Freedom Plaza – Feature Story

As part of Belmont’s MLK Day activities, the University dedicated Freedom Plaza, a new memorial to honor the enslaved workers who helped build the original Acklen estate.  This year’s commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday took on special significance as...

History Made – Feature Story

The 2020-21 Women’s Basketball team secures its spot in Belmont history with the first-ever NCAA Tournament program win. An epic upset. A legendary season. Belmont’s women’s basketball team wrote its name in the record books this year despite having to overcome...

Strengthening Ties – Feature Story

Belmont’s new College of Medicine named in honor of HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr.  “It’s been said that a good name is more valuable than anything else.” Those remarks, made by University President Dr. Bob Fisher this spring, were a perfect set up...

A Farewell to Remember – Feature Story

After 21 transformational years, Bob and Judy Fisher enter a well-deserved retirement. “It’s closing time. You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here!”  Those words from a 1998 Semisonic song became a sly joke for the past dozen or so years as they made their...