How To Prepare for Work After College
Music Business at Belmont University
The Professor knew Nashville was nicknamed “Music City,” and after a lively visit to Belmont University, he sees why. There are performance halls, studios, and clubs all over campus and all over town. Talented musicians perform country, opera, symphony, and just about every other genre you can imagine. No wonder Belmont offers three different degrees in Music Business. In fact, it has the only Music Business program in the world that’s accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB. Graduates have worked as sound engineers and producers, or pursued one of dozens of other music-industry careers. (Country recording artists Brad Paisley and Trisha Yearwood are alumni!)
With about 6,900 students (up from about 3,000 in 2000) Belmont is a fast-growing, Christian-based college. The school’s Christian ethic fuels an active Service Learning program. Students from each of the 80-plus fields of study volunteer for community projects related to their majors. For example, English and education majors tutor schoolchildren, and nursing students help with projects such as community health fairs. For Music Business students, there’s the Service Corps, the largest student organization on campus, which places student volunteers inside the music industry.
Belmont also attracts students of many different faiths from every state and 25 countries. With all this diversity, The Professor noticed that everyone here seems to have faith in music! The Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music offers intensive training in songwriting, audio engineering, and hundreds of other music-business details. The Curb College also helps students connect the wider world of music and entertainment through the CURB College News Page. It’s updated frequently with things such as discounts to live shows, calls for music-TV extras, and industry jobs for students.
Belmont’s thriving music community also includes the School of Music, several music organizations, and three recording studios. If that’s all music to your ears, The Professor recommends a glance at the Music Facilities page. It highlights Belmont’s impressive range of venues, from the intimate, ornate Belmont Mansion to the 1,000-seat, state-of-the-art Massey Performing Arts Center.
The crown jewel of Belmont’s venues is the Curb Event Center, a 90,000 square foot sports and entertainment complex. It has hosted the likes of Maya Angelou, the nationally televised CMT Music Awards, and one of the 2008 presidential debates.
With such a flourishing performance culture and so many entertainment hot spots, you might wonder if Belmont students have much time left for academics. They do, in fact. Belmont was included in the 2014 listing of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report. To learn more about Belmont University’s application requirements and deadlines for Music Business and other programs, please visit www.belmont.edu.
Nutrition at Boston University
Diet and health care are topics are in the news and on everyone’s mind these days, so what better time to pursue a degree in Nutritional Science? After visiting Boston University, the Professor cannot think of a better place to study nutrition.
With 33,000 students, a top-ranking medical school, and a reputation for strong academic research, BU is both a world unto itself and an integral part of beautiful Boston. Many campus buildings, including student housing units, are located right on the city’s bustling Commonwealth Avenue, and BU is within walking distance of some of the city’s cultural highlights, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the nightlife of Landsdowne Street, and Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Students can easily board the “T,” Boston’s rail system, to access the rest of this compact metropolis.
For over a century, BU has been a place for students who want to be at the top of their game. BU has graduated seven Nobel Laureates, 35 Pulitzer Prize winners, six Academy Award winners, and a list of Emmy and Tony award winners, not to mention the MacArthur, Sloan, and Guggenheim fellowship holders and members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences.
The Professor learned that the Nutritional Science department is positively thriving, which is why many future dieticians and nutritionists get their starts here. Students earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutritional Science from the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. The Nutritional Science department is a small program within this large research university, which affords students some real advantages. Small classes allow for lively discussions, a close-knit community, and a lot of individual attention. Students also have access to BU’s enormous libraries, extensive career resources, elective courses from 10 different colleges within the university, and access to seminars and conferences within greater Boston’s medical community.
Nutritional Science students also have many opportunities for further learning. They participate in faculty research projects and can join on-campus nutrition and health groups. Among these groups are the Sargent Choice Nutrition Center, which develops nutrition and physical activity programs for the BU community and the public, and Health Leads, a nonprofit that helps low-income families live healthy lives. Nutritional Science students also have access to real-world learning experiences that are uniquely Bostonian. As part of their studies, they visit a diverse range of the city’s facilities, from hospitals to the Sam Adams Brewery.
The public’s enthusiastic interest in food and health makes for an ample range of career tracks for graduates. In fact, the career outlook for Nutritional Science students has never been better. Many of the program’s graduates work in the medical field, biomedical sciences, the food industry, education, public health, and private practice. Others apply to medical, dental, or veterinary school or to graduate-level programs in public health.
To learn more about Boston University’s application requirements and deadlines for Nutritional Science and other programs, please visit www.bu.edu.
Do You Need Money for College?
Will you be a fireman, a doctor, a teacher or an attorney?
Ever since you were a little kid, but even more so now that you’re getting ready to graduate from high school, people have asked….”What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Well, the time has arrived, you’ve grown up…maybe you know what you want to be and maybe you don’t. Even if you think you’ve decided, that could change a time or two.
The important thing now is getting enrolled in college, and to do that…
How Can You Fund College Tuition?
It’s hard to believe that the son or daughter you used to carry on your back is getting ready to graduate from high school and go off to college.
What’s even harder to believe is how much college tuition costs today!
Back in the 1960’s, one lady put herself through college on a small income. It was easy then… she only had to spend about $2000 dollars a year, not including books or housing. That is definitely not the situation today.
What constitutes tuition?
Tuition is the cost of attending secondary school (colleges and universities) in the United States and is sometimes referred to as the “cost of attendance.”
Whether or not you are attending college in-state or out-of-state plays a big determining role in tuition. Obviously, it’s less expensive to attend in state.
There are other factors that can be added to tuition:
- It may include room and board.
- Books and other fees
- Computers
- Clothing
- Transportation
How do people afford to send their students to college?
Getting a good education in today’s world is critical, but for some, it seems almost impossible to send their son or daughter to school. If they haven’t planned ahead, it can be very difficult and hard on family finances.
In order to pay for college:
Some have been saving since their child’s birth- Some students have earned money to contribute and may have to continue working while attending classes
- Some students work hard at school and earn scholarships
- There are grants and student loans
- These loans can be from the government, financial institutions or educational institutions.
- Some large corporations offer help with college financing to their employees.
Not sure how you can afford to send your child to college?
This is where I come in.
I am a college planning coach and I can help you prepare for this next big step in your life. I can help you create a strategy that may save you thousands of dollars on tuition.
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