Citizen journalists of the Internet will meet next week for a three-day, multi-part conference on Web logging, commonly known as “blogging,” hosted by Belmont University and the Media Bloggers Association. “BlogNashville will bring many of the new medium’s top practitioners and thinkers to one place to discuss the current and future of blogging,” says Bill Hobbs, Belmont’s public relations specialist and blogging coach in the school’s office of marketing and communications.
“Congress must consider the longer view on college student aid”
By the end of this decade, the number of students academically prepared for college will grow by 14%. Eight out of 10 of these new students will come from disadvantaged backgrounds, 20% will come from families living in poverty, and many will be the first in their family to attend college. If Congress does not recommit itself to full funding of the federal investment in student aid, many of these students may not get to college or, if they do, may not be able to stay there. – Belmont University President Robert Fisher, in an op-ed published in today’s Tennessean.
Belmont Scholarship and Awards Day Winners
On Wed., April 27, Belmont University honored several students at the annual Scholarship and Awards Day ceremony. This year’s award winners included:
The Williams-Murray First Year Writing Award – Rachel E. Pickett and Joshua Ingram
The Alfred Leland Crabb Writing Award – Tom Appel and Candace Campbell
The Stacy Awalt Writing Award – Travis Holloway, Eric Wilkey, Joshua Wolak and Kyle Zwiep
The John Williams Heart of Belmont Award – Kara Froula
The First Year University Leadership Award
The Finalists – Ashley Strosnider and Cara Pollock
The Recipient – Melanie Murphy
The Second Year University Leadership Award
The Finalists – Nathan Potter and Sarah Snyder
The Recipient – Molly Reed
The Third Year University Leadership Award
The Finalists – Brad Walker, Dan Oliver and Jenny Conkle
The Recipient – McKinley Belcher
The Fourth Year University Leadership Award
The Finalists – David Mareira, Fallon Nell, Nick Otis and Ryan Greenawalt
The Recipient – Joshua Schlessman
“Interactivity Is the Future of News”
Al Tompkins, Broadcast/Online Group Leader at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, urged Belmont University journalism students to prepare for an interactive, multi-media world rather than for a career in just print or broadcasting, during a class Tuesday at which Tompkins was a guest lecturer. “Interactivity is the future of news,” said Tompkins, a former news director at Nashville’s WSMV Channel 4 and a member of the board of advisors for Belmont’s New Century Journalism Program.
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Business Ethics Names Student Advisory Board
The Center for Business Ethics has created a student advisory board to help students deal with ethical issues through conferences, workshops, speakers and other resources. Founding members of the Business Ethics Center Student Advisory Board met on April 6 to identify ethics issues and formulate activities to meet student needs. Students named to the board are: Angela Calhoun, Tim Wildsmith, Meredith Kendall, Derek Colby, Calle Griffith and Nathan Potter.
Belmont presents city’s largest Latin Music Street Fair – Nashville City Paper
Growing up in New Mexico, David Herrera, instructor of music business at Belmont, frequently enjoyed the pageantry and cuisine at various street fairs. Saturday Herrera, in conjunction with the Tennessee Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA’s Hispanic Achievers Program and several sponsors, will be spearheading Música Caliente, Nashville’s largest Latin Music Street Fair on the Belmont campus. Read the whole story online at NashvilleCityPaper.com.
Family Literacy Day Gives Hundreds of Books to Area Children
Read With Me, Belmont University’s Family Literacy Day event aimed at encouraging reading by children from pre-kindergarten through grade 6, was another big success for the five-year-old event, says organizer Tim Stewart, Coordinator of Community Service at Belmont. The event is one of many components of the Belmont Volunteers for Literacy program, along with ongoing tutoring programs at Carter-Lawrence School, Sevier Park Community Center and English tutoring with children and adults through the YMCA Hispanic Achievers program. It brings together several campus organizations such as the Black Student Alliance, the foreign language majors, the Student Athlete Council and numerous fraternities and sororities.
Belmont’s Ashley Robertson Wins European CMA Award
Ashley Robertson, a junior music business major at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, has been awarded Favorite Female Vocalist of the Year by the European Country Music Association. Robertson will travel to Barcelona, Spain in June to accept the award. you can read more about her story, and how she has built a large fan base in Europe, in the Belmont Vision here.
Belmont Student Wins European CMA Award
Ashley Robertson, a junior music business major at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, has been awarded Favorite Female Vocalist of the Year by the European Country Music Association. Robertson will travel to Barcelona, Spain in June to accept the award. you can read more about her story, and how she has built a large fan base in Europe, in the Belmont Vision here.
