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Jun 5, 2013
1 min

Dean of students to transition to faculty position

A familiar fixture in the office of student affairs will soon be gone. Dr. Andrew Johnston will transition from his position as dean of students and associate provost to a faculty position “coordinating and teaching courses” for the Belmont Honors program effective July 13. Johnston has been the dean of students since 1999 and was named the associate provost in 2006. “I’m confident that this reassignment will allow Dr. Johnston continued interaction with our students while al

Feb 28, 2013
3 min

Parnassus emerges as Nashville’s literary center

When the door swings open to Parnassus Books, the scene is one familiar to book lovers. High gloss oak shelves loaded down with books line the walls from floor to ceiling. Crisp hardback books creak when their spines are forced open. Customers mill between the displays as soft, folksy tunes play. In other words, just like any typical bookstore. But Parnassus is no standard bookstore. The Green Hills independent store was born out of a partnership between best-selling author A

Sep 26, 2012
2 min

VIDEO: Pembroke celebrates centennial year as dorm, community center

– Video by Annalise Kraus Pembroke Hall’s community atmosphere is constant, yet not exactly typical. Like every morning at 11:30 a.m., when a group of freshmen gather around the lobby’s television to watch “Jeopardy!”. Or at every women’s volleyball game at the Curb Event Center, when dozens of self-proclaimed “Pembros” dress up, paint their chests and cheer for the home team. Or when droves of women crowd around the hall every year to bid on a date with their favorite freshm

Sep 12, 2012
1 min

Belmont holds U.S. News and World Report ranking

Belmont University kept its regional ranking in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” ratings released Wednesday. The school was considered the seventh-best university in the magazine’s Regional Universities – South ranking, a place school president Dr. Bob Fisher said reflected the school’s standing and success. “These annual rankings confirm what we already know: that Belmont University continues to be a highly desired destination for the best qua

Sep 8, 2012
1 min

Belmont partners with Suntrust, builds new Fifth Third ATM

Belmont University has switched primary banks from Fifth Third Bank to Suntrust Bank, but that doesn’t mean the previously-affiliated bank will be taken off of campus. While the school’s primary ATM near the bookstore will now bear the orange and blue Suntrust logo, a new Fifth Third ATM will be installed next to Bruin Grounds in Bunch Library. The school changed primary banks after Belmont refinanced a large bond issue with SunTrust last spring, said Steve Lasley, vice presi

Aug 18, 2012
1 min

PHOTOS: Class of 2016 moves in

More than 1,000 freshmen moved onto Belmont’s campus Friday and Saturday with the help of hundreds of upperclassmen and faculty and staff volunteers. According to the university’s 2012 freshman profile, 1,311 freshmen enrolled at Belmont this fall, an all-time high. The incoming class hails from 47 states and 15 countries. #Belmont #classof2016 #moveinday #movein

Feb 29, 2012
2 min

Santorum’s Curb rally draws crowd

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum faced mixed support during his rally at the Curb Event Center Wednesday night. A crowd of more than 500 was at the arena for the speech centered around Santorum’s beliefs about the size of government, health care and energy. During the approximately 45-minute speech, the GOP candidate said multiple times that the 2012 general election would be a defining moment for the direction of the U.S. He also spoke strongly against President Obama’s

Jan 10, 2012
2 min

No decision made on new building’s occupants

After a semester-long conversation among senior leadership, faculty and students, it is still unclear which Belmont departments and programs will be housed in the announced major academic building on 15th and Wedgewood avenues. While a final decision has not been made about who will be housed in the building, one should be expected “in the next few weeks” by the university’s senior leadership team of President Dr. Bob Fisher, Provost Dr. Thomas Burns, and five university vice

Jan 6, 2012
2 min

Bruins struggle with young Lipscomb team

Disregard Lipscomb’s so-called inexperience, and Belmont’s undefeated record in Atlantic Sun play. Part one of this year’s Battle of the Boulevard was just that—a battle where the Belmont Bruins would fall to their cross-town rival 85-74 in front of a crowd of 5,227 at the Curb on Friday night. “We lost our composure from the beginning. We should have been the team playing with composure and I didn’t feel like we did 40 minutes worth really,” said Belmont head coach Rick Byrd

Oct 31, 2011
1 min

Belmont not selected to host 2012 debate

Belmont University was not selected as a 2012 Presidential debate, according to a Commission on Presidential Debates announcement released Monday afternoon. The university applied in March to host a 2012 debate after holding a town hall debate between then-Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain in 2008. After the decision, President Bob Fisher replied to the announcement in a campus-wide email, acknowledging the announcement while congratulating the four universities wh

