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61-516: Formed in a dorm at Belmont University , they released the concept album 1988 in 2009 under the moniker "Michael Ford Jr. & the Apache Relay", later dropping the frontman's name for their follow-up 2011 album American Nomad . They opened for a number of Mumford & Sons tour dates, appeared at numerous music festivals, and a song from the album, "Power Hungry Animals" was used in the 2013 comedy film The Way Way Back . In 2014 they released

122-454: A 3.25 GPA or higher. This award marked the 4th straight year for Belmont, who joined the OVC only 4 years prior. On November 19, 2007, The Commission on Presidential Debates chose Belmont University from sixteen finalists to host one of three Presidential election debates on October 7, 2008. The debate at Belmont was a "town hall" style debate with questions fielded from the audience. In 2019,

183-488: A Christian identity but no longer a specifically Baptist one. Belmont University became a catalyst for anti-discrimination protests in December 2010, when women's soccer coach Lisa Howe allegedly lost her job at the university on December 2 after announcing that she was having three children with her same-sex partner. Howe's dismissal sparked protests from students and local and national gay-rights advocates. These events led to

244-558: A birthing Sim Woman, an orthopedics lab, and many classrooms of various sizes. Belmont houses the Curb Event Center, a 5000-seat multi-purpose arena, which is used for basketball games, concerts, and other events like the 2006, 2007 and 2008 CMT Awards, and the 2008 Presidential Debate. The facility is connected to the Beaman Student Life Center and Maddox Grand Atrium—collectively, a $ 52 million development. In 2015,

305-527: A blueprint for change in which all board members would be Christians, but only 60 percent would be Baptists to affirm a Christian affinity while acknowledging the diversity of both the faculty and the student body. The head of the TBC would continue to be an ex officio board member. The TBC rejected this plan. In November 2005, TBC said it wanted to shift its financial support to two other institutions, Union University and Carson-Newman College . Belmont would replace

366-685: A cappella groups compete in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) regularly. The Beltones have advanced to ICCA finals three times and placed 4th at the event in 2014. The Pitchmen qualified for ICCA finals in 2020 but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2023, The Pitchmen won 1st place at the ICCA Finals, taking home their first championship. In 2020, The A Cappella Archive ranked The Beltones at #8 amongst all ICCA-competing groups since 1996. Belmont

427-573: A charter that vested the rights, authority, and property of Union University in the Tennessee Convention. This charter included the election of the university's trustees. Two years later, the Convention consolidated Hall-Moody Junior College at Martin (1900–1927) with Union University; the former Hall-Moody campus subsequently became the location of the University of Tennessee Junior College , now

488-514: A citywide anti-discrimination ordinance being passed by the Nashville City Council in January 2011. On January 26, 2011, President Bob Fisher announced that Belmont has added sexual orientation to the university's non-discrimination policies. Belmont is a Christian university that was widely regarded for its progressive ideals until the controversy broke out over Howe's departure. The college

549-414: A code of conduct that prohibits among other things, homosexual behavior and advocacy, as well as premarital sex and alcohol. However, former students have said that the anti-gay policies are enforced much more strictly than others. While heterosexual students received small fines for violations, homosexual students were given the choice of conversion therapy or expulsion. In 2008, Union denied access to

610-411: A desire to take Union to a more rigorous, conservative path. During his administration, which lasted until 2014, the university: On February 5, 2008, at 7:02 p.m., the university was struck by an EF4 tornado , with winds between 166 and 200 miles per hour (267 and 322 km/h). The tornado destroyed 18 dormitory buildings and caused over $ 40 million worth of damage to the campus, which suffered

671-524: A direct hit, rendering almost 80% of the dormitory space to be either totally destroyed or unlivable. None of the approximately 1,800 students on campus at the time were killed. Fifty-one students were taken to Jackson-Madison General Hospital. While most students were released after being treated, nine were kept overnight. Some students were trapped for hours while emergency crews worked to rescue them. A total of 31 buildings received damage of varying degrees. The devastation captured nationwide attention and

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732-490: A long-standing Christian institution, Belmont's policy intention was to hire faculty and staff who support the Christian institution's mission, vision, and values; however, due to the nature of merging institutions, the university announced special consideration will be given to current Watkins employees regardless of their position of faith. In May 2021, Belmont sold the former Watkins College campus for $ 22.5 million, funds which

