August 29, 2008
BELMONT NEWS
Belmont Teams with CMT One Country for Concert Event
As the conclusion to "Welcome Week 2008," Belmont University and CMT One Country teamed up Wednesday night to host the “Your Voice Your Choice” concert event at the Curb Event Center. The community-wide event, which encouraged voter registration in advance of the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University, featured free food, an opportunity for voter registration and a student Battle of the Bands as well as performances by Eli Young Band and Randy Rogers Band.
Several hundred people attended the concert hosted by CMT's Allison DeMarcus, a former Miss Tennessee and wife of Rascal Flatt's band member Jay DeMarcus. HeadCount has registered more than 300 people to vote since students returned to campus.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the local nonprofit partners of CMT One Country, the pro-social initiative of cable network CMT, which include Hands On Nashville, Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Club of Middle Tennessee and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.
HeadCount, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to voter registration and inspiring participation in democracy through the power of music, was on site at the event with the means of registering voters from all across the country. The last day to register to vote in Tennessee for the presidential election is Oct. 6, the day before the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University. College students are allowed to register and to vote based on either their home address or their school address.
Belmont, Zipcar Partner to Bring Car Sharing to Campus
Belmont University and Zipcar, the world’s largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, announced a joint partnership to provide Zipcars on campus to Belmont faculty, staff and students as an environmentally friendly alternative to the costs and hassles of keeping a car on campus. The partnership continues Belmont’s commitment to invest in sustainable solutions on campus and marks Zipcar’s entry into Nashville.
Beginning today, two self-service Zipcars (a Toyota Matrix and a Mazda 6) will be available for use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The cars will be located in reserved spaces between Wright Hall and the Whitten Soccer Field, and they will be available to all staff and students aged 18+, with gas, maintenance, insurance and reserved parking included in low hourly and daily rates. Zipcar was selected as Belmont’s car sharing partner based on its superior technology and operations, membership experience and track record of providing peer universities with a proven, cost effective and environmentally-friendly transportation solution.
“Our partnership with Zipcar strengthens our commitment to provide the Belmont University community with flexible, environmentally-friendly transportation options,” said Greg Pillon, director of the Office of Communications at Belmont University. “We look forward to working with Zipcar to develop the university’s car sharing initiative and provide our students, staff and faculty with a solution that best matches their needs.”
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Belmont Debate08 Hits National Convention Floors
Tennessee delegates to display Belmont Debate08 pins, stickers during Roll Call
In anticipation of hosting the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate on Oct. 7, Belmont University is taking to the floors of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The night before the respective candidates at both conventions accept their nominations, delegates from Tennessee will don Belmont University Debate08 stickers and lapel pins. Representatives from Tennessee will introduce the state as the host site of the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University before Tennessee’s roll call at both the Democratic and Republican conventions. The Democratic National Convention is taking place in Denver this week, and the DNC Roll Call is scheduled for today between 4-6 p.m. Central (3-5 p.m. Mountain). The Republican National Convention follows next week in Minneapolis, Sept. 1-4.
“The national conventions have long been viewed as the kickoff into the final stretch of the election season,” Belmont President Bob Fisher said. “It is an appropriate venue for Belmont to make its first push on the national stage as the eyes of the world turn from the conventions to the series of presidential debates. As host to the first presidential debate to ever be held in Tennessee, it is something we are glad our citizens and delegates are celebrating with us.”
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School of Pharmacy Hosts Healthcare Ethics Speaker
Dr. Bruce White, an expert in healthcare ethics and author of Drugs, Ethics and Quality of Life, spoke to Belmont University’s inaugural pharmacy class on Tues., Aug. 26 as part of the students' orientation to the School of Pharmacy. His speech, “Reflections on Who We Are,” focused on ethical dilemmas the incoming students will no doubt face and encouraged them to remember their foundation as they prepare for their profession in the field of pharmacy.
“Remember who you are; who you are now will be as important four years from now as it is today,” White said. “There will be challenges and dilemmas, but with faith you’re going to succeed.”
White is a pharmacist, board-certified pediatrician and attorney with fellowship training in clinical medical ethics. He currently serves as a member of the general pediatrics residency faculty at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. and holds faculty appointments at Arizona College of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine. He also serves as professor and director of the campus-wide, interdisciplinary Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a senior fellow in Nashville's Center for Clinical Ethics at Summit Medical Center, the clinical ethics education service for Hospital Corporation of America.
Tony Campolo to Speak at Belmont on 'Citizenship and Faith'
Nationally celebrated speaker and author Dr. Tony Campolo will visit Belmont University on Wed., Sept. 3 to address “Citizenship and Faith,” the first topic in a Speaker Series covering subjects pertinent to Belmont’s hosting of the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate. The event will occur at 10 a.m. in Belmont’s Massey Performing Arts Center.
Campolo, a professor emeritus of sociology at Pennsylvania’s Eastern University, is the founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE) and the author of 35 books, including his latest Red Letter Christians: A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics. A media commentator on religious, social and political matters, Campolo has appeared on CNN and MSNBC as well as television programs like "Politically Incorrect," “The Colbert Report,” “Nightline,” “Crossfire” and “Larry King Live.”
This program will be open to the public. For more information, visit www.belmontdebate08.com.
New Students SERVE More Than 30 Local Organizations
Belmont's Welcome Week 2008 Provides Nashville 1,000+ Volunteers for Service Projects
The largest incoming class in Belmont University history made its mark on their new hometown this morning with the annual SERVE project, which stands for Students Engaging and Restoring through Volunteer Experiences. More than 1,000 new students, including members of the School of Pharmacy's inaugural class, left campus at 9 a.m. to volunteer their time at 32 different ministry and charity organizations in the Nashville community.
An annual "Welcome Week" tradition for more than a decade, SERVE provides a perfect tie-in to Belmont’s ongoing commitment to engage students in their community and encourage the values of service on both a local and global level. The organizations participating in this year’s SERVE project included Safe Haven Family Shelter, Campus for Human Development, Monroe Harding Children’s Home, Dismas House, Music City Mission, Radnor Lake, American Red Cross, Agape Animal Shelter, New Hope Academy and ThriftSmart. In addition, students starting Belmont's graduate School of Pharmacy pitched in their time to assist at Feed the Children.
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