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Belmont Celebrates Christmas by Offering Free Events to the Public

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Belmont Celebrates Christmas by Offering Free Events to the Public

Belmont University celebrates Christmas and announces its Christmas gift to the Nashville community with a number of free events that are open to the public, as well as the televised airing of the annual holiday music spectacular, “Christmas at Belmont.”

The Nashville Children’s Choir, a premiere choir for singers ages 8-18, will perform their annual concert of traditional Christmas music at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 10 in McAfee Concert Hall. The choir is in residence at Belmont and is part of the Belmont Academy, a pre-college music program.

Belmont Camerata will offer its annual presentation of “A Camerata Christmas,” a holiday celebration that includes the Corelli Christmas Concerto and bluegrass-style carols on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Belmont Mansion.

The University’s Christmas concert series will conclude with the annual Christmas Eve Carillon Concert, held on Saturday, December 24 at 2 p.m. at the campus Bell Tower, located just off the corner of Belmont Boulevard and Portland Avenue. Continuing a tradition begun during the Ward-Belmont days, the concert features traditional Christmas music played by Professor of Music Richard Shadinger on the tower’s 42-bell carillon, one of five carillons in Tennessee.

Of course, the holiday wouldn’t be complete without the annual “Christmas at Belmont” special. A presentation of last year’s performance, featuring 700 students, faculty and staff musicians from the School of Music and hosted by award-winning country recording artist Kathy Mattea, will be shown in Middle Tennessee by Nashville Public Television (NPT-Channel 8) on Thursday, December 22 at 8 p.m. (CST). Check local listings for additional air times in other parts of the country.

For a behind-the-scenes look at last year’s performance, click here.

University Honors Nonprofit Leader with Alumni Visit, Surprise Party

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University Honors Nonprofit Leader with Alumni Visit, Surprise Party

The University’s Department of Education hosted a surprise party for retiring Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM) CEO Lewis Levine on Saturday, November 19. Held during a Master’s of Education in Nonprofit Leadership course, the event surprised Levine after he spent the afternoon speaking to current students in the program.

Created in 2007, Levine partnered with Belmont to create the Master’s of Education in Nonprofit Leadership, a 30-credit hour program designed to build skills and knowledge for practical application in the nonprofit workplace. Students participating in the program develop leadership potential and explore leadership styles and models.

During Saturday’s celebration, three program alumni spoke on their experiences since graduating, their thesis projects and their greatest program takeaways. Faculty members including Assistant Professor and Director of the Program Dr. Alan Coverstone, Professor of Education and previous program director Dr. Joy Kimmons and Department Chair and Professor of Education Dr. Mark Hogan were also in attendance.

 

Alumnus Featured in ‘Garden & Gun’ Magazine

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Alumnus Featured in ‘Garden & Gun’ Magazine

Belcher's headshotBelmont University alumnus McKinley Belcher III was recently interviewed for a feature article in the latest edition of Garden & Gun Magazine to highlight all of the recent and upcoming projects in his acting career. Belcher has starred in television dramas including “Power” and “Mercy Street,” PBS’s first original drama to air in more than ten years. McKinley’s newest project, a Netflix series called “Ozark,” is currently filming and set to air in the latter half of 2017. The series also stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.

A 2006 graduate, Belcher graduated from Belmont with a B.A. in communication studies and a minor in political science. He didn’t start acting until he was convinced by a theater friend who  to audition for “Raisin in the Sun” while still at Belmont. Even though his interest in theater didn’t evolve until college, Belcher said his time on Belmont’s speech and debate team helped develop the creativity he needed to begin his career.

To view the full interview with Garden & Gun Magazine, click here.

Biles has Article Accepted in Mathematics Journal

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Biles has Article Accepted in Mathematics Journal

Dr. Danny Biles Head ShotDr. Danny Biles, professor of mathematics, recently had an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Differential Equations & Applications. The article is titled “Nonexistence of solutions for second-order initial value problems.”

Giordano Appointed to Editorial Board of Cultural Psychology

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Giordano Appointed to Editorial Board of Cultural Psychology

Dr. Pete Giordano Head ShotDr. Pete Giordano, professor of psychology, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Cultural Psychology, a specialty of Frontiers in Psychology.  Founded by scientists in 2007, Frontiers is a community-rooted, open-access publisher driving innovations in peer review, article-level metrics and research networking.

