Don Cusic and David Moser, faculty members in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, were interviewed by the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind., in an article concerning concert booking in a popular theatre in Fort Wayne. Click here to read the story.
Moffitt Named Pitcher of the Week
Rising Belmont junior and member of the Bruins baseball team Josh Moffitt was named the Pitcher of the Week for the south division of the Valley League this week. In his only start, he pitched six innings, struck out 11 batters and allowed just four hits, earning the win.
The win was Moffitt’s third of the summer and lowered his earned run average (ERA) to 2.74 in 46 innings. Teammate Eric Diaz, also a rising junior at Belmont, has compiled a 2-0 record out of the team’s bullpen, with 20 strikeouts and a 1.78 ERA in 25 innings of work this summer.
Moffitt had a 3.90 ERA with Belmont in 2006 with team highs in wins (five) and strikeouts (64). Moffitt’s Waynesboro Generals won the division with a 27-15 record and will face fourth-seeded Staunton in the first round of the Valley League playoffs.
Moffitt, a Goodlettsville, Tenn., native is majoring in math and physics at Belmont.
Music Business Professor Volman Talks About Life in Pop Music
Mark Volman, a professor in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, was recently profiled in the Treasure Coast Palm about his life as a member of the ’60s pop band, The Turtles (“So Happy Together”), and Frank Zappa’s band, Mothers of Invention, in the ’70s. Click here to read the article.
Belmont Faculty Quoted in The Tennessean
Two Belmont faculty members were recently quoted in separate stories in The Tennessean. Dr. Andi Stepnick, chair of the sociology department, was interviewed for a story that ran in the Sunday edition of the paper about the rising popularity of family reunions.
Jose Gonzalez, an adjunct entrepreneurship instructor in Belmont’s College of Business Administration, was quoted in a story that ran Monday. Gonzalez spoke about the popularity of certain types of businesses on Nashville’s Nolensville Road.
Mullen Vies For Spot On Baseball Team
Rising Belmont senior Erin Mullen, a member of Belmont’s softball team, is one of 30 women who will vie for a spot on the National Team at the USA Baseball Team Trials this weekend. She is one of only two current collegiate softball players to earn a spot on the trials roster. NCAA.com profiled Mullen and her quest for a spot on the team.
Belmont In The News
The Tennessean wrote about Belmont student Will Cromer who recently was awarded the prestigious Charles Koch Summer Fellowship. Click here to read the article.
CollegeInsider.com Profiles Belmont’s Coach Byrd
CollegeInsider.com profiled Belmont men’s basketball coach Rick Byrd recently. Click here to read the article about Byrd’s leadership through Belmont’s NAIA years through last March’s debut in the NCAA Championship Tournament.
Walter Interns With Blender, Conan O’Brien
Belmont music business student Rebekah Walter is interning for Blender Magazine and Late Night with Conan O’Brien in New York City. Walter and 20 others were selected out of 300 eligible candidates to participate in the NBC Pilot Program, in which she will help develop a pilot and business plan for NBC. At the end of July she, along with her team of three other participants, will present their work to junior level executives. A winning team will be selected to present to the top level executives at NBC.
Physical Therapy Student Begins Program for Children
Special Kids, a Christian care center for children with special needs, will introduce a new program thanks to the vision of Megan Stinson, a Belmont physical therapy student. Megan previously interned at Special Kids and had the idea for a “Prayer Pal Bear” which would be with the children throughout their therapy service and upon completion of the program.
Stinson acquired corporate sponsorships to fund this program from such companies as Build-A-Bear, LifeWay, Liberty Trust Mortgage, Inc. and Hyde Electric. Through her efforts, Stinson has provided over 500 bears for Special Kids. Each bear has Stinson’s favorite verse about children on the back of its shirt: “And whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.” Matthew 18:4-5
The Prayer Pal Bear will be introduced on July 15 at Southeast Baptist Church in Murfreesboro.
For more information on Special Kids and the Prayer Pal Bear, click here.
Raines Recognized by Nashville Chamber
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce named Dr. J. Patrick Raines, dean of the College of Business and the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business Administration at Belmont University, the Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year in the Arts, Entertainment and Music category. Belmont and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce conducted a study that showed the total economic impact of the music industry in Nashville. Led by Raines and released in January 2006, The Economic Impact of the Music Industry in the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro MSA was the first ever study to assess the economic impact of Music City’s signature industry.
