Nashville Business Journal has published a guest commentary in today’s edition by Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University.
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Cornwall Commentary
Christmas at Belmont: National Broadcast Nears
Christmas at Belmont is coming to a television screen near you, and Nashville audiences will have two opportunities to see the concert that has become an annual and much-anticipated tradition at Belmont University.
Expert in Famous Music Industry Court Battles to Speak at Belmont
Stan Soocher, author of the acclaimed book, They Fought the Law: Rock Music Goes to Court, will appear as guest speaker at Belmont University Copyright Society
Talking Tolkien on Eve of Third Lord of the Rings Movie
Dr. Amy Sturgis, a Belmont University professor of science fiction/fantasy studies, media studies, and Native American studies, will present a very special multimedia talk on J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, on the evening of December 11. Dr. Sturgis teaches a course at Belmont titled J.R.R. Tolkien in History, Political Thought, and Literature.
Belmont Center Client Wins National Baldrige Quality Award
Caterpillar Financial, a client of Belmont University’s Center for Professional Development, has become the first Nashville company to win the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award from the National Institute of Standards & Technology. Belmont management professor Dr. Susan Williams comments on the award in this story from today’s Tennessean.
Belmont Launches National Search for Next School of Religion Dean
Belmont University has begun a national search for the next dean of the university’s School of Religion. The current dean, Dr. Steven H. Simpler, professor of religion, previously announced he will step down at the close of the 2003-2004 academic year, though he will continue to teach full time in the School of Religion. He has served as the Dean of the School of Religion since 1990.
Brad Paisley Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Country music superstar Brad Paisley received Belmont University’s Distinguished Alumni Award during Homecoming festivities Nov. 22. Paisley, who graduated from Belmont in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, majored in music business at Belmont’s Mike Curb School of Music Business.
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame to Induct Wiseman
Betty Wiseman, former long-time coach of the Belmont University women’s basketball team, will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame at its Induction Banquet and Dinner Feb. 27, 2004, in Nashville, along with ten other inductees. Wiseman established the Belmont women’s basketball team program in 1968, one of the first collegiate women’s basketball programs in Tennessee.
12th Annual Vince Gill Celebrity Basketball Game, Concert Set
The 12th annual Vince Gill Celebrity Basketball Game and Concert is scheduled for Monday, March 22, 2004, at the Curb Event Center. The event is an annual scholarship fundraiser sponsored by the Belmont University Athletics department and College of Music Business.
Belmont Spanish Students Help Build Habitat House
Students from Belmont University Spanish classes and members of the Hispanic Achievers organization worked with the Nashville Hispanic community on a Habitat for Humanity Home this past weekend.