The “Frontiers in” journal series hosts 54 journals covering more than 350 academic specialties, with a network of over 200,000 leading researchers worldwide. Frontiers is a registered member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association and was recognized by the ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing in 2014.

Morse Gives Invited Talk at Psychologists Meeting

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Morse Gives Invited Talk at Psychologists Meeting

Patrick Morse Head ShotDr. Patrick Morse, assistant professor of psychology, recently gave an invited talk,  “Interactionism & Volitional Personality Change,” at the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP) in Asheville, North Carolina. This was an opportunity for new faculty in the region to provide an overview of their work in the interest of promoting research collaboration. SSSP boasts a membership of over 400 students, faculty, and professional psychologists throughout the United States.

Haglin Honored with Award for Community Involvement

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Haglin Honored with Award for Community Involvement

Haglin holding his award at the October ceremonyCurrent student Jordan Haglin was recently recognized by the Staples Motley Area Community Foundation in Little Falls, Minnesota for his involvement in the Little Falls community for the year 2016. Haglin was presented with the Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Youth in October, aiming to honor a local youth for using his or her talents to help others in the community. The award was given during a ceremony that recognized several other community staples including an outstanding citizen, business and  organization.

Haglin’s activities in his community include being involved in several choir and band groups, treasurer for his school’s student council, chairperson for his youth group and youth representative for Dollars for Scholars. Haglin aspires to have a career in the field of audio and video technology.

Belmont Named as 2016 Institution Committed to Diversity

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Gary Hunter accepts Belmont's award at the National Role Models Conference.
Hunter accepts Belmont’s award at the National Role Models Conference.

Belmont was recently honored as an institution committed to diversity for 2016 by Minority Access, a nonprofit “committed to

increasing diversity, decreasing disparities and reducing incidences of environmental injustices.” The University was presented the award in September at the 17th annual National Role Models Conference in Washington, D.C.

The National Role Models Conference addresses issues of diversity and disparities in our nation each year.  Welcome Home Team member and Telecommunications Service Manager Gary Hunter was in attendance and accepted the award on Belmont’s behalf.

Included photo provided by Minority Access.

 

Belmont Collects More Than 650 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child

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Belmont Collects More Than 650 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child

Surpasses previous campus-wide record by more than 200 donated boxes

Belmont University has participated in Operation Christmas Child (OCC) for the past four years, an initiative of Samaritan’s Purse and the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind that provides presents to children in need across the world. Faculty, staff, students and alumni have been gathering items for the past few months to pack their own boxes to be delivered worldwide.

Last year, Belmont’s OCC participation served as a celebration for the University’s 125th anniversary, and members of the Belmont community worked together to pack approximately 450 boxes. This year’s efforts resulted in the University’s combined total of 652 donated boxes.

Boxes sit in front of the Foutch Alumni House Christmas Tree.Groups and departments across campus participated, encouraging each other in friendly competition to gather the most boxes. The Office of Alumni Relations, among others, hosted a packing party where alumni, staff and students gathered together, bringing their collected items and finalizing their boxes.

Vice President of Spiritual Development Dr. Todd Lake said the opportunity to participate in OCC is one way Belmont can share Christ’s love during the Christmas season. “Children around the world living in poverty can feel forgotten by the wider world,” Lake said. “This is one way to let them know that they are not far from our prayers and active concern. As a Christian community of learning and service, we are always looking for ways to reach out in word and deed to share God’s love. This is a tangible way to join with literally 12 million others to bless children at Christmas.”

 

Honors Student Attends Songwriting Retreat Led By Judy Stakee

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Honors Student Attends Songwriting Retreat Led By Judy Stakee

Birdsong standing with his electric guitarHonors student Joshua Birdsong recently participated in the “It All Starts With a Song” retreat led by music industry legend Judy Stakee. Alongside 20 other individuals coming from Nashville, New York and L.A. to London and Stockholm, Birdsong spent four days with a veteran executive who helped to shape today’s sounds and voices in popular songwriting.

With over 30 years of music industry experience, Stakee has led record companies while fostering the careers of singer/songwriters like Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Gavin DeGraw, Joy Williams of The Civil Wars and Katy Perry. She focused the retreat around songwriting and the ways to most effectively thread music, lyrics and performance together. Stakee emphasized the importance of nurturing one’s voice as a writer and tapping into one’s unique perspective whether in a co-write, pitching songs to a publisher or performing for a group of 10,000 people. She also discussed the business aspects of the industry and how songwriters can establish a firm career.

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