Emily Fitzpatrick, a freshman at Belmont University studying musical theatre, was crowned the new Miss Central Tennessee Saturday, February 21, in a pageant in Murfreesboro, over 24 other contestants.
Emily chose a vocal presentation, Art is Calling for Me, as her talent selection for the competition. She has more than 11 years of vocal training and has sung the National Anthem for the Cincinnati Reds. Emily
Belmont Freshman To Compete for Miss Tennessee
FOX on Campus: News Anchor Wilson Speaks at Belmont
FOX News Channel correspondent Brian Wilson spoke to an audience of around 100 students and others at Belmont University Monday, February 23, as part of the university’s ongoing New Century Journalism Speakers Series.
Wilson has covered numerous breaking news events for FOX News, including the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the disputed 2000 presidential election, the aftermath at the Pentagon of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the 23-day Beltway Sniper story. He described some behind the scenes moments ion the news business, including ethical decisions in handling parts of the Beltway Sniper story, and the fun of of traveling on Air Force One. Wilson covered the Clinton White House from 1997-99.
Here is another photo from Wilson’s appearance at Belmont.
New Global Trade Software Beta-Tested at Belmont
Nashville City Paper profiles CentradeX, a new global trade tracking software application that was beta-tested at Belmont University – and is now available to Belmont students through BIC’s online library resources.
The technology certainly has some devout believers, chief among them Dr. Howard Cochran, a professor of economics and management at Belmont University’s Massey School of Business. Cochran helped develop and beta-test the data-mining software, which “knits together many separate databases” into a single searchable resource.
“Jaws just dropped when we demonstrated it,” Cochran said of the technology’s latest and marketable version. “This is, by far, the easiest and most intuitive-to-use iconographic interface.”
Belmont Journalism Program Works With NABJ, High School, to Increase Newsroom Diversity
The Belmont University New Century Journalism program and the Nashville Association of Black Journalists are working together in a new effort to increase the numbers of journalists of color. Members of Belmont’s journalism faculty and NABJ, the local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, will visit Maplewood High School regularly to share their experience, education and insight on working in a newsroom.
Dr. Sybril Bennett, executive director of Belmont’s New Century Journalism program, says the Belmont-NABJ outreach is in direct response to a meeting Jan. 9 in New York between representatives from the Radio Television News Directors Association and UNITY, an organization that includes journalists who are members of the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and the Native American Journalists Association. The industry leaders met to examine what they called the “disturbing decline in racial and ethnic representation in the nation
A Golden Opportunity
Nashville City Paper notes the opportunites ahead for Belmont University music business students to showcase their talents for a roomful of recording industry executives at the upcoming National Association of Recording Merchandisers convention in San Diego.
FOX News Anchor/Correspondent to Speak at Belmont
FOX News Channel correspondent Brian Wilson will speak at Belmont University Monday, February 23, as part of the university’s ongoing New Century Journalism Speakers Series.
The event is free and open to the public and the news media. Journalists, educators and students are invited and encouraged to attend. Wilson is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. in the Neely auditorium.
Boulevard, New Student-Run Art Gallery and Design Business, Opens at Belmont University
Belmont University announces the grand opening of Boulevard, an art consignment gallery and design studio run by university students and located in new university-built retail space fronting Belmont Boulevard. Boulevard opens Friday, Feb. 20, and invites the media and public to a celebratory open house from 5
Belmont’s New International Business Program Praised
The Tennessean reports on the launch of the new undergraduate program in International Business at Belmont University. U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander spoke at a luncheon at the Massey Business Center boardroom honoring the launch of the new program.
Just down the hill from Belmont University are Music Row record labels owned by British, French, German and Japanese companies. Not far down Interstate 24 is the Nissan automobile manufacturing plant, another Japanese-owned operation. They’re all signs of Tennessee’s place in an increasingly global economy, meaning Belmont’s new international business major will be an important tool for the state in years to come, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and school officials said yesterday.
Just down the hill from Belmont University are Music Row record labels owned by British, French, German and Japanese companies. Not far down Interstate 24 is the Nissan automobile manufacturing plant, another Japanese-owned operation. They’re all signs of Tennessee’s place in an increasingly global economy, meaning Belmont’s new international business major will be an important tool for the state in years to come, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and school officials said yesterday.Changes Coming to Belmont’s Student-Run Record Label
Changes are ahead for Acklen Records, the student-run record label at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, reports the Nashville City Paper today.
After languishing for years with no budget, Belmont UniversityTrain Rolls Faster for Josh Turner
Billboard magazine has taken note of rising country music star – and Belmont University graduate – Josh Turner, whose song Long Black Train is rising up the country charts. In the story, which notes that Turner is the only new artist who debuted in 2003 to have the debut album go “gold” so far. Gold certification is awarded to albums that sell at least 500,000 copies. Turner describes the writing of the song, which he wrote while still a student at Belmont in 1999…
