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Apr 6, 20221 min read

VIDEO: Students celebrate diversity at World Culture Festival

VNN’s Finn Birnie recaps the HOPE Council’s World Culture Festival, which featured a talent show, food trucks and meet-and-greets with...

Feb 11, 20222 min read

Bridge Builders will host weeklong LGBTQ event series open to all

Bridge Builders Week is back Feb. 14-18 with a jam-packed lineup of fun and educational activities for LGBTQ students and allies. From...

Feb 2, 20223 min read

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Belmont’s Chinese Cultural Association hosts Lunar New Year celebration

Belmont’s Chinese Cultural Association invited students to ring in the Year of the Tiger with songs, snacks and cultural learning....

Jan 28, 20223 min read

Belmont Athletics bears failing grade in LGBTQ athlete equality

Just 15 out of 100. That was Belmont’s 2021 score on the athletic equality index compiled by Athlete Ally, a nonprofit LGBTQ athlete...

Jan 20, 20228 min read

Trans, nonbinary students unpack the challenges of campus life at Belmont

Stepping foot on Belmont’s campus as a freshman, Ruby was nervous. She knew Belmont was a Christian university in Tennessee — having...

Jan 17, 20222 min read

MLK Day will kick off a week of campus events

The Black Student Association and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program at Belmont are turning Monday’s holiday into a...

Dec 8, 20216 min read

Belmont’s still-growing Asian American Association endures, building community

It’s a Wednesday night, and a handful of members from the Asian American Association at Belmont University gather in a small room on the...

Nov 3, 20214 min read

Nashville’s newest museum explores the impact of Black music in America, including a gospel ex

Alive with sights, sounds and history, the National Museum of African American Music shines a light on the often-overlooked influence of...

Sep 30, 20214 min read

‘Let’s look eye to eye and talk about it’: Ephraim Urevbu’s exhibition illus

Through his powerful gallery show, “The Naked Truth: an American Story through White, Red, and Blue,” Nigerian-born, Memphis-based artist...

Sep 21, 20213 min read

An islander in America, ‘Landlocked’ artist speaks on reaching for his Palauan roots

For Jerry Bedor Phillips, art is the bridge that connects him back to his island origins. On display at the Leu Center for the Visual...