Belmont University’s Leu Art Gallery launches its newest exhibition Friday, Nov. 12, featuring Murfreesboro artist Anne Carothers, who works primarily in oil paintings and enamel. The exhibition is titled Color First; Creation Liberated.
Carothers, a member of the Tennessee Art League and Christians in the Visual Arts, says the works in the upcoming exhibition are inspired by a chapter in the Book of Romans. “I am inspired by Romans 8, by the thought of not only people but all creation being liberated by God. I choose color before subject matter as I explore people and landscapes through the Holy Spirit and my perspective as a southerner.”
The exhibit runs Nov. 12 through Dec. 10, 2004. Leu Art Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–10 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Leu Gallery will be closed on Nov. 25-26 for Thanksgiving. While the exhibition opens Nov. 12, there will be an opening reception 6-8 p.m. Nov. 19.
Painting: Mr. Brown’s Chair. Click image for larger view.
Leu Gallery Sets New Exhibition
Multiple Belmont Graduates in CMA Awards Spotlight
Belmont University graduates Brad Paisley, Josh Turner and Julie Roberts are among the nominees for various Country Music Association awards, to be presented during the Tuesday, Nov. 9 awards show that will be broadcast live on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Turner and Roberts are among five nominees for the CMA Horizon Award.
Paisley is nominated for Single of the Year for “Whiskey Lullaby,” a duet featuring Alison Krauss, and for Album of the Year for Mud On The Tires. Paisley also is nominated for Music Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year for “Whiskey Lullaby.” Turner’s song “Long Black Train,” which he wrote while a student at Belmont, is nominated for Song of the Year. Fellow Horizon Award nominee Roberts has received rave reviews for her first single, “Break Down Here.”
News@Belmont has more on Josh Turner here, Brad Paisley here, and Julie Roberts here, and featured Turner and Roberts in the Fall 2004 edition of Circle magazine.
Nunn Appointed to Committee
Dr. Deborah Nunn, Director of Organizational Development and Adjunct Instructor of Education, has been appointed to serve on the 2004-2005 Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Advisory Commitee for the Improving Teacher Quality Grant Program. The program is a federally funded initiative that provides grants to public and private higher education institutions and non-profit organizations for the purpose of training and retaining elementary and secondary teachers, paraprofessionals and principals. In 2004, of the 42 proposals submitted for consideration, the Advisory Committee recommended funding for projects totaling over $1.2 million.
Turner Wins Big at CCMAs
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.
