Belmont University’s Center for Professional Development announces a new training opportunity in event planning for corporations, businesses, non-profits, and other organizations. The Meeting and Event Planning Certificate program will provide specific instruction on event planning under the guidance of some of Middle Tennessee’s top event planning professionals. The program and has been designed for those involved in their company’s event planning but who are not full time meeting professionals.
Professor Elliott and Co-Author Schedule Book-Signing Event
Belmont University Professor James I. Elliott will sign copies of his new book, God’s Neighborhood – A Hopeful Journey in Racial Reconciliation & Community Renewal, Tuesday, Sept. 21, at Borders Bookstore in Franklin, Tenn. God’s Neighborhood, published recently by InterVarsity Press, relates shares how experiences with Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy helped Scott Roley, co-author of the book, transition from a career as an up-and-coming contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter to a new career as a community leader and activist working in community development and renewal.
Business Ethics Address to Feature Value Shift Author
Belmont University’s Center for Business Ethics will present Harvard Business School professor Dr. Lynn Sharp Paine, author of the business best-seller Value Shift, in a talk and discussion of business ethics, Oct. 7 in a free event that is open to the public. Paine, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration at Harvard, will speak on “Ethics as a Business Imperative” for corporate leaders in the 21st Century. Dr. Paine’s insights about business ethics “can save companies and save careers,” says Dr. Harry Hollis, director of the Center for Business Ethics. “Those who attend will have the opportunity to converse with others who are seeking to make ethics central to business decisions and practices.”
Belmont Schedules Week of Events for Homecoming 2005Bruins to Play Lipscomb’s Bisons in Homecoming Basketball Game
Belmont University is scheduling a week of Homecoming activities for the third week of January 2005, including hosting a men’s basketball game with local and conference rival Lipscomb University at the Curb Event Center on Friday, Jan. 21, as the centerpiece sports event of Homecoming Weekend. Other games scheduled that weekend include a men’s basketball game with the University of Central Florida on Sunday, Jan. 23, and two women’s basketball games with Stetson University on Thursday, Jan. 20, and with Jacksonville University on Saturday, Jan. 22. More non-sports events are being planned.
Massey School Celebrates Benefactor’s 100th Birthday
The 100th birthday of the late Jack C. Massey, arguably the most significant businessman and entrepreneur in Nashville’s history, was celebrated last week at Belmont University, where the Graduate School of Business bears his name. The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business recently began its 16th year. In May 2004, the school awarded the MBA degree to its 1,000th graduate. As NashvillePost.com reported last week, “It was largely under Massey’s influence that Belmont has such a business program; he and several of his family members made donations that made the school possible.”
An answer to outsourcing? – Nashville Business Journal
Nashville Business Journal has published another guest commentary by Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business. In his latest commentary, Cornwall looks at the jobs “outsourcing” trend and how entrepreneurship is the solution.
Josh Turner Talks About Belmont, and His Signature Song
Josh Turner, the Belmont University School of Music graduate who is one of the newest stars in country music, talks about the night he wrote “Long Black Train,” the song that would become his first hit, in this videotaped segment from an interview Tuesday night before Turner presented with Belmont’s Curtain Call Award. The annual award honors achievement in commercial and popular music. In this second clip, Turner talks about the melting pot that is Belmont University. And in this third clip Turner talks about Belmont’s motto – From Here to Anywhere.
Josh Turner Receives Curtain Call Award
Josh Turner, one of country’s music’s brightest new stars, received the Curtain Call Award at Belmont University Tuesday night, an award presented annually to a Belmont alumnus by the university’s School of Music in honor of achievement in the field of commercial and popular music. Turner received the award during a private event September 7 at Massey Concert Hall on the Belmont campus.
“I am proud of this award,” Turner said. “Coming to Belmont really helped me understand who I was, as an artist and as a person. Belmont is a great place – a stepping stone – to realize your dream.”
Court says any sampling may violate copyright law – Associated Press
Jim Van Hook, dean of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, is quoted in this widely distributed Associated Press story about a recent court decision involving the recording industry, music “sampling” and copyright law.
BU Student Competes in Pageant
Courtney Greer Hethcoat, a nursing major, is competing in the 2005 Miss Tennessee USA pageant Oct. 23, 2005 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn. The winner of the Miss Tennessee USA pageant will proceed to the Miss USA competition held later on in the year. Miss Tennessee USA and the Miss USA pageants are affiliated with the Miss Universe organization, owned by Donald Trump.
