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Mar 25, 20224 min read

Belmont graduates, faculty among Grammy nominees

With all the glitz and glamor of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, it’s easy to forget that many of the nominees share a...

Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood share songs and stories at Q&A event

Anna Jackson

Mar 8, 20224 min read

Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood share songs and stories at Q&A event

One of the bestselling solo artists of the century paid a visit to the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday night. With...

Russell Dickerson receives 2022 Curtain Call Award

Sarah Maninger

Feb 9, 20223 min read

Russell Dickerson receives 2022 Curtain Call Award

Russell Dickerson may be a chart-topping, multi-platinum country artist, but he hasn’t forgotten where his story began. “I still wear my...

VIDEO: Alumni exhibition featured in Leu Art Gallery

Jordan Shatto

Feb 8, 20221 min read

VIDEO: Alumni exhibition featured in Leu Art Gallery

VNN’s Chandler Maynard gives us an inside look at Among the Beyond, the alumni exhibition featured in the Leu Art Gallery until February...

Alum Kayla Becker breaks barriers broadcasting with WWE

Gus Sneh

Jan 22, 20223 min read

Alum Kayla Becker breaks barriers broadcasting with WWE

Not a lot of Belmont alumni have their avatar in a video game. But wrestling fans will soon be able to play as Kayla Becker — known...

'The bigger the better' for Jake Wesley Rogers: the man, the myth, the moment

Anna Jackson

Dec 10, 20218 min read

'The bigger the better' for Jake Wesley Rogers: the man, the myth, the moment

There’s thunder in his lungs and lightning in his limbs. When he pinwheels to center stage, bell sleeves flying, to sit at his little...

Star alum Brad Paisley talks college days and COVID days in a night of songs and stories

Sarah Maninger

Nov 5, 20213 min read

Star alum Brad Paisley talks college days and COVID days in a night of songs and stories

In his time at Belmont, Brad Paisley skipped classes, pulled all-nighters in the studio and graduated with a 2.3 GPA — but that’s all you...

Songwriting senior Jules Paymer will open for Jake Wesley Rogers at one-night-only Nashville show

Maddie Buchman

Oct 25, 20213 min read

Songwriting senior Jules Paymer will open for Jake Wesley Rogers at one-night-only Nashville show

Jules Paymer was driving to get a haircut when the phone call came. It was an unassuming number from New York. When Paymer picked up, the...

Golf alum Brenton Flynn returns to Belmont as assistant coach

AJ Wuest

Oct 19, 20213 min read

Golf alum Brenton Flynn returns to Belmont as assistant coach

Former Bruin Brenton Flynn made his mark on the men’s golf program over 15 years ago, and he continues to put in the work as the team’s...

Student and alumni films shine on the silver screen at Nashville Film Festival, hosted on campus Mon

Sarah Maninger

Oct 5, 20213 min read

Student and alumni films shine on the silver screen at Nashville Film Festival, hosted on campus Mon

Belmont welcomed the 52nd Nashville Film Festival to campus and saw some familiar faces on the red carpet. The Johnson theaters, the...

Belmont alums of Hot Poppy delivery service help local businesses blossom

Melody Scott

Sep 23, 20213 min read

Belmont alums of Hot Poppy delivery service help local businesses blossom

Visitors at Sevier Park’s weekly Tuesday farmer’s market can stop by the table manned by the Belmont alumni behind Hot Poppy —...

Men’s soccer starts conference play on a winning streak with alumni night victory

Finn Birnie

Sep 20, 20213 min read

Men’s soccer starts conference play on a winning streak with alumni night victory

The men’s soccer team made program history with four consecutive home victories, banking a 1-0 home-field win against East Tennessee...

Swet Studio is one Belmont alum’s path to success

Vivi Smiligius

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Swet Studio is one Belmont alum’s path to success

Swet Studio owner and 2018 Belmont alumna Shelby Vandenbergh says customers often leave her studio too sweaty to slip back into their...