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Oct 6, 20152 min read

Singer Amy Grant speaks on using faith to balance career and personal life

The “Queen of Christian Pop,” Amy Grant, spoke at the Massey Performing Arts Center on her faith and life experiences Monday morning....

Rev. Dr. Aloyo talks the challenge of diversity in higher education

Lillie Burke

Oct 5, 20152 min read

Rev. Dr. Aloyo talks the challenge of diversity in higher education

The Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo Jr. spoke passionately on how universities must tackle the challenge of diversity at a convocation Monday...

Opening convocation celebrates history, looks ahead

Lillie Burke

Aug 26, 20152 min read

Opening convocation celebrates history, looks ahead

Breaking from the tradition of giving a state of the university address at the opening convocation, President Bob Fisher celebrated 125...

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...

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...

Persecution, Christianity & the Middle East

Lillie Burke

Oct 28, 20142 min read

Persecution, Christianity & the Middle East

Christianity and Islam in the Middle East may seem inherently at odds, but a Catholic bishop Wednesday morning dispelled this notion and...

Lillie Burke

Aug 23, 20142 min read

From there to here: opening convocation

President Bob Fisher addressed students and faculty at his annual state of the school Opening Convocation on Wednesday, looking back at...

Lillie Burke

Sep 13, 20132 min read

Vicar of Baghdad speaks at Belmont

The Rev. Canon Andrew White, who is known as the vicar of Baghdad, paid a special visit to Belmont when he spoke at Friday’s morning...

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 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 5, 20122 min read

CCDA founder brings message of reconciliation

Civil rights activist and Christian Dr. John M. Perkins is bringing the mission he has carried for 50 years to a new generation of...

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 17, 20122 min read

Calling all procrastinators! Convo still available

Graduation is right around the corner, which can only mean one thing – seniors will be scrambling for the convo they need to graduate....

Lillie Burke

Jan 23, 20113 min read

Speakers address issues of sexuality, faith

Sexuality and faith. Although they are issues college students continually face, sexuality isn’t always the most common topic for a...

Lillie Burke

Nov 15, 20101 min read

A dance for Anne Frank

The Nashville Ballet will bring pirouettes and plies and when they present their new work, which is based on Anne Frank’s “Diary of a...