Articles By: Jen Todd

Social, environmental awareness at heart of graduation pledge

The Graduation Pledge Alliance values a pledge – a promise for Belmont’s graduating seniors to be aware of their imprints on society and help improve society and the world through their career choice. “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job...

April 29th, 2010 | News | Read More

Job outlook 2010: Looking up for this year’s grads

Graduating seniors, there is good news – the job market is improving. “We’re coming out of a recession, the economy’s improving, and companies are feeling less uncertain and they’re starting to hire again,” said Patricia Jacobs, director of Belmont’s Office of Career Services. Although...

April 29th, 2010 | News | Read More

Tyler James: ‘Rejection’ spurs music success

In 2000, Belmont’s campus was decorated with posters, and the caf was home to stacks of fliers promoting then freshman Tyler James. He didn’t have a MySpace, Facebook or a blog. He didn’t yet have a fan base. He didn’t even get accepted to the School of Music. Ten years later, singer/songwriter...

March 24th, 2010 | A&E, Music | Read More

Survivor calls on Belmont, nation to aid Haiti in quake’s aftermath

Trey Flowers and the rest of his church group were running late to a 4:45 dinner. They just got in the van parked outside the grocery store when it started shaking. He barely had time to think. His body went into “survival mode.” Maybe someone was after them, trying to turn over the van. He heard...

February 24th, 2010 | News | Read More