#convo

Oct 30, 20153 min read

Alumna, author Ashlyne Huff Revelette talks inspiration, changing dreams at convo

Belmont alumna Ashlyne Huff Revelette started her life with dreams of becoming a professional dancer. She attended Belmont and earned her...

Black Twitter convo discusses impact of social media on black activism

Lillie Burke

Oct 1, 20152 min read

Black Twitter convo discusses impact of social media on black activism

With an image from a Black Lives Matter protest frozen on the screen behind her, Dr. Meredith Clark, an assistant professor at the...

Artist Daryl Cagle gives behind-the-scenes look at cartoon industry

Lillie Burke

Apr 22, 20152 min read

Artist Daryl Cagle gives behind-the-scenes look at cartoon industry

Editorial cartoonist and satirist Daryl Cagle spoke to a packed room Wednesday morning on the importance of expression through cartooning...

Letter to the Editor: Why we need to have open conversation about diversity

Lillie Burke

Apr 15, 20154 min read

Letter to the Editor: Why we need to have open conversation about diversity

Editor’s note: The following is a piece submitted by a group of Belmont students who are Muslim. The views and opinions expressed in this...

Belmont goes green with Conscious College Road Tour

Lillie Burke

Mar 31, 20152 min read

Belmont goes green with Conscious College Road Tour

Belmont’s colors may be red and navy blue, but on Monday the campus got just a little bit more green. The Conscious College Road Tour, a...

Sex and the Soul Week convo raises awareness for sex trafficking

Lillie Burke

Feb 10, 20152 min read

Sex and the Soul Week convo raises awareness for sex trafficking

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry sponsored a human and sex trafficking awareness convocation Monday night for Sex and the Soul Week. The...

Black, LGBTQ and female: An examination of womanist queer theology

Lillie Burke

Jan 20, 20152 min read

Black, LGBTQ and female: An examination of womanist queer theology

A day before her convocation Wednesday detailing her experiences in Ferguson, Mo., the Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey presented a talk in the...

Mike Naworocki, voice of Larry the Cucumber, spoke at EMERGE convocation

Lillie Burke

Sep 11, 20142 min read

Mike Naworocki, voice of Larry the Cucumber, spoke at EMERGE convocation

Mike Nawrocki has a well-known voice when it comes to children. Wednesday morning, Belmont students were able to hear him again as he...

What really matters, President Bob Fisher speaks at inagural chapel convocation

Lillie Burke

Aug 22, 20142 min read

What really matters, President Bob Fisher speaks at inagural chapel convocation

This story was co-written by Kirk Bado and Gracie Helms President Bob Fisher hosted the inaugural convocation in the new chapel at the...

Former R&B artist demonstrates ‘the power of music’

Lillie Burke

Mar 31, 20142 min read

Former R&B artist demonstrates ‘the power of music’

Montell Jordan is positive that there is “power in music.” In his Christian faith and development convocation on Monday morning, the...

Lillie Burke

Apr 1, 20133 min read

Final month of convo includes anime, Rhee and Everest

With only a month before the end of classes, those seniors on the lookout for their final convocation credits are running out of days to...

Lillie Burke

Jan 14, 20132 min read

MLK, Career in Calling weeks dominate January convos

As the spring semester goes into full swing, so do the number of convocation events being planned. If you’re needing to get some quick...

Lillie Burke

Nov 1, 20122 min read

November convos: from healthcare to ‘Footloose’

Working on your convo credits this month? Here are some events from each category to get you started: Fri., Nov. 2 The Future of...

Lillie Burke

Oct 30, 20122 min read

Navajo activist brings social campaign to Belmont

Three years after passage of the Defense Appropriations Bill H.R. 3326, it will be read publicly in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in...

Lillie Burke

Oct 1, 20122 min read

Convo offerings vary in October

For those who are interested in earning some Convocation Credit this coming month, here is a brief look into what’s going on during the...

Lillie Burke

Sep 6, 20121 min read

The Week at Belmont – Sept. 6, 2012

Lists, lists and oh some religion on the side in this week’s episode. Katie Greene shows us why convo card scanning is a dangerous sport....

Lillie Burke

Sep 3, 20122 min read

Convo offerings vary in September

As September begins, classes go into full gear and the leaves around campus begin to fall, more and more convocation events have...

Lillie Burke

Apr 12, 20121 min read

Movements and libraries convo set for Friday

After a year dominated by social-media led protests in Egypt, Syria and the United States, many might assume libraries could be the last...

Lillie Burke

Apr 10, 20122 min read

‘Hunger Games’ enters classrooms

With three massively successful books and an even more lucrative film, ‘The Hunger Games’ series is now heading into college classrooms,...