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McDowell Wins Burnside Review Book Award

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English Professor Dr. Gary McDowell’s third manuscript of poems, “Mysteries in a World that Thinks There Are None,” won the 2014 Burnside Review Book Award and will be published next spring.

Burnside Review is a small-press publisher, located in Portland, Oregon that publishes their journal every 9-12 months, as well as two full-length books of poetry and two chapbooks through their yearly contests. They also nominate their titles for all major post-publication awards.

To learn more about Burnside and this award, click here.

Alumni Group Judah and the Lion Perform on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’

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JTL-Late-ShowAlumni bluegrass group Judah and the Lion performed on “Late Night with David Letterman” on Friday, Jan 20 for the program’s final season. The group performed “Kickin’ Da Leaves” from their first full-length album, “Kids These Days.”

“It was a crazy moment that really made you reflect and be thankful for everyone who has believed in you and supported you up to this point. It’s a moment, and then it’s gone. On to the next moment now!” said music business alumnus Judah Akers.

The group consists of Akers and former music students Nate Zuercher and Brian Macdonald. Click here to visit the group’s website. 

To watch the group’s performance, click here.

Belmont Hosts Homecoming 2015, Calls Bruins Back Home

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Belmont Hosts Homecoming 2015, Calls Bruins Back Home

bruin-walk-113Saturday’s young alumni social wrapped up last week’s 2015 Homecoming Events for Belmont University as the Belmont family celebrated another successful year for Bruins everywhere.

With a focus on “coming home,” the week’s festivities included a homecoming concert featuring prominent Belmont alumni and friends, a pep rally and bonfire, a spirit walk and tower tailgate, an alumni social with special guest William Paul Young, a “Back to Blvd” celebration at Belmont Blvd. restaurants, a double header featuring both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and a canned food drive benefiting Nashville’s Second Harvest Food Bank, among others. The university’s annual Homecoming celebration includes a reunion for Tower Society members, Belmont alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago.

With a focus on celebrating’s Belmont desire to be “Nashville’s University,” the canned food drive was a staple part of this year’s Homecoming events. Faculty, staff, students and alumni were challenged to donate 1,000 canned food items to the local organization. The drive ran throughout the month of February and culminated at Saturday’s events. With more than 2,400 canned food items totaling more than 2,800 lbs., the Belmont family far exceeded its initial goal.

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Men’s, Women’s Basketball Teams Secure Spots in OVC Tournament

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Men’s, Women’s Basketball Teams Secure Spots in OVC Tournament

The Ohio Valley Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments return to Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium this week (March 4-7), and both Belmont teams have qualified for the post season tournament.

After defeating Tennessee State Saturday, Belmont’s men’s team secured a 3-seed and will play their first game on Thurs., March 5 at 8 p.m. versus the winner of Wednesday’s match-up between Eastern Illinois and SIUE. Meanwhile the women’s team secured the 4-seed and plays their first game versus Jacksonville State on Thursday at 1 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.

Current Belmont students can reserve complimentary tickets both men’s and women’s games–click here for more information. For information on ticket purchases for all other Bruins fans as well as details on special promotions and tailgate events, click here. For more information on all Belmont Athletics, visit belmontbruins.com.

Coble Publishes Article Honoring Clarence Jordan

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Ann CobleThe College of Theology and Christian Ministry is pleased to announce that Lecturer in Religion Dr. Ann Coble published a paper in the edited volume Roots in the Cotton Patch, honoring Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Versions of the New Testament. 

Dr. Coble’s paper is titled “The Cotton Patch Versions:  Why do we love them so much?” This book is one of two volumes that were given at The Clarence Jordan Symposium.  Dr. Coble participated in the symposium, which featured a number of well-known speakers, including President Jimmy Carter.

Sheahan Presents at Music Library Association National Conference

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Lina SheahanBelmont Music Librarian Lina Sheahan, with Music Librarian at West Chester University in Pennsylvania Tim Sestrick, co-presented their paper “Changing Lives One Note at a Time: Library Internships for Undergraduate Music Majors” at the Music Library Association National Conference in Denver on Feb. 26.

