May 2016

Commencement 2016

Peabody Commencement Awards 2016

HOD Nashville IMPACT Award

The HOD Nashville Impact Award was created to raise awareness of the ways in which HOD student interns have impacted the Nashville community and to recognize the student with the most impressive Senior Project. This year’s recipient was Robert Austin.

For his project, which is currently being used and praised by the organization, he created a system and survey tool to track and record the department’s impact on the hospital. The Pastoral Care team is now able to track daily patient referrals, weekend emergency referrals, meetings, projects, and activities that all the chaplains are involved in.

From left to right: Paul Speer, Robert Austin, and Kristen Tompkins.

Undergraduate HOD Awards

Outstanding International Leadership and Development Graduate Ana Carolina Luquerna

Ana has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright

Fellowship to teach next year in Southern France.

Outstanding Education Policy Graduate Rebecca Jean Feronti

Rebecca hopes to teach in a diverse elementary school in Austin or Nashville to work towards

closing the achievement gap.

Outstanding Health and Human Services Graduate

Jennifer Claire Van Konyenburg

Jenny will be attending Vanderbilt’s graduate program in speech pathology this fall.

Outstanding Community Leadership and Development Graduate Caroline Hylton Rushton

Passionate about sustainable community development, Ruston has interned at the Nashville

Civic Design Center and the Climate Reality Project in Washington, DC.

Graduate HOD Awards

HDC graduate, Richard Cowan (above), was awarded the 2016 Roger F. Aubrey “Northstar” award for demonstrating the greatest potential for facilitating human development through counseling, presented by Gina Frieden.

Outstanding Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness Graduate

Sara Ellen Beisswenger

She is passionate about enhancing human performance and solving organizational

problems and will apply her knowledge as a Human Capital Business Analyst with Deloitte.

Ed Martin Community Service Award Michael T. Zuch

He has been involved in refugee work in Austria and partnered with First Aid Arts. He

aspires to be a mental health specialist for children and youth.

CDA graduate, Leah Samples (above), was presented with the Community Development and Action Program Outstanding Student Award, presented by Sarah Suiter.

CRA student, Kelley Frances Fenelon (above), was awarded the 2016 Teaching Assistant Award, presented by Paul Speer.

CRA student, Joseph Gardella (above), was awarded the 2016 Instructor Award, presented by Doug Perkins.

The 2016 John R. Newbrough Graduate Award was presented to Mark M. McCormack.

Congratulations to the class of 2016 and all Peabody Commencement Award Winners!

Calendar of Events

Summer 2016 May 9th Maymester begins June 3rd Maymester ends June 7th First-half and full summer session classes begin June 13th Peabody Module I classes begin July 8th First-half and Peabody Module I classes end July 11th Peabody Module II classes begin July 12th Second-half classes begin August 5th Peabody Module II classes end August 12th Second-half classes end; Graduation Date for August graduates August 20th – 23rd Orientation begins for new undergraduate and transfer students August 22nd – 23rd Orientation for Peabody professional and graduate students August 24th Classes begin

STUDENT NEWS

Students in HOD’s Philanthropy and Social Problem Solving class, in the Community Leadership and Development track of the program, gave $60,000 to three Nashville charities on the last day of their spring class. The class, designed by Paul Speer, Beth Shinn, and Doug Perkins, partners with The Philanthropy Lab to examine social problems in Nashville, research ways to address the needs, identify organizations working to meet those needs, and determine how best to allocate resources to the organizations. Students choose the final organizations and determine their amounts. Rocketown, the Nashville International Center for Empowerment, and the Nashville Food Project were this semester’s recipients. Chancellor Zeppos and Dean Benbow were on hand to help present the checks. Great work!

CRA graduate Dan Cooper is now the editor of The Community Psychologist, the official publication of the Society for Community Research & Action. Congratulations!

CDA graduate, Leah Lomotey-Nakon, was selected as the Curb Center’s Public Scholar and received an Imagination Grant to travel to Accra, Paris, London, and Kingston to do research on how technology creates a sense of community in the global African Diaspora. Congratulations!

CDA students Allison Plattsmier (pictured at right) and Marisa Flores participated in Love Letters, a Do Something campaign initiative to make Valentine’s cards for seniors in the Meals on Wheels program. They made 3,566 cards in total, sending them off to locations in Nashville, Knoxville, Kingston, Johnson City, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Dayton, and Birmingham. Great job!

Allison Plattsmier was also chosen by the Office of Active Citizenship and Service to be recognized in the 2016 Magnolia Awards Ceremony for the William Aaron Pathfinder Award. The William Aaron Pathfinder Award acknowledges students whose uncommon community service efforts and leadership skills demonstrate vision, creativity, and innovation. Congratulations!

Additional Congratulations to Allison Plattsmier, who was also chosen as a recipient of Golden Key International Honor Society's Graduate Scholar Award. The Graduate Scholar Award is Golden Key's premier scholarship to assist members in their post-baccalaureate endeavors. Emphasis is placed on why the student is continuing their education, future academic goals and career goals, as well as how the student feels that they can truly create change in the future.

Allison Plattsmier was also chosen to receive the National Society of Leadership and Success’ Society Service Scholarship and recently spearheaded the inaugural T. J. Martell Downtown Derby Bed Race, raising $70,000 for cancer, leukemia, and AIDS research. All proceeds went to the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center. Great job, Allison!

