BELMONT NEWS
Posted in Belmont News
on May 11, 2012
Rose Park Students Return to Belmont for ‘Edgehill’s Best’
 For the third consecutive year, seventh and eighth grade students from Rose Park Magnet Middle School sought advice from Belmont students, received instruction from a Belmont instructor and used the University’s journalism lab to produce its newspaper Edgehill’s Best.
The students, hand selected by their teachers, received weekly tutorials from Belmont Vision newspaper adviser and journalism instructor Linda Quigley throughout the spring semester, learning how to develop story ideas, interview sources and write leads.
“The idea is that they provide information that is valuable to the community,” Quigley said. “Having been in journalism for 30 years, it is exciting to see students appreciate [newspapers] as [they] are getting a bad wrap.”
On May 2, the middle school students worked in Belmont’s journalism lab to write their articles with the help of several Belmont students and Vision reporters, including managing editor Autumn Allision.
“It is a neat experience to help them focus their stories and work as a copy editor for these younger students,” said Allison, a junior from Watertown, Tenn. Read more…
Storyline Conference Encourages Registrants to Live a Meaningful Narrative
Donald Miller, New York Times best-selling author of Blue Like Jazz, brought his Storyline Conference to Belmont University’s campus this week. Based on another best-selling book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Storyline is a two-day event that walks registrants through the steps of writing a life-plan using the elements of story.
 More than 500 people attended the conference, including more than a dozen Belmont students and staff members. Miller guided participants through five sessions and accompanying modules to help them map their life story.
Belmont senior Daniel Warner said, “The Storyline conference caused me to see the evident connectedness between my daily actions and the progression of my life’s overarching narrative… The content of the conference laid an important framework for future reflection. The notebook exercises were well-designed in a way that made it easy to categorize life events and see the path my life has been taking.” Read more…
CEMB Class Hits the Road in June with The Turtles Featuring Flo & Eddie
10 students to gain experiential education on ‘Happy Together Tour’
This June, 10 Belmont University juniors and seniors will join professor and legendary musician Mark Volman, a founding member of the band The Turtles, on the road for an East Coast run of the “Happy Together Tour.” The tour’s “classroom” and schedule looks something like this: one tour bus, a precious few hotel rooms, long hours and many stages—for two and a half weeks and a grade.
Under the guidance of faculty advisor Mark Volman and staff advisor Lucas Boto, students will work with touring artists and crew professionals in the areas of tour management, stage management, audio engineering, tour accounting and merchandise sales. These duties will be in addition to their continued learning each day during the process of load-in, setup, tear-down and load-out. These hands-on educational avenues outside of the classroom provide networking opportunities with all of the supporting organizations while gaining an understanding of the revenue flow from music consumer to touring performer. Read more…
Belmont Launches New MBA for Healthcare Professionals
Innovative weeknight, part-time program targets Nashville’s working healthcare leaders
Admissions recently opened for Belmont University’s MBA for Healthcare Professionals, a new graduate program that integrates cutting-edge business practice with the latest approaches to managing excellence in patient-centered healthcare. According to the Nashville Chamber of Commerce website, healthcare makes up 10 percent of the Nashville economic market, with three of the top five employers in the city focusing on health services and more than 65,000 individuals in a healthcare-related occupation. As a result, the part-time evening program has been designed specifically to fit the needs of these working professionals.
Dr. Joe Alexander, associate dean of Belmont’s Massey Graduate School of Business, said, “Belmont is committed to engage with and serve the Nashville community, and an MBA for Healthcare Professionals offers a unique opportunity for those in this region to pursue an industry-specific MBA degree without interrupting their healthcare careers.” Read more…
Center for Executive Education Hosts Spring Leadership Breakfast with Author Dan Heath
The Center for Executive Education at Belmont University will host Dan Heath as the keynote speaker during its Spring Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, May 16 at 7 a.m. in the Curb Event Center arena. Presented in partnership with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, the event will explore the patterns executives should follow to make important changes, whether it’s changing the world, a business or a personal goal.
Heath is a noted speaker/author/business columnist and co-author of Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard and Made to Stick. He also serves as a senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE Center for Social Entrepreneurs. Read more…
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