Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy was appointed to the Nashville Public Library Foundation in September as a representative from the Nashville Public Library Board of Directors. The foundation raises funding from private sources to enhance the Nashville Public Library and has garnered more than $20 million to provide free educational programs, visual arts exhibits, building revitalization and collection enhancements for the Metro Library.In 2012, Mayor Karl Dean appointed Searcy to a five-year term on the Nashville Public Library Board. The Public Library Board creates rules governing the use of Nashville libraries by the public.
Belmont’s Honors Program recently hosted two guests from Aquinas College in Nashville: Joseph Pearce, writer-in-residence and director for the Center for Faith and Culture,...