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.”
Redefining The Box:An Interview With Denver & The Mile High Orchestra – Christianity Today
University buys vacant liquor store
The Tennessean reports on how Belmont University’s latest real estate purchase in the neighborhood surrounding campus – a vacant, rundown liquor store that area residents considered an eyesore – could benefit the neighborhood.
Belmont Figure Skater Takes 3rd in National Competition
Andrea Vickers, who will attend Belmont University this fall, placed third in the United States Figure Skating Association Collegiate Competition in Troy, Ohio. Vickers, who skates at Southern Ice Arena in Cool Springs, near Franklin, Tenn., competed against 12 other skaters from across the country in the Junior Ladies division. Vickers is the first Nashville area skater to compete in this event. Nancy Kerrigan is a past winner at the collegiate level. Photos here, here and here.
Graduation at Belmont
Belmont University celebrated the awarding of degrees to 174 students Friday, August 13, in commencement ceremonies at the Curb Event Center. Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 57 students; 49 students received master’s degrees, and 31 received doctoral degrees.
Here is a selection of photos from the event by university staff photographer Michael Krouskop.
In The News: Entrepreneurship Across Belmont Initiative
The Nashville Business Journal reports that a grant from the Coleman Foundation will help Belmont University “develop a cross-campus emphasis on entrepreneurial concepts.” Entrepreneurship Across Belmont, an initiative of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont, “will integrate entrepreneurship education in non-business programs,” says NBJ. Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, comments to NBJ: “People who are interested in starting a business aren’t just in business school. They are in the English department, in the music business program, in art.” The NBJ story is not available on the paper’s website but is on page 4 of the August 12-19 print edition.
Fulbright Opens Global Door for Local Students – Nashville City Paper
Beelmont University student Aaron Moss is one of several Nashville-area college students included in the Nashville City Paper report on recipients of prestigious Fulbright grants for the 2004-05 school year. The grants pay for students to conduct independent studies abroad for nine months. Moss will use his Fulbright grant to study American influence on Czech classical music after the removal of the Russian communist regime in 1989.
Summer Commencement Set
The 2004 summer Commencement at Belmont University will see the graduation of 174 students, including 57 receiving bachelor’s degrees, 49 receiving master’s degrees, and 31 receiving doctoral degrees, in ceremonies set for 7:30 p.m., Friday, August 13, in the Curb Event Center. For complete commencement details click here.
Blind Freshman Receives Scholarship
Domonique Lawless, an incoming freshman at Belmont University, was among 30 blind scholars nationwide who shared in $122,000 in scholarships from the National Federation of the Blind, awarded during its 64th annual convention in Atlanta. A 2004 graduate of Nashville’s Hillsboro High School, Lawless plans to double-major in German and psychology at Belmont. “I automatically got a wonderful feeling about Belmont,” Lawless told The Tennessean. “All the students and teachers have been so friendly and accomodating.”
Belmont Junior at GOP Convention
Rising junior Meredith Edwards, 20, will be a page at the Republican National Convention in New York City beginning August 30. As a page, Edwards will distribute papers and assist with other duties as assigned for Tennessee delegates to the convention. Edwards is a political science and history major.
In The News: A Grant for Entrepreneurship Program
Belmont business program gets grant – Nashville City Paper
