Beginning July 2014, the College of Arts and Sciences will see many new changes: a new building, a new structure and now, a new dean. With the split of the CAS into the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences announced earlier this month, a lot of changes have occurred within Belmont’s structure, including a new arrangement of faculty, a separation of departments and a open position as the head of CSM. Provost Thomas Burns sees t

When a university grows, sometimes the only thing to do is make the pieces smaller. Belmont made an announcement in November that the College of Arts & Sciences would be splitting into two separate colleges due to its current size and substantial growth over recent years. CAS currently employs 130 faculty full time, contains 15 departments and four schools and will become two separate colleges, effective June 2014. The sciences and math disciplines will be collectively known

The greatest stories often slip by quietly and unnoticed. Tam Mai, 48, a custodian at Belmont University, immigrated to the United States from Vietnam along with his wife, Phuong, and two sons, Vinh and Chau, in November 2003. His story is the real life American Dream. “I has five dreams: the first, I dream my sons finish college; I dream I own my own house; I dream I become American; I dream I visit my old country again; and last one, I dream I finish my dream to draw – I le