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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bellarmine University education professor Robert B. Cooter has received the A.B. Herr Award from the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. The association presents the award annually to a professional educator who has made outstanding contributions to the field of reading.

Bellarmine University professors have captured three of four Kentuckiana Metroversity Instructional Development awards. Karen Golemboski and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty each collected $1,000 for their respective proposals. Steven D. Wilt and David J. Porta shared a $1,000 prize for their joint proposal.

The current economic downturn has highlighted the lack of basic financial literacy around the world. The new Center for Economic Education at Bellarmine University – a collaborative effort with the Kentucky Council on Economic Education – gives teachers the resources to make every day money decisions relevant for a new generation. The center opened Nov. 17.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2008)—Journalist and author Ray Suárez will deliver the 2008 Wilson W. and Anne D. Wyatt Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Bellarmine University. Suárez’s lecture, “Election 2008” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Activities Center (Frazier Hall) on Bellarmine’s campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Having lost nearly a week of its run because of a power outage, the Bellarmine Women’s Council Designers’ Show House will extend until Sunday, September 28. The Show House was originally scheduled to run from Sept. 6-21.

The WHAS Crusade for Children has awarded $38,000 to the Bellarmine School of Education to establish an assessment clinic and fund graduate student scholarships.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 3, 2008) — Bellarmine University President Joseph J. McGowan announced today that the Louisville school has received a $3 million gift from the James Graham Brown Foundation. The gift is one of the largest single contributions in school history, equaling a $3 million anonymous gift received earlier this year.

Bellarmine University is once again ranked as the top Kentucky “master’s university” according to the U.S. News and World Report. Slated to hit the newsstands on Monday, Aug. 25, the U.S.News and World Report’s 2009 rankings place Bellarmine 16th in the South region of the “Best Universities-Master’s” category.

Bellarmine University is ranked as the 83rd best college in the nation in the first-ever rankings by Forbes magazine. The number 83 ranking places Bellarmine as one of just two Kentucky institutions to make the top 100.

Bellarmine University announces the appointment of Todd Reale to the newly created position of assistant dean for career services and experiential learning. The announcement also signifies the unification of Bellarmine’s Career Center and the Office of Internships and Experiential Learning.

This year the Bellarmine University Women’s Council celebrates their 45th anniversary and 35th Annual Designers’ Show House, The Manor House at Glenview Springs. This year’s show house is located at 6005 Springhouse Farm Lane (off Lime Kiln Lane) and the dates for this event will be Sept. 6 – 21.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has announced the winners of the 2007 Elijah Watt Sells Awards, which are presented annually to the 10 candidates earning the highest cumulative scores on the four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination. John Briscoe Escosa, a 2007 Bellarmine graduate, was among those honored.

Bellarmine University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company known for its test-prep courses features the college in the just-published 2009 edition of its annual book, "The Best 368 Colleges" (Random House / Princeton Review, July 29, 2008, $21.95).

Nonprofit organizations and other grantseekers in the Louisville area looking for funding sources now have access to a valuable new collection of resources at Bellarmine University’s W.L. Lyons Brown Library, which has become a “Cooperating Collection” of the Foundation Center of New York.

Bellarmine University has been selected by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to receive the Wal-Mart College Success Award—a $100,000 grant to help build on Bellarmine’s demonstrated successes in enrolling, retaining, and graduating first-generation college students. Bellarmine was one of only 20 colleges selected through a highly competitive application process to receive the award.

Bellarmine University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies will offer an information session to acquaint prospective students with Bellarmine’s Accelerated Executive Certificate in Financial Planning program. The information session will be held Wednesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m.

Bellarmine University will participate in the Fifth Annual Kentucky Private College Week from July 14 to 18. Kentucky Private College Week is a coordinated effort by the state’s 20 nonprofit, independent colleges and universities to provide students and families an easy way to explore a variety of college campuses during the summer.

Bellarmine University has received the inaugural Collegiate Challenge University Leadership Award in honor of the volunteer efforts of its accounting students. The award is sponsored by Chilton & Medley CPAs and the Louisville Asset Building Coalition (LABC) and is given to the university or college that contributes the most volunteer hours to the LABC’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

Bellarmine University has named 617 students to its dean’s list for the 2008 spring semester. The dean’s list recognizes students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or better on a four-point grading system.

(May 10, 2008)—Bellarmine University awarded 88 master’s and 377 bachelor's degrees during its 55th annual commencement exercises on Saturday, May 10.