On Saturday, Oct. 2, a group of close to 100 alumnae from Ward-Belmont School gathered in the Belmont Mansion on the campus of Belmont University for their annual reunion luncheon.
Ward Belmont served as a high school and junior college for women for 37 years (1913-1951) on what is now the Belmont campus. Ward-Belmont was the first junior college in the South to become fully accredited. Enrollment totaled more than 1,200 in the 1920s.
Ward-Belmont Alumnae Gather for Reunion
Dr. Murphree Named State’s Environmental Educator of the Year
The Tennessee Environmental Education Association named Dr. Steve Murphree, professor of biology at Belmont University, as the Environmental Educator of the Year, during its annual conference last week in Paris, Tenn. Dr. Murphree was honored for “leadership in environmental education, for mentoring students and colleagues, and for making learning about bugs fun.” The Tennessee Environmental Education Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmental education throughout the state of Tennessee.
Ernst & Young, HCA, First Tennessee Bank Sponsor Business Ethics Event
Ernst & Young, HCA and First Tennessee Bank are sponsoring a special event focusing on business ethics Oct. 7 at Belmont University. The university’s Center for Business Ethics will present Harvard Business School professor Dr. Lynn Sharp Paine, author of the business best-seller Value Shift, speaking on “Ethics as a Business Imperative” for corporate leaders in the 21st Century. The event is free and open to the public, says Dr. Harry Hollis, professor of management and director of the Center for Business Ethics. Paine’s insights about business ethics “can save companies and save careers,” Hollis says. “Those who attend will have the opportunity to converse with others who are seeking to make ethics central to business decisions and practices.
Belmont Professor Publishes New College Text on The Black Death
The Black Death, a nonfiction book by Belmont University Honors professor Dr. Joseph P. Byrne, will be published Thursday by Greenwood Press. Byrne, a European historian and Associate Professor of Honors at Belmont, has conducted research and published articles on a wide variety of subjects, from Roman catacombs to American urbanization. His area of most expertise is Italy in the era of the Black Death.
“I also have a contract with Greenwood for a second book on the Plague, Daily Life during the Black Death, which I will write over the summer of 2005,” Byrne reports. “They asked, and I agreed to produce it. I hope I don’t get type-cast.”
Belmont to Host Presidential Debate Viewing Party and Discussion
Belmont University will host a viewing party for the first Presidential Debate of the 2004 campaign, Thursday night, sponsored by the campus Young Republicans, College Democrats and the James Madison Society, a non partisan academic club composed of political science and history students. Media coverage is welcomed. The debate party begins at 7:30 in the Neely Black and White dining room. Following the debate, broadcast live from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., there will be a student-led discussion, reports Dr. Vaughn May, assistant professor of political science. Dr. Robert C. Fisher, president of Belmont University, will be attending the presidential debate.
Center for Professional Development to Offer Meeting and Event Planning Certificate
Belmont University’s Center for Professional Development announces a new training opportunity in event planning for corporations, businesses, non-profits, and other organizations. The Meeting and Event Planning Certificate program will provide specific instruction on event planning under the guidance of some of Middle Tennessee’s top event planning professionals. The program and has been designed for those involved in their company’s event planning but who are not full time meeting professionals.
Professor Elliott and Co-Author Schedule Book-Signing Event
Belmont University Professor James I. Elliott will sign copies of his new book, God’s Neighborhood – A Hopeful Journey in Racial Reconciliation & Community Renewal, Tuesday, Sept. 21, at Borders Bookstore in Franklin, Tenn. God’s Neighborhood, published recently by InterVarsity Press, relates shares how experiences with Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy helped Scott Roley, co-author of the book, transition from a career as an up-and-coming contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter to a new career as a community leader and activist working in community development and renewal.
Business Ethics Address to Feature Value Shift Author
Belmont University’s Center for Business Ethics will present Harvard Business School professor Dr. Lynn Sharp Paine, author of the business best-seller Value Shift, in a talk and discussion of business ethics, Oct. 7 in a free event that is open to the public. Paine, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration at Harvard, will speak on “Ethics as a Business Imperative” for corporate leaders in the 21st Century. Dr. Paine’s insights about business ethics “can save companies and save careers,” says Dr. Harry Hollis, director of the Center for Business Ethics. “Those who attend will have the opportunity to converse with others who are seeking to make ethics central to business decisions and practices.”
Belmont Schedules Week of Events for Homecoming 2005Bruins to Play Lipscomb’s Bisons in Homecoming Basketball Game
Belmont University is scheduling a week of Homecoming activities for the third week of January 2005, including hosting a men’s basketball game with local and conference rival Lipscomb University at the Curb Event Center on Friday, Jan. 21, as the centerpiece sports event of Homecoming Weekend. Other games scheduled that weekend include a men’s basketball game with the University of Central Florida on Sunday, Jan. 23, and two women’s basketball games with Stetson University on Thursday, Jan. 20, and with Jacksonville University on Saturday, Jan. 22. More non-sports events are being planned.
Massey School Celebrates Benefactor’s 100th Birthday
The 100th birthday of the late Jack C. Massey, arguably the most significant businessman and entrepreneur in Nashville’s history, was celebrated last week at Belmont University, where the Graduate School of Business bears his name. The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business recently began its 16th year. In May 2004, the school awarded the MBA degree to its 1,000th graduate. As NashvillePost.com reported last week, “It was largely under Massey’s influence that Belmont has such a business program; he and several of his family members made donations that made the school possible.”
