Belmont University student Juawana Patton won a semester’s free tuition by hitting a half-court shot at halftime of the men’s basketball game game Saturday (Feb. 28) between the Belmont Bruins and Georgia State, the last regular season basketball game before the start of the Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball Tournament.
You can see the video here.
Patton is the first winner in the Tuition Timeout contest, started this year by Belmont University President Dr. Robert Fisher as an incentive to promote student participation at basketball games at the new Curb Event Center.
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Four Top Students to Present at Alpha Chi Convention
Four of Belmont University’s top students have been selected to make presentations at the Alpha Chi Region III Convention, April 1-3, 2004, in Nashville.
Students and faculty sponsors from 35 colleges and universities in Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi, will gather in Nashville at the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society
NBJ Reports on International Business Major
The current issue of Nashville Business Journal includes a story exploring the plans for a new major in International Business at Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business Administration, including exchange agreements with several universities in Europe, and efforts to “widen the pipeline of Nashville businesses committed to supporting the program, be it with student stipends or unpaid internships at their overseas facilities.” The story is on page 2 of the print edition of the Feb. 27 issue of NBJ, but not online. You can also read it here.
Top Mark
Belmont Bruins basketball star Adam Mark is the subject of a flattering profile in today’s Tennessean sports section.
The 6-foot-8 senior has posted mind-boggling numbers, especially when it comes to shooting. For three years he has been one of the NCAA’s highest percentage shooters.
…While leaving his mark as one of Belmont’s greatest players of all time, Mark is enjoying an equally stellar performance in the classroom, where he has a 3.95 grade-point average majoring in computer science. He already has applied for graduate school and plans to pursue a master’s in accounting. But before he hangs up his hightops there is unfinished business.
Don’t miss it.
Belmont hosts conference on Integrating Faith and Work
The Belmont University Center for Entrepreneurship and the Center for Business Ethics will host a half-day conference April 1 for entrepreneurs and corporate executives on the subject of Integrating Faith & Work: Building Your Business on a Solid Moral Foundation.
The half-day conference will focus on how religious principles can guide management thought and actions, and will feature a keynote address by Dr. Michael J. Naughton, internationally known co-author of the book Managing As If Faith Mattered: Christian Social Principles in the Modern Organization.
Quoted: Dr. Mark McEntire
Dr. Mark McEntire, professor of religion at Belmont University, is quoted in today’s Tennessean about the new film The Passion of the Christ. The story examines the brutally violent portrayal of the crucifixion of Jesus, and whether children should be allowed to see the film.
Belmont Freshman To Compete for Miss Tennessee
Emily Fitzpatrick, a freshman at Belmont University studying musical theatre, was crowned the new Miss Central Tennessee Saturday, February 21, in a pageant in Murfreesboro, over 24 other contestants.
Emily chose a vocal presentation, Art is Calling for Me, as her talent selection for the competition. She has more than 11 years of vocal training and has sung the National Anthem for the Cincinnati Reds. Emily
FOX on Campus: News Anchor Wilson Speaks at Belmont
FOX News Channel correspondent Brian Wilson spoke to an audience of around 100 students and others at Belmont University Monday, February 23, as part of the university’s ongoing New Century Journalism Speakers Series.
Wilson has covered numerous breaking news events for FOX News, including the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the disputed 2000 presidential election, the aftermath at the Pentagon of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the 23-day Beltway Sniper story. He described some behind the scenes moments ion the news business, including ethical decisions in handling parts of the Beltway Sniper story, and the fun of of traveling on Air Force One. Wilson covered the Clinton White House from 1997-99.
Here is another photo from Wilson’s appearance at Belmont.
New Global Trade Software Beta-Tested at Belmont
Nashville City Paper profiles CentradeX, a new global trade tracking software application that was beta-tested at Belmont University – and is now available to Belmont students through BIC’s online library resources.
The technology certainly has some devout believers, chief among them Dr. Howard Cochran, a professor of economics and management at Belmont University’s Massey School of Business. Cochran helped develop and beta-test the data-mining software, which “knits together many separate databases” into a single searchable resource.
“Jaws just dropped when we demonstrated it,” Cochran said of the technology’s latest and marketable version. “This is, by far, the easiest and most intuitive-to-use iconographic interface.”
