Rock U Project Has Roots at Belmont
Belmont students reach out to city – The Tennessean
From today’s Tennessean: More than 500 of Belmont University’s approximately 800 freshmen and transfer students decided to get out and do something for their city – their new city, in most cases – yesterday morning, the start of their third day on campus. … The students did voluntary community service for about two hours at Edwin and Percy Warner parks in west Nashville and at four Metro parks closer to Belmont’s campus near Music Row. It was part of a week of activities designed to help the students make the transition to college life and Belmont’s way of doing things.
Hundreds of Belmont Freshmen Help Beautify Nashville’s Parks
Approximately 450 incoming Belmont University freshmen helped clean up some of Metro Nashville’s city parks today, including helping clear out a backlog of cleanup and repair work at Nashville’s signature Warner Parks, as part of a week of activities designed to help them transition to college life.
Each year, Belmont invites incoming freshmen to participate in community service, says Matthew Burchett, Coordinator of New Student Programs in the Dean of Students office. “We realize the importance of encouraging young men and women to commit themselves to service. Belmont University is dedicated to engage students in service through both classroom and co-curricular experiences. This event is representative of Belmont’s commitment to teaching our students the value of serving in their community.”
Belmont Alum Prepares for Iraq – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a profile today of Belmont alum and Texas National Guard chaplain Capt. Chuck Wallace, who is preparing for active duty in Iraq.
Wallace joined the Army Reserve in 1988 two days after his 17th birthday, the paper reports. He stayed in the Reserve while earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Belmont University in Nashville. But his early experience in the military “and the way God worked” in his life led him to the chaplaincy. “The soldiers that I minister to respect me because they know I’ve been in the infantry and walked in their shoes,” said Wallace, 33, a chaplain at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth for the past three years.
New Statue Honors Johnson Family, Belmont Benefactors
Belmont University honored two of its biggest benefactors with the unveiling Saturday of a new sculpture in honor of the late Ed and Bernice Johnson, prominent Nashvillians and longtime friends of the university whose bequests to the university total more than $25 million. The statue by Nashville sculptor Russ Faxon now graces the plaza on the Belmont Boulevard side of the campus adjacent to the fountain in front of the entrance to the Maddox Grand Atrium.
Belmont In Top Tier in Prestigious U.S. News RankingSchool of Physical Therapy Tops in Tennessee
Belmont University is among the top 20 universities in the south in its category in the U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual ranking of America’s best colleges and universities, released today. Belmont University ranked 19th out of the 131 schools included in the South region of the “Best Universities – Masters” category. At No. 19, Belmont University is the highest-ranked university in Tennessee in the Master’s category, which includes such schools as University of Richmond, James Madison University and Mercer University
Songs of Love Foundation Picks Belmont Student Songwriter
Belmont University music major Lindsey Jones has been hired last week as a staff writer by the Songs of Love Foundation, a nonprofit organization that recruits musicians to record personalized songs for sick youths. Jones, a Commercial Music major with a concentration in Commercial Music Business, is from Overland Park, Kansas. She first became involved with Songs of Love in April 2004 through Belmont’s Student Songwriters Association, which encourages all Belmont student songwriters to write songs for the organization. Songs Of Love, founded in 1996, has recruited more than 350 artists nationwide and collaborates with over 300 hospitals and private health-care institutions as well as various individual families. Songs of Love artists have produced intimate musical portraits for over 4,000 children and teens.
Christianity Today Interviews Alums in Denver & The Mile High Orchestra
Christianity Today has a new interview online today with Belmont University graduates Denver Bierman and Jared Ribble, vocalist and drummer, respectively, for Denver & The Mile High Orchestra, a swing jazz band formed by a group of friends at Belmont that has just released its third album.
The band “has enjoyed gradual success by combining Christian lyrics with a lively big band sound reminiscent of Harry Connick Jr., Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Michael Bublé,” says Christianity Today. “But they haven’t stopped there. Determined to be stylistically eclectic, Bierman and his drummer, Jared Ribble, told us how they’ve broadening their sound to include fusion funk, pop, and worship … and how audiences are responding to their approach.”
Songs of Love Foundation Picks Belmont Student Songwriter
The Johnson County Sun, in the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City, profiles local resident and Belmont University music major Lindsey Jones, who was hired last week as a staff writer by the Songs of Love Foundation, a nonprofit organization that recruits musicians to record personalized songs for sick youths. Jones, a Commercial Music major with a concentration in Commercial Music Business, is from Overland Park, Kansas.
She first became involved with Songs of Love in April 2004, writing ten songs as a volunteer, thanks to her involvement with the student songwriters’ association at Belmont. The paper reports that the president of the student organization was a volunteer with Songs of Love, and encouraged Jones and the rest of the school’s songwriters to participate.
Belmont to Honor Chancellor Gabhart For 45 Years Service, 90th Birthday
On Thursday, August 19, Belmont University will honor one of the university’s most distinguished dignitaries on Thursday: Chancellor Dr. Herbert C. Gabhart, who reaches two major milestones this month. Dr. Gabhart celebrates both his 90th birthday and his 45th anniversary of beginning work at Belmont this month. He has now spent half of his life at Belmont, serving as president of the university for 23 years and, now, as chancellor for the last 22. The Belmont community will celebrate the career of Dr. Gabhart with a reception in his honor at 1 p.m. in the Massey Board Room located in the Jack C. Massey Business Center on Belmont’s campus. To read a feature profile of Dr. Gabhart, click here.