793-572: A reasonable walk of the university are commercial areas 12South and Hillsboro Village. In June 2006, Belmont opened the $ 18 million Gordon E. Inman Center that houses the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences and Nursing. The building has three stories of classroom space that contain learning labs equipped with Sim Man mannequins that respond to the actions of the nursing students. There are classrooms for adult and pediatric occupational therapy, maternity and neonatal care complete with Sim Man babies and

854-580: A rival area university, reportedly offered to open its dormitories to displaced Union students. The congregation of Englewood Baptist Church, which owned the Old English Inn in Jackson, voted unanimously to open the inn to Union students. The church's move accommodated almost 300 students until December 2008. The university also expected that around 200 students would be housed in the private homes of Union faculty, staff and friends. The February 5, 2008, event

915-532: A twenty-watt transmitter at Belmont. The station, WDAA, was born when Dr. C. E. Crosland, Associate President, realized the potential advertising value to the college of a radio station. The WDAA program on April 18, 1922, marked the first time a music program was broadcast in Nashville. The broadcast could be heard 150 to 200 miles (320 km) from the school. DeWitt later became WSM (AM) radio station's chief engineer, 1932–1942, and president, 1947–1968. In 1951,

976-574: A washer and dryer. All private living spaces have a window and the common areas have cable TV access. There is no student housing at the Germantown campus. Temporary off campus housing was at The Jett (the former Old English Inn) for the majority of the spring 2008 semester. Union (Tenn.) athletic teams are the Bulldogs. The university is a member of the NCAA Division II level, primarily competing in

1037-565: Is 290 acres (1.2 km ) and includes a 2,200-seat gymnasium, dormitories for men and women including a married housing complex, separate lodges for the fraternities and sororities, academic halls, an administration center, baseball and softball parks, two soccer fields, and wellness center. Union also has a 35-acre (140,000 m ) campus in Germantown, Tennessee , (suburban Memphis ) offering graduate degrees in business, education, Christian studies & nursing. The degrees in education include

1098-557: Is Service Corps, which focuses on volunteer work inside the music industry and is open only to students enrolled in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. Belmont's Greek community consists of five sororities and four fraternities. The sororities are Alpha Gamma Delta , Alpha Kappa Alpha , Alpha Sigma Tau , Delta Sigma Theta , Kappa Alpha Theta , and Phi Mu . The fraternities include Phi Kappa Tau , Alpha Phi Alpha , Phi Mu Alpha , and Phi Beta Sigma . In

1159-595: Is a private Baptist university in Jackson, Tennessee , with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville . The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention ( Southern Baptist Convention ). It is a union of several different schools: West Tennessee College, formerly known as Jackson Male Academy; Union University of Murfreesboro; Southwestern Baptist University; and Hall-Moody Junior College of Martin, Tennessee. Jackson Male Academy

1220-469: Is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee . Descended from Belmont Women's College , founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College . With expansion of programs, it became Belmont University in 1991. Belmont's current enrollment consists of approximately 8,900 students representing every state and 28 nations. Although

1281-557: Is home to two Greek-lettered music fraternities, Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia , as well as a chapter for the national theatre fraternity, Alpha Psi Omega . Belmont operates one student newspaper called The Vision , published monthly. Belmont is a member of the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in all of Belmont's sports except men's soccer, which its previous conference,

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1342-580: Is the CEO of Curb Records. He was a producer, songwriter, and company executive and one of the most successful record men of the sixties and seventies. He is the department's namesake. The former dean of the CEMB, Jim Van Hook, is a legendary Nashville label head, especially as part of the Christian music industry . One of the hallmarks of the program is its internship program, which sends hundreds of students annually out into

1403-496: Is used by students. Ocean Way Nashville, purchased by Belmont in 2001, has recorded thousands of tracks including the score for The Last of Us , a top-selling game that won Best Audio in the global GANG (Game Audio Network Guild) Awards. Belmont is located in an urban setting near Nashville's Midtown district, with the campus sandwiched by the Hillsboro-West End, Music Row, Edgehill, and Belmont-Hillsboro neighborhoods. Within

1464-768: The Gulf South Conference (GSC) since the 2012–13 academic year. They were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the Mid-East Region of the Division I level. The Bulldogs previously competed in the defunct TranSouth Athletic Conference (TranSouth or TSAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1996–97 to 2011–12. Union began

