Belmont University | FYI


March 20, 2009

ACHIEVERS


Belmont Hosts Corporate Band Challenge
CorporateBandChallenge54.jpgCelebrating the convergence of business and arts, the finals for the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville’s first annual Music City Corporate Band Challenge were held at the Massey Performing Arts Center at Belmont University on Sun., March 15. Competing were Avenue Bank’s “The Hummingbirds,” AllState Insurance Company’s “The Good Hands Band,” The Myers Company’s “Next of Kin,” BMI/Landmark Digital’s “Royal Tea$e,” Nashville Symphony staff’s “Phil and the Harmonics,” Vanderbilt University’s “Soul Incision” and winners MTA’s “Transit.” In addition to bragging rights, Transit earned prize money and an opportunity to perform at the 2009 CMA Music Festival. Net proceeds from the Challenge will benefit Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Business Scholarship Fund, as well as the Arts & Business Council Community Engagement Programs.

Slay Participates in Law Panel at Vanderbilt
Cheryl Slay, assistant professor of music business, participated as a panelist for Vanderbilt University Law School's Spring Symposium for its Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law. The panel, "Maintaining the Musician: Protecting Music, Image and Technology Today," explored topics relating to artist branding and business model changes in the music industry.

White Invited to Join NSF Committee
Cindy White, director of the office of sponsored programs, was recently invited to join the National Science Foundation (NSF) Business and Operations Advisory Committee. The committee addresses a range of issues related to the oversight, integrity, development and enhancement of NSF's business operations. It has also been integral to major initiatives in areas such as electronic government, financial management and performance measurement. Her appointment to the committee will be for three years.

Akin Wins First Prize in Guitar Competition
Belmont guitar student Mark Akin recently won First Prize in the 2009 Beethoven Guitar Competition in Memphis. Akin performed works by Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach and Sergio Assad. He took third place in last year's competition.

Professor, Alum Featured in Tennessean Story on Human Spirit
Associate Professor of Art Teresa Van Hattan Granath and alumnus Sam Davidson were recently featured in an article in The Tennessean about how the "Slumbering economy awakens human spirit: Rather than worry and wilt, many among us find new ways to give, to help, to care." Click here to read the story.

Everett Appears on 'Make Me a Supermodel'
Belmont public relations major Gabriel Everett is a finalist in Bravo TV’s “Make Me a Supermodel” show. Click here to read his bio on the show's Web site.

Boan's Play Selected for FutureFest 2009
Dr. Devon Boan’s play Darkroom has been selected one of 12 semi-finalists for FutureFest 2009, the festival of new plays at the Dayton Playhouse in Dayton, Ohio. Boan is professor of honors and director of the Honors Program. This year is the 20th anniversary of the festival, which has nearly 300 submissions each year and has launched the careers of more than 90 professional playwrights. Over the three days of FutureFest, six finalists are staged and publicly adjudicated by a panel of five theatre professionals from New York and the Midwest. This year’s festival will run from July 24-26.

Yandell, Giordano Present at Conference
Drs. Lonnie Yandell and Pete Giordano (Psychology) presented at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology on Feb. 27-28 in Atlanta. Dr. Yandell served on a panel discussion called “Stimulating Student Success in Research Methods and Statistics: Web Resources and Technology,” and Dr. Giordano presented a session titled “Ethics in Teaching: More Nuanced than Merely ‘Don’t Sleep with Your Students.’”


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