Vanderbilt HOD students participated in a Do Something campaign called Guns Out where they advocated for Gun Free Campuses via social media (at right). Over 80 concerned students sent in their pictures and signed a petition stating their opposition to allowing all students to have concealed weapons on campus. As a result, Vanderbilt was awarded $1,000 to enact social change. Way to go!

FACULTY NEWS

Velma Murry was given the Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award for her significant contributions to research in HIV risk prevention, particularly with rural African American youth. The award recognizes accomplishments that bridge multiple academic disciplines and honors the development of significant new knowledge from research or exemplary innovations in teaching. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Sharon Shields (far right) who was awarded the Peabody Faculty/Staff Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Award in recognition of her dedication to improving the equity, diversity, and/or inclusivity of Peabody College through efforts focused towards students, faculty, and staff.

From left, Chancellor Zeppos, Velma Murry, and Chair of Faculty Senate, Richard Willis.

Sandra Barnes, (near left), was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Colleague Award. Congratulations Sandra!

Anjali Forber-Pratt (right) was invited to the White House to join President Obama and the First Lady to officially welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada to the United States.

Doug Perkins was chosen to receive the Society for Community Research and Action’s 2016 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research. Award recipients are recognized for excellence and worthy contribution to the field of community psychology. Congratulations Doug! On May 3rd & May 4th, Emily Tanner-Smith co-taught a training workshop with Michael Borenstein on systematic reviewing and meta-analysis methods. The workshop was sponsored by the American Institutes of Research, Centers on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research, and Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Emily Tanner-Smith, Emily Hennessy, and Andy Finch were awarded a grant from The Campbell Collaboration to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature on recovery high schools and collegiate recovery communities for promoting student well-being. The announcement can be found here.

PUBLICATIONS

Emily Tanner-Smith had the following articles accepted for publication:

Tanner-Smith, E. E., Tipton, E., & Polanin, J. R. (2016). Handling complex meta-analytic data structures using robust variance estimates: A tutorial in R. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2, 85-112. doi:10.1007/s40865-016 0026-5

Tanner-Smith, E. E., & Risser, M. D. (2016). A meta-analysis of brief alcohol interventions for adolescents and young adults: Variability in effects across alcohol measures. The American Journal of Drug and Alochol Abuse, 42, 140-151. doi:10.3109/00952990.2015.1136638

Laird, K. T., Tanner-Smith, E. E., Russell, A. C., Hollon, S. D., & Walker, L. S. (2016). Short and long-term efficacy of psychological therapies for irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2015.11.020

PRESENTATIONS HDC student Lisa Venanzi presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology in Chicago in March. Her presentation, “Investigating Clinical and Service Characteristics for Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Patients Treated in a Level 1 Trauma Center” reviewed psychiatry consults from 2012-2015 to find those with self-inflicted gunshot wounds and who also denied it was a suicide attempt.

EVENTS

Spring 2016 Mock Interviews

On March 31st, 29 employers from Nashville, Charlotte, and New York, served as mock interviewers for 125 of Vanderbilt University’s Human and Organizational Development Talent Management & Organizational Fit (HOD 2400) students.

Representatives from the following organizations participated in the mock interviews: CitiGroup; Compassus; Country Music Association; Deloitte Services; Delta Blvd; FashionABLE; Goldner Associates; LFM Capital; Light the Night Walk; McNeely, Pigott, & Fox; My Emma; Nashville Predators; Nashville Public Library; Nashville Symphony; North Star; Pencil Foundation; Redpepper; Red Ventures; Reforma Law Group; Tennessee Titans; Thrive; Trust Tree; UBS, United States Attorney’s Office; Universal Music; and Village Real Estate.

Mock interview day gave the students an opportunity to prepare for and conduct a behavioral interview. At the conclusion of the interview, the students received an evaluation from the employers on their interview skills.

Sample responses the employers gave about the HOD students’ performance:

“Very impressive group of students I met yesterday. I am happy to do it again next year.” Brent Hannafan, United States Attorney’s Office

“Thank you! It was a wonderful experience and was beyond impressed with everyone I interviewed today!.” Kerry Conley, Director of LP Pencil Box

HOD Alum, Jade Wilkerson (center), interviewing Leundre Agee (left) and Lily Guevel (right).

2016 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

In April, CRA students (from left) Bernadette Doykos, Cheri Hoffman, Krista Craven, Ben Fisher, Laurel Lunn, Joseph Gardella, and Joanna geller attended the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Washington, DC. The theme of the meeting was Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies.

The HOD 2400 teaching team, from left, Susan Friedman, Kristen Tompkins, Katie Goodman, and Sara Eccleston.

2016 Graduate Awards Reception

Left: Lynn Westrom and Sharon Shields

Clockwise from left: Nancy Nolan, HDC Graduate Richard Cowan, Leslie Foutch, HDC graduate Samantha Strader, Heather Smith

Right: Erin McCauley and guests.

Left: Sherrie Lane and Mary Miller

Right: Atlee Tyree, Sarah Suiter and guests

Above: HDC graduate Rebecca Schuster and family

Right: Gina Frieden, Carol Nixon, and Sara Safransky

Thank you to Deanna Candeloro for her hard work on the May Newsletter.

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