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Fri Feb 16, 2018, 12:06 PM Feb 2018

To Boost Its Fashion Chops, Belmont University Acquires O'More College Of Design

Belmont University announced a plan Tuesday to merge with the Franklin-based O’More College of Design. This upcoming fall, all O’More students will move to Belmont’s campus in Nashville.

The plan will unite the two schools’ graphic design programs and sees Belmont taking on three others: interior design, fashion design and fashion merchandising. Belmont President Bob Fisher believes the merger comes at a good time, amid Nashville’s burgeoning fashion industry.

“We’re going to see if we can even grow these programs to make them bigger and stronger over the years," says Fisher. "And we believe Nashville needs fashion merchandising, interior design, fashion design and graphic design.”

The idea of the merger has been floated for the past decade, says Fisher. According to Belmont, the university paid no money for O’More but has acquired all the college’s assets and expenses.

Read more: http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/boost-its-fashion-chops-belmont-university-acquires-o-more-college-design

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