During the presentation, they presented their experiences as intern and supervisor and described the high-impact learning experience students can have as library interns in music. The paper was originally published in Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice in spring of 2014.

Belmont Vision Finds Success at Southeast Journalism Conference

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Achievers.JouralismStudentsBelmont journalism students found great success at the annual Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta last weekend, Feb. 27-28.

In the onsite competition where students compete in live events by reporting, writing, shooting pictures and taking tests, Belmont placed second overall and six students placed individually:

Rebecca Arnold, placed first in Copy Editing
Courtney Martinez, placed first in Current Events
Nick Yacovazzi, placed first in Arts and Entertainment Writing
Kirk Bado, placed first in Media Ethics
Riley Wallac, placed third in Opinion/Editorial Writing
Sam Cowan, honorable mention in Sports Writing.

The Belmont Vision competed with more than 40 universities from a seven-state region in the Best of the South competition, in which the students submitted articles and videos published in 2014. The online newspaper won Best College Website and the University had its best-ever showing, bringing home eight awards:

The Vision, placed first as Best College Website
Emily Proud, placed first as Best Feature Writer and seventh as Best TV Journalist
Nick Yacovazzi, placed third in Best Arts and Entertainment Writing
Lauren Craddock, placed seventh in Best Magazine Writing
Andrew Hunt, placed eighth as Best Press Photographer
Katie Greene, placed 10th in Best Opinion/Editorial Writing
Grayson Hester, tied for sixth in Best Special Events Reporting

Passion Partners Promote Purity Project

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Passion Partners representatives spoke to Belmont students on Monday, Feb. 23 to promote four ongoing projects aiding African countries. The non-profit is currently working with Belmont Nurses Christian Fellowship to gain support for their Purity Project, a program that teaches African girls about self-worth and the love of Christ while providing hygiene products to keep the girls in school.

On March 16, there will be an event at Sweet Cece’s in Hillsboro Village with three performers from 7-9 p.m. to collect donations and feminine hygiene products, and 20 percent of the proceeds from the evening will go to the Purity Project. There will be donation boxes placed around campus leading up to the event. The organization hopes to reach its goal of collecting 10,000 pads.

To learn more about what Passion Partners are doing, click here. 

Public Relations Students Earn Certificate in Principles of Public Relations

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All six Belmont public relations students who took the new, nationally-administered public relations exam earned their Certificate of Principles in Public Relations. These six students participated in the 1-credit preparation course piloted at Belmont in the fall. The Public Relations Department has since incorporated the preparation material into a remodeled 3-credit senior capstone course that began this semester.

The six students to receive their Certificate are:

  • Mary Anna Davis, public relations major, expected graduation May 2015
  • Kacy Gieg, public relations major, expected graduation May 2015
  • Kristin Hinkley Moore, public relations major, graduated December 2014
  • Lane Sasser, public relations major, expected graduation May 2015
  • Nicole Smart, public relations management major, expected graduation May 2015
  • Kate Wilke, public relations major, expected graduation May 2015

“This is a tremendous achievement for the students, and their success is a testament to the high-quality education they have gained from the courses and instruction in our department,” said Public Relations Professor Dr. Kevin Trowbridge. “This inaugural success has set the bar high while also providing some valuable data to help us further develop our undergraduate program to meet the demands of the strategic communication landscape.”

To learn more about this certificate, click here.

Admissions Materials Win Awards of Excellence in CASE Competition

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AdmissionsMaterialsThe latest round of Admissions materials, created for recruiting Fall 2015-2017 entering classes, won two Awards of Excellence from the CASE District III competition, presented last week at the annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Created as a collaboration between Admissions, University Marketing and Public Relations and Communications, the materials scored acclaim in the Print and Digital Publications Category for “Viewbook (Recruitment Publication)” and “Admissions Recruitment Materials (Recruitment Publication Series).”

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