Belmont chemistry students presented Kaboom!, an hour of chemistry demonstrations, on October 25.
November 14, 2006
From the Dean of Students Office...
Greetings Parents,
This week we kick-off the much anticipated 2006-07 Belmont Men's and Women's Basketball season. Both teams are preseason favorites in the Atlantic Sun Conference and are favored to appear in the NCAA Tournament. We hope you may be able join us on-campus for some games in the Curb Event Center, or give the Bruin cheer at away games in your area. You will find both schedules at Bruins Online.
Similarly, your student is finishing this semester with great anticipation. In the final days of course work they will be negotiating research papers, class projects, altered sleep schedules, unpredictable weather, and the excitement that comes as the semester sprints to a close.
For many students it marks the completion of their first college semester, one that, I’m fairly confident looks dramatically different than what they may have expected on Opening Day in August. For others it represents one of, if not the last, fall semester in an academic career leading to that much sought after degree.
All said, this is in myriad ways, a time full of anticipation. There is much around us to be thankful for this holiday season. In the spirit of the holidays, author Henri Nouwen writes "The real question is not "What can we offer each other? but, Who can we be for each other?”
Blessings,
Dane Anthony
Associate Dean of Students
Matt Burchett
Coordinator of New Student Programs
Residence Life
FYI: The Office of Residence Life is now accepting Spring Room Reservations from current residents. It is vital that residents return their Room Reservation Card to the designated area in their Residence Hall lobby or Apartment Complex club house. Please encourage your student to turn in the card by the posted deadline.
Belmont News
Belmont University Constructing New Theatre Complex
Belmont University is currently constructing a 350-seat proscenium theatre, black box theatre and scene shop in the former sanctuary of Belmont Heights Baptist Church to provide new venues for the Department of Theatre and Dance. Along with providing valuable new performance and teaching space for Belmont’s theatre and dance students, the new theatre complex will allow Belmont to maintain and strengthen collaborations with local professional arts organizations.
The new 350-seat proscenium theatre will be equipped with state-of-the-art lighting and audio equipment and will serve as a performance and teaching facility. The black box theatre will be able to accommodate audiences from 100 to 150 and allow students to explore a variety of types of theatre performances.
Belmont University Announces Endowed Scholarship for Nashville Ballet Dancers
Belmont University announces the installation of The Patricia Taylor Bullard Endowed Scholarship Fund. The $250,000 scholarship includes tuition and cost of books and is awarded annually to a student who dances with Nashville Ballet who wants to pursue a minor in dance and major in one of more than 70 disciplines at Belmont on a part-time basis.
Belmont's Business Schools Boasts Four Top Honors
This fall, Belmont University’s College of Business Administration has earned four major honors, establishing the school as a definitive leader among academic business programs. In September, Belmont’s Dr. Jane Finley was one of only two women in the Southeast, and one of 40 nationally, to be named Deloitte & Touche’s Professor in Accounting. In October, Belmont’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business was selected as one of the best in the world by the Princeton Review, (in its 2007 edition of the Best 282 Business Schools); while Belmont undergraduate finance students the same month swept a stock-trading double-header at Fifth Third Bank’s Stock Market Challenge. To top it off, Belmont’s MBA program was also voted best in Nashville in 2006 over Vanderbilt University and others by Nashville Scene readers.
Tips for Parents of New Students
December
Transition Issues
1. Concern about academic demands – finals & projects
2. Talk about expectations for holiday break
3. Anticipation of food, sleep and seeing friends
Tips for Successful Parenting
Expect change. Change is not only inevitable, it’s expected. Your student will experience new relationships, academic challenges and cultural events designed to broaden their worldview and contribute to their understanding of how they can be engaged in the world. Change is good; it is supposed to happen.