1525-586: The Soulforce Equality Ride , an effort to fight discrimination against gay people. Students were warned to have no contact with the group, and one student who approached them was subsequently investigated. Soulforce participants were arrested for trespassing. In 2015, Union withdrew from the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities after two council colleges changed their policies to allow hiring faculty members in same-sex marriages. Four members of

1586-634: The University of Tennessee at Martin . In 1948 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted Union University accreditation. In 1962 Union developed a nursing program with the assistance of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the request of local physicians. In 1975 Union moved from downtown Jackson, Tennessee , to a new campus located near the Highway 45-Bypass in north Jackson. During President Robert Craig (1967–85) and President Hyran Barefoot's (1987–1996) administrations: From

1647-508: The British Broadcasting Corp. In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report college rankings, Belmont was tied for 236 out of 394 in the category of National Universities. Belmont's Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business (CEMB) consists of current/former authors , performers , expert witnesses (for industry lawsuits), artist managers, lawyers , record label executives, songwriters , and others. Mike Curb

1708-558: The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Belmont to host the third and final presidential debate on October 22. The second presidential debate, scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami, was canceled. The Belmont debate, the final debate in the 2020 election cycle between then candidates President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, occurred as scheduled with NBC News' Kristen Welker moderating. Union University Union University

1769-527: The February 5, 2008 tornado was about 15 times as bad at the 2002 tornado. The damage caused by the February 5th tornado was estimated at $ 40 million. Presidents of the university have included: Union University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Its business program is also accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The campus

1830-530: The M.Ed., M.A.Ed., Ed.S., and Ed.D. Union's newest location is in Hendersonville, Tennessee , a suburb of Nashville . This campus offers graduate degrees in education and Christian studies. In Jackson, Union has apartment-style living. Each student has a separate private bedroom that shares a common living space with three roommates. All apartments feature a high-speed Internet connection, as well as kitchen unit. Some apartments feature private phone lines or

1891-603: The Massey Business School. In 2018, Damon Hininger, CEO of CoreCivic, joined the Belmont University Board of Trustees. Shortly after students and alumni began a petition asking for his removal. Hininger is not the first board member with ties to CoreCivic. The current board includes Andrea Overby (donor to CoreCivic PAC in 2018 and wife of Charles Overby, former CCA board member) as well as John Ferguson (former CCA president). As of April 2021, Damon Hininger

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1952-483: The NCCAA in volleyball (2003), men's soccer (2004), softball (2001, 2002, 2004, 2013) and women's basketball (2014). There are six social fraternities and sororities on campus, two music fraternities and numerous academic fraternities. Each of these groups is relatively large in size relative to the size of the institution and consistently contributes to philanthropies, both regionally and globally. The number of members in

2013-543: The Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles music industries to intern for record labels, management companies, publishing companies, booking agencies, publicists, recording studios , law firms, and other businesses. Besides having three professional-quality recording studios on campus, Belmont owns the Belmont Studios (including Ocean Way Nashville ), part of which is operated for-profit (used by such artists as Dave Matthews , Sheryl Crow , and Bob Seger ), and part of which

2074-431: The O'More College of Architecture, Art and Design will house architecture, art, fashion, interior design and design communications. Two years later, Belmont University announced that they would merge with Watkins College of Art, Design & Film , located in Nashville. Belmont and Watkins planned to evaluate employment needs based on the number of students transferring, existing capacities, and related considerations. As

2135-705: The Ohio Valley, does not sponsor. On September 28, 2021, Belmont announced that it would become a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, beginning in the Fall of 2022. Until July 1, 2012, Belmont had been a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference , a non- football conference. The men's soccer team was most recently an independent before joining the Horizon League effective with the 2014 season. In

2196-588: The Tennessee Baptist Convention bought Ward–Belmont College , the finishing school operated in Nashville by Ward–Belmont, Inc., which was facing severe financial difficulties. The convention established the co-educational Belmont College in March 1951, selecting R. Kelly White as president. In 1959, Herbert Gabhart succeeded White and Belmont was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . Enrollment rose from 365 students to 2,000, and

