Matt Ward, a brother of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Belmont University, initiated a fundraising campaign in which the entire Belmont University Greek System raised upwards of $3,000 for the Blood:Water Mission African Well Project.
The Greek community banded together and raised money by omitting beverages and only drinking water with their meals during a two-week period. The money that they saved was then donated to the cause. The participants wore wristbands displaying their pledge and to raise awareness for the Mission’s project. Donation tables were set up around Belmont University’s Campus to allow other students to participate.
The money raised will benefit over 1000 people by constructing a well for a Kenyan Village. Blood:Water Mission has already selected over 1,000 sites in Africa where potable water is scarce.
BU Greeks Build A Well
Students Represent BU at Alpha Chi Convention
Belmont students Kyle Smith, Ashley Marriott, Brenna Lacey, Lindsey Winger and Rachel Stutts represented Belmont’s Eta chapter of Alpha Chi at the recent national convention in St. Louis.
The students presented research essays, led convention workshops and entertained the 350 students, faculty and sponsors at the convention. Dr. Jonathan Thorndike of Belmont’s Honors Program is a member of the Alpha Chi National Council and participated in scholarship and planning committees in St. Louis.
Alpha Chi is the highest academic honor awarded by Belmont University.
OT Students Participate in Learning
Belmont Occupational Therapy students Dana Leigh Pisch, Valerie Gilliland, Jenny Horn and Jenny Holtslander worked with participants at the Campus for Human Development on a weekly basis in the fall of 2004. The students designed and implemented classes in self-expression and job skills from an occupational therapy perspective. Valerie Gilliland wrote an article about the experience in an issue of The Journey Home: The Participant Generated Newsletter of the Campus for Human Development.
The Campus for Human Development serves Nashville’s homeless community. The Campus is an interfaith/ecumenical organization rooted in over 200 communities of faith.
Documentary Filmmakers Train Cameras on BlogNashville
A documentary film crew is coming to the BlogNashville conference, May 5-7 at Belmont University, to conduct interviews and shoot footage for their upcoming documentary about the blogosphere.
Belmont Hosts “Musica Caliente,” Nashville’s Largest Latin Music Street Fair
Nashville’s largest-ever Latin Music Street Fair, set for April 23 on the beautiful campus of Belmont University, is shaping up to be a big affair, with a day-long schedule of Latin music performances, 48 vendors supplying authentic Columbian, South American, Hispanic and Caribbean food; traditional folkloric dancers, mariachi bands, piñatas, salsa dance lessons and great kid’s activities such as face painting and inflatables.
Dunn Sings National Anthem
Alumna Holly Dunn has been selected to sing the national anthem at the Nashville Sounds baseball game against the New Orleans Zephyrs at Greer Stadium in Nashville on April 10 during the opening weekend of the Sounds’ 2005 season.
Dunn graduated from Belmont in 2003. She is employed by EMI Christian Music Group in Brentwood, Tenn.
Lack of Nurses Blamed on Too Few Schools, Teachers – Knoxville News Sentinel
The Tennessee Hospital Association and other health-care officials released a study highlighting a statewide nursing shortage primarily because of a lack of faculty and classroom and training space at nursing schools. Belmont University in Nashville is one of the few nursing schools statewide with significant expansion plans. The school expects to grow from its current 250 nursing majors to 600 within the next few years. Read the whole story at the Knoxville News Sentinel website.
New Century Journalism Program Attracting Stream of Foundation Grants
Belmont University’s New Century Journalism program has attracted more than $200,000 in grants from prominent journalism foundations and organizations in the past several months including the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, The Freedom Forum, the Gannett Foundation and Scripps Howard Foundation.
Top Performers at Belmont University Conduct Free ConcertWSMV Channel 4 to Tape Prime-Time Broadcast
After more than 400 auditions by Belmont University students, a panel of judges from the music industry has selected top performers to entertain, Saturday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m. at the Curb Event Center. The annual concert, which is open to the public at no charge, will be taped by WSMV Channel 4 and aired at a later date. Billed “The Best of the Best” Showcase, the concert features some of the university’s top musical and songwriting talent performing songs from a variety of genres including Pop/Rock, Christian/Gospel, Jazz, Bluegrass, Country and Urban. Many songs will be original works by the performers, and a “writers in the round” segment will feature all original work from the students who were voted “the best” writers.
Lim Describes Life as a “Converged” Journalist
Victoria Lim, senior consumer investigative reporter at WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla., discussed life as a multi-media journalist working in a variety of media including a newspaper, a television news station and a website. Lim works for the Tampa News Center, which produces stories for both WLFA and for the Tampa Tribune, and TBO.com. All three news outlets are owned by the same company. While all three news outlets are owned by the same company, Lim is the only truly “converged” journalist working there. She produces consumer-investigative reports for WFLA, writes a weekly consumer column for the business section of the Tampa Tribune, and also produces reports for TBO.com that include video, text and links to relevant websites.
