Van Hook, former chairman and CEO of Provident Music Group, which he founded in 1981 and sold to Zomba Music Group in 1994, was appointed Dean of the Curb College in the fall of 2003. He will assume the interim CEO role immediately. The dual role for Van Hook makes the Curb College the only college of music business with a dean who is active as an executive in the music industry.
Belmont University Dean Selected as Interim CEO of Word Entertainment
Belmont University “Best Places To Work” Finalist
Belmont University was selected as one of 21 finalists among Middle Tennessee’s Best Places to Work by the Nashville Business Journal in a program sponsored by NBJ, Quantum Market Research and Vanderbilt University. Belmont was the only university chosen as a finalist. Other companies on the list included Aegis, Atkinson Public Relations, Bohan, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Century II, First Tennessee Bank, Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Hemophilia Health Services, Kraft CPAs, Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, McNeely Pigott & Fox, NAI Mathews Partners, OffSite Works, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Quality Systems, Scholarship Program Administrators, Solomon Builders, Sy.Med, Thread F/X, and Worth Properties.
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A Christmas Gift to Nashville:Belmont Again Offers Slate of Free Concerts
The talented student and faculty musicians and performers at Belmont University are again offering the Nashville community the holiday-season gift of a series of free Christmas concerts.
Belmont Class Plans “Day of Hope”Recruiting Volunteers for American Cancer Society
Students in Dr. Cynthia McGovern’s Organizational Leadership and Communication Class at Belmont University have dedicated December 4 as a “Day of Hope,” and will be fanning out across the Nashville area to recruit volunteers for the American Cancer Society.
“Here at Belmont we value real-world experiences and we feel that it is important to give back to our community,” says McGovern, faculty sponsor for A Day of Hope. “This project provides the students with a true opportunity for leadership that will give them an understanding beyond the classroom or any textbook – plus it gives us a chance to help the American Cancer Society to accomplish its mission.”
OT Students Awarded Scholarships
Saturday, November 13, the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA) held its annual conference at Belmont University. During the conference, two Belmont occupational therapy students – Casey Emery and Melissa Sitton – won the top two scholarship prizes given to students from Tennessee who are also members of TOTA. Emery was awarded $400 and Sitton was given $850.
Center for Entrepreneurship in the News
Education Professor Honored
Dr. James Stamper, assistant professor in the department of education, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education at the fall conference in October. This group is comprised of all the colleges and universities in the state with teacher education programs.
Dr. Stamper was also named to a six year term as a trustee for the International College in Naples/Fort Myers, Florida.
Story Behind The Song – CountryWeekly.com
Ten years ago, Brad Paisley won a performance spot in a student concert while attending Nashville’s Belmont University. The stakes were high as Music Row record executives were going to be in the audience, and Brad wanted a lighter-hearted song to balance his repertoire of sad ballads. I knew we needed to add something upbeat,” says Brad, “so the audience wouldn’t kill themselves!” Fellow student Frank Rogers, who went on to produce Brad’s albums, agreed. “I told Brad, ‘These are great songs, but we’re going to put everyone to sleep!'” recalls Frank. “Let’s write something that will make them laugh.”
The song they wrote became one of Paisely’s biggest hits.
Percussion Ensemble Recognized at International Convention
Belmont University’s Percussion Ensemble has been selected to perform in a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), held in Nashville November 10-13 at the Nashville Convention Center. The Percussive Arts Society is the largest percussion organization in the world with approximately 7,000 members and is considered the central source for information and networking for percussionist and drummers of all ages. Established in 1961, the society is dedicated to promoting percussion education, research, performance and appreciation throughout the world. The convention, now in its 28th year, is the largest all percussion event in the country featuring over 100 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels and presentations.
Directed by Belmont faculty member and percussion coordinator, Christopher Norton, the Belmont University Percussion Ensemble is an auditioned group. In addition to various concerts on campus, the ensemble performs outreach educational concerts and was broadcast on 250 PBS television affiliates across the nation as part of the “Christmas at Belmont” feature. The Belmont University Percussion Ensemble will present the “New Percussion Ensemble Literature Session” at PASIC 2004 on Thursday, November 11 at 4:00 p.m.
Programmers Win Competition
The Belmont University programming team won First Place Site honors at the 2004 Mid-Central USA Intercollegiate Program Contest on November 6 at Tennessee Technological University (TTU). Justin Jordan, Jeremy Stephens and Michael Yedlicka competed against ten other teams at TTU while eight other campuses simultaneously held competitions. The contest pits teams of three against seven programming problems. The teams share a computer and keyboard and have five hours to solve as many problems as they can. The Belmont team solved four problems in five hours. Belmont’s sophomore team – Stuart Childs, Sergei Temkin and Yves Toleno – solved three problems.
