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Friday, April 9th: Free Citizens, Free Souls: A Conference on Education, Social Justice, and the Great Books

Free Citizens, Free Souls:

A Conference on Education, Social Justice, and the Great Books

April 9th @ 1 PM & 5PM
April 10th @ 2:30 PM

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Thanks to a generous grant from the Jack Miller Center, the Honors College at Belmont Abbey College will be sponsoring an intercollegiate conference entitled Free Citizens, Free Souls: A Conference on Education, Social Justice, and the Great Books. The conference will include a keynote address by Dr. Anika Prather and breakout seminars mixing students and faculty from various colleges on texts by Frederick Douglass, Alexis De Tocqueville, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Anna Julia Cooper.

Dr. Prather is a Classics Professor at Howard University and is the founder of The Living Water School. She also serves on the Board of Academic Advisors for the CLT (Classic Learning Test). Listen to a podcast by Dr. Prather here and read about her talk at St. John’s College here.

Register here for April 9th @ 1 PM.
Register here for April 9th @ 5 PM.
Register here for April 10th @ 2:30 PM.

All Belmont Abbey College faculty and students are welcome to attend conference events. Faculty and students interested in participating in the reading seminars should contact Dr. Joseph Wysocki at josephwysocki@bac.edu.

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Belmont Abbey Debate Competes at Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Online Tournament

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The Belmont Abbey Debate Team most recently competed at the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament. While our main national competition will occur April 9-11 for IPDA Nationals, three of our students also participated in the virtual PKD format. The tournament welcomed approximately 270 debate students from across the country, and featured several state university teams.

In IPDA, Paloma Shrauder competed in the junior varsity division for the first time, winning three out of five preliminary ballots. The tie for advancement to elimination rounds was broken by speaking points, for which Paloma averaged 33 out of 40. In varsity, Blake Traylor earned two ballots, missing advancement in the tournament by one round. Nonetheless, Blake excelled with an average speaking score of 36.6 out of 40.

Freshman Kayleigh Guffey also competed in Lincoln Douglas Debate. As a first-year student, Kayleigh competed against students with far more experience and averaged 26.3 out of 30 speaking points for rounds she attended.

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The Abbey Attic: Episode 4

This episode of The Abbey Attic, we go behind the Belmont Abbey Monastery walls with Abbot Placid Solari, O.S.B., to learn about some of the treasures it holds. Christie shows us several pieces painted by Abbey alumni that hang throughout the monastery and some surprising sports memorabilia the monks have collected over the years.

Click here to watch the full video.

Click here if you have an item or collection you’d like to share with The Abbey Attic.

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Dr. Beeman Featured on Expert Panel

Zippia, a career search engine for recent graduates, consulted with experts in higher education across the nation for their opinions on the current direction of the job market. Graduates in 2020 entered a job market facing unprecedented circumstances and these experts weighed in on what all recent and soon-to-be graduates should expect and how best to prepare. Dr. Julia Beeman, Chair and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice here at the Abbey, was among those experts interviewed.

Click here to read the full article on Zippia.com.

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Maria Kuhlman Named Murphy Osborne Award Winner

Maria KuhlmanMaria Kuhlman of Belmont Abbey has been chosen as the winner of the prestigious 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Murphy Osborne Award.

A senior from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Kuhlman owns a 3.99 grade-point average as a Theology major at Belmont Abbey. She also is minoring in Psychology and Sport Management.

The Conference Carolinas Elite 23 Award Winner in women’s basketball last season, Kuhlman was also a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in the 2019-20 season.

On the court, Kuhlman was named the Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year in the 2017-18 season. She has been a first team all-conference selection in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21. Kuhlman also earned all-conference honors as a third team selection in the 2017-18 season. Kuhlman was an all-region selection in the 2019-20 season.

The four-time all-conference selection is also a member of Belmont Abbey’s prestigious 1,000-point club.

Kuhlman has been strong in the community during her time at Belmont Abbey. A member of the Psychology Club and FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students), Kuhlman is also serving as a compliance intern with the athletic department this semester. In addition, Kuhlman has volunteered at the Charlotte Samaritan House (short term recuperative care for the homeless) and at Mount Hollyween, which is a community event on Halloween in Mount Holly, North Carolina.

The Murphy Osborne Award is Conference Carolinas’ Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete Award.

Student-Athletes are nominated by their institutions based on their academic, athletic and service accomplishments. The Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) from all Conference Carolinas institutions submit institutional nominations and votes are cast by the FARs.

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