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August 2, 2007

Belmont News


Journalism Alumnus to Trek Across Greenland Ice Cap
Brice Minnigh, a 1993 Belmont Journalism grad and Fulbright scholar, is embarking Aug. 3 with two friends on a 700-km unsupported crossing of the Greenland ice cap, the world's second-largest after Antarctica. The trio will need to travel approximately 20 km a day in average temperatures of -20 to -30 degrees Celsius in order to reach their destination in 35 days, a time frame determined by the amount of food they will be able to carry with them on sleds.

The three men will use their trip to raise funds for longtime charity partner ORBIS, a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to blindness prevention and treatment in developing countries. To read the full story, click here. To learn more about Minnigh’s Trans-Greenland expedition or to contribute to the team’s fundraising project, click here.

Belmont Embraces C.S. Lewis in Conference, New Book
The Southeast Regional Conference of the C.S. Lewis Foundation will meet at Belmont University on Sat., Sept. 15, 2007. Titled "Faith Set Free: C.S. Lewis and the Quest for Joy," the conference will feature addresses from Lewis scholars Joseph Pearce, Stan Mattson and Andrew Lazo in addition to a screening of newly released documentary, C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia. Mattson and Lazo are also scheduled to speak at a special convocation on Fri., Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Massey Performing Arts Center. To register or get more information on the Sept. 15 conference, click here.

In other C.S. Lewis news, two Belmont professors contributed to a new collection of scholarly essays, Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis, that released last week. The volume, edited by adjunct instructor Dr. Amy Sturgis with a foreword from School of Religion Dean Dr. Darrell Gwaltney, provides a broad sample of the research presented at the C.S. Lewis international conference held at Belmont University on Nov. 3-5, 2005. For more information or to order the book, visit publisher Mythopoeic Press or Amazon.com.

Dr. Cornwall Receives National Media Attention
In a July 30 Inc.com article titled "The Entrepreneurial Generation," Belmont's Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship Dr. Jeffrey Cornwall is quoted several times, offering his insight on Generation Y's trail-blazing business sense.

The story reflects the publication's annual list of 30 entrepreneurs under the age of 30. Cornwall notes that 40 percent or more of the freshmen entering Belmont's entrepreneurship program already have an active business. To read the full story, click here.

Cornwall, who is a Professor in the College of Business and Chair of the Center for Entrepreneurship, was also quoted in Businessweek on June 26 in an article titled "The Greatest Entrepreneurs of All Time." To read the article, click here.


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