Record-breaking enrollment finds University drawing close to its Vision 2020 goal Belmont’s fall 2017 semester kicked off today with a record-breaking enrollment number for the 17th consecutive year as the University welcomed 8,080 students to the first day of classes, nearly triple the enrollment in 2000. Moreover, Belmont’s sustained and incremental growth is being accomplished through traditional, residential education. …
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Thousands Enjoy Eclipse Totality on Belmont’s Campus
More than 6,000 free solar eclipse glasses were handed out at Belmont this morning as droves of students, faculty, staff and family members descended upon the campus to experience the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse with the University community. Below are links to a timelapse video of the event (from three difference perspectives) along with a …
Metro Mayor Megan Barry Sends 2,000 New Belmont Students into Nashville to ‘SERVE’
Belmont’s newest Bruins spent the day before classes began for the fall semester serving their new hometown as part of SERVE, the University’s annual orientation service event. More than 2,000 freshmen and transfer students loaded buses across campus and spent the afternoon serving at Nashville public schools and a number of nonprofit organizations across the city including …
Students Sweep St. Jude Up ’til Dawn Leadership Awards
Belmont’s Up ’til Dawn team, made up of students from across the university, attended St. Jude’s Collegiate Leadership Seminar last week and brought home three of the nine presented awards. The student group leads, plans and executes Belmont’s Up ’til Dawn fundraiser each year, an opportunity that allows students the chance to stay up all night …
Belmont Participates in Teacher Pipeline Coalition
Belmont University, in partnership with eight other teacher prep programs across the city, recently formed a coalition focused on the broken teacher pipeline, specifically related to a lack of diversity in Nashville’s teacher workforce. The Trailblazer Coalition completed a year of research and self-analysis on the pipeline, shared its findings and recently held a community discussion …
Missions Experiences Engage Students Intellectually and Spiritually
For many college students, “experiential education” translates into internships, study abroad trips, research and other practical, hands-on means of learning. Belmont University certainly offers all of those opportunities, but as part of the University’s vision to be a Christian community of learning and service, Belmont goes a step further. Through University Ministries and academic departments alike, students are …
“The Bug Guy” Hosts Hundreds of Campers Over 25 Years
Belmont’s own “Bug Guy,” Professor of Biology Dr. Steve Murphree, has hosted “Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies,” bug-themed camps for elementary school children, for the last 25 years. Aside from two years when Murphree hosted the event at Cheekwood, campers have explored the word of entomology on Belmont’s campus. For more information, click here.
Belmont Hosts Coffee Connection, Kicks off Campus-Wide Supplier Diversity Program
Belmont hosted its Coffee Connection Supplier Fair on Thursday, June 1, as part of the university’s newly expanded Supplier Diversity Program. Created two years ago to increase the number of minority suppliers the University hires, the pilot program included only a few select departments across campus. Recently, the program has been expanded campus-wide and includes minority- …
Students Celebrate Music with Seniors, Write Songs Based on Their Lives
“These six songs didn’t exist 24 hours ago,” Belmont Songwriting Lecturer James Tealy said. “They only existed as seeds and dreams in your story…and now they’re songs. Isn’t that a beautiful thing?” Senior songwriting and music business major Emily Falvey sat on a piano bench and readied her fingers. She took a deep breath, moved towards …
Alumnus ‘Promises to Love Her,’ Writes Chart-Ranking Single
Most grooms make a promise to love their brides-to-be, but Belmont alumnus, singer songwriter and recent groom Blane Howard made his promise in a unique way. Just before his wedding, Howard was thinking back to his proposal when “Promise to Love Her” came to mind. From there, a song was born. For more information, click here.