Sure, Rick Byrd may not make the kind of money the Rick Pitinos of the world command, but there is a difference between being rich and having a rich life. In the world of coaching, Byrd is on top. His accolades at Belmont speak for themselves: 372 wins, NAIA Hall of Fame, successful transition to Division I, 21 wins last year and an NIT appearance. The Bruins have also meshed into the perfect league for them in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Never is that more evident than when the Bruins and fellow A-Sun member Lipscomb get together, as they do Friday night at Curb Event Center, better known as the Byrd House.
Psi Chi Receives Award
The Belmont University Psi Chi chapter won a Regional Chapter Award for the Southeastern region of Psi Chi for colleges with enrollments of under 5,000. Psi Chi chapter officers submitted an application and supporting materials for the award in the fall and the award is based in part on effective chapter activities during the previous three years. The award comes with a check for $500 to the Belmont Psi Chi chapter. Congratuations to Psi Chi and their adviser, Lynn Jones. Psi Chi is the national honor society in psychology.
Belmont to Host Tsunami Relief ConcertNashville’s Music Community Unites for Jan. 26th Benefit At Massey Performing Arts Center, an Unprecedented Collaboration of City’s Music Industry
Belmont University has teamed with Nashville’s famed music industry to bring about “An Evening for Restoration: Music City Comes Together for Tsunami Relief,” a special benefit concert scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at the Massey Performing Arts Center on the Belmont campus. The one-night only benefit concert, which is bringing together a number of Nashville’s major music organizations as well as artists from a variety of genres, will benefit World Vision, the international relief agency which has thousands of staff members on the ground working in the stricken South Asian region where more than 160,000 people have died.
Belmont to Host Major Gathering on Blogging and Journalism
Belmont University announced today that the university’s New Century Journalism program will host BlogNashville, a three-day multi-part conference on journalism, blogging and the emergence of the new citizen-participatory journalism, in May 2005, along with the Media Bloggers Association.
In the past two years, bloggers have played a key role in holding media and political figures accountable, including former Republican Majority Leader Trent Lott over his racially insensitive remarks about Strom Thurmond, former New York Times editor Howell Raines in regard to the Jayson Blair scandal; exposing John Kerry’s “Christmas in Cambodia” story as a lie, and, most recently, the “RatherGate” media scandal in which bloggers exposed the forged documents at the heart of a 60 Minutes II story about President Bush’s National Guard service, a story CBS later retracted. Also, last year, bloggers were invited to cover both the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention, and Time magazine even selected one blog, PowerlineBlog.com, as its first-ever “Blog of the Year” for its role in RatherGate.
“Blogs and bloggers are playing an increasingly prominent role in media criticism, politics and campaigns, and even in grassroots journalism, bringing video and personal accounts to the world from the recent tsunami disaster in Asia, for example” says Bill Hobbs, online media writer and blogging coach in the office of University Marketing and Communications at Belmont University. “BlogNashville will bring many of the new medium’s top practitioners and thinkers to one place to discuss the current and future of blogging.”
Belmont Features Acton Institute Co-Founder in Discussion of “The Entrepreneurial Vocation”
With names such as Martha Stewart, WorldCom and Enron dominating the public’s perception of business, does anyone believe that it is still possible to be both profitable and moral? And when was the last time that a prominent religious leader affirmed the necessary role of business people in American society?
Belmont University will help the Nashville-area business and faith communities address those questions Feb. 15 with a special free event featuring the Rev. Robert Sirico, co-founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, hosted by Belmont’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Center for Business Ethics.
The registration deadline is Feb. 8. To register call 460-6601. For a brochure with registration information, click here.
Leading Russian Journalism School Director Comes to Belmont
The Department of Media Studies at Belmont University is hosting Dr. Svetlana Kolesnik, Director of the School of Journalism and Media Management at the National Press Institute of Russia and a Faculty member Moscow State University School of Journalism, Friday.
Dr. Kolesnik will discuss presidential elections and the media from a global perspective. The event, open to the public and media, is scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, January 14, in Massey Business Center, Room 100. Dr. Kolesnik will be in Nashville Jan. 11-18 and can be available for interviews. Contact Thom Storey, chairman, Department of Media Studies, at 615-460-5447 to arrange an interview.
Music Business Professor Publishes New Book on Johnny Cash
Don Cusic, professor of music business at Belmont University, has just published his 14th book, Johnny Cash: The Songs. The book is published by Thunder’s Mouth Press, a division of Avalon Publishing Group and is the first of Johnny Cash’s lyrics. The book features songs that Cash wrote and recorded as well as one un-recorded song, which Cash wrote especially for Cowboy Jack Clement, and commentary by Cusic.
Belmont Honors Longtime Trustee Larry Thrailkill With Honorary DoctorateLocal Leader in Higher Education Steps Down After 25 Years of Service
Belmont University recognized Larry Thrailkill with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree during the winter commencement celebration December 17 at the Curb Event Center. Thrailkill, who has served on the university’s Board of Trustees since 1980, lead the board as chairman during a period of rapid growth for the university. His term as Chairman ends this year. “Larry Thrailkill has been a tireless and generous supporter of Belmont University for many years, and without his efforts, Belmont would not be the university it is today,” said Dr. Robert Fisher, President of Belmont University.
Belmont University Receives $10.5 Million as Single Largest Gift in School HistoryNew College of Health Sciences & Nursing To Be Named for Business Leader Gordon E. Inman
One of middle Tennessee’s most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders, Gordon E. Inman, has today given Belmont University the largest single gift in the university’s history. His $10.5 million gift will help pay for construction of the new 100,000 square foot two-building health care education complex on Wedgewood Avenue that will house the university’s College of Health Sciences & Nursing. The first of two buildings is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in 2006. The college will be renamed the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing, and the complex, including classroom, office space and a large community conference center, will bear Inman’s name.
State pulls up economic scores – Nashville City Paper
