Belmont University’s Center for Professional Development will launch a new “Mini MBA” program this fall for mid-career professionals seeking to broaden their business skills and expand their knowledge in functional business areas.
The Belmont Mini-MBA program is intended to provide participants with skills and information they need to keep themselves and their organizations competitive. One night per week, students will be immersed for three hours in a “module” focusing on a single critical business discipline that will provide participants an overview and broad survey of subject areas normally found in a business school degree program.
“This is for business and technical professionals aspiring to improve their business skills and business acumen, mid-career professionals who want to update their knowledge and gain fresh insights to management,” Raines said.
Center for Professional Development Offers “Mini MBA”
Turner Rides Long Black Train to ACM Nomination
Today’s Tennessean has a very nice profile of Josh Turner, a Belmont University alum and nominee for an Academy of Country Music award for best new artist.
”This song was for His purpose,” Turner said recently, sitting with his wife, Jennifer, at The Palm restaurant in downtown Nashville. ”I’ve been just kind of an instrument to get it out.”
Turner, 26, has been playing Long Black Train for years. He wrote it while in college at Belmont and played it for classmates and at church.
”There’s a videotape of my senior recital at Belmont where I was introducing the song and was joking about it,” he said. ”I introduced it by saying, ‘Well, here’s my first No. 1 hit, Long Black Train.’ It never went No. 1, but it’s done a lot of good.”
”This song was for His purpose,” Turner said recently, sitting with his wife, Jennifer, at The Palm restaurant in downtown Nashville. ”I’ve been just kind of an instrument to get it out.”Turner’s debut album has sold more than 678,000 copies, and was the only debut album by a new country artist to go gold (sell 500,000 copies) in 2003. Turner graduated from Belmont in August 2001 with a degree in commercial vocal performance. You can see the video for “Long Black Train” here.
Belmont to Host International Country Music Conference
The 21st Annual International Country Music Conference will be held at Belmont University on Thursday, May 27, through Saturday, May 29, 2004. The academic conference features papers and panels from scholars of country music. Also, the Belmont Book Award for the Best Book on Country Music and the Charlie Lamb Excellence in Country Music Journalism Award will be presented during a luncheon Friday.
McEntire’s New Book Explores Bible’s Death Stories
Dr. Mark McEntire, associate professor of religion at the Belmont University School of Religion, explores the themes of violence and death in the narrative books of the Bible in his new book, Dangerous Worlds: Living and Dying in Biblical Texts, just published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing.
McEntire fourth book examines the stories of life and death found in the Bible, which range from gentle death at a good, old age to starvation to brutal murder. These stories, McEntire says, “invite readers to move back and forth between our own stories and those of the Bible, so that we might live and die faithfully in the dangerous world they form together.”
As we live and die in our own dangerous world, the stories of life and death we encounter in the Bible offer us resources for understanding the most difficult aspect of our existence, he says.
McEntire is also the author of The Blood of Abel: The Violent Plot in the Hebrew Bible, and The Function of Sacrifice in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. He is co-author, with John H. Tullock, of The Old Testament Story.
He is available for interviews.
You can read the Introduction to the book here.
Belmont Completes NCAA Division 1 Certification Process
Belmont University has successfully completed the NCAA certification process, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced today.
The NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification announced that Belmont has completed the Association’s second cycle of athletics certification, the purpose of which is to ensure integrity in the institution’s athletics program and to assist institutions in improving their athletics departments.
“This process affirms the strength of Belmont’s athletic program and its integration throughout the academy,” says Dr. Robert Fisher, president of Belmont University. “I would like to thank the steering committee for their exceptional work and the entire athletics department for continuing to make our program exemplary.”
The certification process is a self-study led by an institution’s chief executive officer and includes a review of these primary components: governance and commitment to rules compliance; academic integrity; fiscal integrity; equity; welfare; and sportsmanship. The NCAA says a designation of certified means that an institution operates its athletics program in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the Division I membership.
“I’m so proud of our athletics department,” says Belmont University Director of Athletics Mike Strickland. “This certification is a reflection of all the hard work and dedication of our coaches, staff and student-athletes. Also, I would like to thank the steering committee for all their hard work during the process as well as the other segments of campus that were involved. The NCAA wants this to be an encompassing process and I think it will benefit both athletics and the university as a whole.”
Tennessean Mentions Belmont Nursing Grant
Belmont, TSU receive HCA grant for nursing – The Tennessean, May 20, 2004. (Second item.)
HCA Foundation Grant Funds Belmont Nursing Testing Initiative
The HCA Foundation has approved a $50,000 grant to Belmont University
Belmont Career Center In the News
Newly minted Belmont University alumnus Harry Allen, who graduated Saturday with a degree in international business management, is featured in a story in the business section of today’s Tennessean newspaper, Job market picture brightens for newest college graduates. Also featured: Patricia Jacobs, director of Belmont’s career center.
Off To Rio
Belmont’s 2004 Sports Evangelism Team left Monday for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Team members include: Back row (l-r): Nick Otis, Jese Snyder, Dan Oliver, Adam Mark, Andrew Preston, Brandon Owen. Front row: Debbie Chenoweth, Vann Patton, Destri Bockey, Jenny Conkle, Betty Wiseman, Hollie Davis, Angel Jones. The photo was taken by Paul Chenoweth, who also is part of the Rio mission trip team. You can follow their progress at The Rio Journal, here.
Spring Commencement Largest Ever at Belmont
The largest graduating class in Belmont University’s history received their diplomas Saturday morning in a commencement celebration in the Curb Event Center on the Belmont campus. Bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees were presented to 457 students, including 363 undergraduate degrees, 94 master’s degrees and 18 doctorates.
In addition, Belmont University President Dr. Robert Fisher presented the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award and University Provost Dan McAlexander presented the Chaney Distinguished Professor Award, two retiring faculty members were honored, and the Class of 2004 presented its Senior Class Gift.
Click here for a graduation photo slide show by university staff photographer Michael Krouskop.
