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October 5, 2007

Belmont News


Alumnus Attempts Greenland Icecap Trek
greenland02.jpgAs reported in August, Brice Minnigh, a 1993 Belmont Journalism grad who will be speaking on campus Nov. 15, recently embarked with two friends on a 700-km unsupported crossing of the Greenland ice cap, the world's second-largest after Antarctica. The trio aimed to travel approximately 20 km a day in average temperatures of -20 to -30 degrees Celsius in order to reach their destination before their food ran out.

However, according to a Sept. 23 article in the South China Morning Post, the trio fell slightly short of their target. "The Hong Kong adventurers were forced to abort their trek through the hostile environment following a catalogue of mishaps that brought them much closer to death than to their destination... After enduring 35 days of relentless blizzards, white-outs and headwinds on severe rations and narrowly escaping dangerous icefalls, their food began to run out."

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Students Participate in Hands On Nashville
A number of Belmont students participated Saturday in Hands On Nashville Day, a volunteer event organized annually by Hands On Nashville that pairs community volunteers with Metro Schools for improvement projects. More than 1,000 volunteers spend a morning painting, landscaping and improving 60+ public schools. This year's Belmont team, organized by student Jeffrey Ibarra, worked at Bellevue Middle School on a number of different projects, including painting a fence.

Belmont Launches Online Parent Community
parents.jpgContinuing the momentum started with the Parent and Family Weekend held Sept. 28-29, the Student Affairs office recently launched an online site designed for Belmont parents. The Belmont Parents Online Community is an interactive community intended to connect parents regionally, socially and professionally. With groups for every state and most major cities, parents will have the opportunity to interact through group specific event postings, message boards and emails. Furthermore, the online community provides resources to post upcoming university events, Belmont news, athletic events and other pertinent communications. The online community will serve as the foundation for the new Belmont Parent Association to be launched June 1, 2008. For additional information or to sign-up, visit www.belmont.edu/parents or e-mail BUParent@mail.belmont.edu.


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