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marC BroussarD proviDes ‘insiDer’s view’ oF musiC Business Recording artist Marc Broussard shared his music business experiences with students at a spring Insider’s View seminar in a packed Massey Performing Arts Center. Hosted by Director of Development and Major Gifts Harry Chapman, the event opened with a viewing of Broussard’s video for hit single “Home,” from his 2004 major label debut on Island Records, Carencro. Broussard noted that his new label deal on Atlantic, a 360 deal, reflects current trends in the music business as Atlantic is invested in every aspect of his career. n Grammy-winninG Composer Joan tower visits Belmont The School of Music honored 2008 Grammy-winning composer Joan Tower in March, weeks after her Made in America work won a Grammy for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Hailed as “one of the most successful woman composers of all time” in The New Yorker, Tower’s visit included a morning lecture as well as an evening performance by Belmont Camerata Musicale in celebration of her 70th birthday. Four Belmont School of Music Faculty members played on the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s recording Joan Tower: Made in America, which also won two 2008 Grammys, Best Classical Album and Best Orchestral Performance. n CAMPUS NEWS Belmont CeleBrates national reCreational sports & Fitness Day As part of the Beaman Student Life Center’s celebration of National Recreational Sports & Fitness Day, David Griffin from Season 4 of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” reality weight-loss show was on campus this spring with D1 Sports Training Head Coach Mark Sutton to talk about his weight loss struggles and successes. Other activities during the day included a 5K walk/run, climbing wall competitions, nutritious giveaways and free blood pressure screenings and massages. n sprinG CommenCement Breaks reCorD Belmont’s spring 2008 commencement was the university’s largest commencement to date with a total of 654 students receiving degrees. In total, 546 undergraduate, 96 master’s and 12 doctoral degrees were conferred. n CAMPUS 16 16 circle magazine Spring 2008 2008 17 17 NEWS author James loewen speaks at Burs James Loewen, author of the gripping re-telling of American history, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, spoke on campus in April as part of the Belmont Undergraduate Research Symposium (BURS). There were 220 students who participated in more than 135 presentations in 32 concurrent sessions across campus, representing research in more than two dozen subjects across the academic spectrum from Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to English and History to Accounting and Classical Voice. n sCarlett leaDership institute hires exeCutive DireCtor Long-time retail executive Jerry Brase was recently named Executive Director of the Scarlett Leadership Institute. Brase comes to Belmont after a 32-year career in retailing, including the last 10 years at Tractor Supply Company. The Scarlett Leadership Institute at Belmont University offers a wide range of executive education and leadership programs. n Belmont reCeives $10 million Donation From Johnson estate Belmont University recently announced the receipt of more than $10 million from the estate of the late Ed and Bernice Johnson, long-time friends of the university. For 16 years, Ed and Bernice Johnson ran a neighborhood gas station on Belmont Boulevard. During the Depression, the couple often helped Herman Lay keep his potato chip trucks on the road by allowing him to pay on credit. In 1948, Lay offered the Johnsons a chance to buy stock in his company. The couple’s initial investment of $8,000 grew exponentially with the company, which is now part of Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Co Inc. Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher said, “It should come as no surprise to anyone to discover the generosity of the late Ed and Bernice Johnson, a couple who believed in and supported a friend even in difficult financial times. Their remarkable philanthropic spirit will now benefit a new generation of students and future leaders.” n
awarDs staCk up For ColleGe oF Business aDministration in 2008 2008 has been a huge year so far for Belmont’s College of Business Administration (COBA), with numerous awards being given to programs, students and faculty. For starters, the Entrepreneurship Program was selected by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) as the winner of the National Model Undergraduate Program. COBA Dean Pat Raines said, “Recognition as the national model validates our highly engaged approach to entrepreneurship education and firmly establishes our program as one of the best in the country.” In addition, the undergraduate School of Business achieved a Top 100 national ranking in BusinessWeek’s third annual report on “The Best Undergrad B-Schools” in the U.S. Belmont (No. 89) and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (No. 93) were the only two Tennessee programs to make the list. The BusinessWeek report went on to single out Belmont for achieving high student satisfaction with its entrepreneurship and music business programs. For the third year in a row, the Students in Free Enterprise Team (SIFE) won first place in the southeast regional SIFE competition. SIFE is an international organization that mobilizes university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. The Belmont team was also third runner-up at the semi-final level and first runner-up in the market economics area in this year’s national competition. 18 18 circle magazine CAMPUS NEWS Several COBA students won significant prizes in the International meeting of Delta Epsilon Chi, the collegiate division of DECA, which seeks to develop future leaders in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. Belmont teams placed as the top two winners in the three-day Entrepreneurial Challenge competition and held five of the top 10 finalist spots, with student Kevin Jennings also landing first place in the Business Plan Competition. Meanwhile, junior entrepreneurship major Andy Tabar was a semifinalist in two national business start-up contests, IdeaBlob.com and the Fifth Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D.). Tabar is garnering notice for his company Bizooki Inc., which has created Web site tools that enable niche social networking. n n Tabar sChool oF pharmaCy awaits First Cohort Dr. Philip E. Johnston, Dean of Belmont University’s School of Pharmacy (BUSOP), has completed the hiring process for the necessary faculty/staff team for the 2008-09 academic year. Anticipating a full first class of 75 students, the BUSOP program currently has 10 full-time faculty members in place, all of whom boast impressive credentials in education, research and practice. In addition, the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) conducted a scheduled three-day site visit on campus in April. ACPE is the official regulatory body that accredits all colleges of pharmacy in the United States, and the site visit is the last hurdle (BUSOP) must clear before seating its first class in August 2008. Results of the ACPE visit will be announced this summer. n BryCe sullivan nameD new Dean oF ColleGe oF arts anD sCienCes Belmont University has named Dr. Bryce Sullivan the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining Belmont in June, Sullivan served as chair of the Department of Psychology and Director of the interdisciplinary Gerontology Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). “I am very excited to be joining the Belmont community,” Sullivan said. “The College of Arts and Sciences presents an unparalleled opportunity due to its centrality to the university’s vision of bringing together the best of liberal arts and professional education.” n CAMPUS NEWS tompkins oFFers insiGhts on value oF Journalism in a youtuBe worlD Veteran journalist Al Tompkins, a member of the New Century Journalism (NCJ) program’s Advisory Board, kicked off the Spring 2008 NCJ Speakers’ Series with a talk titled “If Everybody has YouTube, Why Do We Need Journalism?” In addition to giving voice to the voiceless and holding the powerful accountable, Tompkins also showed how journalists act as watchdogs on a local level. “Journalism is so important that it’s the only constitutionally protected profession. I don’t much care how we deliver it… the act of journalism is at the core of democracy.” Other speakers for this semester’s NCJ series included Lillian Dunlap and Andrew Thornhill offering “The Digital Television Report,” MSNBC.com’s Jennifer Sizemore and Time.com’s Malik Singleton. n n Award winner (L) Olinda Richard and McDonald (R) Belmont hosts GulF-south summit on serviCe learninG More than 400 faculty, students and community partners from higher education institutions throughout the south and east gathered in March in Nashville for the sixth annual Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement in Higher Education. Hosted by Belmont University, the Summit featured workshops and addresses by national leaders in service-learning. Associate Provost, Marcia McDonald, said, “Service-learning is central to Belmont’s vision, and to the vision of many universities in the Nashville area, for a meaningful university education.” Belmont University faculty provided presentations on emerging Social Entrepreneurship programs, the Engaged Scholars program, the longstanding partnership with Carter-Lawrence School and the service-learning study abroad trip to South Africa. n Spring 2008 2008 19 19
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