Channing Twyner has received a travel grant to attend the 2006 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), which will be held Nov. 8-11, 2006 in Anaheim, Calif. Channing will be making an oral presentation at the conference. Channing is a senior majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Lori McGrew is his research/faculty adviser.
Belmont Student Crowned Miss Tennessee
Rachel Smith, a senior journalism major at Belmont University, was crowned Miss Tennessee USA in her hometown of Clarksville, Tenn., and will now move on to compete in the Miss USA pageant.
“Life couldn’t be more exciting,” Smith said. “ I just got back from a phenomenal internship, I have a wonderful group of friends here at Belmont and an incredibly supportive family, I’m graduating in December and now I’m representing the Volunteer State at Miss USA. I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to represent my hometown of Clarksville, Belmont University and the state of Tennessee at such a level.
Smith serves as managing editor of The Belmont Vision, Belmont’s student newspaper, and previously interned for a semester in Chicago with The Oprah Winfrey Show .
“It’s borderline overwhelming right now,” says Smith, “but I’m not going to complain. I’m anxious for this crazy journey.”
Perez To Represent Belmont At Leadership Program
Isabel Perez, a freshman music business major at Belmont and recipient of a Hispanic College Fund Scholarship, has been selected to represent Belmont at the 13th Annual Hispanic College Fund Awards Gala and Leadership Development Program in Washington, D.C., from Oct 17 – 22, 2006. Perez will take part in a three-day leadership program that includes a mentorship with successful professionals and community leaders.
Out of thousands of applicants, Perez was one of 500 to receive the Hispanic College Fund Scholarship. Out of the scholarship winners, a selective competition was held; Perez is one of 30 students who will have all expenses paid in order to participate in the Awards Gala and Leadership Development Program.
Volman Develops Web Site to Aid Struggling Musicians
Mark Volman, an adjunct instructor of music business in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business at Belmont University, has recently launched a new Web site that aims to educate musicians about the pitfalls of the music industry. Volman has sold over 60 million records worldwide with The Turtles and Flo & Eddie and has sung on hit records for John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, T. Rex, Blondie and Ozzie Osbourne. Click here to read more about Volman’s new Web site, www.professorflo.com.
Belmont University Featured in Princeton Review
The Jack C. Massey College of Business Administration at Belmont University was selected as an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review in the education services company’s 2007 edition of its Best 282 Business Schools.
Princeton Review editors described Belmont as providing a good deal of team work and they quote students attending Belmont who say “the school has a commitment not only to the development of business knowledge but also to the development of a business mentality and the nonacademic skills required for career success.”
“It is extremely gratifying to have our students praise our programs for their challenging academic experience and the emphasis on teamwork and developing a business mentality,” says Pat Raines, Dean of Jack C. Massey College of Business Administration. “The growing enrollments in our MBA and MACC programs affirm that we are responding to the needs of the Nashville business community.”
In a two-page profile on Belmont The Princeton Review lists topics that Belmont students were in most agreement about. The list includes: “friendly students” and “solid preparation in communication/interpersonal skills.”
“We choose schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools and the candid opinions of students attending them who rate and report on their campus experiences at the schools,” Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publishing, said. “We are pleased to recommend Belmont University to readers of our book and users of our Web site as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA.”
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“Belmont business school on Princeton Review list of best” – The Tennessean, October 9, 2006
Belmont’s Technology Learning Cooperative Offers New Online Courses
NewswireToday.com reports on a new partnership between Belmont University’s Technology Learning Cooperative (TLC) and Gatlin Education Services to provide new online career training programs. Click here to read more about this new partnership.
Nashville’s “Incredible Baby Shower” Held at Belmont University
The 2006 Incredible Baby Shower was held in the Curb Event Center at Belmont University on October 4 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and provided pregnant and parenting teens and adult moms a connection to free resources to help insure that mom and baby are healthy, and stay healthy, from pregnancy to early child development. The Incredible Baby Shower featured presentations and topics concerning labor and delivery, newborn care and parenting, healthy lifestyles and pre-natal care.
Participants in the baby shower included women in WIC and TENNCare, uninsured women, pregnant high school teens, Metro Public Health Department volunteers, community agencies, local consultants, members of faith-based communities, corporate sponsors and community partners.
Event sponsors included the Metro Public Health Department, March of Dimes, Tennessee State University, Belmont University, various vendors and various community agencies that provide services for infants, children and youth.
Belmont Alum Profiled
Masslive.com recently profiled Edward “Nash” Polchlopek, a 2003 graduate of Belmont and Massachusetts native. Polchopek currently co-owns Verve Management, a Nashville-based music management company. Click here to read the article.
Donna Nix Honored With Award
Belmont student Donna Nix was recently awarded the ZBest Profile Award for September by Ziggs.com, an online community for people who want to promote themselves or thier businesses online and connect with other professionals. Nix is currently pursuing a degree in liberal studies at Belmont, focusing on marketing and communications.
Belmont Student Wins NASA Video Contest
Kayla LaFrance, a senior engineering physics major at Belmont University and native of Spokane, Wa., won NASA’s Greatest Fan video contest. LaFrance’s entry, a 30-second video titled “Mars Mates Forever”, was chosen among 1,500 entries from contestants aged 13 to 24. She and a guest will be treated to a five-day trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness a shuttle launch.
To see Kayla’s video, as well as videos by other NASA finalists, click here
