Ernie Haase, a nationally renowned gospel singer out of Stow, has been nominated for a Grammy for his latest effort, Something Beautiful. The album was.
WBU alumni association announces honorees for 2021
A-J Media
The Wayland Baptist University Alumni Association has selected six individuals to be honored during Homecoming 2021.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards will be presented on Feb. 19, 2021, in an online release since the homecoming celebration had to go to a virtual format given the continuation of COVID-19 precautions.
Awardees from 2020 will include the following:
Dr. Mike Davis, BA w/honors ’87, Distinguished Alumni Award: Dr. Davis is dean of the Continuing and Technical Education department for Clarendon College’s Pampa branch after more than 25 years working in nuclear training and qualification for several U.S. Department of Energy facilities, including Los Alamos, N.M. He has supported many endowed scholarships and established new ones for external campus students after serving as a commencement speaker at every location.
MTSU News
Middle Tennessee State University alumni and former students may need their own virtual seating section at the upcoming 63rd annual Grammy Awards.
The MTSU-trained professionals will be recognized in multiple genres in the ceremony set for Sunday, Jan. 31, on CBS, including one category where the university’s grads had a hand in every nominated project and others where they’re competing against themselves.
The new slate of nominees, for work ranging from performance to songwriting to engineering in country, contemporary Christian, gospel, folk and roots music released between September 2019 and Aug. 31, 2020, includes:
• 2000 Department of Recording Industry alumnus Jason A. Hall and 2014 audio production grad Jimmy Mansfield, who are looking at their third consecutive year of Grammy nominations together, this time for both their teamwork and independent efforts on four of the five best country album candidates.