Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Alison B. Moore, was featured in the September 5, 2005, edition of Chemical & Engineering News in an article about postdoctoral training at Boston University for graduate students with a great interest in teaching. After completing her training at Boston, Moore arrived at Belmont University where she teaches General Chemistry, Special Studies in Chemistry and Biophysical Chemistry.
Capitalism as an Engine for Social Change?
The Belmont Center for Business Ethics presents John Sage, CEO, President and Co-Founder of Pura Vida Coffee, for a discussion of ethics in business, Wednesday, Sept. 28. The event is open to the public and media. Members of the Nashville business community are especially encouraged to attend and hear Sage discuss a unique approach to integrating capitalism as an agent for compassion, and ‘funding agent’ to support social outcomes.
Bork to Lead Center for Professional Development
Belmont University announces the appointment of Joseph T. Bork as director of The Center for Professional Development. The Center for Professional Development was created by Belmont University to offer training in the principles and practices of continuous improvement. It is affiliated with the College of Business Administration and the Massey Graduate School of Business at Belmont University.
Curtain Call Award Goes To Denver & The Mile High Orchestra
Denver & The Mile High Orchestra, composed entirely of Belmont University alumni, received the Curtain Call Award on Wednesday night. The award is presented annually to a Belmont alumnus by the university’s School of Music in honor of achievement in the field of commercial and popular music. D&MHO, which performs Christian music with a “Big Band” sound, is lead by bandleader and trumpet player Denver Bierman.
Belmont Faculty Present at Lilly Conference
At the 25th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, held in November, 14 Belmont faculty members will present four unique presentations at this well-known conference that focuses specifically on teaching and learning issues across disciplines.
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Psychology Department Featured in APA Online Article
APA Monitor, the magazine of the American Psychological Association, takes a look at what progressive undergraduate psychology programs are doing to build closer-knit communities for students to prevent burnout, dropouts and anxiety. Belmont University’s psychology department is prominently featured in the article.
Belmont Responds to Katrina
The unfolding tragedy in New Orleans and other parts of the region has led all of us to ask, “What can we do?” Belmont students from affected areas are being contacted by staff and faculty to see how we can be of immediate support. Staff and faculty of Belmont are also opening their homes to the parents of Belmont students who need housing. Belmont University is opening its doors to students unable to attend their own university due to Hurricane Katrina. Those students will be able to take classes here and their tuition will be sent to their home institutions to enable them to rebuild and reopen. We often read of refugee crises in other parts of the world, but it is rare for our nation to face one. Here are several ways that together we can give, pray and go help. In the coming days, weeks and months, we will let you know of other ways we can serve together.
GAC Tapes Trisha Yearwood Special at Curb Cafe
Belmont University’s Curb Cafe was the setting Friday for a taping of a Great American Country (GAC) Prime time Special Series interview with country music recording star Trisha Yearwood, a Belmont alumna. About 100 students filled the audience for the special, produced by Jim Owens Productions and interviewer Lorriane Crook. The special will air at a future date on the cable country music channel.
Belmont University Offers to Admit Students Displaced by Katrina
Will send tuition payments to students’ home institutions
Belmont University announced today that it will admit students who were planning to attend universities and colleges in the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina – and send their tuition payments to their home universities. “For students who have already paid tuition to their home institutions, we will allow the tuition to remain there. For those who have not, we will collect Belmont tuition and remit it to the home institutions,” said Belmont University Provost Dan McAlexander.
Cornwall turns focus to developing entrepreneurs – The Tennessean
Can anybody be an entrepreneur? Probably not — but enough new people have a vision for owning their own business that they are turning America’s traditional big-company economy on its head, according to Jeffrey Cornwall, who runs the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University. Many of his students already own businesses, which become “living labs” for the coursework. That immersion in real-life application of business concepts is the heart of the program at Belmont. Cornwall, who holds the Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship at Belmont, sat down recently with Assistant Managing Editor/Business Deborah W. Fisher to talk about it. Read the whole “Executive Q&A” in the business section of the Sunday, August 28, Tennessean, or online here. To read Dr. Cornwall’s daily weblog, The Entrepreneurial Mind, click here.
