Tennessee Baptist Convention – Special Called Meeting
Statement – May 9, 2006
We are disappointed that the messengers did not approve the recommendation brought to them by the Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. We look forward to meeting with representatives of the TBC to continue our dialogue and reach an agreeable solution that honors our mutual Christian missions. Neither state law nor Belmont’s governing documents support the Convention’s vote to remove the Trustees. We feel that the involvement of our supporters from other Christian denominations will strengthen our mission and take us to the next chapter in our service. We will continue to be a student-focused, Christian community of learning and service with a rich Baptist heritage that we intend to foster and nurture. That is our promise and our covenant.
Marty Dickens
Chairman, Board of Trustees
TBC Convention – Belmont Statement
Belmont Journalism Student Published in The Tennessean
Belmont journalism student, Chansin Bird, wrote an article that appeared in The Tennessean about a team of Belmont students and other Middle Tennesseans who traveled to Honduras for a mission trip to do humanitarian work on behalf of the KidSAKE Foundation. The article can be read online here.
Philosophy Students Published in Journal
Belmont philosophy students Joshua Wolak and Stephen Strother will have papers published in The Reed, an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Journal of Existentialism at St. Olaf’s College.
Wolak, a graduating senior wrote a paper entitled “The (Bad) Faith of Martin Buber’s I and Thou.” Strother, a rising junior, will publish “Buber and Antonioni Connection and Alientation in L’aventura and L’eclisse.”
Tennessee state senate honors Belmont Bruins
The Senate of the One Hundred Fourth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee honored the Belmont University Bruins Men’s Basketball team for their outstanding 2005-2006 season today. The team members and coaches, along with Athletic Director Mike Strickland and Belmont President Robert Fisher, were invited to the Senate floor as Senator Douglas Henry presented a resolution to recognize them on their completion of an extraordinary season. The resolution passed by a unanimous vote, and the Bruins received a standing ovation.
The resolution commended Belmont for defeating archrival Lipscomb University to win the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, thus becoming the first Bruin program in school history to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins received a 15th seed and dominated most of the first half of their game against UCLA. They also honored Coach Rick Byrd, who marked his 20th season with the Bruins this year and has a record of 493 wins against only 284 losses.
The team was further recognized for their successes off the court. The Bruins boast a cumulative team grade point average of 3.164, and 12 team members are on the academic All-Conference team, including Justin Hare, who was named to the 2006 Academic All-District Men’s Basketball team with a 3.81 GPA. These players represent the overall high standards of Belmont University, which has won the Atlantic Sun Conference’s All-Academic Trophy for four consecutive years. The players were also commended for giving their time and talents to the community, working with church ministries and traveling on mission trips to Brazil, the Ukraine and Venezuela.
- A 14 minute video of the event is available for download in Windows Media and Quicktime formats:
- Windows Media Video – 54Mb
- Quicktime Movie – 55Mb
Belmont Honors Student-Athletes
Belmont University recognized its student athletes Monday at the 2005-06 Belmont Scholar-Athlete Recognition Reception Awards. Presentations were made for team and individual awards for academic achievement and character.
Following is a complete list of this year’s recipients:
SAAC Inspiration Awards:
Faculty: Dr. Pete Giordano
Staff: Michael Moore
David Fish Award:
Brenna Lacey
Academic Achievement Awards (highest GPA per team):
Baseball: Matt Warnat
Men’s Basketball: Michael Modlin
Women’s Basketball: Jenny Conkle
Cheerleading: Andrea Robertson
Men’s Cross Country: Brad Polley
Women’s Cross Country: Lauren Williams
Dance Team: Jennifer Farmer
Men’s Golf: Jarryd Foreman
Women’s Golf: Kate Austin
Men’s Soccer: Channing Twyner
Women’s Soccer: Kari Lennon
Softball: Stacey Apple
Men’s Tennis: Alex Gillott
Women’s Tennis: Elizabeth Conyer
Men’s Track & Field: Stephen Register
Women’s Track & Field: Lauren Williams
Volleyball: Lindsay Cleveland
Graduating Senior Academic Achievement Awards:
Chris Marlow
Brandon Paetznick
Lindsay Cleveland
Director of Athletics’ Character Award:
John Baldwin
Lindsay Honea
President’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year:
Felipe Lima
Lindsay Cleveland
The Tennessean Covers Vigil for Darfur Held at Belmont
The Tennessean recently reported on a vigil held at Belmont University on Sunday to commemorate those who have died in the Darfur region of Sudan. Belmont history professor and co-founder of Tennesseans Against Genocide, Daniel Schafer, was interviewed in the story.
Wollaber Named Woman to Watch by Nashville Medical News
Debra Wollaber, dean of the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing at Belmont University, was selected as one of the 10 women to watch by Nashville Medical News. The women chosen have made a significant impact on the delivery of health care in Middle Tennessee and beyond.
Click here to read the article.
College of Business Hosts Venture Capital Symposium
Dr. Mark T. Schenkel and Dr. John Gonas hosted a symposium for Belmont students and alumni on behalf of the College of Business Adminstration focusing on current trends in venture capital and private equity markets of Middle Tennessee. Over 100 attendees from Belmont University and the surrounding Nashville community gathered to hear about the alternatives available to business owners and financers of small businesses.
Three prominent representatives from local investment firms spoke on the panel: Linda Costello, managing director of investment banking of Avondale Partners; Stuart McWhorter, managing partner of Clayton Associates; and Gary Peat, partner of Council Ventures. Special topics discussed at the symposium included entrepreneurial, mezzanine and growth capital demand in addition to deal flow differences between industries such as investment banking, technology and health care.
Best of the Best Showcase 2006 to be held April 29
NASHVILLE, April 25, 2006 – The Belmont University Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business presents its annual Best of the Best Showcase on Saturday, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the Curb Event Center. This will be the largest student produced showcase in Belmont history and will feature some of the most talented up-and-coming artists in Nashville from a variety of genres including Pop/Rock, Christian/Gospel, Jazz, Bluegrass, Country, and Urban.
The performers are the winners from previous showcases that were held earlier this school year and include:
• Mikeschair – Winner of the Christian Music Showcase
• Rob Blackledge – Winner of the Pop/Rock Showcase
• Ryan Griffin – Winner of the Country Music Showcase
• Soul Force – Winner of the Other Showcase
• Alvin Love – Winner of the Urban Showcase
• Bobby Hamrick, Clark Richard, Ben Cooper, Troy Akers, and Zac Koffler – Winners of the Writer’s
Series Showcases
The evening is entirely produced and managed by students of The Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont as they gain hands-on experience in lighting, live sound, event production, set design, publicity, artist management, stage direction, engineering and video production. The showcase is free of charge and open to the public. For more information contact Christy Baumiller at CEMBPressCorps@mail.belmont.edu or 615.460.6272.
USA Today Editor Speaks At Belmont
Ken Paulson, editor of USA Today, the nation’s largest daily general interest newspaper, spoke at Belmont University today, concluding the 2005-06 New Century Journalism Speaker Series. Paulson assumed the role of editor at USA today one month after Jack Kelley, a long-time, respected journalist at the newspaper, was fired for fabricating stories in 2004.
Paulson spoke about his career in journalism, the continued importance of newspapers in today’s ever-changing media and USA Today‘s committment to a strong code of ethics.
Prior to his role at USA Today, Pauslson worked in Nashville for seven years as the director of the First Amendment Center. For four years, he hosted the Emmy-nominated, nationally televised PBS program “Speaking Freely,” dedicated to free expression and the arts.
