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.
Speech & Debate Team Excels at Two Tourneys
Belmont’s Speech and Debate Team competed in two tournaments over three days at Tennessee State University during Belmont’s fall break.
The Third Annual Music City Invitational Tournament proved successful for the team. McKinley Belcher, a junior, placed fifth in the poetry competition and also took fifth in duo interpretation with partner Ryan Greenawalt, senior. The team competed aginst students from schools such as University of Alabama and Western Kentucky University.
Muzz Buzz Alum Named Executive VP
Brian Jones, a 1994 music business graduate, has been named Executive Vice President at the Bobby Roberts Company. In addition to his work as a talent agent booking concert tours across the Southeast, he is charged with managing the company’s sales and the day-to-day operations of the agency. Prior to joining the Bobby Roberts Company, Jones worked as a talent agent with Buddy Lee Attractions.
Brian is married to Kelly Moreland Jones, a 1995 School of Religion graduate, and Instructional Technology Coordinator at Belmont. They are expecting their first child in April 2005.
Belmont, HCA unite to produce more nurses – The Tennessean
The nursing shortage in Middle Tennessee may be getting some relief in the coming years, thanks to an unusual partnership between Belmont University and HCA Inc. The Nashville-based hospital company’s MidAmerica Division has given Belmont $7.5 million to help pay for a $22.5 million College of Health Sciences, which will be built on Wedgewood Avenue by fall 2006. Construction on the nearly 100,000-square-foot building will start immediately. See the story in The Tennessean.
HCA’S MidAmerica Division, Belmont UniversityForm Nursing Consortium Partnership
HCA’s MidAmerica Division has joined with Belmont University in announcing a groundbreaking new educational partnership to address the growing shortage of nurses in Tennessee. HCA’s MidAmerica Division has committed $7.5 million toward the construction of a College of Health Sciences building along Wedgewood Avenue on the eastern edge of the Belmont campus. Architectural and design work is in process and construction is expected to begin immediately. The Health Sciences building will include Belmont’s Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Social Work programs. The facility is phase one of a two-part project, and fundraising is under way now for a second building for Belmont’s Physical Therapy Program, expansion space for nursing and other potential health sciences programs. When completed, the entire health care educational complex will be nearly 100,000 square feet including an underground multi-level parking garage, and will be constructed at a total cost of approximately $34 million. Phase one is a $22.5 million project.
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Seigenthaler Speaks About Nashville, Journalism
John Seigenthaler, founder of the First Amendment Center, spoke at Belmont today as a part of the Department of Media Studies‘ New Century Journalism Speaker Series.
Seigenthaler spoke to an audience of Belmont faculty, staff and students about growing up in Nashville, life as a Nashvillian and journalist during the civil rights movement and “the game of journalism.”
For Seigenthaler’s complete biography, click here.
Alumna Brings Band to Nashville
Belmont alumna, Sally Jaye Smithwick, will bring her band, Paper Sun, back to Nashville on their current tour. The now Los Angeles-based Smithwick and company will play at Windows on the Cumberland on Tues., November 2. While at Belmont, Smithwick played with a back-up band that included Brad Paisley and Paisley’s drummer, Mitch McMichen.
Polling Gives Students Front Row View of Politics
A Belmont public relations class and political science class were featured on the front page of Green Hills News‘ October 21 issue. From September 7-22, the two classes, led by professors Pam Parry and Vaughn May, polled 703 Nashvillians. The students cold-called the participants to ask who they were voting for in the upcoming presidential election and what issues are important to them.
The idea behind the the project was twofold: to give students a firsthand look at the strengths and weaknesses of survey research and to give students practice at the type of research done for launching a national campaign.