Oct 28, 2011
2 min

ATO and AST teeter-totter for Blood:Water Mission

When walking by the bell tower during the past 48 hours, it was difficult to not notice the large and blocky teeter-totter constantly in use. A large crowd constantly milling around the contraption, singing and dancing to a mix of new pop and classic 90’s hits, added to the teeter-totter’s appeal. Instead of being used for pure playground fun, the teeter-totter was built by the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity to raise money for Blood:Water Mission, their chosen philanthropy. Alph

Oct 21, 2011
4 min

Faculty confirm letter’s link to Gonzales

Belmont recently took the unusual step of holding a press conference to announce the hiring of a College of Law faculty member, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and the announcement has some other faculty members speaking out. Gonzales was introduced Oct. 3 as the person who would fill the new Doyle Rogers Distinguished Chair of Law. At the on-campus press conference, something usually reserved for announcing a high-level administrative rather than faculty chang

Oct 17, 2011
2 min

Provost responds to faculty letter

Belmont administration has responded to a letter sent by 45 faculty members about human rights issues, encouraging “conversations that promote both intellectual and spiritual growth.” Provost Dr. Thomas Burns responded to the letter sent to the Vision with the following statement Monday morning: “The Belmont community includes 6,400 students and nearly 1,500 employees representing a wide spectrum of perspectives on issues. We value all of their opinions. The letter sent to th

Oct 14, 2011
5 min

Letter: Faculty speaks out on human rights issues

[Editor’s Note: The following letter to the editor was submitted by a group of Belmont faculty members, whose names and university affiliations appear at the end. The document, as presented to the Vision, begins with the university’s mission statement and is followed by the faculty statement.] To the editor: Belmont University Mission Statement Belmont University is a student-centered Christian community providing an academically challenging education that empowers men and

Oct 6, 2011
2 min

Belmont optimistic about 2012 debate chances

Belmont University’s successful hosting of a 2008 Presidential debate has administrators looking to 2012 for another opportunity to shine in the national spotlight. The university will find out in November whether they will host another Presidential debate between likely Democratic nominee President Barack Obama and a Republican nominee who will be determined. Belmont applied for a 2012 debate in March to the Commission on Presidential Debates, which sponsors and produces the

Oct 3, 2011
2 min

Law school hires former attorney general Gonzales

Belmont has hired former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as a distinguished chair and professor in the Belmont College of Law, making the former Bush administration official the only attorney general to be teaching full time at an American law school. The position, announced at a press conference Monday morning, will fill the newly formed Doyle Rogers Distinguished Chair of Law. Gonzales will start in January, and he will teach constitutional law in addition to several

Sep 21, 2011
2 min

Fisher talks expansion, parking with students

Dr. Bob Fisher opened this semester’s session of “Ask Dr. Fisher” in the Curb Café Wednesday morning with a lyric from Five for Fighting: “What kind of world do you want?” He proceeded to tell the crowd of students just what kind of world he wants, or more specifically, what he wants for Belmont. Then proceeded to give the audience a run-down of what has already been achieved on campus, mainly in regards to construction. The question and answer series started with something o

Sep 13, 2011
1 min

Belmont drops in 2012 U.S. News rankings

Belmont University remained in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” rankings once again this year, according to the magazine’s report released Tuesday. The university dropped from fifth to seventh in this year’s Best Regional Universities in the South rankings, falling behind Rollins College and Elon, Stetson, Samford, The Citadel and James Madison Universities. This is the third consecutive year the university has placed in the top 10 in the annual ranking

Sep 9, 2011
2 min

Belmont sues former insurer over flood damage

Belmont University is suing its former insurance company after a year’s worth of discussion of coverage issues from the 2010 Nashville flood. The university is seeking damages in a complaint filed in Davidson County Chancery Court Aug. 26, after more than a year of talks between the university and their former insurer Pennsylvania Indemnity Company, also know in Nashville as PMA Insurance Group. The university claims more than $300,000 in coverable damage from last year’s flo

Aug 24, 2011
2 min

Fisher announces major academic building

Belmont will pursue the “chance of a lifetime” through the construction of a major academic building on the corner of 15th and Wedgewood avenues by 2014. The planned building is expected to have around 160,000 square feet of space and to cost more than $40 million, President Dr. Bob Fisher said at the State of the University address Wednesday. Construction will probably begin in May 2012, and the goal is for the building to be ready for use by fall 2014. Many other many detai