Belmont University

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Belmont University

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Established

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1890

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School type

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Private

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President

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Bob Fisher

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Location

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Nashville, TN, USA

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Nashville - TN - USA

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Fall 2004 Enrollment

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3,941 total3,317 undergraduate 624 graduate

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Faculty

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215

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Campus

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Urban, 65 acres (263,000 m²)

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Sports team

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Bruins

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Website

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www.belmont.edu

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Belmont News Website

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forum.belmont.edu/umac

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Belmont University is a private, coeducational, comprehensive university affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee, and the second largest private university in the state.

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Baptist - Nashville, Tennessee - Tennessee

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The school has very close ties with the music industry, and is best known for its music business program (though it boasts a wide variety of additional majors). Among its colleges, Belmont boasts the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business (CEMB), the only college of entertainment/music business in the world. The university also houses other innovative programs, such as its New Century Journalism program and commercial music program.

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Belmont's nationally-renowned music business program is the only one of its kind, though comparable programs can be found elsewhere. The music business faculty consists of current/former authors, performers, expert witnesses (for industry lawsuits), artist managers, lawyers, record label executives, songwriters, and others. The dean of the CEMB is a former music industry record executive who oversaw an $85 million corporation. One of the hallmarks of the program is its vast internship program, which sends hundreds of students annually out into the Nashville music industry 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 Ocean Way Nashville, part of which is operated for-profit (for the likes of Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, and Bob Seger), and part of which is used by students. Belmont also operates historic RCA Studio B (Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton) in conjunction with the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Curb Family Foundation. In addition, the music business program operates Belmont West and Belmont East, which enable students to spend a semester learning about and interning in the entertainment industries in Los Angeles and New York City, respectively.

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Dave Matthews - Sheryl Crow - Bob Seger - Elvis Presley - Roy Orbison - Dolly Parton - Country Music Hall of Fame - Los Angeles - New York City

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Belmont also houses the Curb Event Center, a 5000-seat multi-purpose arena, which is used for basketball games, concerts, and other events. The Curb Event Center is connected to the Beaman Student Life Center and Maddox Grand Atrium—collectively, a $52 million development.

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Some of Belmont's best-known alumni are Minnie Pearl (of "Hee Haw" fame), Trisha Yearwood (country music artist), and Brad Paisley (country music artist). It should be noted that Minnie Pearl did not actually graduate from what is currently Belmont University. When she attended Belmont it was the Ward-Belmont School, and was not affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Its best-known supporters include Mike Curb (substantial donor/namesake of CEMB and Curb Event Center/founder and head of Curb Records), Jack C. Massey (substantial donor to and namesake of BU's business building, former head of Kentucky Fried Chicken and a founder of Hospital Corporation of America), and Vince Gill (country music legend whose annual charity event has raised thousands in scholarship money).

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Minnie Pearl - Hee Haw - Trisha Yearwood - Brad Paisley - Mike Curb - Curb Records - Kentucky Fried Chicken - Hospital Corporation of America - Vince Gill

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