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.
Brad Paisley Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Voice Instructor Chiavola Receives High Praise
Belmont University School of Music voice instructor Kathy Chiavola is the subject of an interview in the November/December issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. The article is not online, but here is the Flatpicking Guitar web site. The bi-monthly magazine is available at music stores and record stores.
Newspapers preview first game at the Curb
The Tennessean, writing about the first men’s basketball game at Belmont’s new Curb Event Center, tonight:
The CEC has a completely different feel than Striplin, an old barn where the fans were practically on top of the players. The new on-campus facility features state-of-the-art amenities, private suites, cherry-stained wood, a seven-story parking garage and, oh yeah, a pretty nice basketball court. ”It’s as nice as any arena in the country,” Bruins Coach Rick Byrd said. ”It’s first class in every way, and we’re looking forward to showing it to people who haven’t seen it yet because it’s something to really be proud of.”
You can read the whole story here. There’s also an online “slide show” of photos from the CEC and the adjacent Beaman Student Life Center.
The Nashville City Paper has a preview of the game between the Belmont Bruins and the Vanderbilt Commodores.
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.
Belmont’s Christmas Gift to Nashville: Five Free Concerts
Belmont University announces a Christmas gift to the Nashville community: five free concerts, including one that will be nationally televised on PBS.
Litvak appearance makes paper
The Tennessean mentions the appearance of Dr. Meir Litvak, a professor in Middle Eastern and African history at Tel Aviv University in Israel, at Belmont University. Litvak will address the issue of Islamic fundamentalism and hatred of the United States and Israel Wednesday night at Belmont University. The university’s press release is here.
