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April 6, 2021 By bacw Leave a Comment

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

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.

April 5, 2021 By bacw Leave a Comment

Dr. Thierfelder Speaks at Catholic Men’s Conference

On March 20th, the Diocese of Charlotte held their 11th annual Catholic Men’s Conference. It was held both in person at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte and virtually. President of Belmont Abbey College, Dr. Bill Thierfelder, was a keynote speaker at this event.

Watch Dr. Thierfelder’s complete talk on YouTube.

Click here to read the Catholic News Herald’s full account of the conference.

March 30, 2021 By bacw Leave a Comment

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

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.

March 30, 2021 By bacw Leave a Comment

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.

March 26, 2021 By bacw Leave a Comment