2257-411: The Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2007, with the announcement that it would be a Christian university without any denominational affiliations. Under its terms, the TBC and Belmont would disaffiliate amicably, with Belmont agreeing to pay $ 1 million to the convention immediately and $ 250,000 annually for the next forty years, for a total cost of $ 11 million. The university has stated its intent to maintain

2318-566: The college campus. In 1991, the school became Belmont University. The university was awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister 's Commendation for their contributions to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the US on December 1, 2020. The first radio station in Nashville went on air in May 1922 when Boy Scout John "Jack" DeWitt Jr., a 16-year-old high school student, installed

2379-420: The college launched a music business program. He was succeeded by Bill Troutt in 1982, who, at 32, was the youngest college president in the nation. In 1991, it changed its name to Belmont University. In 2005 Belmont's board of trustees sought to remove Belmont University from the control of the Tennessee Baptist Convention while remaining in a "fraternal relationship" with it. Advocates of this plan presented

2440-450: The college. Eaton was a former professor of Union University at Murfreesboro , where his father, Joseph H. Eaton, was a former president. Later that year Southwestern changed its name to Union University to honor the Eatons and others from Union at Murfreesboro who had impacted Southwestern as faculty, administrators, trustees, and contributors. In 1925 the Tennessee Baptist Convention secured

2501-480: The decision to recognize the student group in a joint statement. In February 2018, Belmont University took ownership of the O'More College of Design . On March 6, 2019, Belmont University announced that its current College of Visual and Performing Arts will be separated into two distinct colleges with defined areas of focus: the College of Music and Performing Arts will include all music, theatre and dance programs while

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2562-556: The early 1950s to the early 1970s, Union operated an Extension Center in the Memphis area. From 1987 to 1995, Union offered the degree-completion program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN track) in Memphis. At that time there were over 300 graduates of this program. David S. Dockery was elected as the fifteenth president of Union University in December 1995. Dockery brought

2623-628: The mid-1990s, Belmont changed its nickname to the " Bruins ", replacing the earlier mascot of Rebels due to its association with the Confederacy . Bruin is Middle English forbear from the Dutch fable "History of Reynard the Fox", translated by William Caxton. In 2011 Belmont student-athletes won the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Trophy for the eighth time in ten years with 76.32 percent of

2684-923: The school's actions by pointing to the college's religious exemption from the prohibitions on discrimination in Title IX , which it had applied for and received from the U.S. Department of Education , and to the college's statement of principles, which all students agree to follow. Union's Scholarship Banquet has brought prominent national and international figures to Union including: former presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush , former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , former Secretary of State Colin Powell , former Russian president and Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev , former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , former Senator Bob Dole , presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani , former British Prime Minister John Major , Tony Blair, and Winston S. Churchill , Grandson of

2745-532: The single "Katie Queen of Tennessee" from their eponymous 2014 album The Apache Relay . They also recorded a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song " Cover Me " for the Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born in the U.S.A. compilation album. This article on a United States band or other musical ensemble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Belmont University Belmont University

2806-410: The social fraternities can range between 20 and 80 members per chapter. The fraternities and sororities are an active presence on campus through philanthropy, intramural sports and Greek Olympics. The fraternities represented on campus are: The sororities represented on campus are: The academic fraternities are: Union University is known for its intolerance of LGBT persons. The school has

2867-436: The spring of 2017, approximately 17% of full-time undergraduate students at Belmont were members of fraternities and sororities. Belmont has a large music program, and a variety of musical ensembles exist on the campus. There are currently 15 vocal ensembles and 23 instrumental ensembles. In addition, there are three student-run a cappella groups: The Beltones (mixed ensemble), Prismatics (mixed), and Pitchmen (TTBB). All three

2928-546: The student-athletes achieving at least a 3.0 grade-point average. In 2012 Belmont student-athletes won the Ohio Valley Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award for the first time after joining the conference the previous year. In 2015, Belmont received the OVC's Institutional Academic Achievement Award, presented each year to the member institution with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes that earn

2989-534: The three percent of its budget that was funded by the TBC. However, on April 7, 2006, TBC sought to oust the existing board and replace it with one consisting entirely of Southern Baptists and amenable to ongoing TBC control. After settlement talks failed, the Tennessee Baptist Convention Executive Board filed a lawsuit on September 29, 2006, against Belmont seeking the return of approximately $ 58 million. Belmont severed its ties with

