Belmont’s Master’s of Education in Nonprofit Leadership Program was recently included on www.topmanagementdegrees.com’s 2016 Top 50 List of Nonprofit Management Master’s Programs. Housed in the University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Belmont’s 36-hour program provides opportunities for nonprofit and business professionals to expand their leadership skills and industry knowledge by highlighting best practices of building strong organizations and communities.
Courses taught within the program overview leadership in learning organizations, people and financial management, governance, fundraising and strategic planning, among others.
Belmont’s program was rated higher than any other program in the state.
Dr. Christie Kleinmann, associate professor of public relations, recently received a research grant from the Arthur W. Page Center at Penn State University to develop research/teaching modules on ethics education in communications classrooms.
Dr. Nathan Webb, assistant professor of communication studies, recently spoke at the Central States Communication Association annual conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His presentation, “Inviting TED to Your Class: How to Use TED Talks to Teach Public Speaking Courses,” was part of the “Great Ideas for Teaching” segment of the conference.
The AES Nashville Section recently presented the annual student mixing competition with students from area schools vying for the “Top Mixer” award. The students were given professionally recorded studio tracks and eight hours to create a stereo mix. A panel of judges comprising of John Jaszcz, Carl Tatz, Dick Williams, David Thoener, Randy Gardner, and Adam Smith evaluated the anonymously submitted mixes and will deliver their critique and scores.
