Popular and outspoken political commentator Julianne Malveaux will speak at Belmont University on January 20. Her appearance is sponsored by the university’s New Century Journalism Speakers Series, as part of activities on campus to honor Martin Luther King Day. Click Here for a copy of the New Century Journalism Speakers Series poster.
Dr. Malveaux also will speak at 7 p.m. in the Massey Concert Hall, as the keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Day activities on campus. Her evening speech, titled “Living Her Dream,” is sponsored by the MLK Committee and the Communications Studies Department.
Outspoken Political Commentator Julianne Malveaux to speak at Belmont
More Coverage of the Missouri Upset
More newspapers around the country are mentioning the upset victory of Belmont’s men’s basketball team over Missouri, including the Chicago Tribune and the South Bend Tribune, both of which carried the recent story from the Los Angeles Times, and a story in the Miami Herald, which also ran on the Knight Ridder News Wire and was published in the San Jose Mercury News which compared the fortunes of Belmont’s men’s basketball program with that of the storied but struggling Indiana program. Excerpt:
The reeling Indiana Hoosiers are only 20 months removed from a national title game appearance, but they’re performing like a team that only recently made the leap to big-time college basketball. Heck, some might consider that an affront to tiny Belmont University, which raised eyebrows last month by stunning Missouri. The Bruins were a NAIA program until making the leap to Division I in 1996.
Nobody is suggesting the Hoosiers have descended to that level. But the situation appears grim at the tradition-steeped school. Indiana isn’t just losing, it’s being blown out.
Perhaps the Hoosiers should take some lessons from Belmont, a Nashville-based school led by the NCAA’s reigning field-goal and free-throw percentage leaders from last season in Adam Mark and Steve Drabyn. Mark is connecting on 63 percent of his shots (he made 70 percent in 2002-03), and Drabyn is hitting 89 percent of his free throws, down from 95 percent.
Belmont (8-3) has never played in the NCAA tournament. But the Bruins appear to have a better chance of doing so than Indiana this season.
Student Financial Services Director Quoted in Magazine
Paula Gill, director of student financial services at Belmont, is quoted prominently in a story in the December 2003 issue of Business Officer magazine. You can view a PDF file of the story by clicking here.
Los Angeles Times Features Belmont Basketball
The Los Angeles Times published a very good story on University’s men’s basketball program today, titled It’s the Home of Shooting Stars. Here’s an excerpt…
Does Newsroom Diversity Matter? Find Out at Belmont, Jan. 15
Wanda Lloyd, executive director of the Diversity Institute at the Freedom Forum, will speak to Belmont University journalism students and guests January 15 on the topic of whether racial diversity in the nation’s newsrooms really matters. Lloyd is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. in Meeting Room A in the Beaman Student Life Center on the Belmont campus.
The event, presented by the Belmont University New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series, is free and open to the public and the news media. Journalists, educators and students are invited and encouraged to attend. Click Here for a copy of the New Century Journalism Speakers Series poster.
Belmont Alum to Open for Brooks & Dunn
Belmont alum Josh Turner will open for Brooks & Dunn on their upcoming concert tour, reports CMT.com…
Indianapolis paper profiles Drabyn family
The Indianapolis Star published a New Year’s Day profile of the Drabyn family, including Belmont University men’s basketball star Steve Drabyn.
Christmas at Belmont gets national press
The Cincinnati Enquirer is one of several papers that published advance coverage of the national PBS broadcast of Christmas at Belmont.
Belmont Awards Distinguished Nashville Businessman Honorary Ph.D
Belmont University has granted an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree to Nashville business leader Gordon E. Inman, founder, chairman and president of Franklin Financial Corporation, is a Belmont University trustee. He was awarded the honorary doctorate by Belmont University President Dr. Robert C. Fisher during Winter Commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 19, at the university’s Curb Event Center.
