Belmont University | FYI


March 7, 2008

ACHIEVERS


Grammy-Nominated Engineer Shares Expertise
Alumnus and Grammy-nominated engineer/producer Jeff Balding ('82) shared his expertise with Belmont’s AES (Audio Engineering Society) student chapter recently by staging a Mix Session in the campus’ Robert E. Mulloy Studio A. Balding mixed “This Time Last Year,” a track provided by CEMB senior student Garrett Miller, who recently completed an internship and landed an assistant engineer position at Starstruck Studio. Balding has worked with a wide gamut of artists spanning all genres of music: Shania Twain, Michael Bolton, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Amy Grant, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire to name a few. He also continues to serve on the CEMB Advisory Board and has found time to become a CEMB adjunct this semester, teaching a class in the business of becoming a successful recording engineer.

Warren Named A-Sun Golfer of the Month
Warren.jpgAfter almost four months away from team competition, Belmont’s Lorrie Warren stepped back onto the course and entered the winner’s circle at the Jacksonville Spring Invitational, dominating the event in winning by 14 shots. In honor of her outstanding play, the conference office announced that she won the Golfer of the Month award for February, her second award of the 2007-08 season and third of her career. Warren, a junior business major from Hendersonville, Tenn., won the Jacksonville Spring Invitational individual title contested on February 25-26 after posting a 36-hole score of 141. Her score broke her own school record of 143 set at the Great Smokies Collegiate in October. For the 2007-08 season, she leads Belmont in scoring with a 74.4 average and owns five top-10 finishes.

Sophomore Akin Takes Third Place in Guitar Competition
Sophomore Mark Akin recently won third place in the Beethoven Guitar Competition which was held in Memphis. This competition is open to all age groups through college-level. Akin will be invited to perform on the winner's concert on March 16 and awarded a cash prize for his third place win. He is the first student guitarist at Belmont to enter and win a prize at this state competition. He also recently won a place in the Belmont classical performers competition and will perform the second movement from Rodrigo's "Concerto de Aranjuez" in April with the Belmont University Orchestra.

Business Students Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma
The College of Business Administration and the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business recently inducted 64 students into the Belmont University Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma. Only business students who earn the distinction of “the Best in Business” during their academic careers qualify for membership. Beta Gamma Sigma is the business school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa in liberal arts education. To read more on this story, click here.

Men's Basketball Receives A-Sun Postseason Awards
FullColorBruinlogo.jpgOn the heels of the program’s first-ever outright Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship, Belmont University men’s basketball was well represented on the list of Atlantic Sun postseason awards released Tuesday. Senior Justin Hare (Cleveland, Tenn.) was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun, junior Shane Dansby (Pegram, Tenn.) was named Second Team All-Atlantic Sun, freshman Jordan Campbell (Indianapolis, Ind.) was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team, and head coach Rick Byrd was named Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year. To read more on this story, click here.

Magruder to Be Published in Science Journal
Dr. Robert Magruder, chair of the Chemistry and Physics department, has had his paper on "The Effect of Implanting Nitrogen on the Optical Absorption and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra of Silica" accepted for publication in the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids.


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