Belmont songwriting major Alejandro Sierra has found himself rising to the top of the charts (top 5!) in both Ecuador and Colombia with his hit, “So You Don’t.” Inspired by his father, a fellow songwriter, Sierra began singing and writing music when he was 12-years-old. When he turned 14, his family moved to Nashville from Ecuador, and after …
Month: July 2018
Student Lands “Dream Internship” at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute this Summer
“Each morning, I walk across a bridge made of nothing but windows on my way to the lab, and I’m greeted by Humpback and Grey Whale flukes splashing the water and fins waving good morning. It’s that perfect.” Beginning her days with the sights and sounds of whales, Belmont senior and marine biology and publishing …
Alumna Opens Rolled 4Ever Ice Cream Truck
Belmont alumna Bariangela Segovia and her business partner Maliyah Bass tried rolled ice cream for the first time on a Spring Break trip to New York City. After just one bite, Segovia knew she was hooked. Less than two years later, the duo has opened Rolled 4 Ever Ice Cream, the first rolled ice cream truck …
Journalism Alumna Co-Founds Coffee Based Social Enterprise in South Nashville
Former cross country student athlete Courtney Hicks, a 2003 journalism graduate, and her husband Brian are running a different kind of race this week, as they sprint to the finish for the grand opening Saturday of their social enterprise, Humphreys Street Coffee and Soap. The nonprofit has been in existence for several years, but this …
‘Belmont at Bonnaroo’ Gives Students a Backstage Look at Festival
“Nothing makes you feel more like a rock star than rolling out of a bunk on your tour bus backstage at Bonnaroo!” So says sophomore Kaitlyn Walters, a first-time attendee of the event named “Best Festival” in 2008 by Rolling Stone. But Walters isn’t an overnight success who stumbled onto Bonnaroo’s main stage for a …
Belmont’s Center for Improvement of Educational Systems Hosts Summer Training for Local Educators
The Center for Improvement of Educational Systems, led by Dr. Jesse Register, exists to support Tennessee schools and educators in creative ways, namely six school districts across the state including Maury, Warren, Hickman, Putnam, Gibson Special Schools and Washington counties. This summer, nearly 200 local educators, aspiring leaders who were selected by their district leadership, …
Student Launches The Giving Goose, Supports Childhood Cancer Research
Robbie Tyrney, Belmont economics student, veteran and president of student organization Bruin Vets, recently founded The Giving Goose to support childhood cancer research across the country. In 2015, when Tyrney’s young daughter Zoe was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid brain tumor, he and his wife entered an unfamiliar world of hospitals, operations, chemotherapy, oncologists and more. …