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July 6, 2009 -- Bellarmine University President Joseph J. McGowan has announced the creation of a new Bellarmine University Center for Regional Environmental Studies. Dr. Robert Kingsolver will serve as founding dean and director, effective July 15. Kingsolver currently serves as dean of Bellarmine College. He took a few minutes out of his very busy transition schedule to explain a little more about the center and what it means to the Bellarmine community. Click more to read the full Q&A.

The Bellarmine University Women's Council is taking its 36th annual show house event downtown Sept. 12-27. Fleur de Lis on Main is this year's featured property, located at 324 East Main Street, one block west of Slugger Field.

Bellarmine University will welcome visitors to campus during the sixth annual Kentucky Private College Week June 15-19. Visit times are at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. EDT.

Bellarmine's Lansing School of Nursing and Health Sciences has received an $80,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to recruit students from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds to the nursing field.

The Bellarmine University Department of Physical Therapy will formally welcome a new class of students to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program in a White Coat Ceremony at 3 p.m., Friday, May 29. The ceremony will be held in the Amy Cralle Theater in the Wyatt Center for the Arts on the Bellarmine Campus.

Bellarmine University broke ground Wednesday, May 6, to begin construction on the third building of the four-phase Siena Housing Project.

Bellarmine University will award 70 graduate and 339 undergraduate degrees during spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 9, at noon in Knights Hall. Bellarmine will grant honorary degrees to Bishop John J. McRaith, who led the Diocese of Owensboro for more than 25 years, and New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. Whelan also will make the commencement address.

Bellarmine University will become a tobacco-free campus on January 1, 2010.

Bellarmine University's director of financial aid, Heather Boutell, has received the 2009 Herb Vescio Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (KASFAA). Association president Jennifer Cosens Priest presented the award to Boutell during the group's spring conference last week in Erlanger, Ky.

Norton Healthcare Chief Development Officer Lynnie Meyer will deliver the keynote address at the induction ceremony for the Bellarmine chapter of the international honor society for nurses, Sigma Theta Tau. Meyer, who earned both her undergraduate nursing degree and master's degree in nursing administration from Bellarmine, will be honored as an inductee during the ceremony on April 19 in Frazier Hall. Meyer also serves as executive director of the Kosair Children's Hospital and Norton Healthcare Foundations.

Bellarmine Mock Trial has wrapped up another strong season, bringing national acclaim to the university. After decisively beating the competition in the initial regional tournament, and qualifying two teams for the opening round of the national championship, Bellarmine's season ended this past weekend in Memphis.

A former editor of Monastic Studies has donated letters and calligraphies appraised at more than $50,000 to the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.

Bellarmine University is planning several special events to celebrate the men's basketball team's first appearance in the NCAA Championship since 1991.

The Bellarmine University Board of Trustees has approved a new School of Communication that will open officially for the 2009-10 academic year. The school follows creation of the Institute for Media, Culture and Ethics in 2007 and the addition of the Master of Arts in Communication degree in 2008. The new school is a milestone in Bellarmine's Vision 2020, an ambitious plan for growth that includes increasing enrollment, enhancing student life and adding new schools and academic programs.

During spring commencement services, Bellarmine University will grant honorary degrees to Bishop John J. McRaith, who led the Diocese of Owensboro for more than 25 years, and New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. The ceremony will be held in Knights Hall on May 9 at Noon EDT.

More than 350 people crowded into the Amy Cralle Theater in the Wyatt Center for the Arts on Saturday, Feb. 21, for Job Jam, a job seeker seminar produced in cooperation with the Francene Show on 84WHAS.

Anthony J. O'Keeffe, professor in the Department of English at Bellarmine University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the University of the West Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania February through July of this year.

Research from the Bellarmine University Physical Therapy Department finds that autistic children may benefit from aquatic-based physical therapy. In a brief trial, therapists found that the sessions resulted in qualitative changes in behavior, language and function, including improved eye contact and increased vocalizations.

The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) has named Bellarmine University President Joseph J. McGowan board chair for 2009-10. His one-year term was ratified Feb. 4 by member college and university presidents at the 2009 NAICU Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Bellarmine University will dedicate the Siena Secondo residence hall on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m.