Belmont University School of Music faculty member Ellen Tift will be appearing on the pilot for Score, a new reality show on CMT (Country Music Television), Feb. 9 at 7:30 PM EST, 6:30 CST. The pilot for the show, which could become a recurring series, features Tift as a professional songwriter heading up one of two teams to write a song in four hours. She is partnered with a bachelor who is competing against the bachelor of the other team to capture the attention of the show’s bachelorette.
Dr. Julianne Malveaux speaks at Belmont University
By Chasity Ann Gunn
Belmont University student journalist
The distortion of the lives of the Negro is as old as the first textbook and as new as today’s newspaper.” This was a 1963 quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used by Dr. Julianne Malveaux in her academic lecture, Covering diverse communities in the news.
” Malveaux was the second speaker in the ongoing New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series, and also spoke on the Belmont campus as part of Martin Luther King Day events.
Malveaux is an internationally known economist, former educator, journalist, commentator and syndicated columnist. Her work is regularly featured in USA Today, Black Issues in Higher Education, Ms. Magazine and Essence Magazine. She has appeared on CNN, BET, C-SPAN, MSNBC, CNBC and many others. In addition, she has hosted talk radio programs in Washington, San Francisco and New York.
Belmont University Offers New “Fast Track” To Nursing Degree
The Belmont University School of Nursing is moving to help address the state’s growing shortage of nurses, by launching a “fast-track” nursing program that leads to a bachelor of science in nursing degree in as little as 16 months. It is the first program of its kind in Tennessee, says Debra Wollaber, Dean of the Belmont School of Nursing.
Houck Discusses Life as Multimedia Journalist
If you want to be a journalist, you must go back to the basics, good writing and strong storytelling. And it wouldn’t hurt to be aware of how technology changes the way you can tell that story, says Jeff Houck, who has the interesting title of Leisure Team Leader at the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Florida. Houck spoke Monday, January 26th, at Belmont University as part of the university’s New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series. About 70 administrators, students, staff and journalists filled the Bunch Multimedia Hall on the second floor of the University Library to listen and learn as Houck shared concrete examples of convergence in practice and his firsthand experiences.
Expert on Digital Copyright Issues Speaks at Belmont
Jason Schultz, attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, will speak about contemporary legal, copyright and technology issues stemming from the inherent creative tensions between new technology and artistic expression, during an appearance on the Belmont University campus on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
Schultz will address the most recent entertainment industry issues ranging from the online distribution of music and film, and peer-to-peer technologies and networks, to the constitutional rights of the American public and copyright owners.
His appearance is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. in the multimedia room at the Bunch Library. The event is open to the public and the media is invited to attend.
School of Music’s Annual Showcase Set
The Belmont University School of Music presents its annual Commercial Music Showcase February 2, featuring five of the School of Music’s best student performers. The 2004 Commercial Music Showcase is scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2, in the Massey Concert Hall on the Belmont University campus, located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville. The Showcase is open to the public free of charge. VIP reserved parking is available for press and music industry personnel by calling 460-8115.
Cutting-edge Multimedia Journalist to Speak at Belmont
Multimedia journalist Jeff Houck of The Tampa Tribune will speak at Belmont University on Monday, Jan. 26, on the subject of being a journalist in the modern, digital, multi-media era. The event, presented by the Belmont University New Century Journalism Speaker
Belmont Grad Provides Expert National Political Research
Belmont University political science graduate Drew Johnson, now a policy analyst with the non-partisan National Taxpayers Union Foundation in Washington D.C., has co-authored a study on the budget proposals of the various candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. Johnson graduated from Belmont University in 2001 with a BS in Political Science, and also has a Master of Public Policy from Pepperdine University.
His policy study, The Return of Fuzzy Math and Risky Schemes: How Presidential Hopefuls Would Deepen Deficits, is available online here. You can also read Johnson’s op-ed published Monday in the Wall Street Journal online here.
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Vince Gill Celebrity Basketball Game & Concert Returns to Belmont’s Campus After Two-Year Hiatus
The Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business at Belmont University announces the return of the Vince Gill Celebrity Basketball Game & Concert on March 22, 2004. Last held in 2000, the event find its home in the new, state-of-the-art Curb Event Center, completed in September, 2003. For one evening, Country music artists gather to face off for a riveting game of basketball (realizing why they need not quit their day jobs) and settle down at the end for an intimate acoustic concert for the fans. During the game a silent auction will also be held, featuring items donated by various artists.
Confirmed artists for this event include Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Trick Pony, Cledus T. Judd, Jimmy Wayne, Pinmonkey, Ray Benson from Asleep at the Wheel and Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown.
MercyMe, Amy Grant, Bring Concert Tour to Belmont
Platinum-selling and recent American Music Award nominee MercyMe, multi-platinum and GRAMMY award-winning artist Amy Grant, along with multiple Dove Award nominee Bebo Norman will appear in concert at Belmont University’s new Curb Event Center on January 30th as The Imagine Tour launches its two-month, 25-city run in Nashville.
