Belmont grows greener: Pharmacy building’s roof designed with sustainability in mind

Belmont’s new pharmacy building is going green … and orange … and purple. More than 7,000 colorful plants cover its “green roof,” the largest of its kind on a Tennessee educational building. “This building is going to have a great impact on our city,” said Belmont president Robert...

August 25th, 2010 | News | Read More

The Beat ‘n’ Track with Miss B.

For the first installment of The Beat ‘n’ Track, Vision editor Erin Carson caught up with Bianca Edwards, better known as Miss B., via Skype to talk about life as a rapper inside and outside the Belmont music scene. Miss B. began writing poetry as a kid, but now finds herself a junior music business...

August 25th, 2010 | A&E, Music | Read More

Ranch Dressing: At Katy K’s on 12th South, it comes with fringe and rhinestones

Settled on 12 South, a trendy neighborhood near Belmont, is a building with an unimpressive gray stone façade, an architectural relic of the late ‘60s. But it’s distinguished by a sign –a large torso and head of a pinup cowgirl in a red bustier with matching hat and fringed skirt. She guards rope...

August 25th, 2010 | A&E | Read More

Moving in, moving ahead: New dorms open

On the annual Move In Day, Belmont announced the names of its newest residence halls during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the comples of more than 100,000 square feet. Patton Hall was named for longtime trustee Carolyn Patton, who graduated from Belmont in 1958. As for Bear House, the name is a nod to...

August 25th, 2010 | News | Read More

Welcome Freshmen – Handy Links

Move-in day is so close you can almost smell the first-time-away-from-home rebellion, wafting through the air. In case you’ve got some questions rattling around about coming to Belmont, we put together a handy list of links to save you from dialing up about seven different offices while trying...

August 15th, 2010 | News | Read More

Growth quite a stretch for Belmont

Construction won’t stop anytime soon at Belmont, according to the university’s Vision 2015 plan. The plan calls for continuing construction on and off the main campus, including everything from building new athletic facilities in Rose Park and renovating the Belmont Heights Sanctuary to restoring...

April 30th, 2010 | News | Read More

Diversity at Belmont

President Bob Fisher paints a strong picture of Belmont University, thriving in terms academic quality, student enrollment, fiscal condition and campus size. Yet for all the positivity, when Fisher addressed the faculty and students at last fall’s Opening Convocation, he quickly cited one area as an...

April 30th, 2010 | News | Read More

Student visual art in four sites on campus

Belmont visual art majors will host a Belmont-centric art crawl on May 13 from 6-9 p.m. The event features work by around 20 students majoring in art education, studio art and design communications, including graduating seniors who will receive their diplomas only two days later. “It’s like the equivalent...

April 29th, 2010 | A&E, Art | Read More

Ezell hired to lead Lady Bruins basketball

After searching for more than a month, and sifting through 110 applications, Belmont athletics announced today that they hired Montevallo University head coach Brittney Ezell to lead the Lady Bruins. Ezell is 79-61 in her head coaching career which includes a three year stint at Okaloosa-Walton Junior...

April 19th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Lennon biopic ‘Nowhere Boy’ opens 2010 Nashville Film Festival

The Nashville Film Festival opened last night, kicking off its 41st year celebrating independent film at Regal Green Hills 16. Over the next week, from Apr. 15 to Apr. 22, movies like “Clash of the Titans” and “Hot Tub Time Machine” will share a space with less familiar films with titles like...

April 16th, 2010 | A&E | Read More

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