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December 7, 2022 By radefolaju Leave a Comment

The Honors College at Belmont Abbey

Author: The Crusader Staff Writer, Maria Bagley

The Belmont Abbey Honors College is a four-year curriculum that encourages students to take part in diving more deeply into topics of friendship, philosophy, and religion, and how prominent all of these things are in life. By exploring “great books”, and works by esteemed writers and philosophers, the Honors Program inspires students to learn and live out a good, fulfilling life. The Honors College provides a scholarship for students who take part in this curriculum. The Honors College is a close-knit community, and with small class sizes it provides the ability to get to know one’s classmates and professors well.

While interviewing a sophomore Honors student who prefers to go unnamed, I asked them how the Honors College has been in comparison to the rest of their academic experience, and if it has caused them to grow in life. The student responded, “I feel as though I have grown not only in knowledge, but also in the faith and reason that professors instill in us as students.”

The Honors College focuses on Great Books, to encourage students to learn more from these great writers. Not only does the Honors College encourage students to learn, but also to take these important lessons, and live out their life with them. The students learn what is good, and are strengthened in this. The Honors College encourages critical thinking of one’s own. The Honors College is an important program of Belmont Abbey College, and encourages students to learn and grow in community with one another.

This article was originally posted in the Fall 2022, Issue 2 of The Crusader Newspaper. Download the full issue.

December 6, 2022 By radefolaju Leave a Comment

Erie’s Patrick Lyden plays key role as crew member for NASCAR Cup Series runner-up driver

Belmont Abbey College alum, Patrick Lyden ’14, is a crew member for Trackhouse Racing in charge of tires for Ross Chastain, who nearly finished first in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series.

Click here to read all about Patrick’s journey with NASCAR on Go Erie.

December 6, 2022 By radefolaju Leave a Comment

Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship for Women

Author: The Crusader Staff Writer, Iris Bertin

The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation was formed around the influential spirit of Lettie Pate Whitehead, a woman whose life was an inspiration through her immense sense of dedication and courage. The Foundation is aimed to grant scholarships to women, specifically in the South, to help them further their undergraduate education. Having gained this scholarship opportunity, I, along with about fifty other women of the Belmont Abbey College community, are encouraged to recenter our focus on our studies through the great example of Lettie Pate Whitehead’s life.

After receiving this scholarship, six of us were granted the opportunity to meet with Carrie Conway, the Senior Program Officer of the Foundation. Being able to invite Mrs. Conway to our campus and expressing our gratitude to her through the foundation that she helps to run was an enormous gift.

In being able to discuss our future academic plans, future goals outside of college, and campus life here at the Abbey, Mrs. Conway was able to get a better feeling of how this scholarship is impacting us. This feeling of putting a face to a name and having the chance to speak one on one with someone that is helping to aid your college education is a beautiful opportunity for both parties. Danashia Tucker, a student, reflected on meeting Mrs. Conway; “It was an honor being able to receive the gift of the Lettie Pate Whitehead scholarship. The scholarship has had an incredible impact on my education. I appreciated getting the opportunity to personally meet with a representative of the foundation and the other recipients. Learning about the legacy and life of Lettie Pate Whitehead was inspiring.”

The Foundation’s goals are being met through this foundation and Lettie Pate Whitehead’s legacy has spread to 200 educational institutes and to more than 12,000 women who are receiving this scholarship each year. This foundation and scholarship program is aiding bright young women in pursuing their academic dreams and I am honored to have had the ability to represent the college in this way with many other talented and courageous young women here at the Abbey.

This article was originally posted in the Fall 2022, Issue 2 of The Crusader Newspaper. Download the full issue.

December 6, 2022 By radefolaju Leave a Comment

The Abbey Addresses Nursing Shortage

The pandemic is just one of the many reasons there’s been a mass exodus of nurses leaving their jobs, but now Belmont Abbey College hopes their new nursing program will help ease shortages in our region.

For nurses, burn out is at an all time high. Experts say its going to be a challenge to replenish the nursing workforce, but at Belmont Abbey College, they’re hopeful.

Click here to read this full article, titled “Belmont Abbey College’s new nursing program hoping to address nursing shortage,” as featured on WCNC Charlotte.

December 5, 2022 By radefolaju Leave a Comment

Culture and Guns

In episode 1 of Conversatio’s second season, Dr. Michael Watson and Dr. Julia Beeman sit down to discuss the role of guns in our culture today and how to navigate this hot topic as Catholics.

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