Belmont University has set another school record for fall enrollment, with 3,959 students enrolled as of today. While the enrollment total is not yet finalized, enrollment is up by 330 students over fall 2003, a 9 percent increase, and nearly 1,000 students over fall 2000, a 33 percent increase.
The 730-student freshman class, larger than last fall by 100 students, is “the latest validation that Belmont University has the right vision for its future,” said Dr. Robert Fisher, president of the university. “Belmont University is on a roll. The abilities of our incoming freshman and our rapidly rising enrollment show we are on the right track.”
Enrollment Approaches 4,000 as Belmont Sets Pace in Tennessee
Massey Applications Up 20 Percent – Nashville Business Journal
A story in the current edition of Nashville Business Journal notes that applications to the MBA program at Belmont’s Jack C. Massey School of Business were up more tan 20 percent his year, and enrollment is up 2 percent, while another area MBA program struggles with plummeting enrollment. The story notes that the Massey MBA program costs about half that of the nearby rival, making Belmont’s highly regarded program more attractive to individuals and to companies that are paying some of the cost employees to continue their education.
Social Work Club Featured in Magazine
Belmont University’s Social Work Student Club was pictured in the summer 2004 issue of the national magazine The New Social Worker, devoted to social work students and recent graduates. The students were pictured working with Murrell Special Education School students as they hosted a Valentine’s Day party.
Rock U Project Has Roots at Belmont
Belmont students reach out to city – The Tennessean
From today’s Tennessean: More than 500 of Belmont University’s approximately 800 freshmen and transfer students decided to get out and do something for their city – their new city, in most cases – yesterday morning, the start of their third day on campus. … The students did voluntary community service for about two hours at Edwin and Percy Warner parks in west Nashville and at four Metro parks closer to Belmont’s campus near Music Row. It was part of a week of activities designed to help the students make the transition to college life and Belmont’s way of doing things.
Hundreds of Belmont Freshmen Help Beautify Nashville’s Parks
Approximately 450 incoming Belmont University freshmen helped clean up some of Metro Nashville’s city parks today, including helping clear out a backlog of cleanup and repair work at Nashville’s signature Warner Parks, as part of a week of activities designed to help them transition to college life.
Each year, Belmont invites incoming freshmen to participate in community service, says Matthew Burchett, Coordinator of New Student Programs in the Dean of Students office. “We realize the importance of encouraging young men and women to commit themselves to service. Belmont University is dedicated to engage students in service through both classroom and co-curricular experiences. This event is representative of Belmont’s commitment to teaching our students the value of serving in their community.”
Belmont Alum Prepares for Iraq – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a profile today of Belmont alum and Texas National Guard chaplain Capt. Chuck Wallace, who is preparing for active duty in Iraq.
Wallace joined the Army Reserve in 1988 two days after his 17th birthday, the paper reports. He stayed in the Reserve while earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Belmont University in Nashville. But his early experience in the military “and the way God worked” in his life led him to the chaplaincy. “The soldiers that I minister to respect me because they know I’ve been in the infantry and walked in their shoes,” said Wallace, 33, a chaplain at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth for the past three years.
New Statue Honors Johnson Family, Belmont Benefactors
Belmont University honored two of its biggest benefactors with the unveiling Saturday of a new sculpture in honor of the late Ed and Bernice Johnson, prominent Nashvillians and longtime friends of the university whose bequests to the university total more than $25 million. The statue by Nashville sculptor Russ Faxon now graces the plaza on the Belmont Boulevard side of the campus adjacent to the fountain in front of the entrance to the Maddox Grand Atrium.
Belmont In Top Tier in Prestigious U.S. News RankingSchool of Physical Therapy Tops in Tennessee
Belmont University is among the top 20 universities in the south in its category in the U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual ranking of America’s best colleges and universities, released today. Belmont University ranked 19th out of the 131 schools included in the South region of the “Best Universities – Masters” category. At No. 19, Belmont University is the highest-ranked university in Tennessee in the Master’s category, which includes such schools as University of Richmond, James Madison University and Mercer University
Songs of Love Foundation Picks Belmont Student Songwriter
Belmont University music major Lindsey Jones has been hired last week as a staff writer by the Songs of Love Foundation, a nonprofit organization that recruits musicians to record personalized songs for sick youths. Jones, a Commercial Music major with a concentration in Commercial Music Business, is from Overland Park, Kansas. She first became involved with Songs of Love in April 2004 through Belmont’s Student Songwriters Association, which encourages all Belmont student songwriters to write songs for the organization. Songs Of Love, founded in 1996, has recruited more than 350 artists nationwide and collaborates with over 300 hospitals and private health-care institutions as well as various individual families. Songs of Love artists have produced intimate musical portraits for over 4,000 children and teens.
