Rachel Hacker graduated from Belmont in 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration, majoring in finance. Upon graduation, Hacker moved to Knoxville, Tennessee and helped start McBrearty Capital Managment. The firm, with an original goal of $25 million in investments, is now celebrating its 15th year of helping clients grow their assets and managing $150 million.
McBrearty takes pride in personal relationships with each client, something that has propelled its reputation for the past 15 years. Because of their commitment to existing clients, the company has grown beyond its Knoxville location and has become registered in many other states .
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Director of Facilities Management Services Henry Lacher graduated from the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers’ Institute for Facilities Management in January.
A plaque was hung outside the Prayer Chapel of the Wedgewood Academic Center on Wednesday in honor of the late Pastor Foster Young, a long-time resident of the campus neighborhood and Mt. Gilead Baptist Church pastor. Young’s home was in the spot that is now the newly built Academic Center.
W. Brett Wilson shared his story of success with students, faculty and staff on Wednesday afternoon, but his presentation included an unlikely twist. Wilson focused less on his achievements, including his billionaire status, ownership of the Nashville Predators or the profitable business he started from his genuine spirit of entrepreneurship, and more on his mistakes and realizations of what is important.
With this, he offered the three classes he deems most important for students to take, regardless of their field of study or career path: marketing, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. He explained that if one understands these things, he or she will be successful no matter what they do, because he or she will know how to compete and form meaningful relationships on all levels.
While most were sound asleep in their beds Friday night, more than 110 Belmont students were wide awake, playing games and raising more than $47,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Applications for next year’s executive board will be available on February 16.
Lecturer of English Dr. Charmion Gustke recently presented at Parnassue Books on Willa Cather, an American author, and her novel The Professor’s House. Dr. Gustke then led a discussion about themes, historical elements and biographical specifics connected to the book.