Belmont University graduate and rising country music star Josh Turner was the big winner at last night’s Christian Country Music Awards at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. In related news, country superstar and Belmont graduate and country music superstar Brad Paisley is in the news.
Professor Interviewed for Journal
Dr. Jonathan Thorndike, a professor in the Honors Program, was recently interviewed by the editors of the Journal of College and Character at Florida State University, a part of the Institute on College Student Values. The interview, “Mission and Personal Growth: What Do Students Report?” was conducted by Dr. Debora Liddell at the University of Iowa.
Student Attends Leadership Forum
Ben Schooley, a senior, is attending the Beta Gamma Sigma Student Leadership Forum in San Antonio, Texas, November 4-7. Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Participants will work with other student leaders, engage in a variety of interative settings and attend informational lectures and presentations. Attendees of the Student Leadership Forum have been chosen to represent their respective Beta Gamma Sigma student chapters. Beta Gamma Sigma chapters are located at 417 college and university campuses and recognize the academic achievements of the world’s best business students.
Focus On Entrepeneurship
Nashville City Paper‘s special CitySeven section features the student-run retail businesses operating in the Curb Event Center, and the new students chosen to run the businesses, which double as labs for the university’s innovative Entrepreneurship program. The cover of the special section (click image at right to enlarge) features Belmont students Erin Wooters and Kate Miller, who jointly run Boulevard, an art gallery and consighment store. “What sets the program apart from many across the country is its emphasis on the community, not just the university,” says the City Paper. You can read the whole story online or view it in a PDF file here.
Belmont Helps Hispanic Business Owners Avance!
Belmont University is joining with Conexión Américas, a nonprofit organization representing Hispanics in Tennessee, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, on Avance!, a new small business development initiative for Spanish-speaking business owners in the Nashville area. Avance! is designed to support Hispanic business owners, managers and employees by providing a forum for learning, networking, and peer interaction. The kickoff event is set for Thursday, November 4 at 5:30 p.m. at Neely Dining Hall in the Jack C. Massey Building at Belmont University. Dr. Camilo Cruz, author and motivational speaker, and winner of the 2004 Latin Book award, will deliver the keynote address. Admittance is free; please register by calling 269-6900.
Graduation rate for Belmont Student Athletes Rises 2 PointsSecond Highest in Tennessee; Higher Than NCAA Div. 1 Average
The graduation rate for student athletes at Belmont University increased by two percentage points over a year ago, and Belmont University’s student-athlete graduation rate remains the second-highest among all NCAA Division 1 schools in Tennessee.
According to the NCAA report of the federally mandated Graduation Rates, 62 percent of all NCAA student-athletes who entered Division I colleges and universities in 1997 graduated in the six-year window established by the U.S. Department of Education as the standard, unchanged from the 2003 figures. At Belmont, 64 percent of student athletes who enrolled in the school in 1997 graduated within the six-year window, two points above the national average
For student-athlete graduation rates for all NCAA Division 1 schools
in Tennessee, click here. The NCAA press release is online here.
Professor Invited to Speak at Oxford
Dr. Ruby Dunlap, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, has been invited to present a paper devoted to issues pertaining to Successful Aging during the Oxford Round Table at St. Ann’s College in the University of Oxford. Held Aug. 7-12, 2005, Dunlap is one of 35 international participants.
Business Student Wins Scholarship
Nellie Folsom, an International Economics major in the Undergraduate School of Business, won a $2,500 scholarship from the World Trade Council (WTC) of Middle Tennessee. Folsom received the scholarship for a 1,000-word essay she wrote comparing the impact on international traade of a Republican or Democratic White House. Folsom received the award at the WTC dinner October 27, attended by over 300 area international business executives.
Sutherland Shares Story with Students
Frank Sutherland, former editor of The Tennessean, spoke at Belmont today as a part of the Department of Media Studies‘ New Century Journalism Speaker Series.
Sutherland spoke to an audience of Belmont faculty, staff and students about the demise of advocacy journalism, for which The Tennessean was known in the 60s during the civil rights movement. Surtherland also touched on such topics as media bias and the state of journalism today.
For Sutherland’s complete biography, click here.
Student Art Displayed at Frist
The artwork of Cody Taylor, a Belmont freshman studying art, will be displayed from Oct. 24 – Feb. 5, 2005, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Taylor, a graduate from Nashville’s Franklin Road Academy (FRA), was chosen to participate in the AP Studio Art Program during his senior year at FRA. The works chosen for this exhibit represent the best artwork by students around the world who participated in the AP program.
