December 15, 2005

Photo of the Week

An image from Christmas at Belmont.
Watch the show locally on Npt and nationwide on PBS:
NPT Premiere – Monday, December 19 at 8:00 (CST)
National Premiere on PBS – Thursday, December 22 at 8:00 (CST)
Christmas Day on PBS – Check local listings

The office of University Marketing and Communications wishes you a joyous Christmas and happy new year. The next edition of Belmont FYI will be on Friday, January 6.

Belmont News

Winter commencement ceremony at Belmont University is set for 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16, at the Curb Event Center. [MORE]
The Nashville Scene profiles Mark Volman, a former member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention and of 60’s pop band The Turtles, who now teaches music business courses at Belmont’s Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business. [MORE]
Students and faculty from Belmont University School of Nursing are currently participating in a nation-wide study aimed at reducing back injuries in the nursing profession. [MORE]
Belmont Alum’s Business Start-Up Blog Gets U.S. News Mention [MORE]

Achievers

Jodi Glover, Director of Belmont @ Cool Springs, recently received the “Board Member of the Year” award for 2005 from the Cool Springs Chamber Board of Directors. [MORE]
Assistant Professor of Music Business, James Elliott, wrote the song “Hay Baby” on the Oak Ridge Boys’ new Christmas album, Christmas Cookies. [MORE]

Coming Up

Winter Commencement is Friday, December 16 at 7:30 in the Curb Event Center.
University offices will be closed December 22-28 for the Christmas holiday.
Watch Christmas at Belmont locally on Npt and nationwide on PBS:
NPT Premiere – Monday, December 19 at 8:00 (CST)
National Premiere on PBS – Thursday, December 22 at 8:00 p.m. (CST)
Christmas Day on PBS – Check local listings

In Our Thoughts and Prayers

It is with great sadness that we inform the campus of the following –
Lee Griggs, one of our students, experienced an untimely death on Wednesday, December 7. Lee was a senior biology major who was known for his undergraduate research project on the “armadillo invasion” in middle Tennessee. Please keep Lee’s family in your prayers.
Also, a former student and a current student both tragically lost their lives to separate car accidents this week. Please keep these families in your prayers.
A campus memorial service for these students will be planned at the start of the spring semester. Please remember to keep these families in your prayers during this difficult time.

Birthdays

*Editor’s note – I rely on all of you to keep the birthday list current. If you notice a mistake or missing birthday, please e-mail the update to communication@mail.belmont.edu. Thanks!
Happy Belated Birthday to:
December 13
Casie Wilkins, Business
December14
Patricia Rickman, Custodial Services
December 15
Johnathan Collins, Custodial Services
Joseph Leggs, Custodial Services
Birthdays:
December 18
Dane Anthony, Student Affairs
Lucy Baltimore, Physical Therapy
Seth Sheridan, Athletics
December19
Mark Bryant, Student affairs
Barbara Ward, Math/Computer Science
December 24
Christy Warren, University College
December 27
Angie Bryant, Beaman Student Life Center
Jonathan Thorndike, Honors
December 28
Susan Taylor, Business
December29
Ernest Heard , Library
Michael Krouskop, University Marketing and Communications
December 31
Knut Le, Custodial Services
January 1
Sharon Dowdy, Nursing
Angie Shedd, Admissions
January 2
Kelly Harrison, Admissions
January 3
Melinda Grimac, Education
January 4
Robert Forrester, Math/Computer Sciences
Heather Copeland, Athletics
January 6
Conception Benitez, Custodial Services
Howard Cochran, Business
Shannon Mathis, Math
January 8
Bill Prince, Business
Jennifer Thomas, Biology
January 9
Patricia Mosley, Music
Sharon Dowdy, Plant Ops

December 2, 2005

Photo of the Week

An image from the 2005 Staff Affairs Council Christmas Tree Lighting.