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.
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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- and women-owned businesses.
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“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 the microphone and began singing to the crowd, a group of residents from the Heritage in Brentwood, a local senior citizens home. The facility was full of listeners, all eager to hear the story Falvey told through her words — but it wasn’t her story she was telling.
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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.
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Award given to recognize community partner committed to assisting Nashville’s New Americans
In honor of the University’s commitment to helping New Americans throughout the Nashville community, Belmont was recently honored with Siloam Health’s inaugural Bridge Builders Award. Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher accepted the award at Siloam’s Amplify Nashville Awards Ceremony held on June 22 at Oz Arts. Belmont’s award by presented by Milton Johnson, CEO of HCA and Belmont trustee.
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Hall of Fame’s third class represents Tennessee’s greatest health and health care pioneers.
With a mission to honor men and women who have made significant and lasting contributions to the health and health care industries, the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame announced the six health care professionals selected as the Hall of Fame’s 2017 class at a luncheon on Belmont University’s campus today.
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The 1,100+ students who recently graduated from Belmont, and their families, can take comfort in the strong first destination rate (career outcomes) that the University historically achieves. First destination data reflects the percentage of graduates who secure employment, enroll in graduate school or enlist in military service within six months of graduation. For Belmont, which draws that information from student and alumni surveys, the most recent rate is 92 percent, significantly higher than the national average.
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Eva Kisakye, a student in Belmont’s College of Pharmacy, was recently named as an inaugural Thomas Hall Scholar through Child Family Health International (CFHI), an NGO focused on global health initiatives.
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Belmont was recently recognized by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Matrineau as a 2017 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award recipient. The award recognizes exceptional voluntary actions that improve or protect the environment and natural resources with projects or initiatives not required by law or regulation. This is the second year in a row that Belmont has been honored with the designation.
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Belmont University celebrates Christmas and announces its Christmas gift to the Nashville community with a number of free events that are open to the public, as well as the televised airing of the annual holiday music spectacular, “Christmas at Belmont.”
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