Belmont University has scheduled a news conference for 1:30 p.m., Monday, August 15, to announce a significant partnership announcement regarding its Partners in Nursing Consortium, a long-term partnership between Belmont University, HCA and TriStar Health System, and other select Tennessee colleges and universities. The consortium was created to address the growing shortage of registered nurses in Tennessee. The press conference will be in front of construction site where the Gordon E. Inman Health Sciences Building is now under construction along Wedgewood Avenue on the campus of Belmont University.
MEDIA ALERT: Partners in Nursing Announcement Monday
Summer Commencement Largest Ever at Belmont
Belmont University will mark its largest-ever summer commencement with the graduation of 182 undergraduate and graduate students on Friday, August 12. Summer Commencement, at Curb Event Center on the Belmont campus, begins at 7:30 p.m.
Public Relations Program Launches PRSSA Chapter
Club to Consider Starting Real PR Firm
The Board of Directors of the Public Relations Society of America has granted a charter to Belmont University to establish a chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. The charter caps an incredible first year for the Public Relations Program, which in its first year was one of the fastest growing academic programs at Belmont. The PRSSA chapter is considering partnering with the university’s Center for Entrepreneurship to launch a real student-managed public relations firm.
Belmont’s Ocean Way Nashville Studio Hires New Manager
The Ocean Way Nashville recording studio has announced a change in the management with the hiring of Glenda Cones as studio manager. Cones, who has been with the studio’s parent company Belmont University for almost a decade, was formerly director of strategic programs for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. “Ocean Way has always been committed to setting a new standard in the recording industry,” Cones told Mix magazine. “I am honored to be a part of it and thrilled with the challenge of continuing to move that bar.”
Blogging Documentary Partially Filmed at Belmont
Two clips from the forthcoming documentary film documentary:BLOG, filmed partially in Nashville at the BlogNashville conference at Belmont University last May, have been posted online here at the film’s weblog, www.documentaryblog.com. Much of the filming for the documentary took place inside Belmont’s Beaman Student Life Center, the Vince Gill Room and the Massey Performing Arts Center. The voice you hear at the beginning of the clip titled “BlogStar” is that of Dr. Sybril Bennett, executive director of Belmont’s New Century Journalism program.
Rolling Stone Hails Belmont’s Music Business Program
Rolling Stone magazine has honored Belmont’s music business program in its “Schools that Rock” College Guide. Rolling Stone says: “The most worthwhile music program in Nashville is offered by Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. Students who graduate receive a BBA (bachelor of business administration) with a concentration in entertainment and music business.”
Belmont University creates new community scholarship
Belmont University today announced the creation of a generous new scholarship program for high school graduates who live in the area surrounding the university. The Community Outreach Scholarship will pay 50 percent of a neighborhood student’s tuition for up to eight consecutive semesters.
Belmont Offers New Community Scholarship – Nashville City Paper
The Nashville City Paper reports on Belmont University’s creation of a new Community Outreach Scholarship.
Music Industry Educators Association moves offices to Belmont
The Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association, a nationally recognized leader in the field of educating students planning to enter the music and entertainment industries, has returned to its original home on the Belmont University campus. The MEIEA, which brings together educators and professionals with interests in furthering education in the music and entertainment industries, was founded at Belmont in 1979, and will be housed at the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.
