Belmont University reports record enrollment for the spring semester, powered by large numbers of new mid-year graduate and undergraduate transfer students and a high rate of retaining freshman who enrolled in the fall. Belmont has enrolled 3,477 students this spring, 13 percent more than one year ago. In addition, 561 of its fall enrollment of 603 freshmen have returned for the spring semester, a 93 percent retention rate.
“Improved retention is a clear indication of Belmont’s commitment to student success and of student satisfaction with Belmont’s educational programs and student life,” said Belmont University Provost Dan McAlexander. The high fall-to-spring retention rate positions Belmont for achieving a record high freshman-to-sophomore retention rate in the fall of 2004, he said.
Spring Enrollment Record at Belmont
One of Nation’s Leading Online Journalists to Speak at Belmont
Rob Curley, general manager of World Online, the Internet division of The Lawrence Journal-World in Lawrence, Kans., will speak at Belmont University on Monday Feb. 2, on the subject of Online Journalism: Interactivity, Innovation and Inspiration, as part of the university’s New Century Journalism Speakers Series. Curley, previously the manager of content development for Morris Digital Works, a part if Morris Communications since 1996. His team has developed the national newspaper web site of the year as named by either the Newspaper Association of America or Editor & Publisher magazine every year since 1998.
Suntrust Banks to Be Title Sponsor for 2004 A-Sun Tournament
Belmont University and SunTrust Banks have signed an agreement designating the company as title sponsor of the 2004 SunTrust Banks Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball Championship, , to be played at Belmont’s 5000-seat Curb Event Center on Belmont’s Nashville campus. The winner of the 2004 SunTrust Banks A-Sun Men’s Basketball Championship will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. For ticket information, contact the Curb Event Center Box Office at 615-460-8500.
Belmont Director of Athletics Mike Strickland said, “Anytime that you can partner with a company the caliber of SunTrust Banks, it is exciting. Corporate sponsorship is a major key to hosting a successful championship and with the addition of SunTrust Banks, the 2004 A-Sun Men’s Basketball Championship is poised to make it a terrific weekend in Nashville.”
Belmont Faculty Member on New CMT Reality Show
Belmont University School of Music faculty member Ellen Tift will be appearing on the pilot for Score, a new reality show on CMT (Country Music Television), Feb. 9 at 7:30 PM EST, 6:30 CST. The pilot for the show, which could become a recurring series, features Tift as a professional songwriter heading up one of two teams to write a song in four hours. She is partnered with a bachelor who is competing against the bachelor of the other team to capture the attention of the show’s bachelorette.
Dr. Julianne Malveaux speaks at Belmont University
By Chasity Ann Gunn
Belmont University student journalist
The distortion of the lives of the Negro is as old as the first textbook and as new as today’s newspaper.” This was a 1963 quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used by Dr. Julianne Malveaux in her academic lecture, Covering diverse communities in the news.
” Malveaux was the second speaker in the ongoing New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series, and also spoke on the Belmont campus as part of Martin Luther King Day events.
Malveaux is an internationally known economist, former educator, journalist, commentator and syndicated columnist. Her work is regularly featured in USA Today, Black Issues in Higher Education, Ms. Magazine and Essence Magazine. She has appeared on CNN, BET, C-SPAN, MSNBC, CNBC and many others. In addition, she has hosted talk radio programs in Washington, San Francisco and New York.
Belmont University Offers New “Fast Track” To Nursing Degree
The Belmont University School of Nursing is moving to help address the state’s growing shortage of nurses, by launching a “fast-track” nursing program that leads to a bachelor of science in nursing degree in as little as 16 months. It is the first program of its kind in Tennessee, says Debra Wollaber, Dean of the Belmont School of Nursing.
Houck Discusses Life as Multimedia Journalist
If you want to be a journalist, you must go back to the basics, good writing and strong storytelling. And it wouldn’t hurt to be aware of how technology changes the way you can tell that story, says Jeff Houck, who has the interesting title of Leisure Team Leader at the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Florida. Houck spoke Monday, January 26th, at Belmont University as part of the university’s New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series. About 70 administrators, students, staff and journalists filled the Bunch Multimedia Hall on the second floor of the University Library to listen and learn as Houck shared concrete examples of convergence in practice and his firsthand experiences.
Expert on Digital Copyright Issues Speaks at Belmont
Jason Schultz, attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, will speak about contemporary legal, copyright and technology issues stemming from the inherent creative tensions between new technology and artistic expression, during an appearance on the Belmont University campus on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
Schultz will address the most recent entertainment industry issues ranging from the online distribution of music and film, and peer-to-peer technologies and networks, to the constitutional rights of the American public and copyright owners.
His appearance is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. in the multimedia room at the Bunch Library. The event is open to the public and the media is invited to attend.
School of Music’s Annual Showcase Set
The Belmont University School of Music presents its annual Commercial Music Showcase February 2, featuring five of the School of Music’s best student performers. The 2004 Commercial Music Showcase is scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2, in the Massey Concert Hall on the Belmont University campus, located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville. The Showcase is open to the public free of charge. VIP reserved parking is available for press and music industry personnel by calling 460-8115.
Cutting-edge Multimedia Journalist to Speak at Belmont
Multimedia journalist Jeff Houck of The Tampa Tribune will speak at Belmont University on Monday, Jan. 26, on the subject of being a journalist in the modern, digital, multi-media era. The event, presented by the Belmont University New Century Journalism Speaker
