ILCs may soon be restructured to better suit the needs of Belmont students. “Clearly there needs to be changes. It’s a bottleneck for students trying to get through their gen-ed requirements because there’s not enough available ILCs and it gets postponed,” said music business professor Dr. Clyde Rolston, a senate representative from Curb College. Interdisciplinary Learning Communities link two classes which are taught concurrently and required for all Belmont University stude

If you need anything in Belmont’s biggest college, you pay a visit to Kellie Meeks. As the administrative assistant for the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, Meeks knows how to help students with just about anything, whether that’s finding directions to the cafeteria or questions about their music business classes. Nominated by her colleagues, Meeks is the recipient of the 2021 Gabhart award, the highest honor presented to Belmont staff given annually to the p

Belmont’s faculty senate voted in an executive session to allow its president, Dr. Nathan Griffith, to withdraw the contentious proposed academic freedom statement Monday. Senators discussed the original intent of the statement after it received widespread uproar from faculty. An open letter by philosophy professor Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn criticized the document for potentially stripping faculty of academic freedoms. Dr. Mark Volker said debate stemmed from a misunderstanding o

Faculty at Belmont say they have been blindsided by a proposed academic freedom statement that uses religious language to potentially limit what can be taught in the classroom. “There is nothing in this document that states categorically that Belmont faculty have a right to academic freedom,” said Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn, director of Belmont’s Asian Studies program, about the statement, which was presented at a faculty senate meeting. “Academic freedom is the most fundamental f

Seven acres of land, home to a dog and four horses and covered with trees. This is Dr. Judy Skeen’s personal sanctuary. In a time when staying busy and being a workaholic is normal, Skeen chooses a different route. Outside of her teaching role in Belmont’s College of Theology and Christian Ministry, she finds herself in the isolation of the Tennessee countryside, where being surrounded by nature has helped make her a better person and a better Christian. “Nature can restore u

The Belmont community is abuzz with reactions to a Nashville Scene article submitted by an anonymous Belmont professor condemning the university’s lack of COVID-19 precautions. In the article, which was published to the Scene website Tuesday, the author said Belmont “has thrown out all precautions except one,” referring to the university’s indoor mask mandate for all students, faculty and staff, regardless of vaccination status — a mask mandate which often goes unobserved. “V