The Massey Performing Arts Center will play host to a debate between Nashville mayoral candidates Bob Clement and Karl Dean, who are campaigning in a run-off election after each received 24 percent of the votes cast on Aug. 2. The debate will be held Mon., Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. and carried live on local NBC affiliate, WSMV-TV Channel 4.
The debate will be presented by WSMV and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. WSMV anchors Dan Miller and Demetria Kalodimos will moderate the event, which is free and open to the public to attend. Early voting begins Aug. 22 with the run-off election being held Sept. 11.
Belmont to Host Nashville Mayoral Run-off Debate
Jacobs Honored as Big Brothers/Big Sisters Board Member
The recent Big Brothers Big Sisters of America conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., honored local affiliate—Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee—as having the CEO of the year in Lowell Perry, Jr. and named its Board of Directors as Board of the Year. Patricia Jacobs, Director of the Office of Career Services, has served on this Board for four years and currently holds the office of Vice President. Jacobs, who noted that 30 Belmont students participated as Big Brothers/Big Sisters last year, said the local program was able to increase the number of children served from 500 to more than 1,500. The Board members serving Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee were honored for their efforts in leading the mentoring affiliate to realizing record results in the number of children served, fund-raising dollars raised and quality standards.
Belmont to Hold Summer 2007 Commencement Friday
Belmont will hold its Summer Commencement 2007 ceremony on Fri., Aug. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Curb Event Center. More than 170 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees will be conferred.
Dr. Robert C. Fisher, president of the University, will preside over the event and present the graduates with their degrees. Provost Dan McAlexander will provide commencement remarks, and Doctor of Physical Therapy candidate Megan Swann Dance Stinson will offer the Student Reflection for the ceremony. President and Mrs. Fisher will host a reception for the graduates and their guests at the conclusion of commencement in Belmont’s Beaman Student Life Center.
Barton-Arwood Published in Education Journal
Dr. Sally Barton-Arwood, assistant professor in the Education Department, has recently been published in Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, a scholarly journal promoting student success. Preventing School Failure focuses on programs and practices that help children with learning and behavioral problems in schools, clinics and correctional facilities, as well as other settings. Dr. Barton-Arwood’s article, “Teaching Elementary School Educators to Design, Implement, Evaluate Functional Assessment-Based Interventions: Successes and Challenges,” was co-written with a professor and two graduates of Vanderbilt University’s Department of Special Education. A faculty member at Belmont since 2006, Barton-Arwood teaches classes in Diverse Learners, Action Research and Classroom Management.
Bulla Selected for 2008 Leadership Music Class
Dr. Wesley Bulla, associate professor and dean of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, was recently selected to join the Leadership Music class of 2008. Leadership Music is a nonprofit organization providing programs designed to further communication among facets of the entertainment business and to assist established leaders in their roles as industry decision makers. Each person selected to participate in Leadership Music makes an extensive time commitment. Attendance is mandatory for the nine-month program, which begins in the fall, and participants make on-site visits around the community, focusing on such subjects as Songwriting/Publishing, Broadcast, Artist, Studio/Audio, Record Company and Touring. Leadership Music has been in existence for 16 years, resulting in 640 alumni to date.
Alumnus Hired as Assistant Commissioner for Ohio Valley Conference
Brian Pulley, a 2006 Master of Science graduate in Sports Administration, has been named Assistant Commissioner for External Affairs for the Ohio Valley Conference and will start his new position Sept. 4. According to The Tennessean, Pulley interned with the OVC while attending Belmont, helping the conference with group sales and marketing plans. His most recent position has been as an account executive with ISP Sports in Atlanta, where he developed corporate partners for Georgia Tech Athletics.
Belmont Takes Music Business Education to Hawaii
Belmont’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business announced this week that it is expanding its program to Hawaii in a new partnership with University of Hawaii’s Honolulu Community College. The new program, MELE—Music & Entertainment Learning Experience, is designed to foster and promote the business and profession of music in Hawaii and will begin accepting students immediately.
In Hawaii, individuals interested in a career in the music business will have an opportunity to grow creatively, technically and commercially through this innovative partnership. Students who enroll in the Hawaii program will receive training in three focus areas—artist creativity, entertainment business expertise and technical production skills—and will be able to earn an associate’s degree in two years. Classes for HCC begin Aug. 20, and introductory courses offered in the MELE program include Survey of Music Business and History of the Recording Business.
Massey MBA Graduates and Senior Business Students Achieve Top Ranking on National Exams
The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business announced today that its graduating MBA students for Summer 2007 have performed in the top 20 percent on a nationally-administered exit exam. Produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) of Princeton, N.J., at last measurement the exam was given to more than 5,000 students at 131 graduate business programs across the U.S.
Political Science Students Attend Pre-Law Scholars Program
Two Belmont political science majors, Ameshia Cross and Fatima Karwandyar, recently attended the William H. Bowen School’s fifth annual Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) program. The Bowen school is located at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is designed to encourage diversity in the legal profession. Cross and Karwandyar embraced a rigorous course of study, which included briefing cases and taking law school exams. Cross described the program as extremely valuable, noting that she “developed a stronger sense of what to expect when applying and getting into law school.”
Parry to Present ‘Media Convergence’ Paper
Pam Parry, associate professor of journalism, will present research at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 9. She will present a paper titled: “Media Convergence in the Classroom: A National Survey of How Mass Communication Academics Are Confronting a New Paradigm.”
