The academic achievements of the Belmont men’s and women’s tennis teams along with two BU student-athletes were honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as they announced their ITA Academic Awards for the 2003-2004 school year. Both of Belmont’s tennis teams were named an ITA All-Academic team. In addition, two Belmont tennis players earned the ITA’s Scholar-Athlete Award. Read the whole story at Bruins Online.
Cornwall’s Business Commentary Published in Sunday Tennessean
Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University, has a commentary in the business section of the Sunday (August 1) Tennessean, titled, “Foundation reports entrepreneurship is alive and well in U.S.” It’s not online, but the commentary is based on this entry from Dr. Cornwall’s The Entrepreneurial Mind weblog.
Business Program Changes Get National Coverage
Belmont University is revising its core undergraduate business curriculum, relying on input from the business community and using “continuous improvement” methods common in the business world. Nashville Business Journal reported on the change in its July 30 edition, also published online by MSNBC.com. Dr. D. Lee Warren, associate dean of Belmont’s undergraduate School of Business, and Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, are both quoted.
Alum sings national anthem at Sounds game
Holly Dunn, a 2003 graduate from the School of Music, was selected to sing the Canadian national anthem at the Nashville Sounds game August 3 when they hosted the Edmonton Trappers. Dunn auditioned with 250 other singers and scored among the top three auditioners. Dunn is currently employed with EMI Christian Music Group in Brentwood, Tenn., as Administrative Coordinator in Administration/Corporate Services while she pursues her music career.
Addressing the Nursing Shortage
Belmont University and Dr. Debra Wollaber, Dean of the Belmont University College of Health Sciences and the School of Nursing, hosted the Tennessee Center for Nursing’s statewide conference Thursday in the Massey Board Room. On the agenda: a discussion of how the nursing schools across Tennessee can increase their student capacity, in order to produce more nurses and offset a looming shortage of nurses, by both increasing faculty and increasing building capacity.
Leu Art Gallery Gets New Director
Belmont University has selected Victoria Boone as the new director of the Leu Art Gallery. She also will be an adjunct professor in the Department of Art. Boone comes to Belmont from the Watkins College of Art & Design, where she was director of the Community Education and Enrichment Program until the end of 2003. Boone earned a bachelor’s in fine art in 1977 from the University of Alabama, where she majored in painting and sculpture, and a Master’s of Liberal Studies for Museum Administration in 1990 from the University of Oklahoma.
Nashville Business Leader Clyde Ingalls Joins Belmont as New Associate VP for Development
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.
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.
