Former Bruin standout Adam Wynia earned medalist honors at a U.S. Open Local Qualifying Tournament May 22, putting him one step away from a spot in the 2006 U.S. Open Championship.
Wynia’s two-under-par 69 on the Par 71 Minnehaha Country Club layout put him two shots clear of the field. The former team captain and First Team All-Atlantic Sun selection now moves on to one of fourteen Sectional Qualifying Tournaments.
Wynia is entered in the sectional at Saint Charles Country Club in Saint Charles, Ill., on Monday June 5. The Sectional Qualifiers – which boast PGA Tour and European Tour players – are 36 holes of medal play with roughly 80 players from the various sites earning entry into the U.S. Open field.
This year’s U.S. Open Championship is to be played at historic Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., June 15-18.
Wynia Wins Qualifier for U.S. Open
Belmont Student Receives Koch Fellowship for Summer
Belmont student Will Cromer has been selected as a Charles Koch Summer Fellow this summer in Washington, D.C. Sponsored through the Institute for Humane Studies, the Koch Fellows program is a highly competitive internship and academic program. Cromer is among approximately 50 particpants selected from over 900 applicants.
Participants are placed in internships at different policy institutes; Cromer will intern at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. In addition to the internship, he will attend lectures at George Mason University’s School of Law and work on group and individual research projects. The fellows are also expected to publish at least two articles during the summer. The fellowship covers all costs related to the experience and provides fellows an additional stipend.
Cromer is a rising senior in the Honors Program, majoring in Economics, Philosophy and Politics. He was recently elected as incoming president of the Belmont University Student Government Association.
Elliott Slated to Speak at Music Conference
James Elliott, assistant professor of music business in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, is scheduled to speak at the Musicians’ Conference at Hume Lake Christian Camps in Hume, Calif.
The Musicians’ Conference is designed to provide “Spiritual Career Development” for musicians, artists, bands and songwriters 18 or older who are interested in music ministry.
Harrington to Speak at Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship
Dr. E. Michael Harrington, professor in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, will speak at the Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship (BCOME) at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina July 14-16.
The BCOME conference will help musicians begin a career that lies beyond the traditional pathways – teaching or performing in an ensemble.
Belmont Graduates Over 500 At Spring Commencement
Belmont University graduated over 500 students Saturday during Spring Commencement ceremonies held in the Curb Event Center. Belmont president Dr. Robert Fisher gave the commencement address.
Dr. Merrie King, associate professor of education, was awarded the Chaney Distinguised Professor Award, which goes to a faculty member who best represents the vision of the university to be a “premier teaching institution.” Dr. Robbie Pinter, professor of English, was recognized with the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award.
Cornwall Blog Named to Top Ten List
The Web site cheaphostingdirectory.com named Jeff Cornwall’s blog, The Entrepreneurial Mind, one of the top 10 best small business blogs on the Web today. Cornwall is the chair of Belmont’s Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration.
“Written by the Director of Belmont University’s Center for Entrepreneurship, Jeff Cornwall, and is purported not to be a stuffy academic journal. This blog looks at everything from how current political issues affect small business mixed in with solid advice for any entrepreneur.”
The Venezuela Journal Chronicles Student Athletes’ Mission Trip
A team of Belmont University student athletes, faculty and staff will travel to Venezuela May 15-26 for a 10-day sports evangelism mission trip, the 13th trip of its kind under the leadership of Senior Women’s Administrator in the Belmont Athletic Department, Betty Wiseman. Previous teams have traveled to the Ukraine and Brazil in recent years.
An online account of the team’s experiences is available at The Venezuela Journal. The site will be updated regularly by participants on the trip.
TBC Convention – Belmont Statement
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
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.”
