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Belhaven University Seeks Next Great Writer: Full Ride Scholarship on the Line

Belhaven University is searching for aspiring writers to award a full-ride scholarship. In honor of well-known author and alum Angie Thomas...

Belhaven University Presents Engrave Art Exhibit, Featuring Hosik Kim

Belhaven University’s Art and Design Department is hosting the upcoming art exhibit, Engrave, showcasing the work of visiting artist and...

Belhaven University Names Prestigious 2024 Angie Thomas Scholarship Winner

Maya McFadden is the winner of Belhaven University’s 2024 Angie Thomas Writers Scholarship.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Selects Alumna to Lead Digital Marketing

In February of this year, the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group named McElroy, a Jackson Mississippi native and Belhaven alumna, head of worldwide...

Belhaven University to Award Angie Thomas Scholarships to Hopeful Writers

In honor of well-known author and alum Angie Thomas ’11, Belhaven University is helping aspiring writers in a major way.

Belhaven Names 2023 Elizabeth Spencer Award Recipients

Faculty from Belhaven University’s English and Creative Writing Departments honored four students excelling in the written arts.

Belhaven University Surprises Student with Full-Ride Scholarship for Creative Writing

Best-selling author Angie Thomas and Belhaven University surprised an unsuspecting high school senior with a full-ride scholarship for creative...

Belhaven Announces Annual Elizabeth Spencer Writing Awards

Belhaven University will honor renowned writer and alum Elizabeth Spencer 41 by awarding four annual scholarships to creative writing and English...

Mississippi Humanities Award Presented to Dr. Jonathan Koefoed

Associate Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program Dr. Jonathan Koefoed was awarded the prestigious 2022 Mississippi Humanities...

Two Belhaven Students Earn Nationally Recognized PR Credentials

Belhaven University students Hillary Malvaney and Calli Moore are now part of select few to earn the prestigious Certificate in Principles of...

PRSA Appoints William Moak to Renowned College of Fellows 2021

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has elected William D. Moak, Belhaven University Chair of Communications Department, into its...

Alumna and Award-Winning Journalist Thriving as Host of News Show

Alumna Javanté Ingram 12 is an award-winning journalist who regularly interviews celebrities like Bill Bellamy, Monique, Bob Sagat, and Harry...

2014 Media Ethics Conference

The Belhaven University Department of Communications will host the 2014 Media Ethics Conference on Thursday, March 20 at 9:00 a.m.

Communication Majors Work with ESPN at Sugar Bowl

There is nothing bigger in college football than the bowl season, and Belhaven University communication majors Kelsie Hughes and Drew Garnder were...

Belhaven History Professor Authors New Book

Dr. Paul Waibel, Professor of History, will release his new book, <em>Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History</em>, on March 4, 2014....

Dr. Phillips Receives Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award

Dr. Stephen Phillips, Associate Professor of History and Political Science, was honored with the 2013 Humanities Teacher Award.

wins 3rd Place at Southern Literary Festival

The Brogue, Belhaven College’s annual creative arts journal, won 3rd place in the literary journal category at the 2009 Southern Literary...

Belhaven Professor Presents Public Lecture in response to Humanities Teacher Award

Dr. Westley Busbee, Political Science Professor and Chair of the History and Political Science Departments and Division of Humanities, has been...

Media Ethics Conference Explores Communications Crisis

The Belhaven University Department of Communication will host the 2015 Media Ethics Conference on Thursday, March 19 at 9:00 a.m. in the Barber...

Dr. Hayes-Anthony Selected for Teacher Award

Dr. Elayne Hayes-Anthony, Professor and Chair of the Communications Department, is the 2014 winner of the Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher...

Bill Moak Named Chair of Belhaven Communication Program

Belhaven University has appointed longtime communications professional Bill Moak head of its communication program.

Miss. Communication Association Names Moak New President

The Mississippi Communication Association (MCA) named Bill Moak, chair and assistant professor of Belhaven Communication Department, the next...

Broadcasters Share Insight with Communication Students

The Department of Communication recently hosted members of the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters (MAB) on October 11, 2012.

Guest Scholar to Lecture on Tolstoy Family

The Belhaven University English Department, along with Belhaven chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, will host a special lecture by Dr. Michael R. Katz,...

Spencer The Light in the Piazza Debuts in London

The influence of Belhaven alum and Mississippi author Elizabeth Spencer 42 is reaching all the way to London, England.