Dr. Meir Litvak, senior lecturer at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University in Israel, will speak at Belmont University in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 19. His topic: Why do Muslim Fundamentalists Have Such a Strong Dislike for the US and Israel?
Nashville Financial Industry Leaders to Discuss Future of Industry
Three of Nashville’s most influential financial-industry leaders will speak at Belmont University on Monday, Nov. 17., on The Changing Landscape of the Financial Services Industry. James C. Bradford and Luke Simons, former managing partners of J.C. Bradford & Co., will present a historical perspective on how consolidation and the re-entrance of banks and insurance companies into the securities broker/dealer industry has influenced investment banking and retail and institutional brokerage activities.
Belmont Staffers Win Several PR Awards
Belmont University received several major awards, including the Gold Award for Best of Show, in the statewide communication competition at the annual meeting of the Tennessee College Public Relations Association, In the Best of Show category, the University of Tennessee won the Silver award and Austin Peay State University won the Bronze.
Belmont Student a Messenger to Tennessee Baptist Convention
Coverage in the Jackson Sun of the Tennessee Baptist Convention meeting in Jackson, Tenn., includes a mention of Jacqueline Mayo, a senior at Belmont University, and a messenger to the convention from First Baptist Church in Joelton, Tenn.
Belmont Camerata Musicale featured in Sunday paper
Tennessean arts writer Alan Bostick profiles a performance by the Belmont Camerata Muscale in this piece that ran Sunday.
Finding a place in the job market
Recent Belmont grads Jeremy Crawford, now a loan manager with Nashville-based World Relief, a ministry for refugees, and Holly Dunn, now employed at EMI Christian Music Group in nearby Brentwood, figure prominently in a Tennessean Sunday story about the job market for college grads. Both have landed jobs related to their chosen fields of study.
New Entrepreneurship Major Offered at School of Business
The Undergraduate School of Business at Belmont University will begin offering a concentration in Entrepreneurship for Business majors pursuing a BBA, starting with the fall 2004 semester. The entrepreneurship major will prepare students to start their own businesses, work in family or other growing companies, or pursue employment in traditional business settings. A minor in Entrepreneurship will also be offered for students in majors outside of the College of Business.
Ocean Way TEC Award Gets More Press
The Tennessean notes that Belmont University’s Ocean Way Studios “has been recognized for work on the Sheryl Crow album C’mon C’mon.” Here’s the link – scroll down. The recording studio received the TEC Award at the 19th Annual Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards last month in New York.
Frodo vs. Harry Potter
The Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator, a website about all things Harry Potter, notes an upcoming lecture at Belmont University by Dr. Amy Sturgis comapring the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling. Dr. Sturgis will discuss how Tolkien and Rowling brought what was originally a children’s genre into the realm of adult themes, including death and bereavement, prejudice, change, and choice.
