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April 13, 2007

Belmont News


Belmont University Hosts Mayoral Forum
Belmont University hosted a forum with the 2007 Nashville mayoral candidates Friday, April 13, in the Massey Concert Hall on the Belmont campus. The forum focused on issues impacting the higher education community in Nashville. Each candidate for mayor has named education his top priority in his campaign. Nashville mayoral candidates David Briley, Bob Clement, Karl Dean, Buck Dozier, Kenneth Eaton and Howard Gentry answered questions concerning the impact of higher education in the city of Nashville. Harry Chapman, Director of Development for Major Gifts at Belmont, moderated the forum. Belmont students Henry Nichols, editor of Belmont’s student newspaper The Belmont Vision, and Lauren Williams, secretary of the Belmont James Madison Society, asked the candidates their questions.

belmontconnections.jpgBelmont Celebrates Academic Achievement With Belmont Connections
Belmont University is hosting Belmont Connections April 16-25, 2007. Belmont Connections is an annual 10-day event at the end of the spring semester to recognize significant academic achievements through the presentation and celebration of outstanding student research, scholarship, guest speakers and creative productions from all areas of academic study. Click here for a complete schedule of events. To read more, click here.









alexander.jpgBelmont University Hires Associate Dean of Massey School
Belmont University has named Dr. Joe Alexander the associate dean and senior professor of performance excellence of the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, 2007. Alexander comes to Belmont from the University of Northern Colorado where he has served as dean of the Monfort College of Business since 2002. To read more, click here










Belmont Professor, Student Win State-Wide Service Award
Dr. John Gonas, assistant professor of business at Belmont University, and Joe Drake, a business major at Belmont, are recipients of the 2007 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award. This annual award is given to five faculty/staff recipients and five student recipients in Tennessee higher education institutions. The individuals selected to receive recognition represent the many dimensions of community service volunteer work, public service, charitable service and leadership roles in community organizations. They serve as ambassadors for community service among the many diverse higher educational communities in Tennessee. The award is named after the late Tennessee state representative Harold Love who was instrumental in passing legislation that created community service recognition programs for higher education students and faculty/staff at the campus level.

justin.jpgJustin Hare Receives National Academic Honor
Belmont University junior Justin Hare added to his impressive scholastic resume over the weekend as he was named to the fifth annual Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team. The Cleveland, Tenn., native, who was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team last month, is one of just 11 student-athletes in NCAA Division-I men’s basketball to be recognized. Moreover, Hare is one of just three honorees to have played in this year’s NCAA Tournament, joining Anthony Tolliver of Creighton University and Sean Mallon of Gonzaga University. To read more, click here.





Belmont Alumna Advances On American Idol
Belmont alumna, Melinda Doolittle ('99), advanced to the top seven on "American Idol". She will perform Tuesday night at 7 p.m. CT on Fox. Click here for Doolittle's official "American Idol" Web page.


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