3050-527: The three-year transition to full NCAA Division II membership in 2011. Union (Tenn.) competes in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball. Former sports included cheerleading. In the NAIA, Union captured five women's basketball national titles (1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010). Union also has won national titles in

3111-565: The university cut its ties with the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2007, it continues to emphasize a Christian identity. The university originated with the founding of the Belmont Women's College in 1890 by Susan Ledley Heron and Ida Emily Hood, on the site of the Belmont Mansion , built by Joseph Acklen and Adelicia (Hayes) Acklen . Upon the retirement of Heron and Hood, Belmont Women's College merged with Ward Seminary in 1913 and

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3172-485: The university extends to the early 1980s. In 1983, notable Tennessee businessman Jack C. Massey , provided a portion of the initial funding to begin Corrections Corporation of America, along with Thomas Beasley. Discussed as early as 1966, Belmont's Massey Graduate School of Business was founded shortly after in 1986. Beasley has also funded major programs at the school, including a free enterprise institute at

3233-666: The university faculty signed the 2017 Nashville Statement , an evangelical Christian statement of faith relating to human sexuality and gender roles that was perceived by some as expressing homophobia , transphobia , and misogyny . In 2020, the school rescinded an admissions offer to a gay graduate-level nursing student, Alex Duron, after investigating his sexual orientation. Duron subsequently joined an unsuccessful lawsuit, Elizabeth Hunter, et al. v. U.S. Department of Education , seeking to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ students at publicly funded religious colleges and universities. Union University president Dub Oliver defended

3294-510: The university opened its R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center, home to Belmont's Curb College, Department of Media Studies, Motion Pictures and Harrington Place Dining. Belmont has over 190 student organizations. These include the Student Government Association (SGA), The Student Activities Programming Board (SAPB), Greek organizations, as well as other special interest organizations. The largest student organization on campus

3355-484: The university states will underwrite scholarships for students of the visual arts. In July 2020, a group of Belmont University students and alumni began to draw attention to the university's longstanding relationship with CoreCivic (formerly the Corrections Corporation of America ), asking the school to divest from any financial ties to CoreCivic and for-profit prisons. The relationship between CoreCivic and

3416-477: Was criticized for not allowing a group with a mission to support gay students and explore the intersection of Christianity and homosexuality called Bridge Builders to officially form as a student group. At a news conference, Fisher stated that they had resubmitted the application. On February 27, 2011, Belmont University officially recognized the gay student organization for the first time. Belmont Provost Thomas Burns and Bridge Builders President Robbie Maris announced

3477-409: Was featured by CNN , Fox News , The New York Times and numerous regional news outlets. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff , FEMA Director R. David Paulison and Governor of Tennessee Phil Bredesen all visited the campus after the disaster. The Commercial Appeal reported that due to extensive damage, the campus would not reopen until February 18. Lambuth University ,

3538-472: Was founded in 1823 just after West Tennessee was opened for settlement. Only five years earlier in 1818 was the land purchased from the Chickasaw Indians. Union University was established in 1875 in a consolidation of Southwestern Baptist College at Murfreesboro and West Tennessee College at Jackson. In 1907, T. T. Eaton, a trustee of Southwestern Baptist University, left his 6,000 volume library to

3599-542: Was known as Ward—Belmont College , which included both a junior college and college-prep (or high) school for women. The Belmont Mansion is owned by Belmont University but maintained by the Belmont Mansion Association, a non-profit group. The mansion is open for tours. It features Victorian art and furnishings. The water tower , gardens, with surviving gazebos and outdoor statuary from the Acklen era, are part of

3660-619: Was no longer a member of the board, having completed his allowed number of terms. Belmont University offers bachelor's degrees in over 130 academic majors in twelve colleges with 29 master's and eight doctoral programs. Belmont and HCA created a health sciences consortium with local universities to alleviate the shortage of nurses and health care professionals in the local community, and provides students with shared office space and mentoring from faculty, local entrepreneurs, and attorneys. Journalism students have gained work experience at The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show, CBS Evening News, and

3721-479: Was the second time in just over five years that the campus was hit by a tornado. On the evening of November 10, 2002, during the Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak , the university was struck by an F1 tornado , with winds of approximately 100 miles per hour, which did approximately 2 million dollars worth of damage to the university. There were no serious injuries. Union president David Dockery stated that

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