it takes people, process and technology to drive innovation. Platform-thinking is an approach to innovation that many commercial businesses have adopted, but it can be applied to higher education as well. At the same event, Mr. Vern Fridell presented a session titled 鈥淪weet Ellucian Colleague SQL鈥� that examined how Colleague data is stored and organized on the SQL server.

Dr. Paul Pearson, director of the Thomas Merton Center, and a colleague published 鈥淭homas Merton and the Curious Case of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize鈥� in Ragazine 15.2 (March-April 2019). Dr. Pearson also presented 鈥淟istening to the World: The Social Re-visioning of Thomas Merton through Monastic Silence鈥� at the 50^th Annual Meeting of the College English Association in New Orleans on March 28. The paper was awarded the CEA鈥檚 James R. (Dick) Bennett Award for Literature and Peace.

Mrs. Alice Kimble, director of Health Services, was honored with the YMCA Volunteer of the Year award for her work with Camp Piomingo and has been asked to serve on the board of directors for The Franciscan Kitchen.

 

Mr. Patrick Riley, Residence Life coordinator, attended NASPA Region III and SACSA鈥檚 New Professional鈥檚 Institute in early June at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. New Professionals Institute is the preeminent professional development opportunity for new student affairs professionals in the south. Mr. Riley will be presenting at the Residential Learning Communities as a High-Impact Practice Conference at Elon University June 16-17.  The title of his presentation is 鈥淢entorship: Faculty, Staff, and Student Support Enhancing a High Impact Residential Learning Community Experience.鈥�

 

Ms. Lindsey Gilmore, assistant director of Residence Life, attended NASPA Region III and SACSA鈥檚 Mid Managers鈥� Institute May 21-25 at Mississippi State University. The Mid-Manager's Institute offers an opportunity for mid-level professionals to enhance and develop the skills, relationships, and dispositions that distinguish them in the profession.