Belmont University announces that longtime Nashville business executive Clyde F. Ingalls, who most recently served for nine years as president of First Tennessee Banks of Middle Tennessee, has accepted the position of Associate Vice President and Director of Development at Belmont University. Since retiring last year from First Tennessee Banks of Middle Tennessee, Mr. Ingalls has taught as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at Belmont. He is a founding Board member of the Belmont University Center for Business Ethics.
Nashville Business Leader Clyde Ingalls Joins Belmont as New Associate VP for Development
HCA Picks Belmont Graduate as NEW CFO
HCA has appointed Belmont graduate R. Milton Johnson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In his new position, Johnson is responsible for financial operations of the company including treasury, government reimbursement, tax, accounting, insurance and risk management, and financial reporting. The newly created position at HCA reports to the company’s chairman and CEO. Johnson, 47, previously served as senior vice president and controller. In that position he was the company’s chief accounting officer and was responsible for tax, accounting, insurance and risk management, and financial reporting.
Belmont’s Paula Gill Elected Chair of NCCI
Paula Gill, Director of Student Financial Services at Belmont University, has been elected Chair of the Executive Council of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education. NCCI’s mission is to advance academic and administrative excellence in higher education by identifying, promoting, supporting, and sharing effective organizational practices among member institutions. NCCI’s focus is on helping colleges and universities apply continuous-improvement principals to both the administrative and the academic side of higher education. You can read more about it at News@Belmont.
Belmont’s Paula Gill Elected Chair of NCCI
Paula Gill, Director of Student Financial Services at Belmont University, has been elected Chair of the Executive Council of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education. NCCI’s mission is to advance academic and administrative excellence in higher education by identifying, promoting, supporting, and sharing effective organizational practices among member institutions. NCCI’s focus is on helping colleges and universities apply continuous-improvement principals to both the administrative and the academic side of higher education.
“Business has been using continuous-improvement principals for years,” says Gill, who was elected Chair at a meeting of NCCI’s Executive Council this week in Milwaukee. NCCI’s fifth annual national conference this week focused on “Improving Institutional Effectiveness During Times of Change.” Additional NCCI Executive Council officers include officials from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Baylor University, and the University of California-Berkeley. NCCI was founded in 1999 by leaders in universities and colleges whose work involves continuous improvement, organizational development, planning, quality, institutional effectiveness, and related areas. “I am honored by and excited about this opportunity to serve NCCI and its mission in this way,” she said. “NCCI is at an important point in its growth and the challenge of the year ahead is to accelerate our momentum in reaching the organization’s goals.” NCCI, originally a part of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, became an independent non-profit organization in June of this year. It counts more than five dozen member institutions, both public and private universities, including Arizona State University, Baylor University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pepperdine University, Purdue University, Seton Hall University, Stanford University, the University of Alabama, the University of California System, the University of Miami, and Yale University. NCCI has established goals for membership growth, expanded programs, and extended outreach. Many of its programs involve interaction with other higher education associations.
“Collaboration through NCCI enables each of us to advance the effectiveness of our institutions,” Gill said. “collectively we have the capacity and desire to advance critical issues at a broader, national level through our specialized skills and experience.” Gill has worked at Belmont University since 1994 in development, financial aid and student financial services. She serves on the leadership team for enrollment management and oversees all cash management for student-generated revenue, receivables, and aid. One of the early adopters of continuous quality improvement at Belmont, Gill has championed quality teams, improvements initiatives, and student-focused alignment projects. For more information on NCCI, see its website at www.ncci-cu.org.
“I Majored In Rockstar”
The Pioneer Press, a suburban Chicago paper, profiles The Bucket Boys, described as “a high-energy, hip hop percussive duet” that uses junk collected from wrecking yards, trash bins, basements and attics as their instruments to create and perform music with positive messages such as “say no to drugs,” teamwork, and “everyone has rhythm.” Says Bucket Boys cofounder Vince Romanelli, who graduated from Belmont in May 2003 with a Bachelors of Music, (emphasis in commercial music), “I basically majored in rockstar.”
Voice Instructor Discusses Making It in The Music Business
Kathy Chiavola, a Nashville singer/songwriter and voice instructor in the School of Music at Belmont University, is one of a handful of people quoted in a Maryland newspaper’s story about what it takes to make it in the entertainment business. Chiavola describes how, to be a successful session musician, either – playing or singing background on recordings, a person needs fantastic musical ability – and contacts with people in the recording industry. “This business is about relationships,” says Chiavola, a singer-songwriter with a 20-plus-year career in Nashville.
Tennessean Interviews Kimberley Locke
The Tennessean checks in on Belmont alum, American Idol finalist and Curb Records recording artist Kimberley Locke. A native of Gallatin, Tennessee, Locke earned a business degree at Belmont and was planning to attend law school, but then auditioned for the second season of the popular television talent show. She finished third behind Clay Aiken and eventual winner Ruben Studdard, and signed with Curb Records.
Cusic Interviewed By Japan TV
Dr. Don Cusic, author and professor of music business at the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business at Belmont University, taped an interview today with a television crew from Japan for a television special to air in Japan on “The History of Gospel Music.” Cusic and Belmont University recently hosted the 21st Annual International Country Music Conference.
Published: Professor Pam Parry
